International Trade and Investment
Time interval
1960-2021
Field display
| International Trade and Investment-English Field | International Trade and Investment-Chinese Field | Indicator description |
|---|---|---|
| Country/Area | Country | |
| Code | Code | |
| ContinentCode | Continental Plate Code | |
| Year | Year | |
| Terms of trade, base year = 2000 | Terms of trade, base year = 2000 | Definition: Net barter terms of trade index is calculated as the percentage ratio of the export unit value indexes to the import unit value indexes, measured relative to the base year 2000. Unit value indexes are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD's estimates using the previous year's trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD's Commodity Price Statistics, international and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates and calculates unit value indexes at the country level using the current year's trade values as weights. |
| Trade openness: exports plus imports as percent of GDP | Trade openness: exports plus imports as a percentage of GDP | Definition: Exports plus imports as percent of GDP. |
| Exports of goods and services as percent of GDP | Exports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP | Definition: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to 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. |
| Exports of goods and services, billion USD | Exports of goods and services, US$1 billion | Definition: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to 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. |
| Exports of goods and services, annual growth | Exports of goods and services, annual growth rate | Definition: Annual growth rate of exports of goods and services based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2015 prices, expressed in U.S. dollars. Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to 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. |
| Imports of goods and services as percent of GDP | Imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP | 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. |
| Imports of goods and services, billion USD | Imports of goods and services, US$1 billion | 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. |
| Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP | Foreign direct investment, % of GDP | Definition: Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital , reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP. |
| Foreign Direct Investment, billion USD | Foreign direct investment, US$1 billion | Definition: Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars. |
| Net portfolio equity inflows | Net inflow of securities investment | Definition: Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars. |
| Current account balance as percent of GDP | Current account balance as a percentage of GDP | Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. |
| Current account balance, billion USD | Current account balance, $1 billion | Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars. |
| Trade balance as percent of GDP | Trade balance as a percentage of GDP | Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). |
| Trade balance, billion USD | Trade balance, $1 billion | Definition: Net trade in goods and services is derived by offsetting imports of goods and services against exports of goods and services. Exports and imports of goods and services comprise all transactions involving a change of ownership of goods and services between residents of one country and the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars. |
| Foreign exchange reserves including gold, billion USD | Foreign exchange reserves (including gold), US$1 billion | Definition: Total reserves comprise holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights, reserves of IMF members held by the IMF, and holdings of foreign exchange under the control of monetary authorities. The gold component of these reserves is valued at year-end (December 31) London prices. Data are in current U.S. dollars. |
| Remittances as percent of GDP | Remittances as a percentage of GDP | Definition: Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees. |
| Remittances, million USD | Remittances, millions of dollars | Definition: Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Data are in current U.S. dollars.< /td> |
| Balance of payments, net errors and omissions | Balance of payments, net errors and gaps | Definition: Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts . Data are in current U.S. dollars. |
| External debt, percent of Gross National Income | External debt, % of gross national income | Definition: Total external debt stocks to gross national income. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt , use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. |
| Short-term debt, percent of total external debt | Short-term debt, % of total external debt | Definition: Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt Debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. |
| Short-term external debt, percent of international reserves | Short-term external debt as a percentage of international reserves | Definition: Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrests on long-term debt. Total reserves includes gold. |
Sample data
| Country/Area | Code | ContinentCode | Year | Terms of trade, base year = 2000 | Trade openness: exports plus imports as percent of GDP | Exports of goods and services as percent of GDP | Exports of goods and services, billion USD | Exports of goods and services, annual growth | Imports of goods and services as percent of GDP | Imports of goods and services, billion USD | Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP | Foreign Direct Investment, billion USD | Net portfolio equity inflows | Current account balance as percent of GDP | Current account balance, billion USD | Trade balance as percent of GDP | Trade balance, billion USD | Remittances as percent of GDP | Balance of payments, net errors and omissions | Short-term debt, percent of total external debt |
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| Country | Code | Continental Plate Code | Year | Terms of trade, base year = 2000 | Trade openness: exports plus imports as a percentage of GDP | Exports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP | Exports of goods and services, US$1 billion | Exports of goods and services, annual growth rate | Imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP | Imports of goods and services, US$1 billion | Foreign direct investment, % of GDP | Foreign direct investment, US$1 billion | Net inflow of securities investment | Current account balance as a percentage of GDP | Current account balance, $1 billion | Trade balance as a percentage of GDP | Trade balance, $1 billion | Remittances as a percentage of GDP | Balance of payments, net errors and gaps | Short-term debt, % of total external debt |
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1960 | 11.16 | 4.13 | 0.02 | 7.02 | 0.04 | -2.89 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1961 | 12.55 | 4.45 | 0.02 | 8.1 | 0.04 | -3.64 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1962 | 14.23 | 4.88 | 0.03 | 9.35 | 0.05 | -4.47 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1963 | 26.04 | 9.17 | 0.07 | 16.86 | 0.13 | -7.69 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1964 | 26.94 | 8.89 | 0.07 | 18.06 | 0.14 | -9.17 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1965 | 32.67 | 11.26 | 0.11 | 21.41 | 0.22 | -10.15 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1966 | 27.14 | 8.57 | 0.12 | 18.57 | 0.26 | -10 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1967 | 20.98 | 6.77 | 0.11 | 14.21 | 0.24 | -7.44 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1968 | 24.11 | 8.9 | 0.12 | 15.21 | 0.21 | -6.31 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1969 | 25.08 | 10.09 | 0.14 | 14.98 | 0.21 | -4.89 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1970 | 21.73 | 9.78 | 0.17 | 11.94 | 0.21 | 0.01 | 0 | -2.16 | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1971 | 27.06 | 10.92 | 0.2 | 16.14 | 0.3 | 0.02 | 0 | -5.22 | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1972 | 32.87 | 14.76 | 0.24 | 18.11 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0 | -3.34 | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1973 | 27.69 | 12.95 | 0.22 | 14.74 | 0.26 | 0.02 | 0 | -1.79 | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1974 | 28.87 | 14.02 | 0.3 | 14.85 | 0.32 | -0.82 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1975 | 26.95 | 12.68 | 0.3 | 14.27 | 0.34 | -1.6 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1976 | 28.09 | 13.22 | 0.34 | 14.87 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | -1.65 | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1977 | 26.49 | 11.66 | 0.34 | 14.82 | 0.44 | -0.01 | 0 | -3.16 | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1978 | 24.71 | 10.84 | 0.36 | 13.87 | 0.46 | -3.03 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1979 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | -0.21 | -22.7 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1980 | 0.25 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.05 | -0.18 | -21 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1981 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | -0.21 | -0.34 | 97.4 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1982 | 0 | 0 | -0.07 | -0.21 | -78.1 | ||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1983 | 0 | 0 | -0.14 | -0.26 | -100.5 | ||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1984 | 0 | 0 | -0.45 | -0.58 | 201.3 | ||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1985 | 0 | 0 | -0.24 | -0.41 | 169.5 | ||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1986 | 0 | 0 | -0.54 | -0.79 | 217.51 | ||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1987 | 0 | 0 | -0.17 | -0.49 | 212.8 | ||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | -0.33 | -46.4 | ||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1989 | 0 | 0 | -0.14 | -0.47 | 184.6 | ||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1990 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1991 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1992 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1993 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1994 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1995 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1996 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1997 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1998 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1999 | 0.01 | ||||||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2000 | 100 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2001 | 116.5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2002 | 115.16 | 1.3 | 0.05 | 33.91 | |||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2003 | 112.02 | 1.27 | 0.06 | 29.62 | |||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2004 | 124.09 | 3.58 | 0.19 | 37.22 | |||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2005 | 125.89 | 4.35 | 0.27 | 30.23 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2006 | 134.23 | 3.41 | 0.24 | 20.84 | 0 | 1.96 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2007 | 138.09 | 1.94 | 0.19 | 63.39 | 0 | 1.07 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2008 | 142.88 | 0.45 | 0.05 | 0 | 33.77 | -0.24 | -1.88 | 0.87 | 62.59 | 0.86 |
Data update frequency
Annual Update