São Tomé and Principe - 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 São Tomé and Principe was 6.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 30.77 in 1969, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1989.

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
1969 30.77
1970 26.67
1973 27.55
1974 23.33
1975 18.10
1976 11.76
1977 6.50
1984 4.77
1985 0.12
1986 0.22
1987 0.19
1988 0.27
1989 0.04
1990 0.21
1991 0.98
1992 4.58
1993 8.06
1994 3.24
1995 4.70
1996 5.45
1997 9.01
1998 5.07
1999 4.37
2000 13.49
2001 19.42
2002 15.61
2003 14.11
2004 18.18
2005 21.40
2006 21.71
2007 21.49
2008 28.29
2009 19.22
2010 22.82
2011 14.70
2012 24.81
2013 28.25
2014 24.57
2015 23.63
2016 18.35
2017 23.51
2018 25.27
2019 26.55
2020 6.35

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports