IndicatorName: Livestock production index (gross, 1999-2001 = 100)

Longdefinition: Livestock production index includes meat and milk from all sources, dairy products such as cheese, and eggs, honey, raw silk, wool, and hides and skins.


Periodicity: Annual

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

Topic: Environment: Agricultural production

Aggregationmethod: Weighted average

Shortdefinition: Livestock production index includes meat and milk from all sources, dairy products such as cheese, and eggs, honey, raw silk, wool, and hides and skins.

name: Livestock production index (gross, 1999-2001 = 100)

value: Africa Development Indicators


sourceNote: Livestock production index includes meat and milk from all sources, dairy products such as cheese, and eggs, honey, raw silk, wool, and hides and skins.

sourceOrganization: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


IndicatorName: Non-food production index (gross, 1999-2001 = 100)

Longdefinition:
Non-food production index covers non-food items.  All the indices at the country, regional and world levels are calculated by the Laspeyres formula. Production quantities of each commodity are weighted by 1999-2001 average international commodity prices and summed for each year. To obtain the index, the aggregate for a given year is divided by the average aggregate for the base period 1999-2001.  It should be noted that when calculating indices of agricultural, food and nonfood production, all intermediate primary inputs of agricultural origin are deducted. However, for indices of any other commodity group, only inputs originating from within the same group are deducted; thus, only seed is removed from the group “crops” and from all crop subgroups, such as cereals, oil crops, etc.; and both feed and seed originating from within the livestock sector (e.g. milk feed, hatching eggs) are removed from the group “livestock products”. For the main two livestock subgroups, namely, meat and milk, only feed originating from the respective subgroup is removed.  The "international commodity prices” are used in order to avoid the use of exchange rates for obtaining continental and world aggregates, and also to improve and facilitate international comparative analysis of productivity at the national level. These” international prices”, expressed in so-called "international dollars”, are derived using a Geary-Khamis formula for the agricultural sector. This method assigns a single “price” to each commodity. For example, one metric ton of wheat has the same price regardless of the country where it was produced. The currency unit in which the prices are expressed has no influence on the indices published.  The indices are calculated from production data presented on a calendar year basis.  Aggregates are the sum of available data.
For some item aggregates, conversion factors are applied to values when calculating totals. Please see item Metadata for the factors at FAOSTAT.  The FAO indices may differ from those produced by the countries themselves because of differences in concepts of production, coverage, weights, time reference of data and methods of calculation.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.

sourceNote: Non-food production index covers non-food items.  All the indices at the country, regional and world levels are calculated by the Laspeyres formula. Production quantities of each commodity are weighted by 2004-2006 average international commodity prices and summed for each year. To obtain the index, the aggregate for a given year is divided by the average aggregate for the base period 2004-2006.  It should be noted that when calculating indices of agricultural, food and nonfood production, all intermediate primary inputs of agricultural origin are deducted. However, for indices of any other commodity group, only inputs originating from within the same group are deducted; thus, only seed is removed from the group “crops” and from all crop subgroups, such as cereals, oil crops, etc.; and both feed and seed originating from within the livestock sector (e.g. milk feed, hatching eggs) are removed from the group “livestock products”. For the main two livestock subgroups, namely, meat and milk, only feed originating from the respective subgroup is removed.  The ""international commodity prices” are used in order to avoid the use of exchange rates for obtaining continental and world aggregates, and also to improve and facilitate international comparative analysis of productivity at the national level. These” international prices”, expressed in so-called ""international dollars”, are derived using a Geary-Khamis formula for the agricultural sector. This method assigns a single “price” to each commodity. For example, one metric ton of wheat has the same price regardless of the country where it was produced. The currency unit in which the prices are expressed has no influence on the indices published.  The indices are calculated from production data presented on a calendar year basis.  Aggregates are the sum of available data.


Shortdefinition:
Non-food production index covers non-food items.  All the indices at the country, regional and world levels are calculated by the Laspeyres formula. Production quantities of each commodity are weighted by 1999-2001 average international commodity prices and summed for each year. To obtain the index, the aggregate for a given year is divided by the average aggregate for the base period 1999-2001.  It should be noted that when calculating indices of agricultural, food and nonfood production, all intermediate primary inputs of agricultural origin are deducted. However, for indices of any other commodity group, only inputs originating from within the same group are deducted; thus, only seed is removed from the group “crops” and from all crop subgroups, such as cereals, oil crops, etc.; and both feed and seed originating from within the livestock sector (e.g. milk feed, hatching eggs) are removed from the group “livestock products”. For the main two livestock subgroups, namely, meat and milk, only feed originating from the respective subgroup is removed.  The "international commodity prices” are used in order to avoid the use of exchange rates for obtaining continental and world aggregates, and also to improve and facilitate international comparative analysis of productivity at the national level. These” international prices”, expressed in so-called "international dollars”, are derived using a Geary-Khamis formula for the agricultural sector. This method assigns a single “price” to each commodity. For example, one metric ton of wheat has the same price regardless of the country where it was produced. The currency unit in which the prices are expressed has no influence on the indices published.  The indices are calculated from production data presented on a calendar year basis.  Aggregates are the sum of available data.
For some item aggregates, conversion factors are applied to values when calculating totals. Please see item Metadata for the factors at FAOSTAT.  The FAO indices may differ from those produced by the countries themselves because of differences in concepts of production, coverage, weights, time reference of data and methods of calculation.

name: Non-food production index (gross, 1999-2001 = 100)

sourceOrganization: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.


IndicatorName: Livestock production index (1999-2001 = 100)

name: Livestock production index (2014-2016 = 100)

value: World Development Indicators

value: Agriculture & Rural Development


name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


Millet production (metric tons)

IndicatorName: Millet production (metric tons)

Longdefinition: Production data on millet relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

Aggregationmethod: Sum


Shortdefinition: Production data on millet relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


sourceNote: Production data on millet relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Maize production (metric tons)

IndicatorName: Maize production (metric tons)

Longdefinition: Production data on maize relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Shortdefinition: Production data on maize relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


sourceNote: Production data on maize relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


IndicatorName: Gross non-food production index (1999-2001 = 100)

Longdefinition: Non-food production index covers non-food items.  The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 1999-2001. They are based on the sum of price-weighted quantities of different agricultural commodities produced after deductions of quantities used as seed and feed weighted in a similar manner. The resulting aggregate represents, therefore, disposable production for any use except as seed and feed.

Generalcomments: All the indices at the country, regional and world levels are calculated by the Laspeyres formula. Production quantities of each commodity are weighted by 1999-2001 average international commodity prices and summed for each year. To obtain the index, the aggregate for a given year is divided by the average aggregate for the base period 1999-2001.

sourceNote: Non-food production index covers non-food items.  The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2004-2006. They are based on the sum of price-weighted quantities of different agricultural commodities produced after deductions of quantities used as seed and feed weighted in a similar manner. The resulting aggregate represents, therefore, disposable production for any use except as seed and feed.


Shortdefinition: Non-food production index covers non-food items.  The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 1999-2001. They are based on the sum of price-weighted quantities of different agricultural commodities produced after deductions of quantities used as seed and feed weighted in a similar manner. The resulting aggregate represents, therefore, disposable production for any use except as seed and feed.

name: Gross non-food production index (1999-2001 = 100)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


Rice production (metric tons)

IndicatorName: Rice production (metric tons)

Longdefinition: Production data on rice relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Shortdefinition: Production data on rice relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


sourceNote: Production data on rice relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Sorghum production (metric tons)

IndicatorName: Sorghum production (metric tons)

Longdefinition: Production data on sorghum relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Shortdefinition: Production data on sorghum relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


sourceNote: Production data on sorghum relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Wheat production (metric tons)

IndicatorName: Wheat production (metric tons)

Longdefinition: Production data on wheat relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Shortdefinition: Production data on wheat relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


sourceNote: Production data on wheat relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


IndicatorName: Barley seed quantity (metric tonnes)

Longdefinition: Data include the amounts of the commodity in question set aside for sowing or planting (or generally for reproduction purposes, e.g. sugar cane planted, potatoes for seed, eggs for hatching and fish for bait, whether domestically produced or imported) during the reference period. Account is taken of double or successive sowing or planting whenever it occurs. The data of seed include also, when it is the case, the quantities necessary for sowing or planting the area relating to crops harvested green for fodder or for food.(e.g. green peas, green beans, maize for forage) Data for seed element are stored in tonnes (t). Whenever official data were not available, seed figures have been estimated either as a percentage of supply (e.g. eggs for hatching) or by multiplying a seed rate with the area under the crop of the subsequent year.

name: Barley seed quantity (FAO, metric tonnes)


Shortdefinition: Data include the amounts of the commodity in question set aside for sowing or planting (or generally for reproduction purposes, e.g. sugar cane planted, potatoes for seed, eggs for hatching and fish for bait, whether domestically produced or imported) during the reference period. Account is taken of double or successive sowing or planting whenever it occurs. The data of seed include also, when it is the case, the quantities necessary for sowing or planting the area relating to crops harvested green for fodder or for food.(e.g. green peas, green beans, maize for forage) Data for seed element are stored in tonnes (t). Whenever official data were not available, seed figures have been estimated either as a percentage of supply (e.g. eggs for hatching) or by multiplying a seed rate with the area under the crop of the subsequent year.


sourceNote: Data include the amounts of the commodity in question set aside for sowing or planting (or generally for reproduction purposes, e.g. sugar cane planted, potatoes for seed, eggs for hatching and fish for bait, whether domestically produced or imported) during the reference period. Account is taken of double or successive sowing or planting whenever it occurs. The data of seed include also, when it is the case, the quantities necessary for sowing or planting the area relating to crops harvested green for fodder or for food.(e.g. green peas, green beans, maize for forage) Data for seed element are stored in tonnes (t). Whenever official data were not available, seed figures have been estimated either as a percentage of supply (e.g. eggs for hatching) or by multiplying a seed rate with the area under the crop of the subsequent year.


IndicatorName: Cereal seed quantity (FAO, tonnes)

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization.

name: Cereal seed quantity (FAO, metric tonnes)


IndicatorName: Fonio seed quantity (metric tonnes)

name: Fonio seed quantity (FAO, metric tonnes)


IndicatorName: Millet seed quantity (metric tonnes)

name: Millet seed quantity (FAO, metric tonnes)


IndicatorName: Maize seed quantity (metric tonnes)

name: Maize seed quantity (FAO, metric tonnes)


Rice seed quantity (FAO, metric tonnes)

IndicatorName: Rice seed quantity (metric tonnes)


IndicatorName: Sorghum seed quantity (metric tonnes)

name: Sorghum seed quantity (FAO, metric tonnes)


IndicatorName: Wheat seed quantity (metric tonnes)

name: Wheat seed quantity (FAO, metric tonnes)


Surface area (ha)

IndicatorName: Surface area (hectares)

Longdefinition: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

Topic: Environment: Land use


Shortdefinition: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.


sourceNote: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.


Surface area (sq. km)

IndicatorName: Surface area (sq. km)

value: Environment


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


Barley yield (kg per hectare)

IndicatorName: Barley yield (kg per hectare)

Longdefinition: Barley yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Shortdefinition: Barley yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


sourceNote: Barley yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


Cereal yield (kg per hectare)

IndicatorName: Cereal yield (kg per hectare)

sourceNote: Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.

value: Climate Change


Longdefinition: Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Shortdefinition: Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


Fonio yield (kg per hectare)

IndicatorName: Fonio yield (kg per hectare)

Longdefinition: Fonio yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Shortdefinition: Fonio yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


sourceNote: Fonio yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Millet yield (kg per hectare)

IndicatorName: Millet yield (kg per hectare)

Longdefinition: Millet yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Shortdefinition: Millet yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


sourceNote: Millet yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Maize yield (kg per hectare)

IndicatorName: Maize yield (kg per hectare)

Longdefinition: Maize yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Shortdefinition: Maize yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


sourceNote: Maize yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Rice yield (kg per hectare)

IndicatorName: Rice yield (kg per hectare)

Longdefinition: Rice yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Shortdefinition: Rice yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


sourceNote: Rice yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Sorghum yield (kg per hectare)

IndicatorName: Sorghum yield (kg per hectare)

Longdefinition: Sorghum yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Shortdefinition: Sorghum yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


sourceNote: Sorghum yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Wheat yield (kg per hectare)

IndicatorName: Wheat yield (kg per hectare)

Longdefinition: Wheat yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Shortdefinition: Wheat yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


sourceNote: Wheat yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on  relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Trade in services (% of GDP)

IndicatorName: Trade in services (% of GDP)

Longdefinition: Trade in services is the sum of service exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt: Balance of payments: Current account: Goods, services & income

value: Economy & Growth

value: Private Sector

value: Trade


Shortdefinition: Trade in services is the sum of service exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars.

sourceOrganization: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.


sourceNote: Trade in services is the sum of service exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Agricultural tractors, exports (FAO, current US$)

Longdefinition: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.  Data are in US$.

Topic: Private Sector & Trade: Exports

Shortdefinition: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.  Data are in  current U.S. dollars.


name: Agricultural tractors, exports (FAO, current US$)

sourceNote: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.  Data are in US$.


Agricultural tractors, exports

IndicatorName: Agricultural tractors, exports

Longdefinition: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.


Shortdefinition: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.


sourceNote: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.


Cereal exports (FAO, current US$)

IndicatorName: Cereal exports (FAO, current US$)

Longdefinition: Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt: National accounts: US$ at current prices: Aggregate indicators


Shortdefinition: Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


sourceNote: Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Cereal exports quantity (FAO, tonnes)

IndicatorName: Cereal exports quantity (FAO, tonnes)


IndicatorName: Forest products imports (FAO, current US$)

Longdefinition: Forest products imports.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organzition.


Shortdefinition: Forest products imports.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Forest products imports (FAO, current US$)


sourceNote: Forest products imports.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Hazardous pesticides imports (FAO, current US$)

Longdefinition: Pesticides refer to insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances which may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies.  The term includes substances intended for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant or agent for thinning fruit or preventing the premature fall of fruit, and substances applied to crops either before or after harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage and transport.  Pesticide trade is the value of trade covering insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and others, as described by the Harmonised Coding System (HS) code 3808.  Differences between figures given for total exports and total imports at the world level may be due to several factors, e.g. the time lag between the dispatch of goods from exporting country and their arrival in the importing country; the use of different classification of the same product by different countries; or the fact that some countries supply data on general trade while others give data on special trade.

Source: Food and Agricultural Organisation.


name: Hazardous pesticides imports (FAO, current US$)

sourceNote: Pesticides refer to insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances which may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies.  The term includes substances intended for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant or agent for thinning fruit or preventing the premature fall of fruit, and substances applied to crops either before or after harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage and transport.  Pesticide trade is the value of trade covering insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and others, as described by the Harmonised Coding System (HS) code 3808.  Differences between figures given for total exports and total imports at the world level may be due to several factors, e.g. the time lag between the dispatch of goods from exporting country and their arrival in the importing country; the use of different classification of the same product by different countries; or the fact that some countries supply data on general trade while others give data on special trade.


Shortdefinition: Pesticides refer to insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances which may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies.  The term includes substances intended for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant or agent for thinning fruit or preventing the premature fall of fruit, and substances applied to crops either before or after harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage and transport.


Pesticides imports (FAO, current US$)

IndicatorName: Pesticides imports (FAO, current US$)

Longdefinition: Pesticides refer to insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances which may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies. The term includes substances intended for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant or agent for thinning fruit or preventing the premature fall of fruit, and substances applied to crops either before or after harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage and transport.

Generalcomments: Differences between figures given for total exports and total imports at the world level may be due to several factors, e.g. the time lag between the dispatch of goods from exporting country and their arrival in the importing country; the use of different classification of the same product by different countries; or the fact that some countries supply data on general trade while others give data on special trade.


Shortdefinition: Pesticides refer to insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances which may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies. The term includes substances intended for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant or agent for thinning fruit or preventing the premature fall of fruit, and substances applied to crops either before or after harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage and transport.


sourceNote: Pesticides refer to insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances which may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies. The term includes substances intended for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant or agent for thinning fruit or preventing the premature fall of fruit, and substances applied to crops either before or after harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage and transport.


IndicatorName: Food imports excluding fish (FAO, current US$)

Longdefinition: Food imports excludes fish.  Data are expressed in current U.S. dollar at cost-insurance-freight (cif) prices. Excludes fish.

Source: Food and Agriculture.Organisation.


Shortdefinition: Food imports excludes fish.  Data are expressed in current U.S. dollar at cost-insurance-freight (cif) prices. Excludes fish.

name: Food imports excluding fish (FAO, current US$)


sourceNote: Food imports excludes fish.  Data are expressed in current U.S. dollar at cost-insurance-freight (cif) prices. Excludes fish.


IndicatorName: Total agricultural imports (FAO, current US$)

Longdefinition: Total agricultural imports are expressed in terms of value.  They cover all movements into the country of the commodity in question during the reference period. They include commercial trade, food aid granted on specific terms, donated quantities and estimates of unrecorded trade.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Topic: Private Sector & Trade: Imports


Shortdefinition: Total agricultural imports are expressed in terms of value.  They cover all movements into the country of the commodity in question during the reference period. They include commercial trade, food aid granted on specific terms, donated quantities and estimates of unrecorded trade.

name: Total agricultural imports (FAO, current US$)


sourceNote: Total agricultural imports are expressed in terms of value.  They cover all movements into the country of the commodity in question during the reference period. They include commercial trade, food aid granted on specific terms, donated quantities and estimates of unrecorded trade.


IndicatorName: Income payments (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments). Income derived from the use of intangible assets is excluded from income and recorded under business services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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

name: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$)

sourceNote: Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments). Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments). Income derived from the use of intangible assets is excluded from income and recorded under business services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


IndicatorName: Other income payments (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Other income payments.

Source: World Bank country economists.

Shortdefinition: Other income payments.

sourceNote: Other income payments.

sourceOrganization: World Bank country economists.


name: Other income payments (BoP, current US$)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


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

Longdefinition: 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, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Aggregationmethod: Gap-filled total

sourceNote: 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.

name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


Shortdefinition: 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, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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


Goods imports (BoP, current US$)

IndicatorName: Goods imports (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Goods imports refer to all movable goods (including nonmonetary gold) involved in a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents. The category includes goods previously included in services: goods received or sent for processing and their subsequent export or import in the form of processed goods, repairs on goods, and goods procured in ports by carriers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

sourceNote: Goods imports refer to all movable goods (including nonmonetary gold) involved in a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Goods imports refer to all movable goods (including nonmonetary gold) involved in a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents. The category includes goods previously included in services: goods received or sent for processing and their subsequent export or import in the form of processed goods, repairs on goods, and goods procured in ports by carriers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Service imports (BoP, current US$)

IndicatorName: Service imports (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Services (previously nonfactor services) refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. International transactions in services are defined by the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (1993), but definitions may nevertheless vary among reporting economies. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

sourceNote: Services refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Services (previously nonfactor services) refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. International transactions in services are defined by the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (1993), but definitions may nevertheless vary among reporting economies. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Royalty and license fees, payments (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Royalty and license fees are payments and receipts between residents and nonresidents for the authorized use of intangible, nonproduced, nonfinancial assets and proprietary rights (such as patents, copyrights, trademarks, industrial processes, and franchises) and for the use, through licensing agreements, of produced originals of prototypes (such as films and manuscripts). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$)

sourceNote: Charges for the use of intellectual property are payments and receipts between residents and nonresidents for the authorized use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, and franchises) and for the use, through licensing agreements, of produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works, and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

value: Science & Technology


Shortdefinition: Royalty and license fees are payments and receipts between residents and nonresidents for the authorized use of intangible, nonproduced, nonfinancial assets and proprietary rights (such as patents, copyrights, trademarks, industrial processes, and franchises) and for the use, through licensing agreements, of produced originals of prototypes (such as films and manuscripts). Data are in current U.S. dollars.


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


IndicatorName: Imports of  total services (Debit, current US$)

Longdefinition: Imports of total services is calculated as the difference between imports of goods and services and merchandise imports.


Shortdefinition: Imports of total services is calculated as the difference between imports of goods and services and merchandise imports.

name: Imports of  total services (Debit, current US$)


sourceNote: Imports of total services is calculated as the difference between imports of goods and services and merchandise imports.


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

Longdefinition: Imports of goods, services and income is the sum of goods (merchandise) imports, imports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$)

sourceNote: Imports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods imports, service imports and primary income payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

value: External Debt


Shortdefinition: Imports of goods, services and income is the sum of goods (merchandise) imports, imports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


IndicatorName: Foreign direct investment, net outflows by reporting economy (IMF-BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: 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 outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt: Balance of payments: Capital & financial account


Shortdefinition: 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 outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Foreign direct investment, net outflows by reporting economy (IMF-BoP, current US$)


sourceNote: 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 outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


IndicatorName: Current transfers, payments (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Current transfers comprise transfers of income between residents of the reporting country and the rest of the world that carry no provisions for repayment. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt: Balance of payments: Current account: Transfers


Shortdefinition: Current transfers comprise transfers of income between residents of the reporting country and the rest of the world that carry no provisions for repayment. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Current transfers, payments (BoP, current US$)


sourceNote: Current transfers comprise transfers of income between residents of the reporting country and the rest of the world that carry no provisions for repayment. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Migrant remittance outflows (current US$)

Limitationsandexceptions: Remittances flows and the stock of migrants may be underestimated due to the use of informal remittance channels, irregular migration and ambiguity in the definition of migrants (foreign born versus foreigners, seasonal versus permanent).  Note the pitfal

Longdefinition:
Migrants’ remittances are defined as the sum of worker’s remittances,
 compensation of employees, and migrants’ transfers as recorded in the IMF Balance of Payments.   Workers remittances are current transfers by migrant who are considered residents in the

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook 2008.

Shortdefinition:
Migrants’ remittances are defined as the sum of worker’s remittances,
 compensation of employees, and migrants’ transfers as recorded in the IMF Balance of Payments.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Generalcomments: For a discussion of the definition of remittances, see Dilip Ratha, 2003, "Workers' Remittances: An Important and Stable Source of External Development Finance", Global Development Finance 2003, World Bank.


name: Migrant remittance outflows (current US$)

sourceNote: Migrants’ remittances are defined as the sum of worker’s remittances,

sourceOrganization: World Bank staff estimates based on the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook 2008.


IndicatorName: Official current transfers, payments (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Current transfers are recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Current transfers are recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Official current transfers, payments (BoP, current US$)


sourceNote: Current transfers are recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Private current transfers, payments (BoP, current US$)

name: Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$)

sourceNote: Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


IndicatorName: Workers' remittances, payments (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. This item shows payments by the reporting country. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. This item shows payments by the reporting country. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Workers' remittances, payments (BoP, current US$)


sourceNote: Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. This item shows payments by the reporting country. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


IndicatorName: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid (current US$)

Longdefinition: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers resident in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status, to recipients in their country of origin. Migrants' transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.

Shortdefinition: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees received are current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries of nonresident workers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

sourceNote: 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. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

value: Financial Sector


sourceOrganization: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


IndicatorName: Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods, services, net income, and net current transfers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt: Balance of payments: Current account: Balances

sourceNote: 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.


Shortdefinition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods, services, net income, and net current transfers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Current account balance (BoP, current US$)


Current account balance (% of GDP)

IndicatorName: Current account balance (% of GDP)

Longdefinition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods, services, net income, and net current transfers.

sourceNote: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.


Shortdefinition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods, services, net income, and net current transfers.


name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


Current account balance (% of GNP)

IndicatorName: Current account balance (% of GNP)

Longdefinition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods, services, net income, and net current transfers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.  Data are divided by GNP at market prices in U.S. dollars to facilitate comparison across economies.


Shortdefinition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods, services, net income, and net current transfers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.  Data are divided by GNP at market prices in U.S. dollars to facilitate comparison across economies.


sourceNote: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods, services, net income, and net current transfers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.  Data are divided by GNP at market prices in U.S. dollars to facilitate comparison across economies.


IndicatorName: Current account balance excluding net official capital grants (% of GDP)

Longdefinition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods, services, net income, and net current transfers.  This is divided by GDP at market prices, with both series expressed in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods, services, net income, and net current transfers.  This is divided by GDP at market prices, with both series expressed in current U.S. dollars.

name: Current account balance excluding net official capital grants (% of GDP)


sourceNote: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods, services, net income, and net current transfers.  This is divided by GDP at market prices, with both series expressed in current U.S. dollars.


Longdefinition: Debt service not paid (BoP, current US$).


Shortdefinition: Debt service not paid (BoP, current US$).


sourceNote: Debt service not paid (BoP, current US$).


IndicatorName: Debt service not paid (BoP, current US$)


name: Debt service not paid (BoP, current US$)


IndicatorName: Debt Service not paid: Arrears Accumulation (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: In the standard presentation of the balance of payments, arrears of interest and amortization--amounts that are past due and unpaid--are recorded as if the amounts had been paid on schedule, and an offsetting entry is made to reflect the associated new, short-term commitments.  Data are in current US dollars.


Shortdefinition: In the standard presentation of the balance of payments, arrears of interest and amortization--amounts that are past due and unpaid--are recorded as if the amounts had been paid on schedule, and an offsetting entry is made to reflect the associated new, short-term commitments.  Data are in current US dollars.

name: Debt Service not paid: Arrears Accumulation (BoP, current US$)


sourceNote: In the standard presentation of the balance of payments, arrears of interest and amortization--amounts that are past due and unpaid--are recorded as if the amounts had been paid on schedule, and an offsetting entry is made to reflect the associated new, short-term commitments.  Data are in current US dollars.


Net primary income (BoP, current US$)

IndicatorName: Net income (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Net income refers to receipts and payments of employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (receipts and payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Income derived from the use of intangible assets is recorded under business services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

sourceNote: Net primary income refers to receipts and payments of employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (receipts and payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Net income refers to receipts and payments of employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (receipts and payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Income derived from the use of intangible assets is recorded under business services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


Net income (% of GDP)

IndicatorName: Net income (% of GDP)

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt: National accounts: Shares of GDP & other

sourceNote: Net income refers to receipts and payments of employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (receipts and payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Income derived from the use of intangible assets is recorded under business services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

sourceOrganization: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank GDP estimates are used for the denominator.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


IndicatorName: Net trade in goods and services (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: 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.


Shortdefinition: 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.

name: Net trade in goods and services (BoP, current US$)


sourceNote: 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.


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


Net trade in goods (BoP, current US$)

IndicatorName: Net trade in goods (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Net trade in goods is the difference between exports and imports of goods. The category includes goods previously included in services: goods received or sent for processing and their subsequent export or import in the form of processed goods, repairs on goods, and goods procured in ports by carriers. Trade in services is not included. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

sourceNote: Net trade in goods is the difference between exports and imports of goods. Trade in services is not included. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Net trade in goods is the difference between exports and imports of goods. The category includes goods previously included in services: goods received or sent for processing and their subsequent export or import in the form of processed goods, repairs on goods, and goods procured in ports by carriers. Trade in services is not included. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Net errors and omissions, adjusted (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that all debit and credit entries in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. In the International Financial Statistics presentation, this is equal to the difference between reserves and related items and the sum of the balances of the current, capital, and financial accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Net errors and omissions (BoP, current US$)

sourceNote: 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.


Shortdefinition: Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that all debit and credit entries in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. In the International Financial Statistics presentation, this is equal to the difference between reserves and related items and the sum of the balances of the current, capital, and financial accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Capital flows not elsewhere included (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: This item comprises capital transactions not included elsewhere. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: This item comprises capital transactions not included elsewhere. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Capital flows not elsewhere included (BoP, current US$)


sourceNote: This item comprises capital transactions not included elsewhere. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Other capital flows, net (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: The sum of short-term capital, net errors and omissions, and capital transactions not included elsewhere. Data denominated in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: The sum of short-term capital, net errors and omissions, and capital transactions not included elsewhere. Data denominated in current U.S. dollars.

name: Other capital flows, net (BoP, current US$)


sourceNote: The sum of short-term capital, net errors and omissions, and capital transactions not included elsewhere. Data denominated in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Foreign direct investment is 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 total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

sourceNote: 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 total net FDI. In BPM6, financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities. Net FDI outflows are assets and net FDI inflows are liabilities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Foreign direct investment is 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 total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$)


name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


Foreign direct investment (% of GDP)

IndicatorName: Foreign direct investment (% of GDP)

sourceNote: Foreign direct investment is 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 total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


IndicatorName: Net long-term borrowing (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Net long-term borrowing includes external debt disbursements less repayments due, plus other net long-term inflows. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Net long-term borrowing includes external debt disbursements less repayments due, plus other net long-term inflows. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Net long-term borrowing (BoP, current US$)


sourceNote: Net long-term borrowing includes external debt disbursements less repayments due, plus other net long-term inflows. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Other long-term inflows, net (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Other long-term capital comprises the difference between long-term capital, as defined for total long-term capital: excluding reserves and LCFAR, and the similar item reported in IMF balance of payments statistics. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Other long-term capital comprises the difference between long-term capital, as defined for total long-term capital: excluding reserves and LCFAR, and the similar item reported in IMF balance of payments statistics. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Other long-term inflows, net (BoP, current US$)


sourceNote: Other long-term capital comprises the difference between long-term capital, as defined for total long-term capital: excluding reserves and LCFAR, and the similar item reported in IMF balance of payments statistics. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Private capital flows, total (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Private capital flows consist of net foreign direct investment and portfolio investment. Foreign direct investment is 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. The FDI included here is total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Portfolio investment excludes liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves and covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

sourceNote: Private capital flows consist of net foreign direct investment and portfolio investment. Foreign direct investment is 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. The FDI included here is total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Portfolio investment covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Private capital flows consist of net foreign direct investment and portfolio investment. Foreign direct investment is 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. The FDI included here is total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Portfolio investment excludes liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves and covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Private capital flows, total (BoP, current US$)


Private capital flows, total (% of GDP)

IndicatorName: Private capital flows, total (% of GDP)

Longdefinition: Private capital flows consist of net foreign direct investment and portfolio investment. Foreign direct investment is 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. The FDI included here is total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Portfolio investment excludes liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves and covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities.

sourceNote: Private capital flows consist of net foreign direct investment and portfolio investment. Foreign direct investment is 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. The FDI included here is total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Portfolio investment covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities.


Shortdefinition: Private capital flows consist of net foreign direct investment and portfolio investment. Foreign direct investment is 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. The FDI included here is total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Portfolio investment excludes liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves and covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities.


IndicatorName: Portfolio investment, excluding LCFAR (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Portfolio investment excluding liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Portfolio Investment, net (BoP, current US$)

sourceNote: Portfolio investment covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


Shortdefinition: Portfolio investment excluding liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


IndicatorName: Changes in net reserves (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Changes in net reserves is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. These include changes in holdings of monetary gold, SDRs, foreign exchange assets, reserve position in the International Monetary Fund, and other claims on nonresidents that are available to the central authority. The measure is net of liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves, and counterpart items for valuation changes and exceptional financing items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$)

sourceNote: Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Changes in net reserves is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. These include changes in holdings of monetary gold, SDRs, foreign exchange assets, reserve position in the International Monetary Fund, and other claims on nonresidents that are available to the central authority. The measure is net of liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves, and counterpart items for valuation changes and exceptional financing items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Net secondary income (BoP, current US$)

IndicatorName: Net current transfers (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Net current transfers are recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

sourceNote: Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Net current transfers are recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Net current transfers (% of GDP)

IndicatorName: Net current transfers (% of GDP)

sourceNote: Net current transfers are recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


Net capital account (BoP, current US$)

IndicatorName: Net capital account (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Net capital account includes government debt forgiveness, investment grants in cash or in kind by a government entity, and taxes on capital transfers. Also included are migrants' capital transfers and debt forgiveness and investment grants by nongovernmental entities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

sourceNote: Net capital account records acquisitions and disposals of nonproduced nonfinancial assets, such as land sold to embassies and sales of leases and licenses, as well as capital transfers, including government debt forgiveness. The use of the term capital account in this context is designed to be consistent with the System of National Accounts, which distinguishes between capital transactions and financial transactions. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Net capital account includes government debt forgiveness, investment grants in cash or in kind by a government entity, and taxes on capital transfers. Also included are migrants' capital transfers and debt forgiveness and investment grants by nongovernmental entities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Official current transfers, net (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Current transfers are recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Current transfers are recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Official current transfers, net (BoP, current US$)


sourceNote: Current transfers are recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Private current transfers, net (BoP, current US$)


name: Private current transfers, net (BoP, current US$)


IndicatorName: Workers' remittances, net (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Workers' remittances, net (BoP, current US$)


sourceNote: Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Grants (disbursements) from new commitments (BoP, current US$)

Longdefinition: Grants (disbursements) from new commitments in current US dollars.


Shortdefinition: Grants (disbursements) from new commitments in current US dollars.

name: Grants (disbursements) from new commitments (BoP, current US$)


sourceNote: Grants (disbursements) from new commitments in current US dollars.


IndicatorName: Agricultural tractors, imports (FAO, current US$)

Longdefinition: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.  Data are in US$.

Shortdefinition: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.


name: Agricultural tractors, imports (FAO, current US$)

sourceNote: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.  Data are in US$.


Agricultural tractors, imports

IndicatorName: Agricultural tractors, imports

Longdefinition: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.


Shortdefinition: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.


sourceNote: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.


Cereal imports (FAO, current US$)

IndicatorName: Cereal imports (FAO, current US$)

Longdefinition: Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt: National accounts: US$ at current prices: Expenditure on GDP


Shortdefinition: Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


sourceNote: Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Cereal imports quantity (FAO, tonnes)

IndicatorName: Cereal imports quantity (FAO, tonnes)


IndicatorName: Forest products exports (FAO, current US$)

Longdefinition: Forest products exports.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Forest products exports.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Forest products exports (FAO, current US$)


sourceNote: Forest products exports.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Hazardous pesticides exports (FAO, current US$)

Longdefinition: Pesticides refer to insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances which may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies.  The term includes substances intended for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant or agent for thinning fruit or preventing the premature fall of fruit, and substances applied to crops either before or after harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage and transport.  Pesticide trade is the value of trade covering insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and others, as described by the Harmonised Coding System (HS) code 3808.  Differences between figures given for total exports and total imports at the world level may be due to several factors, e.g. the time lag between the dispatch of goods from exporting country and their arrival in the importing country; the use of different classification of the same product by different countries; or the fact that some countries supply data on general trade while others give data on special trade.


name: Hazardous pesticides exports (FAO, current US$)

sourceNote: Pesticides refer to insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances which may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies.  The term includes substances intended for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant or agent for thinning fruit or preventing the premature fall of fruit, and substances applied to crops either before or after harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage and transport.  Pesticide trade is the value of trade covering insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and others, as described by the Harmonised Coding System (HS) code 3808.  Differences between figures given for total exports and total imports at the world level may be due to several factors, e.g. the time lag between the dispatch of goods from exporting country and their arrival in the importing country; the use of different classification of the same product by different countries; or the fact that some countries supply data on general trade while others give data on special trade.


Shortdefinition: Pesticides refer to insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances which may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies.  The term includes substances intended for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant or agent for thinning fruit or preventing the premature fall of fruit, and substances applied to crops either before or after harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage and transport.


Pesticides exports (FAO, current US$)

IndicatorName: Pesticides exports (FAO, current US$)

Longdefinition: Pesticides trade refers to the value of all types of pesticides (put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles), provided to (exports) or received (imported) from the rest of the world. Differences between figures given for total exports and total imports at the world level may be due to several factors, e.g. the time lag between the dispatch of goods from exporting country and their arrival in the importing country; the use of different classification of the same product by different countries; or the fact that some countries supply data on general trade while others give data on special trade.  Pesticides refers to insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and any substance intended for preventing, destroying, attracting, repelling, or controlling any pest including unwanted species of plants or animals during the production, storage, transport, distribution, and processing of food, agricultural commodities, or animal feeds of which may be administered to animals for the control of ectoparasites.


Shortdefinition: Pesticides trade refers to the value of all types of pesticides (put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles), provided to (exports) or received (imported) from the rest of the world. Differences between figures given for total exports and total imports at the world level may be due to several factors, e.g. the time lag between the dispatch of goods from exporting country and their arrival in the importing country; the use of different classification of the same product by different countries; or the fact that some countries supply data on general trade while others give data on special trade.  Pesticides refers to insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and any substance intended for preventing, destroying, attracting, repelling, or controlling any pest including unwanted species of plants or animals during the production, storage, transport, distribution, and processing of food, agricultural commodities, or animal feeds of which may be administered to animals for the control of ectoparasites.


sourceNote: Pesticides trade refers to the value of all types of pesticides (put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles), provided to (exports) or received (imported) from the rest of the world. Differences between figures given for total exports and total imports at the world level may be due to several factors, e.g. the time lag between the dispatch of goods from exporting country and their arrival in the importing country; the use of different classification of the same product by different countries; or the fact that some countries supply data on general trade while others give data on special trade.  Pesticides refers to insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants and any substance intended for preventing, destroying, attracting, repelling, or controlling any pest including unwanted species of plants or animals during the production, storage, transport, distribution, and processing of food, agricultural commodities, or animal feeds of which may be administered to animals for the control of ectoparasites.


IndicatorName: Food exports excluding fish (FAO, current US$)

Longdefinition: Food exports an are expressed in current U.S. dollars at free on board (fob) prices. Excludes fish.


Shortdefinition: Food exports an are expressed in current U.S. dollars at free on board (fob) prices. Excludes fish.

name: Food exports excluding fish (FAO, current US$)


sourceNote: Food exports an are expressed in current U.S. dollars at free on board (fob) prices. Excludes fish.


IndicatorName: Total agricultural exports (FAO, current US$)

Longdefinition: Total agricultural imports are expressed in terms of value.  They cover all movements into the country of the commodity in question during the reference period. They include commercial trade, food aid granted on specific terms, donated quantities and estimates of unrecorded trade.


Shortdefinition: Total agricultural imports are expressed in terms of value.  They cover all movements into the country of the commodity in question during the reference period. They include commercial trade, food aid granted on specific terms, donated quantities and estimates of unrecorded trade.

name: Total agricultural exports (FAO, current US$)