El Salvador - 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 El Salvador was 0.295 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 0.394 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.002 in 1988.

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
1965 0.050
1966 0.046
1967 0.045
1969 0.034
1970 0.025
1971 0.046
1972 0.034
1973 0.027
1974 0.016
1975 0.022
1976 0.011
1977 0.008
1978 0.007
1979 0.020
1980 0.013
1981 0.018
1982 0.009
1983 0.008
1984 0.004
1985 0.004
1987 0.010
1988 0.002
1989 0.008
1990 0.007
1991 0.012
1992 0.011
1993 0.014
1994 0.010
1995 0.035
1996 0.017
1997 0.013
1998 0.112
1999 0.016
2000 0.028
2001 0.004
2002 0.075
2003 0.072
2004 0.013
2005 0.036
2006 0.012
2007 0.030
2008 0.072
2009 0.063
2010 0.027
2011 0.089
2012 0.141
2013 0.198
2014 0.172
2015 0.254
2016 0.238
2017 0.193
2018 0.394
2019 0.256
2020 0.295

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in El Salvador was 10,327,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,604,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 109,000,000 in 1961.

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 123,000,000
1961 109,000,000
1962 125,000,000
1963 152,000,000
1964 191,000,000
1965 201,000,000
1966 221,000,000
1967 224,000,000
1968 214,000,000
1969 208,000,000
1970 214,000,000
1971 249,000,000
1972 272,000,000
1973 377,000,000
1974 562,000,000
1975 614,000,000
1976 735,000,000
1977 929,000,000
1978 1,028,000,000
1979 1,037,000,000
1980 966,000,000
1981 986,000,000
1982 857,000,000
1983 891,000,000
1984 977,000,000
1985 961,000,000
1986 935,000,000
1987 994,000,000
1988 1,007,000,000
1989 1,161,000,000
1990 1,263,000,000
1991 1,516,000,000
1992 1,855,000,000
1993 2,145,000,000
1994 2,547,000,000
1995 3,329,000,000
1996 3,223,000,000
1997 3,739,000,000
1998 3,962,000,000
1999 4,095,000,000
2000 4,947,000,000
2001 5,027,000,000
2002 5,184,000,000
2003 5,754,000,000
2004 6,329,000,000
2005 6,690,000,000
2006 7,663,000,000
2007 8,821,000,000
2008 9,818,000,000
2009 7,325,000,000
2010 8,416,000,000
2011 9,965,000,000
2012 10,258,000,000
2013 10,772,000,000
2014 10,514,000,000
2015 10,293,000,000
2016 9,826,000,000
2017 10,572,000,000
2018 11,464,000,000
2019 11,604,000,000
2020 10,327,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in El Salvador was 42.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 81.34 in 1960, while its lowest value was 38.10 in 1980.

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 81.34
1961 78.87
1962 76.08
1963 70.43
1964 68.10
1965 68.32
1966 65.74
1967 63.98
1968 56.42
1969 61.43
1970 64.62
1971 64.04
1972 62.77
1973 63.77
1974 61.31
1975 61.50
1976 63.18
1977 63.00
1978 63.40
1979 57.46
1980 38.10
1981 49.68
1982 49.14
1983 53.08
1984 53.75
1985 56.26
1986 59.62
1987 58.88
1988 57.96
1989 62.13
1990 62.86
1991 59.75
1992 63.93
1993 66.25
1994 64.51
1995 65.75
1996 64.87
1997 60.51
1998 60.88
1999 58.17
2000 65.87
2001 66.08
2002 65.63
2003 65.71
2004 63.25
2005 57.15
2006 56.95
2007 55.11
2008 53.16
2009 54.01
2010 54.12
2011 55.61
2012 53.62
2013 55.96
2014 57.23
2015 55.65
2016 53.45
2017 54.15
2018 48.65
2019 45.44
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 El Salvador was 18.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 18.62 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.02 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.

See also:

Year Value
1964 0.10
1965 0.10
1966 0.14
1967 0.09
1969 0.14
1970 0.07
1971 0.08
1972 0.10
1973 0.09
1974 0.23
1975 0.14
1976 0.98
1977 0.11
1978 0.28
1979 0.25
1980 0.06
1981 0.05
1982 0.02
1983 0.07
1984 0.04
1985 0.04
1986 0.03
1987 0.03
1988 0.03
1989 0.06
1990 0.12
1991 0.06
1992 0.12
1993 0.40
1994 0.08
1995 0.93
1996 1.41
1997 1.58
1998 3.79
1999 2.03
2000 1.99
2001 2.58
2002 2.61
2003 2.68
2004 3.04
2005 5.30
2006 7.11
2007 7.32
2008 8.06
2009 6.68
2010 7.89
2011 7.52
2012 8.28
2013 9.12
2014 9.88
2015 10.74
2016 11.38
2017 11.50
2018 17.96
2019 18.49
2020 18.62

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 El Salvador was 16.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 16.61 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1994.

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
1967 0.04
1969 0.05
1970 0.01
1971 0.01
1972 0.01
1973 0.02
1974 0.17
1975 0.07
1976 0.22
1977 0.05
1978 0.11
1979 0.11
1980 0.00
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.01
1984 0.00
1985 0.02
1986 0.00
1990 0.07
1991 0.00
1992 0.00
1993 0.25
1994 0.00
1995 0.66
1996 0.47
1997 0.62
1998 2.13
1999 1.03
2000 0.97
2001 1.35
2002 1.77
2003 2.01
2004 2.26
2005 3.93
2006 5.12
2007 5.60
2008 5.98
2009 5.30
2010 6.50
2011 6.51
2012 6.89
2013 7.68
2014 8.52
2015 9.31
2016 9.98
2017 10.05
2018 16.08
2019 16.45
2020 16.61

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 El Salvador was 0.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 1.40 in 1998, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1981.

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
1969 0.00
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1981 0.00
1990 0.00
1993 0.00
1995 0.17
1996 0.82
1997 0.85
1998 1.40
1999 0.82
2000 0.84
2001 1.06
2002 0.55
2003 0.42
2004 0.51
2005 0.83
2006 1.15
2007 0.78
2008 0.91
2009 0.39
2010 0.28
2011 0.28
2012 0.37
2013 0.41
2014 0.30
2015 0.22
2016 0.22
2017 0.42
2018 0.53
2019 0.66
2020 0.72

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 El Salvador was 38.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 40.10 in 1982, while its lowest value was 13.26 in 1960.

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
1960 13.26
1961 15.22
1962 19.74
1963 20.07
1964 22.32
1965 23.32
1966 26.33
1967 26.48
1968 33.73
1969 31.34
1970 30.47
1971 28.31
1972 30.07
1973 29.13
1974 25.82
1975 26.74
1976 27.19
1977 25.62
1978 27.48
1979 29.45
1980 35.14
1981 37.10
1982 40.10
1983 36.63
1984 37.35
1985 33.92
1986 27.07
1987 29.07
1988 30.60
1989 27.97
1990 26.09
1991 28.30
1992 27.45
1993 25.14
1994 22.22
1995 26.42
1996 29.53
1997 33.49
1998 32.71
1999 35.01
2000 26.51
2001 27.89
2002 27.84
2003 27.75
2004 27.84
2005 32.89
2006 33.34
2007 35.81
2008 35.57
2009 36.72
2010 34.39
2011 33.72
2012 34.85
2013 30.29
2014 30.49
2015 31.31
2016 33.49
2017 33.93
2018 33.22
2019 35.93
2020 38.22

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 El Salvador was 0.097 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 0.148 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.002 in 1988.

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
1965 0.050
1966 0.046
1969 0.035
1970 0.025
1971 0.046
1972 0.034
1973 0.027
1974 0.016
1975 0.022
1976 0.011
1977 0.008
1978 0.007
1979 0.020
1980 0.013
1981 0.018
1982 0.009
1983 0.008
1984 0.004
1985 0.004
1987 0.010
1988 0.002
1989 0.008
1990 0.007
1991 0.012
1992 0.011
1993 0.014
1994 0.010
1995 0.035
1996 0.017
1997 0.013
1998 0.104
1999 0.016
2000 0.010
2001 0.004
2002 0.069
2003 0.048
2004 0.010
2005 0.032
2006 0.008
2007 0.148
2008 0.017
2009 0.039
2010 0.019
2011 0.030
2012 0.033
2013 0.019
2014 0.016
2015 0.012
2016 0.039
2017 0.008
2018 0.053
2019 0.042
2020 0.097

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 El Salvador was 1.14 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 1.30 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1982.

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
1964 0.05
1965 0.05
1969 0.01
1970 0.00
1971 0.01
1972 0.00
1973 0.03
1974 0.01
1975 0.01
1976 0.05
1977 0.03
1978 0.14
1979 0.07
1980 0.03
1981 0.01
1982 0.00
1983 0.02
1984 0.00
1985 0.00
1986 0.01
1987 0.00
1988 0.00
1989 0.01
1990 0.02
1991 0.01
1992 0.01
1993 0.06
1994 0.03
1995 0.07
1996 0.08
1997 0.08
1998 0.08
1999 0.13
2000 0.07
2001 0.12
2002 0.17
2003 0.18
2004 0.24
2005 0.49
2006 0.63
2007 0.56
2008 0.58
2009 0.56
2010 0.52
2011 0.52
2012 0.73
2013 0.97
2014 0.96
2015 1.14
2016 1.12
2017 0.96
2018 1.25
2019 1.30
2020 1.14

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 El Salvador was 0.057 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 0.699 in 1976, while its lowest value was 0.002 in 1995.

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
1964 0.052
1966 0.091
1967 0.045
1969 0.035
1970 0.028
1971 0.021
1972 0.058
1973 0.013
1974 0.036
1975 0.045
1976 0.699
1977 0.026
1978 0.027
1979 0.044
1980 0.022
1981 0.016
1982 0.013
1983 0.028
1984 0.030
1985 0.019
1986 0.014
1987 0.023
1988 0.026
1989 0.035
1990 0.020
1991 0.037
1992 0.088
1993 0.067
1994 0.042
1995 0.002
1996 0.025
1997 0.021
1998 0.071
1999 0.032
2000 0.096
2001 0.050
2002 0.055
2003 0.019
2004 0.017
2005 0.024
2006 0.188
2007 0.228
2008 0.572
2009 0.380
2010 0.573
2011 0.177
2012 0.248
2013 0.042
2014 0.084
2015 0.060
2016 0.024
2017 0.055
2018 0.046
2019 0.036
2020 0.057

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in El Salvador was 0.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 26.70 in 1980, while its lowest value was 0.14 in 2019.

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 5.40
1961 5.90
1962 4.17
1963 9.50
1964 9.48
1965 8.26
1966 7.79
1967 9.45
1968 9.85
1969 7.09
1970 4.84
1971 7.56
1972 7.06
1973 7.01
1974 12.64
1975 11.62
1976 8.64
1977 11.27
1978 8.84
1979 12.84
1980 26.70
1981 13.17
1982 10.74
1983 10.23
1984 8.86
1985 9.77
1986 13.28
1987 12.01
1988 11.40
1989 9.85
1990 10.93
1991 11.89
1992 8.50
1993 8.21
1994 13.18
1995 6.89
1996 4.19
1997 4.41
1998 2.62
1999 4.79
2000 5.63
2001 3.44
2002 3.92
2003 3.86
2004 5.87
2005 4.65
2006 2.60
2007 1.76
2008 3.21
2009 2.60
2010 3.60
2011 3.15
2012 3.25
2013 4.63
2014 2.41
2015 2.30
2016 1.68
2017 0.42
2018 0.17
2019 0.14
2020 0.20

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in El Salvador was $10,097,430,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $12,017,530,000 in 2019 and $108,400,000 in 1961.

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 $122,200,000
1961 $108,400,000
1962 $124,600,000
1963 $151,500,000
1964 $190,900,000
1965 $199,800,000
1966 $219,500,000
1967 $223,200,000
1968 $210,200,000
1969 $208,414,000
1970 $213,576,000
1971 $247,662,000
1972 $278,101,000
1973 $371,041,000
1974 $563,704,000
1975 $598,729,000
1976 $717,867,000
1977 $944,920,000
1978 $1,029,958,000
1979 $1,039,544,000
1980 $971,401,000
1981 $981,362,000
1982 $856,731,000
1983 $891,507,000
1984 $977,427,000
1985 $961,374,000
1986 $911,851,000
1987 $994,068,000
1988 $1,006,971,000
1989 $1,161,354,000
1990 $1,276,698,000
1991 $1,406,551,000
1992 $1,698,504,000
1993 $1,953,022,000
1994 $2,574,171,000
1995 $2,627,671,000
1996 $2,660,423,000
1997 $2,948,805,000
1998 $3,091,383,000
1999 $3,123,815,000
2000 $4,926,412,000
2001 $4,934,675,000
2002 $5,144,705,000
2003 $5,689,475,000
2004 $6,257,121,000
2005 $6,809,073,000
2006 $7,762,592,000
2007 $8,820,479,000
2008 $9,817,663,000
2009 $7,325,306,000
2010 $8,416,163,000
2011 $9,964,503,000
2012 $10,268,990,000
2013 $10,760,450,000
2014 $10,510,210,000
2015 $10,408,930,000
2016 $9,692,118,000
2017 $10,532,770,000
2018 $11,746,000,000
2019 $12,017,530,000
2020 $10,097,430,000

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 El Salvador was 38.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 40.10 in 1982, while its lowest value was 13.26 in 1960.

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 13.26
1961 15.22
1962 19.74
1963 20.07
1964 22.32
1965 23.32
1966 26.33
1967 26.48
1968 33.73
1969 31.34
1970 30.47
1971 28.31
1972 30.07
1973 29.13
1974 25.82
1975 26.74
1976 27.19
1977 25.62
1978 27.48
1979 29.45
1980 35.14
1981 37.10
1982 40.10
1983 36.63
1984 37.35
1985 33.92
1986 27.07
1987 29.07
1988 30.60
1989 27.97
1990 26.09
1991 28.30
1992 27.45
1993 25.14
1994 22.22
1995 26.42
1996 29.53
1997 33.49
1998 32.71
1999 35.01
2000 26.51
2001 27.89
2002 27.84
2003 27.75
2004 27.84
2005 32.89
2006 33.34
2007 35.81
2008 35.57
2009 36.72
2010 34.39
2011 33.72
2012 34.85
2013 30.29
2014 30.49
2015 31.31
2016 33.49
2017 33.93
2018 33.22
2019 35.93
2020 38.22

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports