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Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Afghanistan was 2.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 4.51 in 2001, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1967	0.40
1969	0.17
1970	0.43
1971	0.63
1973	0.88
1974	1.27
1975	1.59
1976	1.29
1977	0.22
1980	0.01
1981	0.00
1982	0.38
1983	0.28
1984	0.27
1985	0.54
1986	0.33
1987	0.25
1988	0.33
1989	0.42
1990	0.42
1991	0.40
1992	0.37
1993	0.35
1994	0.50
1995	0.81
1996	0.57
1997	0.70
1998	1.26
1999	0.65
2000	4.32
2001	4.51
2002	2.93
2003	2.68
2004	2.39
2005	2.27
2006	2.35
2007	2.69
2008	3.61
2009	2.73
2010	3.12
2011	3.99
2015	4.33
2016	1.46
2017	1.51
2018	1.90
2019	2.10
2020	2.51

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Afghanistan was 7,171,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,069,000,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 87,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

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Year	Value
1960	87,000,000
1961	99,000,000
1962	116,000,000
1963	125,000,000
1964	124,000,000
1965	121,000,000
1966	128,000,000
1967	126,000,000
1968	114,000,000
1969	126,000,000
1970	114,000,000
1971	141,000,000
1972	164,000,000
1973	172,000,000
1974	243,000,000
1975	350,000,000
1976	261,000,000
1977	328,000,000
1978	395,000,000
1979	425,000,000
1980	841,000,000
1981	886,000,000
1982	962,000,000
1983	1,064,000,000
1984	1,390,000,000
1985	1,194,000,000
1986	1,404,000,000
1987	996,000,000
1988	900,000,000
1989	822,000,000
1990	936,000,000
1991	443,000,000
1992	398,000,000
1993	465,000,000
1994	391,000,000
1995	387,000,000
1996	661,000,000
1997	604,000,000
1998	462,000,000
1999	1,012,000,000
2000	1,176,000,000
2001	1,696,000,000
2002	2,452,000,000
2003	2,101,000,000
2004	2,177,000,000
2005	2,471,000,000
2006	2,744,000,000
2007	3,022,000,000
2008	3,020,000,000
2009	3,336,000,000
2010	5,154,000,000
2011	6,515,000,000
2012	9,069,000,000
2013	8,554,000,000
2014	7,729,000,000
2015	7,723,000,000
2016	6,534,000,000
2017	7,065,000,000
2018	7,407,000,000
2019	6,777,000,000
2020	7,171,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Afghanistan was 10.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 85.85 in 1983, while its lowest value was 2.50 in 2013.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	33.69
1965	38.67
1967	35.84
1968	29.70
1969	33.71
1970	40.36
1971	57.25
1973	50.08
1974	45.79
1975	54.04
1976	50.59
1977	45.44
1978	34.54
1979	24.56
1980	32.16
1981	26.62
1982	83.23
1983	85.85
1984	78.58
1985	75.39
1986	65.38
1987	69.57
1988	73.28
1989	78.37
1990	75.05
1991	80.01
1992	73.19
1993	62.16
1994	60.27
1995	59.17
1996	71.12
1997	57.29
1998	45.04
1999	40.04
2000	10.64
2001	10.58
2002	11.24
2003	11.43
2004	11.76
2005	12.25
2006	13.26
2007	15.71
2008	21.04
2009	22.14
2010	26.44
2011	21.52
2012	14.62
2013	2.50
2014	4.27
2015	13.89
2016	13.75
2017	15.03
2018	11.43
2019	9.19
2020	10.28

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Afghanistan was 70.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 70.52 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.22 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1967	6.52
1969	11.60
1970	2.99
1971	4.22
1973	9.49
1974	7.27
1975	5.53
1976	8.62
1977	17.32
1980	1.75
1981	0.22
1982	3.08
1983	3.02
1984	2.96
1985	7.06
1986	15.44
1987	13.81
1988	7.98
1989	6.18
1990	8.39
1991	10.67
1992	11.75
1993	26.57
1994	26.34
1995	29.15
1996	21.78
1997	33.01
1998	39.96
1999	35.12
2000	30.72
2001	29.03
2002	43.33
2003	45.70
2004	48.30
2005	49.59
2006	49.34
2007	47.39
2008	44.18
2009	65.48
2010	59.70
2011	63.07
2012	19.47
2013	9.93
2014	32.89
2015	66.87
2016	65.35
2017	63.15
2018	67.67
2019	68.25
2020	70.52

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Afghanistan was 22.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 23.54 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.21 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1967	4.06
1969	8.53
1973	5.09
1974	1.53
1975	1.04
1976	2.12
1977	1.76
1980	1.65
1981	0.21
1982	3.06
1983	2.98
1984	2.94
1985	6.88
1986	15.12
1987	13.34
1988	7.35
1989	5.28
1990	7.54
1991	10.24
1992	11.66
1993	12.36
1994	14.92
1995	17.50
1996	11.59
1997	13.64
1998	12.25
1999	8.83
2000	6.10
2001	5.76
2002	8.78
2003	9.36
2004	10.13
2005	10.82
2006	11.76
2007	13.81
2008	20.04
2009	12.38
2010	16.25
2011	11.30
2012	11.46
2013	1.59
2014	13.47
2015	19.26
2016	18.97
2017	19.93
2018	21.27
2019	23.54
2020	22.08

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Afghanistan was 30.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 47.36 in 2009, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1975.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1974	0.04
1975	0.00
1976	0.05
1977	0.99
1982	0.01
1983	0.04
1984	0.01
1985	0.04
1986	0.26
1987	0.46
1988	0.43
1989	0.64
1990	0.33
1991	0.20
1993	14.04
1994	11.25
1995	11.57
1996	9.92
1997	12.98
1998	18.58
1999	17.81
2000	5.84
2001	5.51
2002	8.41
2003	8.96
2004	9.47
2005	10.12
2006	10.99
2007	12.91
2008	17.61
2009	47.36
2010	35.03
2011	41.48
2015	22.99
2016	31.88
2017	28.91
2018	28.03
2019	25.21
2020	30.79

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Afghanistan was 0.134 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 0.708 in 2001, while its lowest value was 0.003 in 1985.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

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Year	Value
1984	0.006
1985	0.003
1986	0.017
1987	0.015
1988	0.183
1989	0.249
1990	0.517
1991	0.166
1992	0.011
1993	0.089
1994	0.062
1995	0.064
1996	0.269
1997	0.032
1998	0.123
1999	0.105
2000	0.662
2001	0.708
2002	0.309
2003	0.241
2004	0.162
2005	0.117
2006	0.104
2007	0.108
2008	0.156
2009	0.282
2010	0.493
2011	0.199
2015	0.156
2016	0.026
2017	0.017
2018	0.045
2019	0.151
2020	0.134

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Afghanistan was 16.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 28.24 in 2004, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1990.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1967	2.46
1969	3.06
1970	2.99
1971	4.22
1973	4.40
1974	5.70
1975	4.49
1976	6.45
1977	14.57
1980	0.10
1981	0.01
1982	0.01
1983	0.01
1984	0.01
1985	0.15
1986	0.04
1987	0.00
1988	0.01
1989	0.01
1990	0.00
1991	0.02
1992	0.02
1993	0.01
1994	0.02
1995	0.03
1996	0.00
1997	0.03
1998	0.61
1999	0.00
2000	17.93
2001	16.88
2002	25.57
2003	26.86
2004	28.24
2005	28.21
2006	26.14
2007	20.14
2008	5.83
2009	5.31
2010	7.51
2011	9.15
2012	8.01
2013	8.34
2014	19.42
2015	23.45
2016	13.76
2017	13.43
2018	17.15
2019	18.46
2020	16.96

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Afghanistan was 18.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 27.60 in 2005, while its lowest value was 5.31 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	9.19
1965	6.96
1967	6.93
1968	11.63
1969	12.16
1970	14.61
1971	10.32
1973	19.43
1974	14.87
1975	14.52
1976	11.10
1977	9.10
1978	11.99
1979	6.53
1980	7.17
1981	5.31
1982	11.61
1983	10.04
1984	10.91
1985	8.49
1986	8.05
1987	7.89
1988	13.05
1989	11.94
1990	14.53
1991	6.91
1992	14.30
1993	10.74
1994	12.85
1995	10.23
1996	6.59
1997	9.70
1998	15.00
1999	24.84
2000	16.75
2001	15.78
2002	23.97
2003	25.31
2004	26.91
2005	27.60
2006	27.34
2007	25.93
2008	19.43
2009	12.35
2010	13.75
2011	15.32
2012	16.08
2013	10.88
2014	18.62
2015	19.17
2016	19.36
2017	20.08
2018	19.55
2019	21.71
2020	18.80

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Afghanistan was 0.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 8.39 in 1998, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1988.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1986	0.00
1987	0.00
1988	0.00
1989	0.00
1990	0.00
1991	0.05
1992	0.06
1993	0.06
1994	0.09
1995	0.00
1996	0.00
1997	6.34
1998	8.39
1999	8.37
2000	0.18
2001	0.17
2002	0.26
2003	0.28
2004	0.30
2005	0.33
2006	0.35
2007	0.42
2008	0.55
2009	0.14
2010	0.42
2011	0.94
2015	1.01
2016	0.71
2017	0.88
2018	1.19
2019	0.89
2020	0.57

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Afghanistan was 0.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 76.68 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1997.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	57.12
1965	54.37
1967	50.71
1968	58.66
1969	42.54
1970	42.05
1971	28.20
1973	21.00
1974	32.08
1975	25.91
1976	29.69
1977	28.13
1978	53.47
1979	68.91
1980	58.92
1981	67.85
1982	2.08
1983	1.09
1984	7.54
1985	9.05
1986	11.12
1987	8.73
1988	5.69
1989	3.51
1990	2.04
1991	2.41
1992	0.76
1993	0.54
1994	0.53
1995	1.44
1996	0.52
1997	0.00
1998	0.00
1999	0.00
2000	41.90
2001	44.61
2002	21.46
2003	17.56
2004	13.03
2005	10.55
2006	10.05
2007	10.97
2008	15.35
2009	0.04
2010	0.10
2011	0.10
2012	49.83
2013	76.68
2014	44.21
2015	0.07
2016	1.55
2017	1.74
2018	1.35
2019	0.85
2020	0.40

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Afghanistan was $6,537,616,000 as of 2020. Over the past 56 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $13,508,070,000 in 2017 and $109,525,000 in 1970.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	$140,400,000
1965	$129,300,000
1967	$138,364,000
1968	$124,434,000
1969	$123,524,000
1970	$109,525,000
1971	$145,386,000
1973	$129,790,000
1974	$242,531,000
1975	$338,402,000
1976	$314,120,000
1977	$458,652,000
1978	$450,516,000
1979	$551,216,000
1980	$494,754,000
1981	$541,516,000
1982	$321,964,400
1983	$372,558,800
1984	$392,126,600
1985	$395,903,900
1986	$596,979,000
1987	$681,225,600
1988	$524,499,100
1989	$425,807,700
1990	$479,278,500
1991	$443,105,900
1992	$398,244,400
1993	$464,757,200
1994	$390,842,300
1995	$387,414,300
1996	$660,796,300
1997	$604,313,100
1998	$462,492,600
1999	$490,307,300
2000	$442,636,400
2001	$412,687,900
2002	$977,594,000
2003	$1,274,703,000
2004	$1,974,040,000
2005	$2,868,253,000
2006	$3,358,063,000
2007	$3,313,480,000
2008	$3,029,802,000
2009	$3,354,825,000
2010	$5,177,971,000
2011	$6,420,925,000
2012	$6,225,887,000
2013	$8,571,831,000
2014	$7,708,525,000
2015	$7,729,833,000
2016	$12,553,700,000
2017	$13,508,070,000
2018	$7,406,558,000
2019	$6,776,116,000
2020	$6,537,616,000

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) in Afghanistan was 18.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 27.60 in 2005, while its lowest value was 5.31 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	9.19
1965	6.96
1967	6.93
1968	11.63
1969	12.16
1970	14.61
1971	10.32
1973	19.43
1974	14.87
1975	14.52
1976	11.10
1977	9.10
1978	11.99
1979	6.53
1980	7.17
1981	5.31
1982	11.61
1983	10.04
1984	10.91
1985	8.49
1986	8.05
1987	7.89
1988	13.05
1989	11.94
1990	14.53
1991	6.91
1992	14.30
1993	10.74
1994	12.85
1995	10.23
1996	6.59
1997	9.70
1998	15.00
1999	24.84
2000	16.75
2001	15.78
2002	23.97
2003	25.31
2004	26.91
2005	27.60
2006	27.34
2007	25.93
2008	19.43
2009	12.35
2010	13.75
2011	15.32
2012	16.08
2013	10.88
2014	18.62
2015	19.17
2016	19.36
2017	20.08
2018	19.55
2019	21.71
2020	18.80

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports