Fragile and conflict affected situations - Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 8.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.81 in 2007, while its lowest value was 8.00 in 1981.

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.

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Year Value
1960 9.91
1961 10.32
1962 9.67
1963 9.78
1964 11.93
1965 11.00
1966 9.20
1967 10.26
1968 11.44
1969 10.72
1970 10.65
1971 9.21
1972 10.83
1973 10.97
1974 10.57
1975 8.80
1976 8.84
1977 9.70
1978 9.91
1979 11.11
1980 10.19
1981 8.00
1982 8.40
1983 9.26
1984 10.41
1985 10.08
1986 10.58
1987 10.47
1988 9.72
1989 9.40
1990 9.29
1991 9.85
1992 9.84
1993 8.90
1994 9.53
1995 10.82
1996 15.34
1997 10.84
1998 11.02
1999 11.18
2000 14.48
2001 13.95
2002 11.95
2003 12.88
2004 11.69
2005 15.01
2006 16.83
2007 20.81
2008 18.34
2009 18.00
2010 16.41
2011 17.42
2012 18.81
2013 19.23
2014 16.81
2015 15.22
2016 12.20
2017 10.03
2018 9.40
2019 8.34
2020 8.22

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports