Congo - Merchandise imports

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 Congo was 4.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 6.71 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.41 in 1979.

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
1961 2.19
1962 2.35
1963 3.27
1964 4.19
1965 3.87
1966 4.63
1967 4.60
1968 3.26
1969 4.10
1970 4.39
1971 1.45
1972 2.64
1973 2.15
1974 1.53
1975 1.44
1976 1.28
1977 0.56
1978 1.17
1979 0.41
1980 0.95
1981 1.04
1982 0.82
1983 0.44
1984 0.79
1985 1.37
1986 1.10
1987 0.97
1988 1.03
1989 1.08
1990 2.34
1991 1.56
1992 3.24
1993 1.68
1994 1.01
1995 1.29
1996 0.64
1997 1.47
1998 0.80
1999 0.93
2000 1.11
2001 1.24
2002 6.71
2003 1.88
2004 0.57
2005 0.87
2006 0.82
2007 1.45
2008 1.78
2009 2.02
2010 2.13
2011 1.80
2012 2.00
2013 1.58
2014 2.43
2015 2.25
2016 1.22
2017 2.61
2018 3.01
2019 5.87
2020 4.24

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Congo was 1,866,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,270,000,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 59,000,000 in 1970.

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 70,000,000
1961 79,000,000
1962 76,000,000
1963 64,000,000
1964 67,000,000
1965 67,000,000
1966 72,000,000
1967 84,000,000
1968 86,000,000
1969 80,000,000
1970 59,000,000
1971 82,000,000
1972 104,000,000
1973 128,000,000
1974 127,000,000
1975 170,000,000
1976 172,000,000
1977 208,000,000
1978 259,000,000
1979 291,000,000
1980 580,000,000
1981 446,000,000
1982 767,000,000
1983 648,000,000
1984 618,000,000
1985 598,000,000
1986 597,000,000
1987 529,000,000
1988 564,000,000
1989 518,000,000
1990 621,000,000
1991 594,000,000
1992 451,000,000
1993 581,000,000
1994 631,000,000
1995 670,000,000
1996 1,551,000,000
1997 926,000,000
1998 680,000,000
1999 821,000,000
2000 465,000,000
2001 682,000,000
2002 675,000,000
2003 831,000,000
2004 969,000,000
2005 1,304,000,000
2006 2,013,000,000
2007 3,929,000,000
2008 3,540,000,000
2009 4,447,000,000
2010 4,369,000,000
2011 7,013,000,000
2012 7,349,000,000
2013 8,372,000,000
2014 10,099,000,000
2015 10,550,000,000
2016 11,270,000,000
2017 4,560,000,000
2018 3,486,000,000
2019 2,242,000,000
2020 1,866,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Congo was 42.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 90.51 in 1983, while its lowest value was 30.55 in 2011.

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 78.08
1961 75.98
1962 83.09
1963 86.11
1964 82.61
1965 83.13
1966 84.23
1967 81.48
1968 78.07
1969 76.90
1970 85.15
1971 87.42
1972 87.25
1973 85.80
1974 77.94
1975 77.52
1976 74.88
1977 88.42
1978 81.21
1979 81.93
1980 74.49
1981 75.97
1982 80.92
1983 90.51
1984 83.55
1985 85.24
1986 89.10
1987 86.86
1988 83.95
1989 88.32
1990 75.65
1991 78.12
1992 76.19
1993 75.63
1994 67.32
1995 69.29
1996 83.45
1997 73.29
1998 70.35
1999 64.34
2000 75.35
2001 77.00
2002 72.50
2003 81.50
2004 41.50
2005 36.35
2006 35.96
2007 34.95
2008 46.72
2009 47.75
2010 47.39
2011 30.55
2012 32.19
2013 35.71
2014 72.45
2015 67.64
2016 74.53
2017 42.42
2018 47.87
2019 49.05
2020 42.95

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 Congo was 32.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 32.57 in 2020, while its lowest value was 2.01 in 1996.

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
1961 2.19
1962 2.35
1963 2.61
1964 2.64
1965 3.72
1966 3.33
1967 6.90
1968 2.85
1969 3.46
1970 4.35
1971 3.36
1972 5.09
1973 4.04
1974 4.41
1975 4.31
1976 4.75
1977 3.20
1978 7.36
1979 5.09
1980 6.14
1981 10.40
1982 10.90
1983 3.76
1984 8.03
1985 6.94
1986 3.72
1987 3.01
1988 4.21
1989 4.27
1990 3.31
1991 3.11
1992 2.06
1993 2.78
1994 2.19
1995 2.02
1996 2.01
1997 5.58
1998 10.56
1999 8.94
2000 8.72
2001 9.39
2002 15.82
2003 8.92
2004 8.63
2005 8.96
2006 7.80
2007 4.86
2008 9.76
2009 8.15
2010 7.54
2011 8.77
2012 15.26
2013 12.45
2014 21.50
2015 24.45
2016 20.15
2017 15.54
2018 22.18
2019 25.96
2020 32.57

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 Congo was 18.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 19.06 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.08 in 1983.

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
1963 0.33
1964 0.16
1965 1.55
1966 0.87
1967 3.75
1968 2.03
1969 1.92
1970 1.99
1971 2.42
1972 3.56
1973 2.51
1974 2.63
1975 3.48
1976 2.82
1977 1.62
1978 1.86
1979 1.54
1980 1.01
1981 1.25
1982 1.34
1983 0.08
1984 2.54
1985 2.34
1986 1.34
1987 0.76
1988 1.44
1989 1.16
1990 0.69
1991 0.66
1992 0.60
1993 1.07
1994 0.81
1995 0.83
1996 1.35
1997 3.35
1998 7.42
1999 4.12
2000 3.10
2001 2.93
2002 5.08
2003 3.54
2004 4.77
2005 4.93
2006 5.01
2007 2.98
2008 6.62
2009 5.05
2010 4.92
2011 4.35
2012 6.35
2013 6.49
2014 15.52
2015 19.06
2016 15.58
2017 10.03
2018 16.38
2019 15.86
2020 18.49

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 Congo was 7.55 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 7.55 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
1970 0.08
1971 0.02
1973 0.00
1974 0.29
1975 0.11
1976 0.01
1977 0.00
1978 0.05
1979 0.11
1980 0.00
1981 0.02
1982 0.12
1983 0.01
1984 0.04
1985 0.05
1986 0.08
1987 0.02
1988 0.09
1989 0.24
1990 0.13
1991 0.04
1992 0.08
1993 0.04
1994 0.07
1995 0.04
1996 0.10
1997 0.36
1998 0.37
1999 0.41
2000 3.56
2001 3.49
2002 3.34
2003 2.15
2004 0.89
2005 0.45
2006 0.35
2007 0.12
2008 0.27
2009 0.28
2010 0.27
2011 0.46
2012 0.88
2013 0.80
2014 1.03
2015 1.39
2016 1.64
2017 1.83
2018 2.14
2019 4.27
2020 7.55

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 Congo was 4.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 8.15 in 1982, while its lowest value was 0.08 in 1970.

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
1964 0.16
1966 0.14
1970 0.08
1971 0.17
1972 0.10
1973 0.11
1974 0.18
1975 0.14
1976 0.68
1977 0.96
1978 4.55
1979 2.26
1980 4.14
1981 7.95
1982 8.15
1983 1.74
1984 4.41
1985 2.89
1986 0.79
1987 0.67
1988 0.79
1989 0.56
1990 0.93
1991 1.33
1992 0.48
1993 0.24
1994 0.36
1995 0.27
1996 0.17
1997 0.25
1998 0.26
1999 0.60
2000 0.32
2001 0.67
2002 0.71
2003 1.19
2004 1.11
2005 1.88
2006 1.10
2007 0.92
2008 1.64
2009 1.21
2010 0.75
2011 2.51
2012 6.62
2013 3.96
2014 2.25
2015 2.11
2016 1.19
2017 1.05
2018 1.26
2019 2.13
2020 4.30

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 Congo was 0.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 5.19 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.14 in 1999.

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
1961 2.19
1962 2.35
1963 2.12
1964 2.33
1965 2.01
1966 2.32
1967 3.03
1968 0.82
1969 1.54
1970 2.02
1971 0.68
1972 0.98
1973 1.35
1974 1.20
1975 0.38
1976 1.16
1977 0.56
1978 0.82
1979 0.40
1980 0.47
1981 1.04
1982 0.81
1983 0.43
1984 0.71
1985 1.23
1986 0.88
1987 0.74
1988 0.88
1989 0.85
1990 0.73
1991 0.82
1992 0.57
1993 1.25
1994 0.80
1995 0.35
1996 0.34
1997 0.84
1998 0.26
1999 0.14
2000 0.58
2001 1.10
2002 5.19
2003 0.96
2004 0.35
2005 0.36
2006 0.37
2007 0.40
2008 0.67
2009 1.06
2010 1.21
2011 0.98
2012 0.68
2013 0.48
2014 0.66
2015 0.63
2016 0.59
2017 1.19
2018 1.11
2019 1.64
2020 0.82

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 Congo was 1.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 3.67 in 1999, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1996.

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
1963 0.16
1965 0.15
1967 0.12
1970 0.17
1971 0.07
1972 0.45
1973 0.07
1974 0.11
1975 0.21
1976 0.09
1977 0.06
1978 0.09
1979 0.77
1980 0.51
1981 0.14
1982 0.48
1983 1.51
1984 0.33
1985 0.43
1986 0.64
1987 0.82
1988 1.01
1989 1.46
1990 0.82
1991 0.25
1992 0.33
1993 0.18
1994 0.14
1995 0.54
1996 0.05
1997 0.78
1998 2.26
1999 3.67
2000 1.15
2001 1.19
2002 1.50
2003 1.08
2004 1.51
2005 1.34
2006 0.97
2007 0.43
2008 0.56
2009 0.54
2010 0.38
2011 0.47
2012 0.74
2013 0.72
2014 2.03
2015 1.27
2016 1.14
2017 1.44
2018 1.30
2019 2.06
2020 1.40

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 Congo was 24.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 60.46 in 2011, while its lowest value was 2.06 in 1962.

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
1961 2.89
1962 2.06
1963 5.56
1964 5.90
1965 4.95
1966 4.34
1967 4.12
1968 2.44
1969 2.56
1970 5.61
1971 3.81
1972 5.76
1973 2.63
1974 13.39
1975 14.44
1976 15.15
1977 4.98
1978 8.73
1979 6.74
1980 13.43
1981 4.43
1982 3.73
1983 2.40
1984 4.75
1985 3.49
1986 2.77
1987 4.19
1988 4.25
1989 2.43
1990 3.20
1991 4.40
1992 5.37
1993 4.81
1994 6.71
1995 6.83
1996 5.25
1997 10.98
1998 9.79
1999 12.87
2000 10.36
2001 10.46
2002 8.07
2003 8.30
2004 49.59
2005 54.60
2006 56.14
2007 60.07
2008 43.45
2009 38.99
2010 40.10
2011 60.46
2012 52.52
2013 51.43
2014 4.45
2015 6.33
2016 2.22
2017 31.78
2018 27.72
2019 24.88
2020 24.39

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Congo was 0.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.78 in 1994, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 2012.

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 21.92
1961 18.94
1962 12.50
1963 5.72
1964 8.85
1965 8.20
1966 8.10
1967 7.51
1968 16.64
1969 17.09
1970 4.90
1971 5.41
1972 1.90
1973 7.52
1974 4.27
1975 3.73
1976 5.23
1977 3.40
1978 2.70
1979 6.25
1980 5.94
1981 9.20
1982 4.45
1983 3.34
1984 3.67
1985 4.33
1986 4.41
1987 5.94
1988 7.59
1989 4.97
1990 17.83
1991 14.37
1992 16.38
1993 16.78
1994 23.78
1995 21.85
1996 9.29
1997 10.15
1998 9.30
1999 13.85
2000 5.57
2001 3.16
2002 3.62
2003 1.28
2004 0.29
2005 0.09
2006 0.10
2007 0.12
2008 0.07
2009 5.11
2010 4.97
2011 0.22
2012 0.03
2013 0.42
2014 1.61
2015 1.58
2016 3.10
2017 10.26
2018 2.23
2019 0.10
2020 0.09

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Congo was $2,448,267,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $11,271,510,000 in 2016 and $7,300,000 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 $7,300,000
1961 $86,600,000
1962 $68,000,000
1963 $61,200,000
1964 $64,400,000
1965 $64,600,000
1966 $69,100,000
1967 $82,600,000
1968 $84,159,000
1969 $79,782,000
1970 $57,209,000
1971 $78,873,000
1972 $103,078,000
1973 $125,070,000
1974 $123,369,000
1975 $168,253,000
1976 $175,313,000
1977 $183,204,000
1978 $250,685,000
1979 $317,238,500
1980 $426,907,400
1981 $435,779,000
1982 $684,393,700
1983 $626,962,000
1984 $595,405,500
1985 $569,767,600
1986 $568,227,500
1987 $504,438,400
1988 $518,304,900
1989 $472,804,200
1990 $597,892,400
1991 $544,772,400
1992 $662,344,100
1993 $561,561,000
1994 $399,121,400
1995 $462,958,700
1996 $1,614,730,000
1997 $926,626,200
1998 $1,119,318,000
1999 $757,673,300
2000 $627,405,600
2001 $706,109,300
2002 $811,122,100
2003 $1,021,615,000
2004 $2,029,705,000
2005 $2,603,074,000
2006 $2,923,111,000
2007 $3,929,342,000
2008 $3,540,546,000
2009 $4,447,520,000
2010 $4,369,774,000
2011 $7,013,132,000
2012 $7,348,985,000
2013 $8,372,066,000
2014 $10,099,470,000
2015 $10,550,030,000
2016 $11,271,510,000
2017 $4,561,406,000
2018 $3,486,762,000
2019 $2,242,807,000
2020 $2,448,267,000

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 Congo was 24.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 60.46 in 2011, while its lowest value was 2.06 in 1962.

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
1961 2.89
1962 2.06
1963 5.56
1964 5.90
1965 4.95
1966 4.34
1967 4.12
1968 2.44
1969 2.56
1970 5.61
1971 3.81
1972 5.76
1973 2.63
1974 13.39
1975 14.44
1976 15.15
1977 4.98
1978 8.73
1979 6.74
1980 13.43
1981 4.43
1982 3.73
1983 2.40
1984 4.75
1985 3.49
1986 2.77
1987 4.19
1988 4.25
1989 2.43
1990 3.20
1991 4.40
1992 5.37
1993 4.81
1994 6.71
1995 6.83
1996 5.25
1997 10.98
1998 9.79
1999 12.87
2000 10.36
2001 10.46
2002 8.07
2003 8.30
2004 49.59
2005 54.60
2006 56.14
2007 60.07
2008 43.45
2009 38.99
2010 40.10
2011 60.46
2012 52.52
2013 51.43
2014 4.45
2015 6.33
2016 2.22
2017 31.78
2018 27.72
2019 24.88
2020 24.39

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports