Papua New Guinea - Merchandise imports

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 Papua New Guinea was 0.60 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 2.07 in 1974, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2005.

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
1969 0.46
1970 0.43
1971 0.51
1972 0.60
1973 1.02
1974 2.07
1975 1.98
1980 0.02
1981 0.00
1982 0.31
1983 0.00
1984 0.00
1985 0.01
1986 0.02
1987 0.02
1988 0.13
1989 0.52
1990 0.20
1991 0.18
1992 0.21
1993 0.24
1994 0.27
1995 0.36
1996 0.32
1997 0.34
1998 0.56
1999 0.64
2000 0.00
2005 0.00
2006 0.01
2007 0.01
2008 0.01
2009 0.00
2010 0.03
2011 0.02
2012 0.01
2013 0.01
2014 0.01
2015 0.01
2016 0.08
2017 1.22
2018 0.19
2019 0.11
2020 0.60

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Papua New Guinea was 2,642,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,410,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 60,000,000 in 1960.

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 60,000,000
1961 66,000,000
1962 67,000,000
1963 80,000,000
1964 96,000,000
1965 123,000,000
1966 149,000,000
1967 179,000,000
1968 177,000,000
1969 221,000,000
1970 302,000,000
1971 356,000,000
1972 332,000,000
1973 356,000,000
1974 518,000,000
1975 592,000,000
1976 502,000,000
1977 642,000,000
1978 770,000,000
1979 903,000,000
1980 1,176,000,000
1981 1,261,000,000
1982 1,170,000,000
1983 1,120,000,000
1984 1,110,000,000
1985 1,008,000,000
1986 1,080,000,000
1987 1,165,000,000
1988 1,393,000,000
1989 1,530,000,000
1990 1,193,000,000
1991 1,614,000,000
1992 1,485,000,000
1993 1,299,000,000
1994 1,522,000,000
1995 1,452,000,000
1996 1,741,000,000
1997 1,711,000,000
1998 1,240,000,000
1999 1,188,000,000
2000 1,151,000,000
2001 1,071,000,000
2002 1,137,000,000
2003 1,367,000,000
2004 1,680,000,000
2005 1,729,000,000
2006 1,984,000,000
2007 2,622,000,000
2008 3,117,000,000
2009 2,867,000,000
2010 3,524,000,000
2011 4,272,000,000
2012 4,755,000,000
2013 5,410,000,000
2014 4,000,000,000
2015 2,551,000,000
2016 2,068,000,000
2017 3,059,000,000
2018 3,519,000,000
2019 3,934,000,000
2020 2,642,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Papua New Guinea was 62.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 96.08 in 1980, while its lowest value was 60.44 in 2017.

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
1964 94.64
1965 92.32
1966 93.16
1967 90.95
1968 92.52
1969 90.57
1970 93.55
1971 94.60
1972 94.97
1973 95.38
1974 94.64
1975 94.73
1980 96.08
1981 96.04
1982 95.92
1983 95.40
1984 95.23
1985 95.03
1986 94.44
1987 94.60
1988 95.28
1989 94.62
1990 93.99
1991 94.17
1992 91.10
1993 89.99
1994 91.31
1995 90.26
1996 91.44
1997 91.29
1998 89.59
1999 85.80
2000 87.83
2001 89.20
2002 88.20
2003 85.67
2004 86.80
2005 85.45
2006 82.50
2007 80.94
2008 76.52
2009 74.37
2010 78.75
2011 74.19
2012 76.21
2013 74.40
2014 73.31
2015 62.09
2016 65.31
2017 60.44
2018 62.60
2019 66.60
2020 62.18

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 Papua New Guinea was 2.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 2.65 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.45 in 1988.

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
1964 0.77
1965 0.71
1966 0.79
1967 0.57
1968 0.50
1969 1.20
1970 0.95
1971 1.01
1972 1.13
1973 1.60
1974 1.77
1975 1.79
1980 0.89
1981 0.61
1982 1.15
1983 0.73
1984 0.56
1985 0.71
1986 0.48
1987 0.73
1988 0.45
1989 0.47
1990 0.57
1991 0.56
1992 0.92
1993 0.74
1994 0.75
1995 0.94
1996 0.78
1997 1.03
1998 1.23
1999 1.62
2000 1.03
2001 0.84
2002 1.35
2003 1.00
2004 1.84
2005 1.16
2006 1.67
2007 1.09
2008 1.28
2009 1.13
2010 1.60
2011 0.91
2012 0.98
2013 1.30
2014 1.42
2015 1.64
2016 2.08
2017 2.00
2018 2.26
2019 1.96
2020 2.65

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 Papua New Guinea was 35.17 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 37.56 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.89 in 1971.

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
1964 3.19
1965 2.22
1966 1.65
1967 3.00
1968 2.07
1969 1.97
1970 1.14
1971 0.89
1972 1.13
1973 1.55
1974 2.51
1975 1.92
1980 2.04
1981 2.53
1982 2.23
1983 3.16
1984 3.08
1985 2.93
1986 3.55
1987 3.79
1988 3.63
1989 4.38
1990 4.86
1991 4.41
1992 7.07
1993 8.72
1994 7.24
1995 7.99
1996 7.18
1997 7.16
1998 8.31
1999 11.60
2000 11.14
2001 9.56
2002 10.45
2003 13.34
2004 11.36
2005 13.40
2006 15.83
2007 17.97
2008 22.20
2009 24.51
2010 19.65
2011 24.91
2012 22.81
2013 24.30
2014 25.26
2015 36.27
2016 32.61
2017 37.56
2018 35.14
2019 31.44
2020 35.17

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 Papua New Guinea was 0.155 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.756 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1985.

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
1971 0.002
1972 0.002
1973 0.006
1974 0.001
1975 0.000
1980 0.004
1981 0.001
1983 0.002
1985 0.000
1987 0.003
1988 0.001
1989 0.004
1990 0.002
1991 0.001
1992 0.001
1993 0.008
1994 0.001
1996 0.009
1997 0.195
1998 0.008
1999 0.096
2000 0.152
2001 0.050
2002 0.334
2003 0.305
2004 0.557
2005 0.141
2006 0.075
2007 0.052
2008 0.053
2009 0.098
2010 0.054
2011 0.041
2012 0.070
2013 0.088
2014 0.095
2015 0.116
2016 0.756
2017 0.166
2018 0.140
2019 0.191
2020 0.155

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 Papua New Guinea was 0.814 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 0.897 in 2006, while its lowest value was 0.053 in 1991.

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
1969 0.195
1970 0.120
1971 0.105
1972 0.162
1973 0.207
1974 0.244
1975 0.156
1980 0.590
1981 0.284
1982 0.537
1983 0.444
1984 0.213
1985 0.319
1986 0.205
1987 0.441
1988 0.119
1989 0.110
1990 0.107
1991 0.053
1992 0.131
1993 0.082
1994 0.085
1995 0.254
1996 0.094
1997 0.152
1998 0.148
1999 0.130
2000 0.166
2001 0.101
2002 0.143
2003 0.068
2004 0.134
2005 0.106
2006 0.897
2007 0.213
2008 0.160
2009 0.166
2010 0.176
2011 0.170
2012 0.130
2013 0.120
2014 0.093
2015 0.131
2016 0.076
2017 0.118
2018 0.077
2019 0.260
2020 0.814

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 Papua New Guinea was 0.000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 0.658 in 1973, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2020.

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
1969 0.278
1970 0.235
1971 0.299
1972 0.273
1973 0.658
1974 0.616
1975 0.552
1980 0.003
1981 0.004
1982 0.310
1983 0.003
1984 0.001
1985 0.007
1986 0.009
1987 0.004
1988 0.017
1989 0.011
1990 0.006
1991 0.000
1998 0.000
1999 0.001
2000 0.004
2005 0.000
2006 0.001
2009 0.000
2012 0.000
2013 0.007
2014 0.001
2017 0.003
2018 0.007
2020 0.000

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 Papua New Guinea was 1.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 1.65 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.12 in 1983.

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
1964 0.77
1965 0.71
1966 0.79
1967 0.57
1968 0.45
1969 0.56
1970 0.45
1971 0.39
1972 0.47
1973 0.33
1974 0.37
1975 0.44
1980 0.20
1981 0.22
1982 0.18
1983 0.12
1984 0.27
1985 0.27
1986 0.16
1987 0.19
1988 0.21
1989 0.17
1990 0.19
1991 0.22
1992 0.49
1993 0.30
1994 0.27
1995 0.26
1996 0.29
1997 0.20
1998 0.43
1999 0.56
2000 0.60
2001 0.55
2002 0.74
2003 0.54
2004 0.89
2005 0.69
2006 0.57
2007 0.64
2008 0.84
2009 0.54
2010 0.54
2011 0.58
2012 0.43
2013 0.72
2014 1.02
2015 1.12
2016 0.98
2017 1.32
2018 1.65
2019 1.30
2020 1.45

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 Papua New Guinea was 0.231 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 0.831 in 1999, while its lowest value was 0.056 in 1968.

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
1968 0.056
1969 0.175
1970 0.147
1971 0.215
1972 0.220
1973 0.399
1974 0.537
1975 0.633
1980 0.096
1981 0.101
1982 0.122
1983 0.162
1984 0.078
1985 0.114
1986 0.104
1987 0.094
1988 0.103
1989 0.167
1990 0.271
1991 0.293
1992 0.296
1993 0.352
1994 0.391
1995 0.432
1996 0.390
1997 0.485
1998 0.645
1999 0.831
2000 0.110
2001 0.140
2002 0.125
2003 0.077
2004 0.257
2005 0.221
2006 0.129
2007 0.186
2008 0.228
2009 0.325
2010 0.828
2011 0.113
2012 0.350
2013 0.363
2014 0.216
2015 0.271
2016 0.268
2017 0.397
2018 0.389
2019 0.217
2020 0.231

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Papua New Guinea was 0.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 6.25 in 1969, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2000.

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
1964 1.40
1965 4.75
1966 4.41
1967 5.48
1968 4.91
1969 6.25
1970 4.36
1971 3.49
1972 2.77
1973 1.46
1974 1.07
1975 1.56
1980 0.98
1981 0.82
1982 0.70
1983 0.70
1984 1.13
1985 1.33
1986 1.54
1987 0.87
1988 0.64
1989 0.54
1990 0.58
1991 0.86
1992 0.91
1993 0.55
1994 0.70
1995 0.80
1996 0.60
1997 0.53
1998 0.87
1999 0.98
2000 0.00
2001 0.41
2002 0.00
2003 0.00
2004 0.00
2005 0.00
2006 0.00
2007 0.00
2008 0.00
2009 0.00
2010 0.00
2011 0.00
2012 0.00
2013 0.00
2014 0.00
2015 0.00
2016 0.00
2017 0.00
2018 0.00
2019 0.00
2020 0.00

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Papua New Guinea was $4,658,262,000 as of 2020. Over the past 56 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $9,114,520,000 in 2012 and $78,400,000 in 1964.

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
1964 $78,400,000
1965 $98,900,000
1966 $127,100,000
1967 $156,900,000
1968 $179,100,000
1969 $220,016,000
1970 $302,043,000
1971 $343,230,000
1972 $320,706,000
1973 $336,522,000
1974 $475,452,000
1975 $531,278,000
1980 $1,015,883,000
1981 $1,101,981,000
1982 $1,119,663,000
1983 $1,071,988,000
1984 $929,434,000
1985 $867,051,000
1986 $928,745,000
1987 $1,197,876,000
1988 $1,437,891,000
1989 $1,613,973,000
1990 $1,315,309,000
1991 $1,485,984,000
1992 $1,445,813,000
1993 $1,453,193,000
1994 $1,549,977,000
1995 $1,450,975,000
1996 $1,882,308,000
1997 $1,936,515,000
1998 $1,344,570,000
1999 $1,261,242,000
2000 $1,226,411,000
2001 $1,110,789,000
2002 $1,185,166,000
2003 $1,348,282,000
2004 $1,601,284,000
2005 $2,022,652,000
2006 $2,357,151,000
2007 $2,969,046,000
2008 $3,505,726,000
2009 $3,885,381,000
2010 $5,133,150,000
2011 $7,209,995,000
2012 $9,114,520,000
2013 $7,027,205,000
2014 $6,277,685,000
2015 $5,734,306,000
2016 $5,046,510,000
2017 $5,161,181,000
2018 $5,388,037,000
2019 $5,361,452,000
2020 $4,658,262,000

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 Papua New Guinea was 35.17 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 37.56 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.89 in 1971.

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
1964 3.19
1965 2.22
1966 1.65
1967 3.00
1968 2.07
1969 1.97
1970 1.14
1971 0.89
1972 1.13
1973 1.55
1974 2.51
1975 1.92
1980 2.04
1981 2.53
1982 2.23
1983 3.16
1984 3.08
1985 2.93
1986 3.55
1987 3.79
1988 3.63
1989 4.38
1990 4.86
1991 4.41
1992 7.07
1993 8.72
1994 7.24
1995 7.99
1996 7.18
1997 7.16
1998 8.31
1999 11.60
2000 11.14
2001 9.56
2002 10.45
2003 13.34
2004 11.36
2005 13.40
2006 15.83
2007 17.97
2008 22.20
2009 24.51
2010 19.65
2011 24.91
2012 22.81
2013 24.30
2014 25.26
2015 36.27
2016 32.61
2017 37.56
2018 35.14
2019 31.44
2020 35.17

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports