Botswana - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Botswana was 206.77 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 230.51 in 2013 and 28.92 in 1980.

Definition: Import volume indexes are derived from UNCTAD's volume index series and are the ratio of the import value indexes to the corresponding unit value indexes. Unit value indexes are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD’s estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, interna­tional and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates and calculates unit value indexes at the country level using the current year’s trade values as weights. For economies for which UNCTAD does not publish data, the import volume indexes (lines 73) in the IMF's International Financial Statistics are used.

Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

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Year Value
1980 28.92
1981 33.22
1982 31.44
1983 31.33
1984 33.59
1985 42.52
1986 46.32
1987 48.70
1988 66.13
1989 87.85
1990 73.73
1991 71.47
1992 63.73
1993 61.13
1994 57.78
1995 63.45
1996 62.31
1997 83.15
1998 95.75
1999 87.94
2000 100.00
2001 88.05
2002 90.83
2003 114.24
2004 138.79
2005 124.48
2006 112.84
2007 137.78
2008 159.15
2009 157.46
2010 177.14
2011 197.89
2012 217.72
2013 230.51
2014 224.10
2015 226.19
2016 199.03
2017 168.87
2018 190.87
2019 200.99
2020 206.77

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes