Malawi - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Malawi was 73.58 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 80.77 in 1978 and a minimum value of 63.43 in 2002.

Definition: Manufactures comprise the commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (nonferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1966 71.51
1967 72.82
1968 75.76
1969 76.69
1970 71.74
1971 74.37
1972 75.29
1973 72.92
1974 74.06
1975 77.86
1976 73.47
1977 76.18
1978 80.77
1979 76.65
1980 74.52
1981 69.60
1982 72.32
1983 70.82
1984 71.85
1985 75.72
1986 76.86
1987 74.79
1990 77.96
1991 78.18
1994 73.95
1995 73.42
1999 74.00
2000 72.13
2001 69.31
2002 63.43
2003 68.84
2004 68.66
2005 69.36
2006 71.66
2007 73.91
2008 76.82
2009 74.48
2010 74.12
2011 73.99
2012 75.95
2013 71.47
2014 72.18
2015 72.38
2016 65.79
2017 74.49
2018 75.15
2019 77.93
2020 73.58

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports