Germany - Merchandise imports

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 Germany was 0.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 9.74 in 1974, while its lowest value was 0.64 in 2020.

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
1960 4.03
1961 3.54
1962 3.54
1963 4.26
1964 5.29
1965 5.09
1966 5.24
1967 6.06
1968 6.77
1969 5.55
1970 4.88
1971 5.43
1972 4.71
1973 5.15
1974 9.74
1975 7.59
1976 7.66
1977 7.14
1978 5.30
1979 6.36
1980 8.49
1981 9.26
1982 7.50
1983 5.03
1984 4.38
1985 3.81
1986 2.10
1987 2.14
1988 1.87
1989 1.97
1990 2.13
1991 1.92
1992 1.92
1993 2.11
1994 1.68
1995 1.45
1996 1.55
1997 1.42
1998 1.20
1999 1.39
2000 1.77
2001 1.36
2002 1.27
2003 1.30
2004 1.41
2005 1.80
2006 1.59
2007 1.32
2008 1.69
2009 1.18
2010 1.12
2011 1.19
2012 1.57
2013 1.52
2014 1.12
2015 0.94
2016 0.77
2017 0.99
2018 1.01
2019 1.02
2020 0.64

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Germany was 1,170,440,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,284,350,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 10,172,000,000 in 1960.

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 10,172,000,000
1961 11,011,000,000
1962 12,375,000,000
1963 13,070,000,000
1964 14,710,000,000
1965 17,612,000,000
1966 18,167,000,000
1967 17,546,000,000
1968 20,295,000,000
1969 24,876,000,000
1970 29,947,000,000
1971 34,293,000,000
1972 40,378,000,000
1973 54,891,000,000
1974 69,661,000,000
1975 74,931,000,000
1976 88,421,000,000
1977 101,458,000,000
1978 121,754,000,000
1979 159,646,000,000
1980 188,002,000,000
1981 163,941,000,000
1982 155,323,000,000
1983 152,877,000,000
1984 153,022,000,000
1985 158,488,000,000
1986 190,872,000,000
1987 228,441,000,000
1988 250,467,000,000
1989 269,702,000,000
1990 355,686,000,000
1991 389,908,000,000
1992 408,619,000,000
1993 342,611,000,000
1994 381,388,000,000
1995 463,872,000,000
1996 459,098,000,000
1997 445,731,000,000
1998 471,474,000,000
1999 474,047,000,000
2000 497,197,000,000
2001 486,119,000,000
2002 490,283,000,000
2003 604,612,000,000
2004 715,742,000,000
2005 777,073,000,000
2006 906,684,000,000
2007 1,054,980,000,000
2008 1,185,070,000,000
2009 926,347,000,000
2010 1,054,810,000,000
2011 1,254,870,000,000
2012 1,154,850,000,000
2013 1,181,230,000,000
2014 1,207,190,000,000
2015 1,051,130,000,000
2016 1,055,330,000,000
2017 1,162,910,000,000
2018 1,284,350,000,000
2019 1,233,980,000,000
2020 1,170,440,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Germany was 80.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 85.93 in 1999, while its lowest value was 70.69 in 1974.

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 71.84
1961 72.74
1962 72.31
1963 72.30
1964 71.07
1965 72.15
1966 71.29
1967 71.72
1968 71.63
1969 72.11
1970 73.26
1971 73.82
1972 73.88
1973 73.02
1974 70.69
1975 72.48
1976 71.87
1977 72.28
1978 73.68
1979 73.37
1980 74.73
1981 76.69
1982 75.70
1983 75.15
1984 74.81
1985 75.50
1986 78.12
1987 79.33
1988 79.32
1989 79.25
1990 78.37
1991 78.19
1992 79.36
1993 79.94
1994 79.55
1995 79.52
1996 79.50
1997 79.14
1998 80.62
1999 85.93
2000 85.52
2001 85.69
2002 85.63
2003 85.02
2004 84.07
2005 82.53
2006 81.24
2007 81.04
2008 79.72
2009 80.61
2010 79.03
2011 78.71
2012 78.75
2013 79.12
2014 79.56
2015 80.14
2016 80.58
2017 80.26
2018 80.22
2019 80.71
2020 80.82

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 Germany was 19.17 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 21.19 in 2011, while its lowest value was 9.73 in 1987.

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 17.53
1961 17.25
1962 17.42
1963 16.69
1964 17.67
1965 16.61
1966 17.46
1967 17.05
1968 16.68
1969 15.21
1970 14.12
1971 13.30
1972 12.76
1973 13.68
1974 16.69
1975 15.16
1976 15.66
1977 15.83
1978 14.05
1979 14.42
1980 14.35
1981 12.55
1982 12.72
1983 12.21
1984 13.04
1985 12.84
1986 10.35
1987 9.73
1988 9.91
1989 9.95
1990 10.14
1991 10.21
1992 10.26
1993 14.07
1994 14.22
1995 13.77
1996 13.95
1997 14.35
1998 13.46
1999 13.83
2000 14.22
2001 14.05
2002 14.14
2003 14.75
2004 15.71
2005 17.26
2006 18.48
2007 18.74
2008 20.07
2009 19.18
2010 20.88
2011 21.19
2012 21.18
2013 20.81
2014 20.43
2015 19.83
2016 19.40
2017 19.72
2018 19.75
2019 19.26
2020 19.17

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 Germany was 10.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 10.36 in 2020, while its lowest value was 1.24 in 1972.

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 2.11
1961 1.58
1962 1.40
1963 1.42
1964 1.52
1965 1.56
1966 2.03
1967 1.74
1968 1.54
1969 1.45
1970 1.28
1971 1.26
1972 1.24
1973 1.47
1974 1.42
1975 1.51
1976 1.62
1977 1.78
1978 1.76
1979 1.76
1980 1.88
1981 1.79
1982 1.79
1983 1.91
1984 2.13
1985 2.00
1986 2.00
1987 2.18
1988 2.29
1989 2.54
1990 2.75
1991 3.30
1992 3.54
1993 4.63
1994 4.73
1995 4.64
1996 4.87
1997 5.11
1998 5.04
1999 5.27
2000 5.26
2001 5.33
2002 5.66
2003 6.09
2004 6.80
2005 7.22
2006 7.56
2007 8.03
2008 7.91
2009 8.50
2010 9.83
2011 9.04
2012 8.77
2013 8.53
2014 8.87
2015 9.77
2016 9.85
2017 9.59
2018 9.36
2019 9.31
2020 10.36

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 Germany was 4.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 7.27 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.41 in 1980.

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
1960 0.92
1961 0.93
1962 0.96
1963 0.90
1964 0.83
1965 0.68
1966 0.74
1967 0.76
1968 0.75
1969 0.66
1970 0.63
1971 0.60
1972 0.65
1973 0.68
1974 0.59
1975 0.55
1976 0.54
1977 0.49
1978 0.48
1979 0.44
1980 0.41
1981 0.51
1982 0.55
1983 0.60
1984 0.68
1985 0.73
1986 0.86
1987 1.00
1988 0.95
1989 1.00
1990 1.09
1991 1.10
1992 1.19
1993 3.57
1994 3.90
1995 3.89
1996 4.00
1997 4.11
1998 3.72
1999 3.83
2000 4.44
2001 4.50
2002 4.49
2003 4.66
2004 4.91
2005 5.62
2006 6.26
2007 5.99
2008 6.90
2009 5.86
2010 6.16
2011 6.80
2012 7.04
2013 7.27
2014 6.93
2015 5.70
2016 5.38
2017 5.64
2018 5.92
2019 5.36
2020 4.62

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 Germany was 1.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 6.41 in 1960, while its lowest value was 1.18 in 2002.

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 6.41
1961 6.02
1962 6.27
1963 5.33
1964 5.23
1965 5.12
1966 4.84
1967 4.71
1968 4.14
1969 3.83
1970 3.52
1971 3.09
1972 3.34
1973 3.41
1974 2.91
1975 2.75
1976 2.81
1977 3.38
1978 2.97
1979 2.63
1980 2.37
1981 2.29
1982 2.55
1983 2.49
1984 2.68
1985 2.78
1986 2.57
1987 2.16
1988 2.39
1989 2.34
1990 2.02
1991 1.92
1992 1.79
1993 1.80
1994 1.91
1995 1.89
1996 1.67
1997 1.82
1998 1.76
1999 1.68
2000 1.26
2001 1.23
2002 1.18
2003 1.21
2004 1.23
2005 1.40
2006 1.49
2007 1.70
2008 1.79
2009 1.63
2010 1.66
2011 1.77
2012 1.73
2013 1.48
2014 1.47
2015 1.38
2016 1.36
2017 1.47
2018 1.39
2019 1.38
2020 1.36

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 Germany was 0.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 6.73 in 1974, while its lowest value was 0.50 in 2020.

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
1960 3.53
1961 4.14
1962 4.36
1963 4.55
1964 4.71
1965 4.46
1966 4.60
1967 4.43
1968 5.28
1969 4.62
1970 4.23
1971 4.47
1972 3.81
1973 4.16
1974 6.73
1975 5.87
1976 6.59
1977 5.81
1978 4.85
1979 5.14
1980 5.36
1981 4.45
1982 4.17
1983 3.69
1984 3.61
1985 3.49
1986 1.76
1987 1.90
1988 1.76
1989 1.75
1990 1.91
1991 1.75
1992 1.70
1993 1.87
1994 1.55
1995 1.34
1996 1.42
1997 1.30
1998 1.10
1999 1.27
2000 1.59
2001 1.22
2002 1.11
2003 1.10
2004 1.15
2005 1.43
2006 1.36
2007 1.19
2008 1.49
2009 1.08
2010 1.08
2011 1.06
2012 1.29
2013 1.22
2014 0.93
2015 0.78
2016 0.62
2017 0.82
2018 0.82
2019 0.83
2020 0.50

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 Germany was 1.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.25 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.41 in 1972.

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
1960 0.98
1961 0.97
1962 1.00
1963 0.91
1964 0.79
1965 0.66
1966 0.66
1967 0.57
1968 0.59
1969 0.52
1970 0.47
1971 0.45
1972 0.41
1973 0.43
1974 0.42
1975 0.43
1976 0.52
1977 0.51
1978 0.50
1979 0.52
1980 0.52
1981 0.52
1982 0.51
1983 0.52
1984 0.53
1985 0.52
1986 0.56
1987 0.64
1988 0.68
1989 0.69
1990 0.76
1991 0.73
1992 0.72
1993 1.00
1994 0.95
1995 0.92
1996 0.93
1997 0.89
1998 0.84
1999 0.81
2000 0.73
2001 0.75
2002 0.75
2003 0.78
2004 0.82
2005 0.80
2006 0.83
2007 0.86
2008 0.90
2009 1.07
2010 1.06
2011 1.17
2012 1.10
2013 1.11
2014 1.13
2015 1.23
2016 1.23
2017 1.20
2018 1.20
2019 1.24
2020 1.25

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 Germany was 1.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 4.84 in 1967, while its lowest value was 0.79 in 2004.

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 3.59
1961 3.61
1962 3.42
1963 3.58
1964 4.58
1965 4.14
1966 4.59
1967 4.84
1968 4.39
1969 4.14
1970 3.99
1971 3.44
1972 3.31
1973 3.53
1974 4.63
1975 4.05
1976 3.57
1977 3.86
1978 3.51
1979 3.93
1980 3.80
1981 3.00
1982 3.14
1983 3.01
1984 3.42
1985 3.31
1986 2.60
1987 1.85
1988 1.84
1989 1.63
1990 1.61
1991 1.42
1992 1.32
1993 1.20
1994 1.18
1995 1.09
1996 1.06
1997 1.12
1998 0.99
1999 0.98
2000 0.94
2001 1.03
2002 0.95
2003 0.92
2004 0.79
2005 0.80
2006 0.98
2007 0.98
2008 1.08
2009 1.03
2010 1.10
2011 1.35
2012 1.26
2013 1.20
2014 1.10
2015 0.97
2016 0.96
2017 1.00
2018 1.06
2019 1.14
2020 1.08

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Germany was 0.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 13.36 in 1972, while its lowest value was 0.00 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 10.64
1961 10.01
1962 10.27
1963 11.01
1964 11.26
1965 11.24
1966 11.26
1967 11.23
1968 11.68
1969 12.67
1970 12.62
1971 12.88
1972 13.36
1973 13.30
1974 12.62
1975 12.36
1976 12.47
1977 11.89
1978 12.26
1979 12.21
1980 10.92
1981 10.76
1982 11.59
1983 12.64
1984 12.15
1985 11.66
1986 11.53
1987 10.94
1988 10.77
1989 10.80
1990 11.49
1991 11.60
1992 10.38
1993 5.99
1994 6.22
1995 6.71
1996 6.55
1997 6.51
1998 5.92
1999 0.24
2000 0.26
2001 0.26
2002 0.22
2003 0.22
2004 0.22
2005 0.21
2006 0.28
2007 0.22
2008 0.20
2009 0.20
2010 0.09
2011 0.10
2012 0.07
2013 0.07
2014 0.01
2015 0.03
2016 0.02
2017 0.02
2018 0.03
2019 0.02
2020 0.00

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Germany was $1,170,440,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $1,284,350,000,000 in 2018 and $10,013,000,000 in 1960.

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 $10,013,000,000
1961 $10,882,000,000
1962 $12,240,000,000
1963 $12,952,000,000
1964 $14,635,000,000
1965 $17,536,000,000
1966 $18,155,000,000
1967 $17,537,000,000
1968 $20,296,000,000
1969 $25,107,000,000
1970 $29,951,000,000
1971 $34,395,000,000
1972 $40,378,100,000
1973 $54,904,100,000
1974 $69,598,200,000
1975 $74,916,700,000
1976 $88,137,000,000
1977 $101,416,000,000
1978 $121,800,000,000
1979 $159,827,000,000
1980 $187,991,000,000
1981 $163,886,000,000
1982 $155,363,000,000
1983 $152,924,000,000
1984 $152,991,000,000
1985 $158,472,000,000
1986 $191,049,000,000
1987 $228,316,000,000
1988 $250,537,000,000
1989 $269,629,000,000
1990 $346,415,000,000
1991 $390,090,000,000
1992 $403,875,000,000
1993 $329,773,000,000
1994 $371,560,000,000
1995 $443,751,000,000
1996 $444,520,000,000
1997 $436,484,000,000
1998 $463,281,000,000
1999 $464,286,000,000
2000 $495,470,000,000
2001 $486,080,000,000
2002 $490,487,000,000
2003 $604,727,000,000
2004 $715,860,000,000
2005 $775,619,000,000
2006 $907,448,000,000
2007 $1,055,850,000,000
2008 $1,185,760,000,000
2009 $925,804,000,000
2010 $1,054,200,000,000
2011 $1,255,000,000,000
2012 $1,155,550,000,000
2013 $1,181,130,000,000
2014 $1,207,190,000,000
2015 $1,051,130,000,000
2016 $1,055,330,000,000
2017 $1,162,910,000,000
2018 $1,284,350,000,000
2019 $1,233,980,000,000
2020 $1,170,440,000,000

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports