South Africa - 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 South Africa was 9.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 12.72 in 2014, while its lowest value was 2.00 in 2000.

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
1998 2.05
1999 2.97
2000 2.00
2001 2.56
2002 3.27
2003 2.99
2004 4.14
2005 3.66
2006 4.74
2007 6.11
2008 7.29
2009 6.90
2010 9.45
2011 8.95
2012 11.20
2013 11.26
2014 12.72
2015 10.18
2016 9.83
2017 9.42
2018 11.40
2019 10.73
2020 9.57

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports