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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 Colombia was 0.461 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 0.461 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1982.

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
1973	0.050
1974	0.006
1975	0.007
1976	0.005
1977	0.005
1978	0.013
1979	0.016
1980	0.005
1981	0.010
1982	0.000
1983	0.001
1984	0.001
1985	0.001
1986	0.007
1987	0.003
1988	0.004
1989	0.010
1990	0.013
1991	0.004
1992	0.019
1993	0.138
1994	0.179
1995	0.025
1996	0.091
1997	0.036
1998	0.038
1999	0.068
2000	0.125
2001	0.080
2002	0.087
2003	0.147
2004	0.143
2005	0.133
2006	0.106
2007	0.102
2008	0.197
2009	0.164
2010	0.203
2011	0.262
2012	0.304
2013	0.286
2014	0.270
2015	0.363
2016	0.278
2017	0.334
2018	0.346
2019	0.377
2020	0.461

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Colombia was 43,489,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 64,029,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 454,000,000 in 1965.

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	517,000,000
1961	557,000,000
1962	541,000,000
1963	508,000,000
1964	586,000,000
1965	454,000,000
1966	675,000,000
1967	497,000,000
1968	643,000,000
1969	685,000,000
1970	843,000,000
1971	929,000,000
1972	859,000,000
1973	1,062,000,000
1974	1,597,000,000
1975	1,495,000,000
1976	1,662,000,000
1977	1,880,000,000
1978	2,971,000,000
1979	3,364,000,000
1980	4,739,000,000
1981	5,201,000,000
1982	5,480,000,000
1983	4,963,000,000
1984	4,498,000,000
1985	4,141,000,000
1986	3,862,000,000
1987	4,322,000,000
1988	5,002,000,000
1989	5,004,000,000
1990	5,589,000,000
1991	4,959,000,000
1992	6,579,000,000
1993	9,831,999,000
1994	11,883,000,000
1995	13,853,000,000
1996	13,684,000,000
1997	15,378,000,000
1998	14,635,000,000
1999	10,659,000,000
2000	11,539,000,000
2001	12,834,000,000
2002	12,711,000,000
2003	13,889,000,000
2004	16,746,000,000
2005	21,204,000,000
2006	26,162,000,000
2007	32,897,000,000
2008	39,669,000,000
2009	32,898,000,000
2010	40,486,000,000
2011	54,233,000,000
2012	59,048,000,000
2013	59,397,000,000
2014	64,029,000,000
2015	54,058,000,000
2016	44,889,000,000
2017	46,076,000,000
2018	51,233,000,000
2019	52,703,000,000
2020	43,489,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Colombia was 49.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 94.02 in 1960, while its lowest value was 49.03 in 2020.

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	94.02
1961	93.45
1962	93.51
1963	92.69
1964	90.04
1965	88.87
1966	89.26
1967	89.47
1968	90.02
1969	87.53
1970	89.17
1971	89.09
1972	88.86
1973	87.62
1974	87.65
1975	88.60
1976	87.36
1977	79.44
1978	80.46
1979	79.85
1980	81.42
1981	77.28
1982	75.90
1983	75.78
1984	76.05
1985	76.73
1986	79.22
1987	82.62
1988	80.42
1989	78.73
1990	78.98
1991	76.89
1992	76.52
1993	73.91
1994	73.35
1995	76.77
1996	73.84
1997	71.50
1998	70.83
1999	71.33
2000	64.96
2001	69.98
2002	64.76
2003	61.59
2004	60.31
2005	56.68
2006	54.64
2007	53.58
2008	56.57
2009	57.60
2010	53.58
2011	51.58
2012	50.05
2013	53.05
2014	54.18
2015	55.21
2016	51.92
2017	52.14
2018	51.09
2019	50.84
2020	49.03

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 Colombia was 31.11 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 31.11 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.06 in 1961.

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	0.12
1961	0.06
1962	0.17
1963	0.10
1964	0.07
1965	0.15
1966	0.49
1967	0.46
1968	0.34
1969	0.31
1970	0.13
1971	0.20
1972	0.52
1973	0.49
1974	0.33
1975	0.39
1976	0.22
1977	1.03
1978	0.24
1979	0.59
1980	0.48
1981	0.35
1982	0.29
1983	0.32
1984	0.25
1985	0.14
1986	0.26
1987	0.32
1988	0.16
1989	0.47
1990	0.29
1991	0.49
1992	0.75
1993	1.85
1994	3.43
1995	0.96
1996	2.97
1997	3.44
1998	4.17
1999	4.37
2000	6.06
2001	7.04
2002	7.99
2003	8.83
2004	10.65
2005	11.78
2006	12.79
2007	15.18
2008	16.17
2009	15.72
2010	18.24
2011	19.96
2012	21.74
2013	22.66
2014	24.10
2015	24.81
2016	26.03
2017	26.09
2018	27.83
2019	27.86
2020	31.11

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 Colombia was 27.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 27.08 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1970.

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	0.06
1962	0.09
1965	0.07
1966	0.30
1967	0.30
1968	0.18
1969	0.20
1970	0.04
1971	0.08
1972	0.12
1973	0.14
1974	0.11
1975	0.09
1976	0.05
1977	0.51
1978	0.06
1979	0.10
1980	0.09
1981	0.07
1982	0.08
1983	0.08
1984	0.08
1985	0.04
1986	0.12
1987	0.16
1988	0.07
1989	0.09
1990	0.08
1991	0.17
1992	0.40
1993	0.69
1994	1.71
1995	0.49
1996	1.61
1997	1.89
1998	2.22
1999	3.00
2000	4.04
2001	5.11
2002	5.64
2003	6.44
2004	8.19
2005	9.01
2006	10.14
2007	11.73
2008	13.22
2009	12.89
2010	15.38
2011	16.88
2012	18.16
2013	19.33
2014	20.49
2015	20.86
2016	22.13
2017	21.96
2018	23.36
2019	23.78
2020	27.08

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 Colombia was 1.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 1.55 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1973.

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
1968	0.05
1969	0.01
1971	0.00
1972	0.16
1973	0.00
1974	0.01
1975	0.01
1976	0.02
1977	0.03
1978	0.02
1979	0.01
1980	0.04
1981	0.08
1982	0.00
1983	0.04
1984	0.03
1985	0.01
1986	0.06
1987	0.05
1988	0.03
1989	0.13
1990	0.11
1991	0.02
1992	0.05
1993	0.51
1994	0.74
1995	0.12
1996	0.43
1997	0.72
1998	0.99
1999	0.43
2000	0.70
2001	0.69
2002	0.97
2003	0.77
2004	1.01
2005	1.07
2006	0.79
2007	1.48
2008	0.99
2009	0.94
2010	0.77
2011	0.91
2012	1.20
2013	0.94
2014	1.08
2015	1.31
2016	1.29
2017	1.34
2018	1.55
2019	1.30
2020	1.34

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 Colombia was 18.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 24.21 in 2010, while its lowest value was 1.44 in 1960.

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	1.44
1961	1.99
1962	2.35
1963	3.80
1964	4.49
1965	6.81
1966	6.94
1967	5.60
1968	5.50
1969	8.00
1970	6.65
1971	6.71
1972	7.73
1973	9.42
1974	9.28
1975	7.47
1976	8.22
1977	10.84
1978	11.83
1979	13.15
1980	9.01
1981	9.80
1982	12.82
1983	11.20
1984	11.32
1985	14.35
1986	14.33
1987	11.19
1988	13.57
1989	14.31
1990	10.80
1991	13.10
1992	13.30
1993	12.97
1994	11.89
1995	10.86
1996	12.21
1997	13.10
1998	13.45
1999	15.20
2000	16.20
2001	16.61
2002	18.67
2003	19.38
2004	20.33
2005	22.14
2006	23.74
2007	23.48
2008	20.94
2009	21.82
2010	24.21
2011	24.16
2012	24.02
2013	20.99
2014	18.37
2015	16.43
2016	18.87
2017	18.01
2018	18.96
2019	19.69
2020	18.77

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 Colombia was 0.189 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.189 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1982.

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
1971	0.033
1972	0.104
1973	0.103
1974	0.075
1975	0.031
1976	0.005
1977	0.090
1978	0.014
1979	0.013
1980	0.004
1981	0.010
1982	0.000
1983	0.001
1984	0.001
1985	0.001
1986	0.006
1987	0.003
1988	0.001
1989	0.008
1990	0.013
1991	0.003
1992	0.012
1993	0.052
1994	0.113
1995	0.021
1996	0.101
1997	0.084
1998	0.039
1999	0.041
2000	0.080
2001	0.053
2002	0.057
2003	0.116
2004	0.124
2005	0.104
2006	0.073
2007	0.075
2008	0.133
2009	0.106
2010	0.132
2011	0.106
2012	0.177
2013	0.149
2014	0.108
2015	0.131
2016	0.132
2017	0.154
2018	0.153
2019	0.144
2020	0.189

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 Colombia was 2.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 2.62 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1969.

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
1969	0.01
1971	0.02
1972	0.05
1973	0.03
1974	0.04
1975	0.02
1976	0.04
1977	0.04
1978	0.01
1979	0.12
1980	0.01
1981	0.01
1982	0.02
1983	0.02
1984	0.03
1985	0.04
1986	0.02
1987	0.01
1988	0.03
1989	0.03
1990	0.03
1991	0.03
1992	0.11
1993	0.15
1994	0.23
1995	0.21
1996	0.36
1997	0.46
1998	0.47
1999	0.56
2000	0.71
2001	0.71
2002	0.83
2003	0.90
2004	1.22
2005	1.29
2006	1.48
2007	1.60
2008	1.46
2009	1.67
2010	1.83
2011	1.95
2012	2.10
2013	2.11
2014	2.32
2015	2.41
2016	2.35
2017	2.54
2018	2.62
2019	2.53
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 Colombia was 0.078 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.648 in 1994, while its lowest value was 0.031 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
1960	0.058
1961	0.056
1962	0.075
1963	0.100
1964	0.068
1965	0.088
1966	0.193
1967	0.161
1968	0.123
1969	0.092
1970	0.097
1971	0.070
1972	0.080
1973	0.217
1974	0.096
1975	0.245
1976	0.115
1977	0.352
1978	0.145
1979	0.338
1980	0.332
1981	0.181
1982	0.191
1983	0.184
1984	0.111
1985	0.061
1986	0.053
1987	0.091
1988	0.031
1989	0.221
1990	0.053
1991	0.269
1992	0.177
1993	0.445
1994	0.648
1995	0.117
1996	0.469
1997	0.275
1998	0.451
1999	0.332
2000	0.536
2001	0.474
2002	0.491
2003	0.608
2004	0.116
2005	0.312
2006	0.314
2007	0.300
2008	0.371
2009	0.114
2010	0.129
2011	0.111
2012	0.113
2013	0.133
2014	0.097
2015	0.103
2016	0.122
2017	0.100
2018	0.136
2019	0.100
2020	0.078

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Colombia was 1.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 12.79 in 2000, while its lowest value was 1.09 in 2020.

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	4.42
1961	4.51
1962	3.97
1963	3.42
1964	5.40
1965	4.16
1966	3.31
1967	4.47
1968	4.14
1969	4.16
1970	4.04
1971	4.00
1972	2.89
1973	2.47
1974	2.75
1975	3.53
1976	4.19
1977	8.70
1978	7.47
1979	6.41
1980	9.09
1981	12.57
1982	11.00
1983	12.69
1984	12.37
1985	8.78
1986	6.19
1987	5.88
1988	5.85
1989	6.49
1990	9.93
1991	9.52
1992	9.43
1993	11.27
1994	11.32
1995	11.42
1996	10.98
1997	11.97
1998	11.54
1999	9.10
2000	12.79
2001	6.37
2002	8.58
2003	10.20
2004	8.71
2005	9.40
2006	8.83
2007	7.76
2008	6.32
2009	4.86
2010	3.97
2011	4.31
2012	4.18
2013	3.30
2014	3.36
2015	3.55
2016	3.18
2017	3.76
2018	2.12
2019	1.61
2020	1.09

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Colombia was $43,183,710,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $64,026,410,000 in 2014 and $452,100,000 in 1965.

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	$513,400,000
1961	$538,600,000
1962	$536,000,000
1963	$500,600,000
1964	$585,300,000
1965	$452,100,000
1966	$674,400,000
1967	$496,600,000
1968	$644,380,000
1969	$685,490,000
1970	$844,050,000
1971	$929,470,000
1972	$858,970,000
1973	$1,062,340,000
1974	$1,597,230,000
1975	$1,494,780,000
1976	$1,707,940,000
1977	$2,027,830,000
1978	$2,836,290,000
1979	$3,233,090,000
1980	$4,661,710,000
1981	$5,198,490,000
1982	$5,477,630,000
1983	$4,967,990,000
1984	$4,492,420,000
1985	$4,130,700,000
1986	$3,930,620,000
1987	$4,227,330,000
1988	$5,065,430,000
1989	$5,010,491,000
1990	$5,589,409,000
1991	$4,955,162,000
1992	$6,693,422,000
1993	$9,809,039,000
1994	$11,941,300,000
1995	$13,859,150,000
1996	$14,355,310,000
1997	$15,377,120,000
1998	$14,678,280,000
1999	$10,659,530,000
2000	$11,889,730,000
2001	$12,546,240,000
2002	$11,973,650,000
2003	$13,592,590,000
2004	$15,978,230,000
2005	$21,131,210,000
2006	$25,467,340,000
2007	$32,586,090,000
2008	$39,668,700,000
2009	$32,897,590,000
2010	$40,682,060,000
2011	$54,645,030,000
2012	$58,586,600,000
2013	$59,395,050,000
2014	$64,026,410,000
2015	$54,057,600,000
2016	$44,285,430,000
2017	$45,709,140,000
2018	$50,816,450,000
2019	$52,269,960,000
2020	$43,183,710,000

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 Colombia was 18.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 24.21 in 2010, while its lowest value was 1.44 in 1960.

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
1960	1.44
1961	1.99
1962	2.35
1963	3.80
1964	4.49
1965	6.81
1966	6.94
1967	5.60
1968	5.50
1969	8.00
1970	6.65
1971	6.71
1972	7.73
1973	9.42
1974	9.28
1975	7.47
1976	8.22
1977	10.84
1978	11.83
1979	13.15
1980	9.01
1981	9.80
1982	12.82
1983	11.20
1984	11.32
1985	14.35
1986	14.33
1987	11.19
1988	13.57
1989	14.31
1990	10.80
1991	13.10
1992	13.30
1993	12.97
1994	11.89
1995	10.86
1996	12.21
1997	13.10
1998	13.45
1999	15.20
2000	16.20
2001	16.61
2002	18.67
2003	19.38
2004	20.33
2005	22.14
2006	23.74
2007	23.48
2008	20.94
2009	21.82
2010	24.21
2011	24.16
2012	24.02
2013	20.99
2014	18.37
2015	16.43
2016	18.87
2017	18.01
2018	18.96
2019	19.69
2020	18.77

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports