Comoros - 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 Comoros was 44.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 44.88 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.07 in 1982.

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.

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Year Value
1972 13.51
1973 20.27
1974 30.95
1975 17.26
1976 13.85
1977 14.01
1978 8.33
1981 0.14
1982 0.07
1983 7.89
1984 9.12
1985 6.65
1986 4.59
1987 1.27
1988 13.50
1989 8.54
1990 1.35
1991 4.41
1992 4.76
1993 2.37
1994 1.28
1995 2.33
1996 2.32
1997 15.59
1998 15.75
1999 18.73
2000 20.57
2001 15.13
2002 10.57
2003 10.08
2004 15.37
2005 17.55
2006 23.25
2007 12.56
2008 22.76
2009 32.07
2010 28.46
2011 30.58
2012 30.68
2013 34.53
2014 36.66
2015 40.79
2016 38.24
2017 42.48
2018 40.28
2019 42.57
2020 44.88

Development Relevance: Although global integration has increased, low- and middle-income economies still face trade barriers when accessing other markets.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data on exports and imports are from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Direction of Trade database and should be broadly consistent with data from other sources, such as the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. All high-income economies and major low- and middle-income economies report trade data to the IMF on a timely basis, covering about 85 percent of trade for recent years. Trade data for less timely reporters and for countries that do not report are estimated using reports of trading partner countries. Therefore, data on trade between developing and high-income economies should be generally complete. But trade flows between many low- and middle-income economies - particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa - are not well recorded, and the value of trade among low- and middle-income economies may be understated.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports