Lesotho - 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 Lesotho was 77.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 93.01 in 2005, while its lowest value was 64.15 in 2002.

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.

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Year Value
2000 73.00
2001 85.09
2002 64.15
2003 65.34
2004 91.28
2005 93.01
2006 92.07
2007 89.16
2008 81.02
2009 85.80
2010 72.59
2011 90.19
2012 82.70
2013 73.46
2014 77.03
2015 73.14
2016 74.62
2017 68.60
2018 84.40
2019 80.85
2020 77.35

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports