Ethiopia - 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 Ethiopia was 28.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 29.78 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.55 in 1978.

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 6.12
1961 9.03
1962 4.27
1963 3.25
1964 2.61
1965 2.21
1966 1.55
1967 2.52
1968 2.04
1969 2.20
1970 1.19
1971 1.41
1972 1.14
1973 3.17
1974 6.55
1975 13.15
1976 13.25
1977 4.30
1978 0.55
1979 15.83
1980 5.52
1981 4.13
1982 1.50
1983 1.72
1984 0.89
1985 1.40
1986 1.40
1987 2.70
1988 2.25
1989 5.14
1990 4.53
1991 18.47
1992 24.04
1993 23.45
1994 21.53
1995 15.14
1996 15.78
1997 12.96
1998 27.32
1999 23.59
2000 29.78
2001 26.36
2002 20.02
2003 27.39
2004 28.54
2005 24.98
2006 26.25
2007 19.12
2008 18.44
2009 17.37
2010 20.98
2011 20.46
2012 24.79
2013 18.08
2014 22.51
2015 25.74
2016 25.43
2017 26.99
2018 28.42
2019 28.25
2020 28.61

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Ethiopia was 13,115,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,702,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 88,000,000 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 88,000,000
1961 95,000,000
1962 104,000,000
1963 111,000,000
1964 123,000,000
1965 150,000,000
1966 162,000,000
1967 143,000,000
1968 173,000,000
1969 155,000,000
1970 172,000,000
1971 188,000,000
1972 189,000,000
1973 214,000,000
1974 283,000,000
1975 313,000,000
1976 352,000,000
1977 352,000,000
1978 455,000,000
1979 567,000,000
1980 716,000,000
1981 739,000,000
1982 786,000,000
1983 875,000,000
1984 942,000,000
1985 993,000,000
1986 1,102,000,000
1987 1,066,000,000
1988 1,129,000,000
1989 943,000,000
1990 1,081,000,000
1991 472,000,000
1992 839,000,000
1993 787,000,000
1994 1,033,000,000
1995 1,145,000,000
1996 1,401,000,000
1997 1,113,000,000
1998 1,517,000,000
1999 1,538,000,000
2000 1,260,000,000
2001 1,811,000,000
2002 1,594,000,000
2003 2,686,000,000
2004 2,874,000,000
2005 4,095,000,000
2006 5,207,000,000
2007 5,809,000,000
2008 8,277,000,000
2009 7,668,000,000
2010 8,602,000,000
2011 8,896,000,000
2012 11,913,000,000
2013 12,072,000,000
2014 15,357,000,000
2015 16,702,000,000
2016 16,429,000,000
2017 15,761,000,000
2018 15,305,000,000
2019 14,554,000,000
2020 13,115,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Ethiopia was 44.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 85.68 in 1968, while its lowest value was 39.57 in 2015.

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 80.07
1961 78.92
1962 80.80
1963 80.14
1964 81.13
1965 83.22
1966 83.49
1967 82.28
1968 85.68
1969 82.03
1970 80.87
1971 80.78
1972 79.55
1973 76.96
1974 76.95
1975 80.11
1976 80.65
1977 82.66
1978 85.61
1979 83.00
1980 66.65
1981 68.98
1982 61.77
1983 68.61
1984 67.11
1985 73.62
1986 73.62
1987 75.42
1988 77.58
1989 68.27
1990 66.09
1991 69.97
1992 71.04
1993 75.25
1994 75.37
1995 73.66
1996 67.13
1997 74.59
1998 75.24
1999 71.14
2000 49.19
2001 58.96
2002 56.93
2003 56.51
2004 53.22
2005 56.37
2006 53.24
2007 48.60
2008 44.52
2009 41.89
2010 44.59
2011 45.49
2012 46.77
2013 41.09
2014 40.20
2015 39.57
2016 39.79
2017 42.89
2018 43.07
2019 44.35
2020 44.79

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 Ethiopia was 38.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 57.06 in 2013, while its lowest value was 1.94 in 1985.

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 8.76
1961 8.82
1962 11.54
1963 9.84
1964 10.46
1965 9.40
1966 8.75
1967 10.57
1968 8.03
1969 10.63
1970 11.56
1971 11.61
1972 11.42
1973 13.66
1974 13.63
1975 13.54
1976 5.57
1977 6.57
1978 6.43
1979 4.60
1980 4.19
1981 2.89
1982 2.56
1983 2.60
1984 1.99
1985 1.94
1986 1.94
1987 5.30
1988 4.61
1989 7.17
1990 7.15
1991 10.60
1992 8.79
1993 8.63
1994 10.87
1995 10.61
1996 13.63
1997 15.88
1998 15.59
1999 18.47
2000 36.76
2001 27.61
2002 26.73
2003 28.16
2004 29.02
2005 28.41
2006 30.50
2007 38.89
2008 35.90
2009 47.44
2010 46.00
2011 46.95
2012 48.47
2013 57.06
2014 49.65
2015 45.30
2016 45.54
2017 42.55
2018 39.81
2019 38.86
2020 38.38

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 Ethiopia was 22.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 31.61 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.32 in 1961.

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 0.36
1961 0.32
1962 1.16
1963 1.44
1964 1.63
1965 1.74
1966 1.80
1967 1.89
1968 1.92
1969 1.90
1970 2.05
1971 2.12
1972 2.17
1973 2.50
1974 2.84
1975 2.38
1976 2.38
1977 3.53
1978 3.64
1979 1.85
1980 1.91
1981 1.22
1982 0.59
1983 0.83
1984 0.51
1985 0.49
1986 0.49
1987 1.64
1988 1.19
1989 1.66
1990 1.18
1991 0.54
1992 0.65
1993 2.61
1994 2.55
1995 3.95
1996 3.59
1997 7.64
1998 5.98
1999 4.73
2000 11.77
2001 10.69
2002 12.91
2003 15.17
2004 14.31
2005 15.09
2006 16.46
2007 22.91
2008 18.89
2009 26.66
2010 27.83
2011 24.71
2012 26.57
2013 31.61
2014 31.45
2015 28.74
2016 27.97
2017 25.15
2018 23.27
2019 21.02
2020 22.19

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 Ethiopia was 4.47 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 8.95 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1993.

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
1960 0.12
1962 0.10
1963 0.09
1964 0.08
1965 0.13
1966 0.19
1967 0.21
1968 0.17
1969 0.13
1970 0.09
1971 0.10
1972 0.08
1973 0.28
1974 0.19
1975 0.05
1976 0.06
1977 0.06
1978 0.13
1979 0.36
1980 0.32
1981 0.12
1982 0.35
1983 0.39
1984 0.40
1985 0.25
1986 0.25
1987 1.84
1988 1.51
1989 0.29
1990 0.34
1991 0.08
1993 0.01
1994 0.63
1995 0.67
1996 1.33
1997 1.62
1998 1.98
1999 7.95
2000 2.11
2001 1.67
2002 2.42
2003 2.05
2004 3.36
2005 2.92
2006 2.81
2007 3.21
2008 4.63
2009 6.69
2010 5.14
2011 8.42
2012 7.89
2013 8.95
2014 5.82
2015 4.88
2016 5.59
2017 4.70
2018 4.49
2019 4.94
2020 4.47

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 Ethiopia was 0.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 1.99 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1991.

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
1969 0.09
1970 0.24
1971 0.14
1972 0.32
1973 0.68
1974 0.38
1975 0.30
1976 0.14
1977 0.31
1978 0.32
1979 0.40
1980 0.19
1981 0.13
1982 0.05
1983 0.09
1984 0.02
1985 0.14
1986 0.14
1987 0.12
1988 0.31
1989 0.68
1990 0.21
1991 0.01
1994 0.02
1995 0.15
1996 0.70
1997 0.17
1998 0.31
1999 0.34
2000 0.31
2001 0.55
2002 0.57
2003 0.66
2004 0.51
2005 0.64
2006 1.10
2007 1.81
2008 0.65
2009 1.09
2010 1.47
2011 0.99
2012 1.81
2013 1.99
2014 0.77
2015 0.61
2016 0.54
2017 0.66
2018 0.68
2019 0.64
2020 0.76

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 Ethiopia was 4.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 18.44 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.32 in 1984.

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 0.60
1961 1.72
1962 4.95
1963 3.25
1964 4.98
1965 4.43
1966 4.47
1967 6.16
1968 4.07
1969 5.60
1970 6.81
1971 7.13
1972 6.48
1973 8.24
1974 8.90
1975 9.20
1976 1.15
1977 0.67
1978 0.38
1979 0.74
1980 0.77
1981 0.38
1982 0.35
1983 0.64
1984 0.32
1985 0.40
1986 0.40
1987 1.04
1988 0.95
1989 3.47
1990 2.65
1991 9.21
1992 6.83
1993 4.60
1994 5.87
1995 3.14
1996 4.25
1997 1.10
1998 1.70
1999 1.38
2000 18.44
2001 10.15
2002 5.67
2003 5.08
2004 6.48
2005 4.28
2006 4.25
2007 3.05
2008 2.28
2009 2.70
2010 4.15
2011 3.35
2012 3.06
2013 1.60
2014 3.89
2015 4.97
2016 4.70
2017 5.97
2018 5.58
2019 5.48
2020 4.73

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 Ethiopia was 6.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 12.91 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.65 in 1985.

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 7.68
1961 6.77
1962 5.33
1963 5.05
1964 3.76
1965 3.09
1966 2.30
1967 2.31
1968 1.86
1969 2.92
1970 2.37
1971 2.11
1972 2.37
1973 1.96
1974 1.32
1975 1.62
1976 1.85
1977 2.00
1978 1.96
1979 1.25
1980 1.00
1981 1.03
1982 1.22
1983 0.65
1984 0.74
1985 0.65
1986 0.65
1987 0.66
1988 0.65
1989 1.08
1990 2.77
1991 0.76
1992 1.32
1993 1.42
1994 1.80
1995 2.71
1996 3.76
1997 5.35
1998 5.62
1999 4.07
2000 4.12
2001 4.55
2002 5.15
2003 5.20
2004 4.36
2005 5.48
2006 5.89
2007 7.90
2008 9.46
2009 10.28
2010 7.41
2011 9.47
2012 9.13
2013 12.91
2014 7.72
2015 6.10
2016 6.73
2017 6.06
2018 5.78
2019 6.78
2020 6.23

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 Ethiopia was 1.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 4.14 in 1991, while its lowest value was 0.45 in 1985.

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 1.80
1961 2.04
1962 0.97
1963 1.17
1964 1.06
1965 1.01
1966 0.56
1967 0.70
1968 1.28
1969 1.60
1970 2.57
1971 2.19
1972 3.16
1973 2.68
1974 3.50
1975 1.72
1976 1.19
1977 1.90
1978 2.31
1979 1.40
1980 0.75
1981 0.90
1982 0.80
1983 0.65
1984 0.57
1985 0.45
1986 0.45
1987 1.30
1988 1.22
1989 2.60
1990 1.88
1991 4.14
1992 3.38
1993 2.73
1994 2.72
1995 3.36
1996 3.31
1997 2.17
1998 1.59
1999 2.31
2000 3.33
2001 1.98
2002 2.24
2003 2.53
2004 2.17
2005 2.12
2006 2.76
2007 2.05
2008 1.75
2009 1.31
2010 1.21
2011 1.52
2012 2.17
2013 1.62
2014 1.81
2015 1.96
2016 1.79
2017 1.82
2018 1.87
2019 1.59
2020 1.53

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Ethiopia was 15.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 34.87 in 1982, while its lowest value was 0.24 in 2013.

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 9.36
1961 10.22
1962 6.69
1963 8.84
1964 7.35
1965 6.38
1966 7.20
1967 6.44
1968 5.01
1969 5.74
1970 5.01
1971 5.43
1972 5.87
1973 6.70
1974 5.92
1975 4.63
1976 12.58
1977 8.87
1978 5.65
1979 11.00
1980 28.42
1981 27.23
1982 34.87
1983 28.14
1984 30.32
1985 23.99
1986 23.99
1987 17.98
1988 16.59
1989 21.95
1990 24.88
1991 15.29
1992 16.78
1993 13.39
1994 11.05
1995 12.37
1996 15.92
1997 7.36
1998 7.58
1999 8.08
2000 10.73
2001 11.46
2002 14.10
2003 12.81
2004 15.60
2005 13.10
2006 13.50
2007 10.46
2008 17.83
2009 9.36
2010 8.19
2011 6.05
2012 2.59
2013 0.24
2014 8.33
2015 13.17
2016 12.88
2017 12.74
2018 15.26
2019 15.20
2020 15.29

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Ethiopia was $21,652,210,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $24,518,800,000 in 2018 and $83,300,000 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 $83,300,000
1961 $93,000,000
1962 $103,100,000
1963 $110,800,000
1964 $122,400,000
1965 $149,000,000
1966 $161,100,000
1967 $142,800,000
1968 $171,800,000
1969 $155,323,000
1970 $171,639,000
1971 $187,809,000
1972 $189,309,000
1973 $218,390,000
1974 $284,108,000
1975 $310,793,000
1976 $355,238,000
1977 $351,611,000
1978 $455,425,000
1979 $571,835,000
1980 $722,078,000
1981 $737,708,000
1982 $786,217,000
1983 $878,976,000
1984 $928,758,000
1985 $988,532,000
1986 $1,101,642,000
1987 $1,109,717,000
1988 $1,087,870,000
1989 $960,186,000
1990 $1,077,571,000
1991 $504,964,400
1992 $709,295,300
1993 $770,400,000
1994 $1,034,385,000
1995 $1,152,992,000
1996 $1,121,897,000
1997 $1,162,392,000
1998 $1,459,683,000
1999 $1,673,615,000
2000 $1,592,143,000
2001 $2,095,349,000
2002 $1,933,235,000
2003 $2,832,673,000
2004 $3,579,385,000
2005 $5,170,149,000
2006 $5,604,926,000
2007 $6,318,619,000
2008 $8,018,563,000
2009 $8,672,584,000
2010 $9,228,117,000
2011 $9,556,393,000
2012 $12,694,280,000
2013 $12,688,770,000
2014 $18,973,050,000
2015 $24,410,690,000
2016 $24,197,050,000
2017 $23,341,340,000
2018 $24,518,800,000
2019 $24,266,640,000
2020 $21,652,210,000

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 Ethiopia was 1.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 4.14 in 1991, while its lowest value was 0.45 in 1985.

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 1.80
1961 2.04
1962 0.97
1963 1.17
1964 1.06
1965 1.01
1966 0.56
1967 0.70
1968 1.28
1969 1.60
1970 2.57
1971 2.19
1972 3.16
1973 2.68
1974 3.50
1975 1.72
1976 1.19
1977 1.90
1978 2.31
1979 1.40
1980 0.75
1981 0.90
1982 0.80
1983 0.65
1984 0.57
1985 0.45
1986 0.45
1987 1.30
1988 1.22
1989 2.60
1990 1.88
1991 4.14
1992 3.38
1993 2.73
1994 2.72
1995 3.36
1996 3.31
1997 2.17
1998 1.59
1999 2.31
2000 3.33
2001 1.98
2002 2.24
2003 2.53
2004 2.17
2005 2.12
2006 2.76
2007 2.05
2008 1.75
2009 1.31
2010 1.21
2011 1.52
2012 2.17
2013 1.62
2014 1.81
2015 1.96
2016 1.79
2017 1.82
2018 1.87
2019 1.59
2020 1.53

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports