São Tomé and Principe - Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in São Tomé and Principe was 241.31 as of 2020. Over the past 34 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 307.31 in 2014 and 50.46 in 1997.

Definition: Import volume indexes are derived from UNCTAD's volume index series and are the ratio of the import value indexes to the corresponding unit value indexes. Unit value indexes are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD’s estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, interna­tional and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates and calculates unit value indexes at the country level using the current year’s trade values as weights. For economies for which UNCTAD does not publish data, the import volume indexes (lines 73) in the IMF's International Financial Statistics are used.

Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1986 68.59
1987 59.57
1988 63.78
1989 65.23
1990 73.57
1991 104.64
1992 96.04
1993 106.19
1994 96.17
1995 87.77
1996 65.93
1997 50.46
1998 59.52
1999 126.13
2000 100.00
2001 98.39
2002 107.39
2003 130.33
2004 121.63
2005 129.81
2006 170.41
2007 173.08
2008 212.87
2009 218.69
2010 222.78
2011 232.79
2012 228.13
2013 269.38
2014 307.31
2015 280.57
2016 280.57
2017 282.36
2018 264.57
2019 268.75
2020 241.31

Base Period: 2000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes