Australia - Merchandise imports

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 Australia was 1.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 9.16 in 1981, while its lowest value was 1.32 in 2020.

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
1960 4.16
1961 3.84
1962 3.37
1963 4.83
1964 4.27
1965 4.02
1966 4.25
1967 4.17
1968 3.70
1969 4.11
1970 3.37
1971 2.79
1972 2.84
1973 2.69
1974 6.09
1975 6.53
1976 6.21
1977 6.53
1978 6.26
1979 6.75
1980 8.70
1981 9.16
1982 7.94
1983 7.56
1984 5.56
1985 3.87
1986 2.48
1987 2.27
1988 2.08
1989 2.66
1990 2.95
1991 2.64
1992 2.58
1993 2.89
1994 2.36
1995 2.27
1996 2.36
1997 2.27
1998 1.33
1999 1.49
2000 2.49
2001 2.19
2002 1.73
2003 1.88
2004 1.79
2005 1.66
2006 2.25
2007 2.18
2008 2.24
2009 2.03
2010 2.00
2011 2.76
2012 2.48
2013 2.63
2014 1.65
2015 1.51
2016 1.55
2017 1.40
2018 1.91
2019 1.90
2020 1.32

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Australia was 211,109,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 260,940,000,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 2,369,000,000 in 1961.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 2,662,000,000
1961 2,369,000,000
1962 2,540,000,000
1963 2,776,000,000
1964 3,318,000,000
1965 3,762,000,000
1966 3,612,000,000
1967 3,924,000,000
1968 4,366,000,000
1969 4,538,000,000
1970 5,056,000,000
1971 5,228,000,000
1972 5,028,000,000
1973 7,393,000,000
1974 11,982,000,000
1975 10,697,000,000
1976 12,232,000,000
1977 13,511,000,000
1978 15,567,000,000
1979 18,191,000,000
1980 22,399,000,000
1981 26,215,000,000
1982 26,667,000,000
1983 21,458,000,000
1984 25,919,000,000
1985 25,889,000,000
1986 26,104,000,000
1987 29,318,000,000
1988 36,095,000,000
1989 44,933,000,000
1990 41,985,000,000
1991 41,648,000,000
1992 43,807,000,000
1993 45,577,000,000
1994 53,425,000,000
1995 61,283,000,000
1996 65,427,000,000
1997 65,892,000,000
1998 64,630,000,000
1999 69,158,000,000
2000 71,529,000,000
2001 63,888,000,000
2002 72,690,000,000
2003 89,084,000,000
2004 109,384,000,000
2005 125,281,000,000
2006 139,253,000,000
2007 165,336,000,000
2008 200,273,000,000
2009 165,471,000,000
2010 201,639,000,000
2011 243,701,000,000
2012 260,940,000,000
2013 242,140,000,000
2014 237,352,000,000
2015 208,501,000,000
2016 196,270,000,000
2017 228,780,000,000
2018 235,386,000,000
2019 221,564,000,000
2020 211,109,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Australia was 52.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 91.36 in 1985, while its lowest value was 51.64 in 2017.

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
1960 85.65
1961 84.51
1962 85.77
1963 86.34
1964 86.88
1965 87.55
1966 87.33
1967 87.71
1968 88.63
1969 88.68
1970 89.90
1971 90.26
1972 89.72
1973 89.11
1974 88.98
1975 89.27
1976 89.97
1977 88.90
1978 89.45
1979 88.44
1980 88.21
1981 90.21
1982 89.34
1983 91.12
1984 90.18
1985 91.36
1986 91.21
1987 89.30
1988 89.81
1989 89.18
1990 88.91
1991 86.12
1992 84.21
1993 83.64
1994 83.99
1995 83.40
1996 82.08
1997 80.38
1998 79.42
1999 77.85
2000 75.31
2001 74.34
2002 73.00
2003 71.21
2004 70.45
2005 68.50
2006 66.14
2007 65.09
2008 63.74
2009 58.91
2010 57.33
2011 58.20
2012 57.87
2013 56.37
2014 54.93
2015 54.21
2016 54.30
2017 51.64
2018 52.81
2019 53.35
2020 52.66

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 Australia was 46.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.33 in 2020, while its lowest value was 6.99 in 1971.

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
1960 11.13
1961 12.96
1962 11.56
1963 11.26
1964 10.41
1965 9.62
1966 10.13
1967 9.41
1968 8.65
1969 8.10
1970 7.06
1971 6.99
1972 7.23
1973 7.80
1974 8.07
1975 7.74
1976 7.74
1977 9.17
1978 8.60
1979 9.00
1980 9.76
1981 8.17
1982 9.09
1983 7.31
1984 8.05
1985 7.19
1986 7.49
1987 9.33
1988 8.85
1989 9.35
1990 9.75
1991 12.63
1992 14.51
1993 15.31
1994 15.04
1995 15.42
1996 16.68
1997 18.26
1998 19.41
1999 20.83
2000 23.56
2001 24.53
2002 25.78
2003 27.51
2004 29.04
2005 31.03
2006 33.09
2007 34.10
2008 34.53
2009 37.04
2010 38.84
2011 37.71
2012 38.65
2013 40.27
2014 41.90
2015 42.78
2016 44.14
2017 42.78
2018 44.91
2019 44.86
2020 46.33

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 Australia was 40.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 40.26 in 2020, while its lowest value was 3.06 in 1975.

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
1960 4.08
1961 4.33
1962 4.20
1963 4.43
1964 4.11
1965 3.92
1966 4.65
1967 4.47
1968 4.15
1969 4.16
1970 3.31
1971 3.13
1972 3.39
1973 3.95
1974 3.46
1975 3.06
1976 3.82
1977 4.61
1978 4.40
1979 5.00
1980 5.67
1981 5.55
1982 6.33
1983 4.60
1984 5.26
1985 4.52
1986 5.00
1987 6.05
1988 6.13
1989 6.62
1990 7.23
1991 10.24
1992 12.34
1993 12.72
1994 12.31
1995 12.60
1996 13.78
1997 15.21
1998 16.54
1999 17.74
2000 20.22
2001 21.27
2002 22.45
2003 24.01
2004 25.57
2005 27.19
2006 29.10
2007 30.47
2008 30.42
2009 33.18
2010 34.12
2011 31.84
2012 32.27
2013 33.98
2014 35.80
2015 37.15
2016 38.26
2017 36.90
2018 38.82
2019 38.94
2020 40.26

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 Australia was 0.650 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.902 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.030 in 1969.

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
1960 0.044
1961 0.034
1962 0.041
1963 0.037
1964 0.045
1965 0.045
1966 0.031
1967 0.043
1968 0.038
1969 0.030
1970 0.118
1971 0.041
1972 0.045
1973 0.060
1974 0.041
1975 0.055
1976 0.060
1977 0.045
1978 0.046
1979 0.035
1980 0.036
1981 0.039
1982 0.033
1983 0.038
1984 0.044
1985 0.068
1986 0.050
1987 0.078
1988 0.084
1989 0.118
1990 0.078
1991 0.086
1992 0.090
1993 0.109
1994 0.182
1995 0.153
1996 0.135
1997 0.156
1998 0.154
1999 0.159
2000 0.199
2001 0.187
2002 0.218
2003 0.250
2004 0.296
2005 0.336
2006 0.326
2007 0.321
2008 0.581
2009 0.536
2010 0.531
2011 0.733
2012 0.663
2013 0.872
2014 0.902
2015 0.487
2016 0.548
2017 0.507
2018 0.516
2019 0.586
2020 0.650

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 Australia was 1.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.85 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.35 in 1969.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.51
1961 0.46
1962 0.60
1963 0.49
1964 0.44
1965 0.39
1966 0.39
1967 0.38
1968 0.53
1969 0.35
1970 0.40
1971 0.45
1972 0.39
1973 0.51
1974 0.68
1975 0.47
1976 0.60
1977 0.56
1978 0.68
1979 0.68
1980 0.76
1981 0.90
1982 0.85
1983 0.96
1984 1.14
1985 1.10
1986 1.02
1987 0.99
1988 1.20
1989 1.41
1990 1.07
1991 1.02
1992 0.92
1993 0.96
1994 0.93
1995 1.01
1996 0.89
1997 0.87
1998 0.82
1999 0.89
2000 1.14
2001 1.21
2002 1.03
2003 1.09
2004 1.10
2005 1.24
2006 1.29
2007 1.39
2008 1.47
2009 1.27
2010 1.36
2011 1.56
2012 1.50
2013 1.64
2014 1.54
2015 1.68
2016 1.85
2017 1.81
2018 1.78
2019 1.75
2020 1.78

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 Australia was 0.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.87 in 1961, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1983.

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
1960 1.46
1961 2.87
1962 2.49
1963 1.88
1964 1.94
1965 1.50
1966 1.65
1967 1.02
1968 0.87
1969 0.75
1970 0.69
1971 0.96
1972 0.99
1973 0.97
1974 1.61
1975 2.36
1976 1.47
1977 1.77
1978 1.48
1979 1.08
1980 1.42
1981 0.07
1982 0.46
1983 0.03
1984 0.08
1985 0.09
1986 0.07
1987 0.06
1988 0.22
1989 0.11
1990 0.19
1991 0.17
1992 0.06
1993 0.14
1994 0.10
1995 0.09
1996 0.11
1997 0.13
1998 0.19
1999 0.26
2000 0.25
2001 0.08
2002 0.16
2003 0.15
2004 0.09
2005 0.14
2006 0.49
2007 0.15
2008 0.33
2009 0.18
2010 0.38
2011 0.32
2012 0.53
2013 0.42
2014 0.09
2015 0.07
2016 0.23
2017 0.29
2018 0.50
2019 0.70
2020 0.15

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 Australia was 2.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.77 in 1961, while its lowest value was 0.75 in 1985.

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
1960 3.62
1961 3.77
1962 3.09
1963 3.07
1964 2.55
1965 2.47
1966 2.22
1967 2.18
1968 1.92
1969 1.66
1970 1.51
1971 1.40
1972 1.40
1973 1.36
1974 1.26
1975 0.91
1976 0.93
1977 1.13
1978 1.04
1979 1.17
1980 0.95
1981 0.87
1982 0.77
1983 1.03
1984 0.81
1985 0.75
1986 0.79
1987 0.80
1988 0.87
1989 0.77
1990 0.84
1991 0.86
1992 0.89
1993 0.99
1994 1.02
1995 0.98
1996 1.00
1997 1.09
1998 1.01
1999 0.94
2000 0.92
2001 0.94
2002 1.00
2003 0.99
2004 0.99
2005 0.96
2006 0.89
2007 0.93
2008 0.96
2009 1.21
2010 1.15
2011 1.22
2012 1.36
2013 1.34
2014 1.60
2015 2.29
2016 2.29
2017 2.33
2018 2.31
2019 2.09
2020 2.42

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 Australia was 1.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.33 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.22 in 1992.

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
1960 1.42
1961 1.50
1962 1.14
1963 1.35
1964 1.32
1965 1.30
1966 1.19
1967 1.32
1968 1.14
1969 1.16
1970 1.02
1971 1.02
1972 1.01
1973 0.96
1974 1.02
1975 0.89
1976 0.86
1977 1.05
1978 0.95
1979 1.04
1980 0.92
1981 0.75
1982 0.65
1983 0.64
1984 0.72
1985 0.66
1986 0.56
1987 1.35
1988 0.35
1989 0.32
1990 0.33
1991 0.25
1992 0.22
1993 0.39
1994 0.51
1995 0.59
1996 0.76
1997 0.80
1998 0.70
1999 0.85
2000 0.83
2001 0.83
2002 0.92
2003 1.02
2004 0.99
2005 1.17
2006 0.99
2007 0.85
2008 0.77
2009 0.67
2010 1.30
2011 2.04
2012 2.33
2013 2.02
2014 1.96
2015 1.11
2016 0.96
2017 0.96
2018 0.98
2019 0.79
2020 1.07

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Australia was 1.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.58 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.47 in 2005.

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
1960 3.21
1961 2.54
1962 2.67
1963 2.40
1964 2.71
1965 2.83
1966 2.55
1967 2.87
1968 2.72
1969 3.22
1970 3.03
1971 2.74
1972 3.05
1973 3.09
1974 2.95
1975 2.99
1976 2.29
1977 1.93
1978 1.96
1979 2.56
1980 2.03
1981 1.62
1982 1.57
1983 1.58
1984 1.76
1985 1.45
1986 1.30
1987 1.37
1988 1.34
1989 1.48
1990 1.34
1991 1.25
1992 1.28
1993 1.06
1994 0.97
1995 1.17
1996 1.23
1997 1.36
1998 1.17
1999 1.32
2000 1.13
2001 1.13
2002 1.22
2003 1.28
2004 0.51
2005 0.47
2006 0.77
2007 0.81
2008 1.74
2009 4.05
2010 3.83
2011 4.09
2012 3.48
2013 3.37
2014 3.17
2015 3.01
2016 1.56
2017 5.58
2018 2.28
2019 1.79
2020 1.01

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Australia was $214,735,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $265,750,000,000 in 2012 and $2,249,060,000 in 1961.

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
1960 $2,524,060,000
1961 $2,249,060,000
1962 $2,438,370,000
1963 $2,681,360,000
1964 $3,210,130,000
1965 $3,649,250,000
1966 $3,565,100,000
1967 $3,855,280,000
1968 $4,302,540,000
1969 $4,463,480,000
1970 $4,993,580,000
1971 $5,143,940,000
1972 $5,056,550,000
1973 $7,575,520,000
1974 $12,316,850,000
1975 $11,018,780,000
1976 $12,299,690,000
1977 $13,498,710,000
1978 $15,552,660,000
1979 $18,296,810,000
1980 $22,400,110,000
1981 $26,175,660,000
1982 $26,519,870,000
1983 $21,383,070,000
1984 $25,784,310,000
1985 $25,865,420,000
1986 $26,237,200,000
1987 $29,717,810,000
1988 $36,670,980,000
1989 $45,035,000,000
1990 $43,051,390,000
1991 $42,630,290,000
1992 $44,815,930,000
1993 $46,720,890,000
1994 $55,089,830,000
1995 $63,229,780,000
1996 $67,716,450,000
1997 $67,974,480,000
1998 $66,851,560,000
1999 $71,931,850,000
2000 $71,574,290,000
2001 $64,425,660,000
2002 $73,731,420,000
2003 $89,818,870,000
2004 $109,948,000,000
2005 $126,186,000,000
2006 $140,757,000,000
2007 $167,231,000,000
2008 $202,489,000,000
2009 $168,599,000,000
2010 $204,750,000,000
2011 $248,595,000,000
2012 $265,750,000,000
2013 $246,750,000,000
2014 $241,428,000,000
2015 $212,947,000,000
2016 $201,105,000,000
2017 $227,518,000,000
2018 $240,911,000,000
2019 $226,955,000,000
2020 $214,735,000,000

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports