Costa Rica - Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Costa Rica was 192.63 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 247.14 in 2013 and 12.88 in 1982.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1980 23.64
1981 16.74
1982 12.88
1983 14.59
1984 17.12
1985 17.19
1986 20.41
1987 23.02
1988 22.52
1989 26.10
1990 28.84
1991 27.20
1992 35.71
1993 51.42
1994 58.71
1995 58.74
1996 62.13
1997 73.39
1998 96.69
1999 101.50
2000 100.00
2001 101.76
2002 110.14
2003 116.10
2004 123.85
2005 145.46
2006 169.07
2007 187.62
2008 220.16
2009 161.60
2010 190.67
2011 225.56
2012 242.22
2013 247.14
2014 236.23
2015 217.54
2016 204.63
2017 220.01
2018 237.04
2019 231.45
2020 192.63

Base Period: 2000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes