Ghana - 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 Ghana was 5.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 11.53 in 1982, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1986.

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 0.19
1961 0.83
1962 0.99
1963 1.26
1964 2.23
1965 0.74
1966 0.63
1967 1.11
1968 2.15
1969 1.80
1970 1.99
1971 1.74
1972 2.26
1973 1.32
1974 5.32
1975 7.11
1976 2.82
1977 2.49
1978 1.91
1979 3.23
1980 3.28
1981 1.34
1982 11.53
1983 10.05
1984 0.11
1985 0.09
1986 0.04
1987 0.19
1988 0.50
1989 0.50
1990 0.73
1991 0.94
1992 3.28
1993 0.40
1994 0.84
1995 0.62
1996 0.93
1997 0.67
1998 0.42
1999 0.48
2000 2.03
2001 4.23
2002 2.84
2003 2.26
2004 3.99
2005 2.87
2006 3.13
2007 3.70
2008 3.77
2009 4.53
2010 5.76
2011 6.36
2012 5.90
2013 6.24
2014 8.18
2015 5.16
2016 5.66
2017 5.61
2018 6.43
2019 6.26
2020 5.32

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Ghana was 12,429,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,763,000,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 291,000,000 in 1972.

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 363,000,000
1961 400,000,000
1962 333,000,000
1963 365,000,000
1964 340,000,000
1965 448,000,000
1966 352,000,000
1967 307,000,000
1968 308,000,000
1969 347,000,000
1970 411,000,000
1971 430,000,000
1972 291,000,000
1973 452,000,000
1974 821,000,000
1975 791,000,000
1976 862,000,000
1977 1,038,000,000
1978 1,006,000,000
1979 852,000,000
1980 1,129,000,000
1981 1,106,000,000
1982 705,000,000
1983 1,248,000,000
1984 608,000,000
1985 866,000,000
1986 1,046,000,000
1987 1,156,000,000
1988 905,000,000
1989 1,273,000,000
1990 1,205,000,000
1991 1,055,000,000
1992 2,169,000,000
1993 2,575,000,000
1994 2,108,000,000
1995 1,906,000,000
1996 2,108,000,000
1997 2,326,000,000
1998 2,563,000,000
1999 3,480,000,000
2000 2,973,000,000
2001 3,154,000,000
2002 2,720,000,000
2003 3,210,000,000
2004 4,074,000,000
2005 5,347,000,000
2006 6,754,000,000
2007 8,061,000,000
2008 10,269,000,000
2009 8,046,000,000
2010 10,922,000,000
2011 15,838,000,000
2012 17,763,000,000
2013 17,600,000,000
2014 14,600,000,000
2015 13,465,000,000
2016 12,920,000,000
2017 12,647,000,000
2018 13,134,000,000
2019 13,411,000,000
2020 12,429,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Ghana was 53.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 85.31 in 1991, while its lowest value was 48.28 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 83.90
1961 82.65
1962 81.90
1963 80.12
1964 76.25
1965 74.42
1966 80.27
1967 85.15
1968 84.00
1969 83.13
1970 80.44
1971 83.80
1972 80.46
1973 75.32
1974 66.52
1975 71.94
1976 73.30
1977 61.00
1978 70.79
1979 68.27
1980 63.60
1981 57.06
1982 51.85
1983 62.70
1984 53.73
1985 64.81
1986 64.74
1987 79.01
1988 74.78
1989 74.78
1990 66.75
1991 85.31
1992 66.75
1993 65.42
1994 63.86
1995 61.08
1996 64.56
1997 64.01
1998 61.07
1999 60.48
2000 63.18
2001 62.92
2002 61.47
2003 56.05
2004 63.38
2005 57.68
2006 55.73
2007 53.63
2008 50.56
2009 58.32
2010 60.57
2011 51.15
2012 54.07
2013 52.81
2014 49.58
2015 48.28
2016 52.43
2017 54.58
2018 48.79
2019 49.01
2020 53.38

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 Ghana was 38.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 41.99 in 2018, while its lowest value was 2.43 in 1960.

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 2.43
1961 3.18
1962 4.38
1963 3.54
1964 4.67
1965 6.23
1966 4.84
1967 4.26
1968 6.37
1969 5.60
1970 7.16
1971 6.52
1972 6.46
1973 7.93
1974 13.45
1975 12.33
1976 8.44
1977 8.54
1978 9.69
1979 8.10
1980 10.47
1981 9.00
1982 16.80
1983 17.88
1984 3.42
1985 5.84
1986 24.99
1987 3.11
1988 4.87
1989 4.87
1990 8.25
1991 4.96
1992 13.88
1993 11.57
1994 11.76
1995 14.54
1996 12.84
1997 12.74
1998 12.33
1999 14.91
2000 12.59
2001 12.63
2002 14.73
2003 18.36
2004 26.48
2005 21.91
2006 24.30
2007 28.53
2008 29.30
2009 30.70
2010 30.83
2011 34.98
2012 34.19
2013 36.35
2014 35.77
2015 38.35
2016 35.95
2017 37.82
2018 41.99
2019 41.67
2020 38.02

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 Ghana was 22.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 26.65 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.45 in 1967.

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 0.83
1961 0.63
1962 1.20
1963 0.63
1964 0.88
1965 3.30
1966 2.13
1967 0.45
1968 0.69
1969 1.32
1970 1.67
1971 1.77
1972 2.20
1973 2.50
1974 4.74
1975 2.82
1976 2.79
1977 3.07
1978 1.81
1979 1.22
1980 2.21
1981 0.95
1982 0.80
1983 0.65
1984 1.26
1985 1.17
1986 24.10
1987 1.15
1988 2.57
1989 2.57
1990 2.03
1991 1.75
1992 5.24
1993 4.61
1994 4.63
1995 6.30
1996 5.34
1997 5.02
1998 6.42
1999 7.21
2000 5.99
2001 6.23
2002 7.93
2003 10.16
2004 14.91
2005 12.88
2006 14.86
2007 16.94
2008 17.85
2009 18.65
2010 18.28
2011 21.93
2012 22.60
2013 23.83
2014 20.62
2015 23.50
2016 22.51
2017 24.11
2018 26.65
2019 24.78
2020 22.32

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 Ghana was 7.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 7.32 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1982.

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
1961 0.05
1962 0.12
1963 0.11
1964 0.73
1965 1.18
1966 0.46
1967 0.16
1968 0.42
1969 0.14
1970 0.16
1971 0.22
1972 0.07
1973 0.44
1974 0.33
1975 0.02
1976 0.11
1977 0.10
1978 1.10
1979 0.18
1980 0.27
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.03
1986 0.12
1987 0.05
1988 0.05
1989 0.05
1990 0.02
1991 0.15
1992 0.60
1993 0.06
1994 0.54
1995 0.52
1996 0.52
1997 0.61
1998 0.71
1999 2.37
2000 1.48
2001 1.14
2002 1.39
2003 1.49
2004 1.51
2005 1.63
2006 1.65
2007 1.82
2008 2.20
2009 2.10
2010 2.34
2011 2.82
2012 3.08
2013 2.56
2014 3.64
2015 3.73
2016 3.63
2017 4.45
2018 5.08
2019 6.90
2020 7.32

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 Ghana was 2.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.98 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.16 in 1968.

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 0.47
1961 0.40
1962 0.36
1963 0.33
1964 0.29
1965 0.20
1966 0.20
1967 0.51
1968 0.16
1969 1.29
1970 2.52
1971 2.15
1972 1.24
1973 2.14
1974 1.95
1975 1.52
1976 1.85
1977 1.19
1978 4.11
1979 2.74
1980 3.77
1981 5.04
1982 3.31
1983 4.91
1984 0.19
1985 3.34
1986 0.34
1987 0.86
1988 0.97
1989 0.97
1990 4.83
1991 1.72
1992 3.33
1993 5.19
1994 4.90
1995 5.98
1996 4.52
1997 4.85
1998 2.80
1999 2.70
2000 1.96
2001 1.94
2002 1.99
2003 2.86
2004 4.57
2005 2.95
2006 2.64
2007 3.39
2008 2.71
2009 3.05
2010 3.06
2011 2.98
2012 2.10
2013 2.79
2014 3.09
2015 2.33
2016 3.16
2017 2.16
2018 2.15
2019 2.40
2020 2.29

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 Ghana was 1.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 11.53 in 1982, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1986.

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 0.30
1961 0.83
1962 0.90
1963 1.26
1964 2.23
1965 0.74
1966 0.63
1967 1.21
1968 3.69
1969 1.80
1970 1.94
1971 1.75
1972 2.26
1973 1.32
1974 5.32
1975 7.10
1976 2.82
1977 2.49
1978 1.91
1979 3.23
1980 3.28
1981 1.31
1982 11.53
1983 10.05
1984 0.11
1985 0.09
1986 0.02
1987 0.10
1988 0.41
1989 0.41
1990 0.71
1991 0.86
1992 2.98
1993 0.30
1994 0.71
1995 0.44
1996 0.68
1997 0.52
1998 0.24
1999 0.29
2000 1.39
2001 1.23
2002 0.80
2003 0.66
2004 1.66
2005 0.93
2006 1.16
2007 1.91
2008 2.09
2009 2.64
2010 3.03
2011 2.52
2012 1.92
2013 2.28
2014 2.27
2015 2.28
2016 1.90
2017 1.97
2018 2.12
2019 1.68
2020 1.68

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 Ghana was 4.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 6.51 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.41 in 1986.

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 0.83
1961 1.28
1962 1.80
1963 1.21
1964 0.53
1965 0.80
1966 1.42
1967 1.94
1968 1.40
1969 1.04
1970 0.87
1971 0.64
1972 0.69
1973 1.53
1974 1.11
1975 0.87
1976 0.87
1977 1.70
1978 0.77
1979 0.73
1980 0.93
1981 1.69
1982 1.16
1983 2.25
1984 1.86
1985 1.24
1986 0.41
1987 0.94
1988 0.88
1989 0.88
1990 0.66
1991 0.47
1992 1.74
1993 1.41
1994 0.98
1995 1.29
1996 1.79
1997 1.74
1998 2.15
1999 2.33
2000 1.78
2001 2.10
2002 2.62
2003 3.19
2004 3.82
2005 3.52
2006 3.99
2007 4.47
2008 4.45
2009 4.27
2010 4.13
2011 4.72
2012 4.49
2013 4.88
2014 6.15
2015 6.51
2016 4.76
2017 5.14
2018 5.99
2019 5.91
2020 4.42

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 Ghana was 7.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 39.86 in 1984, while its lowest value was 2.39 in 1967.

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 5.08
1961 5.44
1962 5.58
1963 5.38
1964 7.14
1965 3.28
1966 3.64
1967 2.39
1968 2.64
1969 3.85
1970 3.10
1971 4.06
1972 5.76
1973 6.77
1974 10.25
1975 9.10
1976 12.33
1977 11.72
1978 12.06
1979 14.05
1980 22.55
1981 31.26
1982 28.76
1983 13.93
1984 39.86
1985 27.56
1986 5.36
1987 13.87
1988 13.79
1989 13.79
1990 22.51
1991 8.65
1992 16.66
1993 20.61
1994 22.26
1995 22.00
1996 20.27
1997 22.72
1998 26.00
1999 23.94
2000 21.95
2001 21.99
2002 22.07
2003 24.82
2004 8.78
2005 20.05
2006 19.46
2007 17.57
2008 19.77
2009 10.24
2010 7.53
2011 13.24
2012 10.68
2013 9.83
2014 10.19
2015 9.15
2016 6.50
2017 7.33
2018 8.59
2019 8.86
2020 7.76

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Ghana was 0.83 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 18.74 in 1977, while its lowest value was 0.27 in 2017.

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 8.59
1961 8.73
1962 8.13
1963 10.96
1964 11.93
1965 16.07
1966 11.24
1967 8.21
1968 6.99
1969 7.42
1970 9.30
1971 5.62
1972 7.33
1973 9.98
1974 9.78
1975 6.62
1976 5.93
1977 18.74
1978 7.46
1979 9.58
1980 3.38
1981 2.68
1982 2.59
1983 5.49
1984 2.99
1985 1.79
1986 4.91
1987 4.01
1988 6.56
1989 6.56
1990 2.49
1991 1.08
1992 2.71
1993 2.40
1994 2.12
1995 2.38
1996 2.33
1997 0.54
1998 0.60
1999 0.67
2000 2.28
2001 2.46
2002 1.74
2003 0.78
2004 1.37
2005 0.37
2006 0.50
2007 0.27
2008 0.37
2009 0.75
2010 1.07
2011 0.62
2012 1.06
2013 1.01
2014 4.45
2015 4.23
2016 5.12
2017 0.27
2018 0.63
2019 0.46
2020 0.83

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Ghana was $11,393,990,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $16,786,420,000 in 2014 and $290,502,000 in 1972.

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 $362,100,000
1961 $398,800,000
1962 $333,200,000
1963 $364,200,000
1964 $340,200,000
1965 $448,000,000
1966 $351,300,000
1967 $314,400,000
1968 $306,300,000
1969 $348,524,000
1970 $410,666,000
1971 $416,667,000
1972 $290,502,000
1973 $450,283,000
1974 $818,593,000
1975 $790,693,000
1976 $838,335,000
1977 $1,205,106,000
1978 $955,555,000
1979 $894,366,000
1980 $1,132,353,000
1981 $1,261,375,000
1982 $1,011,495,000
1983 $764,295,000
1984 $568,661,000
1985 $793,573,000
1986 $783,382,700
1987 $1,103,768,000
1988 $965,587,300
1989 $1,273,189,000
1990 $1,613,936,000
1991 $511,131,000
1992 $2,139,339,000
1993 $2,075,680,000
1994 $2,071,044,000
1995 $2,566,887,000
1996 $3,237,657,000
1997 $3,353,703,000
1998 $3,421,849,000
1999 $3,251,097,000
2000 $2,900,561,000
2001 $3,153,814,000
2002 $2,708,252,000
2003 $3,210,187,000
2004 $4,073,954,000
2005 $4,878,383,000
2006 $5,328,825,000
2007 $7,278,290,000
2008 $8,536,051,000
2009 $6,464,803,000
2010 $8,052,407,000
2011 $12,602,680,000
2012 $13,578,110,000
2013 $12,787,230,000
2014 $16,786,420,000
2015 $14,687,480,000
2016 $11,361,000,000
2017 $12,718,140,000
2018 $11,880,470,000
2019 $10,439,800,000
2020 $11,393,990,000

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 Ghana was 7.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 39.86 in 1984, while its lowest value was 2.39 in 1967.

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 5.08
1961 5.44
1962 5.58
1963 5.38
1964 7.14
1965 3.28
1966 3.64
1967 2.39
1968 2.64
1969 3.85
1970 3.10
1971 4.06
1972 5.76
1973 6.77
1974 10.25
1975 9.10
1976 12.33
1977 11.72
1978 12.06
1979 14.05
1980 22.55
1981 31.26
1982 28.76
1983 13.93
1984 39.86
1985 27.56
1986 5.36
1987 13.87
1988 13.79
1989 13.79
1990 22.51
1991 8.65
1992 16.66
1993 20.61
1994 22.26
1995 22.00
1996 20.27
1997 22.72
1998 26.00
1999 23.94
2000 21.95
2001 21.99
2002 22.07
2003 24.82
2004 8.78
2005 20.05
2006 19.46
2007 17.57
2008 19.77
2009 10.24
2010 7.53
2011 13.24
2012 10.68
2013 9.83
2014 10.19
2015 9.15
2016 6.50
2017 7.33
2018 8.59
2019 8.86
2020 7.76

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports