Benin - 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 Benin was 13.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 27.77 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.71 in 1961.

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
1961 0.71
1963 1.51
1964 2.27
1965 2.64
1966 2.03
1967 2.32
1968 2.63
1969 3.16
1970 1.01
1971 1.58
1972 3.06
1973 7.56
1974 3.72
1975 4.51
1976 3.16
1977 2.04
1978 5.98
1979 5.51
1980 7.59
1981 5.69
1982 7.46
1983 6.24
1984 7.88
1985 5.57
1986 7.02
1987 18.26
1988 16.51
1989 10.62
1990 13.86
1991 19.93
1992 20.09
1993 20.48
1994 17.96
1995 12.01
1996 14.78
1997 9.80
1998 8.89
1999 9.46
2000 9.44
2001 11.81
2002 10.56
2003 12.68
2004 17.48
2005 13.00
2006 15.47
2007 20.83
2008 22.39
2009 20.52
2010 25.29
2011 18.88
2012 16.03
2013 19.82
2014 22.72
2015 21.89
2016 23.95
2017 27.77
2018 27.31
2019 19.05
2020 13.82

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports