Low income - 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 Low income was 16.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 16.26 in 2020, while its lowest value was 3.65 in 1961.

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
1960 4.28
1961 3.65
1962 4.37
1963 6.26
1964 6.21
1965 6.74
1966 7.89
1967 6.56
1968 8.23
1969 8.63
1970 9.28
1971 8.62
1972 8.62
1973 9.68
1974 8.89
1975 7.96
1976 6.33
1977 7.72
1978 7.18
1979 6.57
1980 6.90
1981 6.55
1982 7.43
1983 6.82
1984 7.38
1985 6.11
1986 7.07
1987 7.41
1988 7.96
1989 9.15
1990 8.17
1991 7.55
1992 8.84
1993 8.79
1994 9.47
1995 9.41
1996 11.42
1997 13.29
1998 11.22
1999 13.09
2000 10.87
2001 9.02
2002 9.75
2003 10.27
2004 9.88
2005 13.39
2006 12.01
2007 7.57
2008 7.80
2009 8.11
2010 7.86
2011 12.43
2012 12.71
2013 13.38
2014 13.20
2015 12.15
2016 11.03
2017 11.08
2018 13.72
2019 14.25
2020 16.26

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports