Saudi Arabia - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Saudi Arabia was 253.71 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 303.40 in 2015 and 100.00 in 2000.

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
2000 100.00
2001 104.15
2002 108.02
2003 133.62
2004 140.79
2005 169.66
2006 149.78
2007 170.35
2008 196.10
2009 167.79
2010 179.89
2011 200.21
2012 228.29
2013 249.52
2014 267.10
2015 303.40
2016 259.11
2017 250.66
2018 224.86
2019 280.11
2020 253.71

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes