El Salvador - Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in El Salvador was 138.56 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 149.03 in 2019 and 21.92 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 30.67
1981 27.34
1982 21.92
1983 26.10
1984 25.76
1985 28.79
1986 32.85
1987 33.58
1988 34.02
1989 36.00
1990 43.78
1991 52.93
1992 54.59
1993 60.71
1994 69.72
1995 83.55
1996 75.68
1997 82.68
1998 83.94
1999 86.19
2000 100.00
2001 104.43
2002 109.68
2003 114.26
2004 115.41
2005 111.38
2006 118.90
2007 128.82
2008 124.01
2009 105.96
2010 113.64
2011 117.16
2012 118.44
2013 125.24
2014 125.66
2015 137.21
2016 138.63
2017 142.51
2018 143.92
2019 149.03
2020 138.56

Base Period: 2000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes