Ghana - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Ghana was 258.94 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 339.49 in 2013 and 34.22 in 1988.

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 180.81
1981 265.70
1982 197.65
1983 313.11
1984 40.88
1985 48.53
1986 36.64
1987 41.38
1988 34.22
1989 49.34
1990 41.16
1991 35.85
1992 71.54
1993 129.99
1994 68.22
1995 61.08
1996 67.54
1997 78.26
1998 90.76
1999 124.52
2000 100.00
2001 110.12
2002 94.82
2003 103.98
2004 123.15
2005 147.43
2006 172.42
2007 190.39
2008 210.72
2009 177.30
2010 230.34
2011 294.47
2012 332.77
2013 339.49
2014 286.66
2015 295.49
2016 291.67
2017 278.50
2018 276.40
2019 287.83
2020 258.94

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes