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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 Guatemala was 0.343 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.505 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1980.

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
1970	0.001
1971	0.003
1972	0.003
1973	0.001
1974	0.001
1975	0.001
1976	0.000
1977	0.072
1978	0.001
1979	0.000
1980	0.000
1981	0.002
1983	0.000
1984	0.002
1985	0.006
1986	0.026
1987	0.018
1988	0.047
1989	0.009
1990	0.004
1991	0.006
1992	0.014
1993	0.019
1994	0.033
1995	0.004
1996	0.004
1997	0.006
1998	0.001
1999	0.002
2000	0.007
2001	0.013
2002	0.040
2003	0.027
2004	0.018
2005	0.048
2006	0.190
2007	0.063
2008	0.079
2009	0.093
2010	0.189
2011	0.235
2012	0.220
2013	0.200
2014	0.386
2015	0.434
2016	0.325
2017	0.345
2018	0.505
2019	0.326
2020	0.343

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Guatemala was 18,205,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19,882,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 119,000,000 in 1962.

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	121,000,000
1961	121,000,000
1962	119,000,000
1963	171,000,000
1964	202,000,000
1965	229,000,000
1966	207,000,000
1967	247,000,000
1968	249,000,000
1969	250,000,000
1970	284,000,000
1971	297,000,000
1972	324,000,000
1973	431,000,000
1974	700,000,000
1975	733,000,000
1976	839,000,000
1977	1,053,000,000
1978	1,286,000,000
1979	1,504,000,000
1980	1,598,000,000
1981	1,688,000,000
1982	1,388,000,000
1983	1,126,000,000
1984	1,279,000,000
1985	1,175,000,000
1986	959,000,000
1987	1,447,000,000
1988	1,557,000,000
1989	1,654,000,000
1990	1,649,000,000
1991	1,851,000,000
1992	2,532,000,000
1993	2,599,000,000
1994	2,781,000,000
1995	3,293,000,000
1996	3,146,000,000
1997	3,852,000,000
1998	4,651,000,000
1999	4,560,000,000
2000	5,171,000,000
2001	5,607,000,000
2002	7,659,000,000
2003	8,127,000,000
2004	9,475,000,000
2005	10,499,000,000
2006	11,915,000,000
2007	13,576,000,000
2008	14,547,000,000
2009	11,531,000,000
2010	13,838,000,000
2011	16,613,000,000
2012	16,994,000,000
2013	17,518,000,000
2014	18,282,000,000
2015	17,640,000,000
2016	17,000,000,000
2017	18,388,000,000
2018	19,699,000,000
2019	19,882,000,000
2020	18,205,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Guatemala was 52.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 82.28 in 1962, while its lowest value was 52.37 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	81.09
1961	80.17
1962	82.28
1963	82.06
1964	77.22
1965	75.83
1966	73.50
1967	74.65
1968	76.26
1969	71.95
1970	70.11
1971	68.49
1972	66.67
1973	65.33
1974	62.52
1975	65.15
1976	70.10
1977	70.01
1978	65.12
1979	62.60
1980	61.66
1981	64.10
1982	60.64
1983	54.55
1984	57.23
1985	66.59
1986	74.28
1987	73.48
1988	69.72
1989	68.78
1990	67.10
1991	67.86
1992	70.45
1993	70.45
1994	67.53
1995	67.01
1996	66.68
1997	64.50
1998	64.37
1999	63.67
2000	63.19
2001	59.85
2002	73.90
2003	73.11
2004	72.06
2005	69.38
2006	62.00
2007	59.78
2008	59.03
2009	58.49
2010	58.44
2011	59.35
2012	58.12
2013	57.55
2014	60.27
2015	57.33
2016	57.24
2017	57.67
2018	56.16
2019	54.99
2020	52.37

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 Guatemala was 17.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 17.41 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.14 in 1982.

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	0.58
1961	0.30
1962	0.58
1963	0.36
1964	0.45
1965	0.44
1966	0.92
1967	0.97
1968	0.60
1969	0.35
1970	0.36
1971	0.22
1972	0.24
1973	0.16
1974	0.24
1975	0.20
1976	0.28
1977	0.37
1978	0.30
1979	0.37
1980	0.17
1981	0.15
1982	0.14
1983	0.22
1984	0.29
1985	0.43
1986	0.57
1987	0.51
1988	0.76
1989	0.79
1990	1.08
1991	0.94
1992	0.90
1993	0.58
1994	0.63
1995	0.45
1996	0.54
1997	2.17
1998	3.58
1999	3.87
2000	2.65
2001	4.80
2002	2.94
2003	3.27
2004	3.87
2005	4.34
2006	7.99
2007	8.47
2008	9.04
2009	7.86
2010	10.61
2011	10.18
2012	11.42
2013	11.97
2014	13.05
2015	14.34
2016	14.64
2017	14.48
2018	15.39
2019	15.49
2020	17.41

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 Guatemala was 14.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.53 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1978.

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	0.14
1961	0.23
1962	0.29
1963	0.06
1964	0.20
1965	0.17
1966	0.53
1967	0.65
1968	0.32
1969	0.16
1970	0.16
1971	0.09
1972	0.09
1973	0.07
1974	0.13
1975	0.06
1976	0.19
1977	0.13
1978	0.04
1979	0.27
1980	0.14
1981	0.09
1982	0.05
1983	0.15
1984	0.18
1985	0.26
1986	0.37
1987	0.23
1988	0.37
1989	0.25
1990	0.52
1991	0.60
1992	0.42
1993	0.22
1994	0.37
1995	0.21
1996	0.29
1997	1.35
1998	2.33
1999	2.50
2000	1.30
2001	3.07
2002	2.11
2003	2.63
2004	3.34
2005	3.61
2006	5.84
2007	6.50
2008	6.84
2009	6.29
2010	8.30
2011	8.12
2012	8.81
2013	9.55
2014	11.27
2015	12.19
2016	12.50
2017	12.21
2018	12.79
2019	12.87
2020	14.53

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 Guatemala was 1.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.36 in 2001, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1981.

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	0.14
1962	0.15
1971	0.00
1972	0.00
1973	0.00
1974	0.00
1975	0.00
1977	0.02
1978	0.03
1979	0.00
1980	0.00
1981	0.00
1982	0.00
1983	0.00
1984	0.00
1985	0.00
1986	0.00
1987	0.00
1988	0.01
1989	0.02
1990	0.01
1991	0.01
1992	0.21
1993	0.01
1994	0.01
1995	0.02
1996	0.04
1997	0.44
1998	0.76
1999	0.72
2000	1.10
2001	1.36
2002	0.25
2003	0.23
2004	0.09
2005	0.20
2006	1.03
2007	0.69
2008	0.81
2009	0.46
2010	0.79
2011	0.80
2012	0.79
2013	0.86
2014	0.38
2015	0.48
2016	0.45
2017	0.54
2018	0.75
2019	0.89
2020	1.02

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 Guatemala was 29.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 30.79 in 2009, while its lowest value was 7.90 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	7.90
1961	8.87
1962	8.24
1963	11.27
1964	15.83
1965	16.49
1966	19.54
1967	20.31
1968	20.61
1969	25.22
1970	27.14
1971	25.59
1972	26.45
1973	25.97
1974	22.42
1975	20.03
1976	17.34
1977	15.49
1978	22.32
1979	23.38
1980	18.78
1981	20.83
1982	24.83
1983	29.40
1984	26.34
1985	20.74
1986	17.85
1987	20.29
1988	21.97
1989	20.79
1990	18.12
1991	20.86
1992	21.56
1993	20.27
1994	22.32
1995	22.64
1996	22.38
1997	24.79
1998	25.49
1999	24.96
2000	27.78
2001	30.01
2002	21.74
2003	22.03
2004	21.63
2005	22.73
2006	26.32
2007	26.80
2008	27.91
2009	30.79
2010	29.74
2011	30.11
2012	30.21
2013	30.42
2014	26.46
2015	28.06
2016	27.86
2017	27.61
2018	28.03
2019	29.36
2020	29.82

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 Guatemala was 0.081 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.215 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1980.

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
1970	0.005
1971	0.002
1972	0.002
1973	0.001
1974	0.001
1975	0.002
1976	0.002
1977	0.074
1978	0.001
1979	0.000
1980	0.000
1981	0.002
1982	0.001
1983	0.004
1984	0.001
1985	0.003
1987	0.002
1988	0.000
1989	0.001
1990	0.002
1991	0.001
1992	0.005
1993	0.017
1994	0.001
1995	0.001
1996	0.005
1997	0.004
1998	0.001
1999	0.002
2000	0.005
2001	0.006
2002	0.016
2003	0.004
2004	0.008
2005	0.009
2006	0.105
2007	0.215
2008	0.022
2009	0.024
2010	0.022
2011	0.025
2012	0.101
2013	0.027
2014	0.026
2015	0.026
2016	0.036
2017	0.035
2018	0.068
2019	0.043
2020	0.081

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 Guatemala was 1.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.73 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1980.

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	0.22
1961	0.08
1962	0.15
1963	0.30
1964	0.20
1965	0.22
1966	0.29
1967	0.24
1968	0.20
1969	0.11
1970	0.12
1971	0.07
1972	0.09
1973	0.04
1974	0.03
1975	0.06
1976	0.06
1977	0.04
1978	0.05
1979	0.04
1980	0.02
1981	0.04
1982	0.03
1983	0.05
1984	0.08
1985	0.09
1986	0.05
1987	0.06
1988	0.10
1989	0.10
1990	0.08
1991	0.10
1992	0.06
1993	0.11
1994	0.11
1995	0.14
1996	0.14
1997	0.31
1998	0.45
1999	0.58
2000	0.18
2001	0.31
2002	0.53
2003	0.39
2004	0.41
2005	0.50
2006	0.77
2007	0.78
2008	1.00
2009	0.90
2010	1.15
2011	1.12
2012	1.54
2013	1.48
2014	1.33
2015	1.62
2016	1.63
2017	1.65
2018	1.71
2019	1.58
2020	1.73

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 Guatemala was 0.052 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.473 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.012 in 1980.

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	0.072
1964	0.050
1965	0.044
1966	0.097
1967	0.081
1968	0.080
1969	0.075
1970	0.068
1971	0.056
1972	0.047
1973	0.057
1974	0.076
1975	0.084
1976	0.030
1977	0.102
1978	0.178
1979	0.061
1980	0.012
1981	0.018
1982	0.062
1983	0.013
1984	0.030
1985	0.082
1986	0.151
1987	0.214
1988	0.274
1989	0.424
1990	0.473
1991	0.233
1992	0.206
1993	0.231
1994	0.130
1995	0.080
1996	0.067
1997	0.065
1998	0.036
1999	0.059
2000	0.058
2001	0.063
2002	0.035
2003	0.023
2004	0.020
2005	0.017
2006	0.238
2007	0.287
2008	0.367
2009	0.195
2010	0.352
2011	0.116
2012	0.188
2013	0.047
2014	0.048
2015	0.029
2016	0.034
2017	0.045
2018	0.071
2019	0.109
2020	0.052

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Guatemala was 0.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.39 in 1980, while its lowest value was 0.06 in 2013.

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	10.43
1961	10.67
1962	8.90
1963	6.30
1964	6.50
1965	7.24
1966	6.04
1967	4.08
1968	2.53
1969	2.49
1970	2.39
1971	5.71
1972	6.64
1973	8.53
1974	14.82
1975	14.61
1976	12.27
1977	14.12
1978	12.26
1979	13.65
1980	19.39
1981	14.93
1982	14.39
1983	15.83
1984	16.13
1985	12.24
1986	7.30
1987	5.72
1988	7.55
1989	9.64
1990	13.70
1991	10.35
1992	7.10
1993	8.70
1994	9.53
1995	9.90
1996	10.40
1997	8.54
1998	6.57
1999	7.50
2000	6.38
2001	5.34
2002	1.42
2003	1.58
2004	2.44
2005	3.54
2006	3.68
2007	4.95
2008	4.02
2009	2.86
2010	1.21
2011	0.36
2012	0.25
2013	0.06
2014	0.22
2015	0.27
2016	0.26
2017	0.24
2018	0.42
2019	0.16
2020	0.40

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Guatemala was $18,205,820,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $19,881,310,000 in 2019 and $133,100,000 in 1961.

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	$138,000,000
1961	$133,100,000
1962	$137,100,000
1963	$165,000,000
1964	$201,500,000
1965	$229,200,000
1966	$206,800,000
1967	$247,700,000
1968	$249,400,000
1969	$250,246,000
1970	$283,889,000
1971	$302,562,000
1972	$323,875,000
1973	$430,061,000
1974	$700,349,000
1975	$732,197,000
1976	$837,861,000
1977	$1,064,850,000
1978	$1,284,542,000
1979	$1,500,977,000
1980	$1,595,110,000
1981	$1,671,187,000
1982	$1,380,920,000
1983	$1,132,221,000
1984	$1,279,960,000
1985	$1,180,739,000
1986	$958,121,100
1987	$1,433,608,000
1988	$1,541,908,000
1989	$1,644,261,000
1990	$1,698,001,000
1991	$1,892,673,000
1992	$2,562,360,000
1993	$2,600,276,000
1994	$2,651,555,000
1995	$3,292,566,000
1996	$3,146,221,000
1997	$4,170,655,000
1998	$5,564,732,000
1999	$5,632,584,000
2000	$5,074,217,000
2001	$5,566,512,000
2002	$7,656,593,000
2003	$8,116,195,000
2004	$9,388,582,000
2005	$10,498,450,000
2006	$11,913,080,000
2007	$13,575,220,000
2008	$14,380,080,000
2009	$11,385,720,000
2010	$13,699,150,000
2011	$16,357,620,000
2012	$16,805,000,000
2013	$17,353,140,000
2014	$18,262,020,000
2015	$17,628,730,000
2016	$17,001,900,000
2017	$18,388,730,000
2018	$19,623,180,000
2019	$19,881,310,000
2020	$18,205,820,000

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 Guatemala was 29.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 30.79 in 2009, while its lowest value was 7.90 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	7.90
1961	8.87
1962	8.24
1963	11.27
1964	15.83
1965	16.49
1966	19.54
1967	20.31
1968	20.61
1969	25.22
1970	27.14
1971	25.59
1972	26.45
1973	25.97
1974	22.42
1975	20.03
1976	17.34
1977	15.49
1978	22.32
1979	23.38
1980	18.78
1981	20.83
1982	24.83
1983	29.40
1984	26.34
1985	20.74
1986	17.85
1987	20.29
1988	21.97
1989	20.79
1990	18.12
1991	20.86
1992	21.56
1993	20.27
1994	22.32
1995	22.64
1996	22.38
1997	24.79
1998	25.49
1999	24.96
2000	27.78
2001	30.01
2002	21.74
2003	22.03
2004	21.63
2005	22.73
2006	26.32
2007	26.80
2008	27.91
2009	30.79
2010	29.74
2011	30.11
2012	30.21
2013	30.42
2014	26.46
2015	28.06
2016	27.86
2017	27.61
2018	28.03
2019	29.36
2020	29.82

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports