High income - Imports of goods and services

Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) in High income was $15,125,500,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 45 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $16,978,200,000,000 in 2018 and $832,020,000,000 in 1975.

Definition: Imports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1975 $832,020,000,000
1976 $962,683,000,000
1977 $1,100,590,000,000
1978 $1,288,410,000,000
1979 $1,642,050,000,000
1980 $1,954,520,000,000
1981 $1,921,200,000,000
1982 $1,827,560,000,000
1983 $1,819,470,000,000
1984 $1,931,790,000,000
1985 $1,965,680,000,000
1986 $2,241,360,000,000
1987 $2,651,310,000,000
1988 $2,997,330,000,000
1989 $3,229,190,000,000
1990 $3,729,780,000,000
1991 $3,831,840,000,000
1992 $4,085,170,000,000
1993 $3,906,740,000,000
1994 $4,336,430,000,000
1995 $5,147,050,000,000
1996 $5,386,080,000,000
1997 $5,527,950,000,000
1998 $5,550,590,000,000
1999 $5,900,360,000,000
2000 $6,573,900,000,000
2001 $6,317,020,000,000
2002 $6,532,490,000,000
2003 $7,491,060,000,000
2004 $8,985,560,000,000
2005 $10,036,000,000,000
2006 $11,363,900,000,000
2007 $12,916,200,000,000
2008 $14,518,300,000,000
2009 $11,407,600,000,000
2010 $13,214,200,000,000
2011 $15,450,000,000,000
2012 $15,399,700,000,000
2013 $15,669,600,000,000
2014 $16,076,100,000,000
2015 $14,447,000,000,000
2016 $14,257,300,000,000
2017 $15,526,600,000,000
2018 $16,978,200,000,000
2019 $16,722,000,000,000
2020 $15,125,500,000,000

Imports of goods and services (current US$)

The latest value for Imports of goods and services (current US$) in High income was $14,933,400,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $16,813,000,000,000 in 2018 and $308,760,000,000 in 1970.

Definition: Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1970 $308,760,000,000
1971 $343,324,000,000
1972 $408,469,000,000
1973 $555,539,000,000
1974 $775,664,000,000
1975 $798,963,000,000
1976 $913,349,000,000
1977 $1,048,150,000,000
1978 $1,224,660,000,000
1979 $1,562,430,000,000
1980 $1,869,520,000,000
1981 $1,834,570,000,000
1982 $1,752,580,000,000
1983 $1,735,330,000,000
1984 $1,851,880,000,000
1985 $1,877,340,000,000
1986 $2,134,920,000,000
1987 $2,540,840,000,000
1988 $2,917,450,000,000
1989 $3,176,450,000,000
1990 $3,659,700,000,000
1991 $3,754,440,000,000
1992 $4,006,710,000,000
1993 $3,870,790,000,000
1994 $4,328,180,000,000
1995 $5,141,910,000,000
1996 $5,371,360,000,000
1997 $5,497,990,000,000
1998 $5,534,790,000,000
1999 $5,830,140,000,000
2000 $6,463,480,000,000
2001 $6,237,300,000,000
2002 $6,450,540,000,000
2003 $7,436,810,000,000
2004 $8,878,020,000,000
2005 $9,935,310,000,000
2006 $11,253,100,000,000
2007 $12,812,400,000,000
2008 $14,377,000,000,000
2009 $11,362,700,000,000
2010 $13,122,900,000,000
2011 $15,302,800,000,000
2012 $15,195,900,000,000
2013 $15,486,800,000,000
2014 $15,907,300,000,000
2015 $14,366,400,000,000
2016 $14,175,000,000,000
2017 $15,410,000,000,000
2018 $16,813,000,000,000
2019 $16,622,600,000,000
2020 $14,933,400,000,000

Imports of goods and services (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Imports of goods and services (constant 2010 US$) in High income was 14,930,500,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 16,371,500,000,000 in 2019 and 1,459,580,000,000 in 1970.

Definition: Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in constant 2010 U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1970 1,459,580,000,000
1971 1,542,600,000,000
1972 1,683,960,000,000
1973 1,873,920,000,000
1974 1,923,930,000,000
1975 1,792,860,000,000
1976 2,003,940,000,000
1977 2,096,970,000,000
1978 2,209,490,000,000
1979 2,394,800,000,000
1980 2,390,570,000,000
1981 2,406,220,000,000
1982 2,403,770,000,000
1983 2,479,450,000,000
1984 2,743,510,000,000
1985 2,860,680,000,000
1986 3,059,090,000,000
1987 3,287,360,000,000
1988 3,590,080,000,000
1989 3,901,060,000,000
1990 4,133,500,000,000
1991 4,249,990,000,000
1992 4,457,230,000,000
1993 4,525,660,000,000
1994 4,960,630,000,000
1995 5,420,030,000,000
1996 5,796,080,000,000
1997 6,374,510,000,000
1998 6,782,680,000,000
1999 7,308,370,000,000
2000 8,198,180,000,000
2001 8,212,280,000,000
2002 8,432,640,000,000
2003 8,828,340,000,000
2004 9,683,510,000,000
2005 10,384,700,000,000
2006 11,259,200,000,000
2007 11,957,700,000,000
2008 12,138,800,000,000
2009 10,783,000,000,000
2010 11,975,200,000,000
2011 12,646,600,000,000
2012 12,855,400,000,000
2013 13,194,500,000,000
2014 13,750,500,000,000
2015 14,366,400,000,000
2016 14,702,200,000,000
2017 15,415,800,000,000
2018 16,036,400,000,000
2019 16,371,500,000,000
2020 14,930,500,000,000

Imports of goods and services (annual % growth)

The value for Imports of goods and services (annual % growth) in High income was -8.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.18 in 2000 and a minimum value of -11.17 in 2009.

Definition: Annual growth rate of imports of goods and services based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

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Year Value
1971 5.69
1972 9.16
1973 11.28
1974 2.67
1975 -6.81
1976 11.77
1977 4.64
1978 5.37
1979 8.39
1980 -0.18
1981 0.65
1982 -0.10
1983 3.15
1984 10.65
1985 4.27
1986 6.94
1987 7.46
1988 9.21
1989 8.66
1990 5.96
1991 2.82
1992 4.88
1993 1.54
1994 9.61
1995 9.26
1996 6.94
1997 9.98
1998 6.40
1999 7.75
2000 12.18
2001 0.17
2002 2.68
2003 4.69
2004 9.69
2005 7.24
2006 8.42
2007 6.20
2008 1.51
2009 -11.17
2010 11.06
2011 5.61
2012 1.65
2013 2.64
2014 4.21
2015 4.48
2016 2.34
2017 4.85
2018 4.03
2019 2.09
2020 -8.80

Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) in High income was 27.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 31.28 in 2014, while its lowest value was 12.94 in 1970.

Definition: Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1970 12.94
1971 12.96
1972 13.30
1973 14.94
1974 18.51
1975 17.08
1976 17.92
1977 18.16
1978 17.71
1979 19.54
1980 20.93
1981 20.24
1982 19.51
1983 18.71
1984 19.14
1985 18.48
1986 17.31
1987 17.77
1988 18.12
1989 18.86
1990 19.33
1991 18.74
1992 18.59
1993 17.82
1994 18.51
1995 19.81
1996 20.51
1997 21.36
1998 21.43
1999 21.48
2000 23.33
2001 22.74
2002 22.55
2003 23.20
2004 24.89
2005 26.35
2006 28.26
2007 29.42
2008 31.03
2009 26.16
2010 28.84
2011 31.15
2012 30.91
2013 31.13
2014 31.28
2015 29.89
2016 28.87
2017 30.01
2018 30.81
2019 30.20
2020 27.93

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments