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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 Tanzania was 16.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.23 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.11 in 1966.

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
1960	2.06
1961	1.97
1962	1.19
1963	0.59
1964	0.98
1965	0.36
1966	0.11
1967	1.37
1968	1.61
1969	1.71
1970	1.81
1971	2.28
1972	2.34
1973	2.98
1974	11.33
1975	11.45
1976	5.46
1977	2.83
1978	3.51
1979	8.10
1980	10.80
1981	6.89
1982	19.12
1983	12.56
1984	5.62
1985	11.07
1986	1.29
1987	0.45
1988	0.46
1989	0.43
1990	7.82
1991	16.30
1992	15.16
1993	17.80
1994	14.98
1995	13.45
1996	15.74
1997	9.17
1998	6.55
1999	6.41
2000	11.09
2001	13.46
2002	13.01
2003	17.60
2004	16.83
2005	24.78
2006	27.02
2007	21.87
2008	17.77
2009	14.41
2010	13.08
2011	16.78
2012	20.18
2013	14.32
2014	12.09
2015	47.23
2016	12.04
2017	35.46
2018	18.75
2019	17.97
2020	16.02

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Tanzania was 7,889,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,091,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 111,000,000 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	111,000,000
1961	112,000,000
1962	113,000,000
1963	113,000,000
1964	177,000,000
1965	197,000,000
1966	237,000,000
1967	229,000,000
1968	257,000,000
1969	239,000,000
1970	318,000,000
1971	382,000,000
1972	404,000,000
1973	497,000,000
1974	753,000,000
1975	778,000,000
1976	638,000,000
1977	744,000,000
1978	1,145,000,000
1979	1,105,000,000
1980	1,252,000,000
1981	1,213,000,000
1982	1,166,000,000
1983	832,000,000
1984	665,000,000
1985	1,324,000,000
1986	937,000,000
1987	929,000,000
1988	823,000,000
1989	990,000,000
1990	1,027,000,000
1991	1,533,000,000
1992	1,510,000,000
1993	1,497,000,000
1994	1,504,000,000
1995	1,675,000,000
1996	1,388,000,000
1997	1,337,000,000
1998	1,453,000,000
1999	1,556,000,000
2000	1,524,000,000
2001	1,712,000,000
2002	1,660,000,000
2003	2,125,000,000
2004	2,726,000,000
2005	3,287,000,000
2006	4,246,000,000
2007	5,337,000,000
2008	7,703,000,000
2009	6,411,000,000
2010	7,874,000,000
2011	10,799,000,000
2012	11,346,000,000
2013	12,091,000,000
2014	11,993,000,000
2015	10,789,000,000
2016	9,300,000,000
2017	8,299,000,000
2018	9,120,000,000
2019	9,452,000,000
2020	7,889,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Tanzania was 41.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 85.40 in 1988, while its lowest value was 39.53 in 2016.

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
1960	73.76
1961	78.77
1962	75.71
1963	76.33
1964	81.19
1965	79.63
1966	74.74
1967	76.91
1968	63.12
1969	62.13
1970	60.08
1971	55.23
1972	59.80
1973	56.52
1974	63.32
1975	69.11
1976	59.98
1977	69.45
1978	78.11
1979	72.28
1980	71.08
1981	72.62
1982	82.32
1983	71.97
1984	68.32
1985	74.30
1986	75.27
1987	80.96
1988	85.40
1989	83.09
1990	78.59
1991	74.27
1992	67.81
1993	69.96
1994	58.25
1995	53.22
1996	53.02
1997	60.51
1998	58.08
1999	57.92
2000	58.94
2001	59.63
2002	56.59
2003	56.51
2004	54.79
2005	59.02
2006	57.70
2007	58.80
2008	52.28
2009	51.70
2010	53.78
2011	52.33
2012	58.19
2013	49.11
2014	41.75
2015	66.00
2016	39.53
2017	59.09
2018	43.62
2019	45.14
2020	41.12

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 Tanzania was 49.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 49.54 in 2020, while its lowest value was 6.69 in 1981.

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
1960	13.78
1961	12.53
1962	14.88
1963	15.62
1964	11.20
1965	13.20
1966	18.31
1967	15.89
1968	15.31
1969	16.24
1970	20.96
1971	29.78
1972	25.52
1973	29.51
1974	25.30
1975	20.57
1976	23.18
1977	18.55
1978	13.41
1979	14.51
1980	14.57
1981	6.69
1982	7.01
1983	14.97
1984	18.76
1985	14.27
1986	12.63
1987	10.95
1988	10.70
1989	9.69
1990	10.02
1991	14.17
1992	19.91
1993	14.33
1994	16.16
1995	15.34
1996	16.00
1997	22.25
1998	22.46
1999	23.30
2000	20.85
2001	18.48
2002	20.73
2003	23.31
2004	24.80
2005	21.43
2006	23.12
2007	27.79
2008	29.67
2009	31.44
2010	31.18
2011	33.38
2012	26.40
2013	38.09
2014	44.06
2015	27.26
2016	48.55
2017	34.23
2018	45.62
2019	44.69
2020	49.54

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 Tanzania was 29.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 29.56 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.12 in 1962.

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
1960	0.12
1962	0.12
1963	0.36
1964	0.74
1965	3.66
1966	7.46
1967	5.22
1968	5.01
1969	4.94
1970	11.97
1971	22.31
1972	18.00
1973	20.54
1974	13.48
1975	10.84
1976	6.96
1977	4.22
1978	3.91
1979	5.17
1980	1.84
1981	2.55
1982	2.48
1983	2.38
1984	5.26
1985	3.51
1986	4.76
1987	2.72
1988	2.83
1989	4.64
1990	2.41
1991	5.88
1992	12.01
1993	7.23
1994	9.17
1995	9.19
1996	9.39
1997	6.67
1998	7.91
1999	8.42
2000	11.07
2001	10.16
2002	11.03
2003	11.63
2004	13.00
2005	11.42
2006	12.84
2007	12.73
2008	13.30
2009	14.39
2010	14.77
2011	13.40
2012	13.42
2013	15.92
2014	20.82
2015	15.98
2016	26.15
2017	13.19
2018	26.06
2019	26.61
2020	29.56

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 Tanzania was 5.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 5.29 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1973.

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
1965	0.07
1966	0.06
1969	0.01
1970	0.01
1971	0.01
1973	0.00
1975	0.22
1976	0.09
1977	0.02
1978	0.01
1979	0.01
1980	0.44
1981	0.21
1982	0.22
1983	0.64
1984	0.56
1985	0.35
1986	0.25
1987	0.21
1988	0.48
1989	0.46
1990	0.09
1991	0.06
1992	0.05
1993	0.15
1994	0.11
1995	0.25
1996	0.12
1997	0.67
1998	0.59
1999	0.60
2000	0.84
2001	1.19
2002	1.06
2003	0.74
2004	0.48
2005	1.80
2006	2.28
2007	3.20
2008	3.19
2009	2.67
2010	2.76
2011	2.33
2012	2.14
2013	1.99
2014	2.36
2015	1.62
2016	2.49
2017	1.37
2018	3.00
2019	2.64
2020	5.29

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 Tanzania was 0.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 2.67 in 1998, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1972.

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
1961	0.12
1966	0.11
1969	0.01
1970	0.27
1971	0.01
1972	0.00
1973	0.01
1974	1.47
1975	0.32
1976	0.19
1977	0.48
1978	1.14
1979	0.74
1980	1.82
1981	0.89
1982	0.98
1983	0.49
1984	0.31
1985	0.53
1986	0.41
1987	0.43
1988	0.60
1989	0.49
1990	0.81
1991	0.60
1992	0.96
1993	0.43
1994	0.72
1995	0.36
1996	0.40
1997	1.60
1998	2.67
1999	2.43
2000	1.83
2001	0.64
2002	0.59
2003	1.58
2004	1.50
2005	1.33
2006	0.85
2007	1.85
2008	0.95
2009	1.45
2010	0.95
2011	1.77
2012	1.67
2013	0.31
2014	0.21
2015	0.32
2016	0.53
2017	0.47
2018	0.41
2019	0.33
2020	0.61

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 Tanzania was 0.87 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 11.28 in 1976, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1981.

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
1960	6.65
1961	4.76
1962	6.67
1963	7.10
1964	3.11
1965	1.51
1966	3.28
1967	6.10
1968	5.99
1969	7.18
1970	5.35
1971	5.12
1972	5.94
1973	7.24
1974	8.55
1975	6.69
1976	11.28
1977	7.35
1978	3.87
1979	3.64
1980	7.01
1981	0.02
1982	0.96
1983	8.99
1984	10.15
1985	7.52
1986	0.18
1987	0.16
1988	0.16
1989	0.14
1990	4.41
1991	1.69
1992	0.02
1993	0.05
1994	0.19
1995	0.27
1996	0.20
1997	0.24
1998	4.35
1999	5.00
2000	0.56
2001	0.78
2002	0.61
2003	0.81
2004	0.98
2005	0.78
2006	1.53
2007	1.13
2008	1.32
2009	0.70
2010	1.02
2011	1.13
2012	0.95
2013	0.74
2014	0.71
2015	0.45
2016	0.88
2017	0.71
2018	1.26
2019	0.80
2020	0.87

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 Tanzania was 13.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.96 in 2014, while its lowest value was 1.58 in 1972.

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
1960	7.01
1961	7.66
1962	8.10
1963	8.17
1964	7.36
1965	7.96
1966	7.40
1967	4.56
1968	4.31
1969	4.11
1970	3.36
1971	2.33
1972	1.58
1973	1.72
1974	1.79
1975	2.49
1976	4.66
1977	6.48
1978	4.47
1979	4.96
1980	3.47
1981	3.02
1982	2.37
1983	2.47
1984	2.47
1985	2.35
1986	7.04
1987	7.42
1988	6.64
1989	3.96
1990	2.31
1991	5.94
1992	6.87
1993	6.47
1994	5.97
1995	5.28
1996	5.90
1997	13.07
1998	6.94
1999	6.85
2000	6.56
2001	5.71
2002	7.45
2003	8.55
2004	8.84
2005	6.11
2006	5.63
2007	8.87
2008	10.90
2009	12.23
2010	11.67
2011	14.74
2012	8.21
2013	19.13
2014	19.96
2015	8.89
2016	18.51
2017	18.48
2018	14.88
2019	14.30
2020	13.20

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 Tanzania was 9.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 25.79 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.33 in 1967.

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
1960	3.26
1961	2.09
1962	2.14
1963	0.71
1964	0.57
1965	1.29
1966	0.56
1967	0.33
1968	16.79
1969	15.57
1970	15.06
1971	11.96
1972	11.36
1973	10.48
1974	7.89
1975	7.31
1976	12.74
1977	3.69
1978	1.08
1979	2.11
1980	1.50
1981	2.07
1982	4.52
1983	4.98
1984	4.71
1985	3.59
1986	5.13
1987	4.59
1988	0.39
1989	3.79
1990	3.59
1991	5.07
1992	4.84
1993	9.44
1994	19.15
1995	25.79
1996	25.19
1997	16.28
1998	18.55
1999	18.63
2000	19.93
2001	19.07
2002	17.98
2003	19.67
2004	19.93
2005	19.14
2006	18.87
2007	13.08
2008	17.62
2009	16.61
2010	14.69
2011	14.01
2012	15.14
2013	10.84
2014	11.63
2015	6.36
2016	11.58
2017	6.15
2018	10.63
2019	10.14
2020	9.32

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Tanzania was 0.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 18.62 in 1981, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 2020.

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
1960	9.19
1961	6.61
1962	7.26
1963	7.34
1964	7.03
1965	5.88
1966	6.40
1967	6.87
1968	4.78
1969	6.06
1970	3.89
1971	3.03
1972	3.32
1973	3.49
1974	3.49
1975	3.01
1976	4.10
1977	8.31
1978	7.40
1979	11.10
1980	12.84
1981	18.62
1982	6.15
1983	8.09
1984	8.21
1985	7.85
1986	6.96
1987	3.50
1988	3.51
1989	3.42
1990	7.80
1991	6.49
1992	7.44
1993	6.27
1994	6.44
1995	5.65
1996	5.79
1997	0.95
1998	0.91
1999	0.14
2000	0.29
2001	2.82
2002	4.70
2003	0.50
2004	0.48
2005	0.40
2006	0.30
2007	0.33
2008	0.43
2009	0.25
2010	0.35
2011	0.28
2012	0.26
2013	1.97
2014	2.56
2015	0.38
2016	0.34
2017	0.54
2018	0.13
2019	0.03
2020	0.02

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Tanzania was $8,516,525,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $14,767,580,000 in 2015 and $82,700,000 in 1960.

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
1960	$82,700,000
1961	$86,200,000
1962	$84,000,000
1963	$84,500,000
1964	$122,300,000
1965	$139,400,000
1966	$179,700,000
1967	$181,904,000
1968	$255,381,000
1969	$237,154,000
1970	$318,383,000
1971	$381,763,000
1972	$402,909,000
1973	$488,486,000
1974	$812,828,000
1975	$842,523,000
1976	$656,066,000
1977	$729,608,000
1978	$1,118,273,000
1979	$1,079,547,000
1980	$1,226,595,000
1981	$1,175,763,000
1982	$1,131,014,000
1983	$796,614,000
1984	$847,260,000
1985	$1,028,042,000
1986	$779,839,000
1987	$811,846,000
1988	$822,876,000
1989	$780,995,000
1990	$1,021,543,000
1991	$1,231,403,000
1992	$1,551,975,000
1993	$1,463,366,000
1994	$1,534,545,000
1995	$1,879,162,000
1996	$1,787,256,000
1997	$1,408,836,000
1998	$1,571,354,000
1999	$1,660,358,000
2000	$1,520,296,000
2001	$1,779,788,000
2002	$1,751,008,000
2003	$2,177,357,000
2004	$2,571,542,000
2005	$3,265,354,000
2006	$4,552,290,000
2007	$5,951,156,000
2008	$8,130,370,000
2009	$6,569,099,000
2010	$8,060,477,000
2011	$11,249,240,000
2012	$11,783,900,000
2013	$12,605,110,000
2014	$12,759,450,000
2015	$14,767,580,000
2016	$7,921,020,000
2017	$10,001,370,000
2018	$8,516,184,000
2019	$9,054,672,000
2020	$8,516,525,000

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 Tanzania was 9.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 25.79 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.33 in 1967.

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
1960	3.26
1961	2.09
1962	2.14
1963	0.71
1964	0.57
1965	1.29
1966	0.56
1967	0.33
1968	16.79
1969	15.57
1970	15.06
1971	11.96
1972	11.36
1973	10.48
1974	7.89
1975	7.31
1976	12.74
1977	3.69
1978	1.08
1979	2.11
1980	1.50
1981	2.07
1982	4.52
1983	4.98
1984	4.71
1985	3.59
1986	5.13
1987	4.59
1988	0.39
1989	3.79
1990	3.59
1991	5.07
1992	4.84
1993	9.44
1994	19.15
1995	25.79
1996	25.19
1997	16.28
1998	18.55
1999	18.63
2000	19.93
2001	19.07
2002	17.98
2003	19.67
2004	19.93
2005	19.14
2006	18.87
2007	13.08
2008	17.62
2009	16.61
2010	14.69
2011	14.01
2012	15.14
2013	10.84
2014	11.63
2015	6.36
2016	11.58
2017	6.15
2018	10.63
2019	10.14
2020	9.32

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports