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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 Iran was 13.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 35.22 in 2010, while its lowest value was 1.58 in 1968.

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
1964	2.42
1965	3.26
1966	1.97
1967	2.17
1968	1.58
1981	5.04
1982	2.39
1983	3.91
1984	3.35
1985	4.16
1986	7.47
1987	5.09
1988	5.32
1989	9.92
1990	5.86
1991	5.19
1992	5.76
1993	6.83
1994	8.03
1995	4.84
1996	5.20
1997	5.07
1998	5.30
1999	6.06
2000	9.64
2001	11.31
2002	11.40
2003	14.98
2004	18.75
2005	20.10
2006	24.36
2007	24.69
2008	27.14
2009	26.82
2010	35.22
2011	19.23
2012	23.97
2013	23.60
2014	22.44
2015	17.90
2016	13.85
2017	16.26
2018	14.58
2019	13.28
2020	13.62

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Iran was 38,757,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65,404,000,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 524,000,000 in 1963.

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	560,000,000
1961	605,000,000
1962	531,000,000
1963	524,000,000
1964	673,000,000
1965	859,000,000
1966	931,000,000
1967	1,119,000,000
1968	1,384,000,000
1969	1,527,000,000
1970	1,662,000,000
1971	1,873,000,000
1972	2,409,000,000
1973	3,393,000,000
1974	5,433,000,000
1975	10,343,000,000
1976	12,894,000,000
1977	14,070,000,000
1978	13,550,000,000
1979	9,738,000,000
1980	12,246,000,000
1981	14,693,000,000
1982	11,955,000,000
1983	18,320,000,000
1984	15,370,000,000
1985	11,635,000,000
1986	10,521,000,000
1987	9,570,000,000
1988	9,454,000,000
1989	14,794,000,000
1990	20,322,000,000
1991	27,927,000,000
1992	25,860,000,000
1993	21,427,000,000
1994	13,774,000,000
1995	13,882,000,000
1996	16,274,000,000
1997	14,196,000,000
1998	14,323,000,000
1999	13,324,000,000
2000	13,898,000,000
2001	16,709,000,000
2002	20,617,000,000
2003	24,798,000,000
2004	31,976,000,000
2005	40,041,000,000
2006	40,772,000,000
2007	44,942,000,000
2008	57,401,000,000
2009	50,768,000,000
2010	65,404,000,000
2011	61,760,000,000
2012	57,292,000,000
2013	46,571,000,000
2014	55,106,000,000
2015	44,937,000,000
2016	43,080,000,000
2017	49,499,000,000
2018	49,353,000,000
2019	41,828,000,000
2020	38,757,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Iran was 38.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 88.43 in 1977, while its lowest value was 38.08 in 2020.

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	85.87
1961	78.62
1962	85.90
1963	82.98
1964	83.20
1965	88.26
1966	86.06
1967	87.44
1968	87.79
1969	86.97
1973	82.97
1974	83.42
1975	85.54
1976	87.12
1977	88.43
1978	88.38
1979	87.28
1980	79.22
1981	79.97
1982	73.90
1983	76.90
1984	76.74
1985	73.78
1986	76.60
1987	70.66
1988	70.32
1989	72.73
1990	71.72
1991	76.06
1992	78.74
1993	79.14
1994	72.92
1995	67.92
1996	63.10
1997	62.60
1998	67.37
1999	65.64
2000	68.48
2001	68.88
2002	74.49
2003	68.37
2004	77.09
2005	75.60
2006	75.71
2007	73.54
2008	67.65
2009	72.74
2010	72.98
2011	60.75
2012	56.65
2013	53.90
2014	53.53
2015	51.57
2016	48.43
2017	54.68
2018	52.56
2019	39.10
2020	38.08

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 Iran was 60.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 60.80 in 2020, while its lowest value was 3.64 in 1978.

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	5.24
1961	5.40
1962	4.05
1963	3.87
1964	4.48
1965	3.99
1966	5.62
1967	5.06
1968	4.27
1969	4.78
1973	6.73
1974	8.59
1975	8.48
1976	7.58
1977	6.15
1978	3.64
1979	5.99
1980	6.81
1981	10.80
1982	15.47
1983	14.95
1984	14.85
1985	18.80
1986	16.10
1987	20.62
1988	17.61
1989	17.71
1990	11.40
1991	9.18
1992	8.83
1993	15.85
1994	20.00
1995	25.56
1996	29.24
1997	25.15
1998	21.85
1999	22.31
2000	29.45
2001	28.75
2002	23.25
2003	26.25
2004	20.87
2005	22.09
2006	21.81
2007	23.81
2008	23.26
2009	24.15
2010	24.30
2011	36.20
2012	41.01
2013	43.87
2014	44.63
2015	46.85
2016	50.03
2017	43.87
2018	46.31
2019	59.88
2020	60.80

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 Iran was 32.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 32.75 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1965.

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	0.04
1961	0.02
1965	0.01
1966	1.83
1967	0.97
1968	0.37
1969	0.50
1973	0.95
1974	2.60
1975	1.64
1976	1.37
1977	1.11
1978	0.73
1979	1.12
1980	1.51
1981	2.89
1982	1.56
1983	1.19
1984	1.32
1985	1.14
1986	1.10
1987	2.31
1988	1.84
1989	2.63
1990	2.67
1991	1.95
1992	2.91
1993	5.12
1994	3.01
1995	6.26
1996	6.52
1997	5.00
1998	6.37
1999	7.31
2000	7.44
2001	6.64
2002	6.62
2003	7.92
2004	7.18
2005	8.19
2006	8.63
2007	11.04
2008	10.64
2009	10.39
2010	10.38
2011	19.12
2012	16.43
2013	21.91
2014	25.44
2015	27.86
2016	27.48
2017	27.79
2018	26.56
2019	28.15
2020	32.75

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 Iran was 16.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 16.74 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1963.

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	0.23
1961	1.88
1962	0.29
1963	0.04
1964	0.94
1965	0.81
1966	0.25
1967	0.49
1968	0.19
1969	0.25
1973	0.69
1974	0.61
1975	1.24
1976	0.68
1977	0.76
1978	0.67
1979	1.10
1980	2.44
1981	3.49
1982	8.47
1983	5.82
1984	4.54
1985	9.31
1986	7.23
1987	6.19
1988	6.35
1989	6.27
1990	4.18
1991	3.66
1992	3.14
1993	4.89
1994	9.15
1995	8.09
1996	10.02
1997	9.22
1998	6.34
1999	7.03
2000	12.45
2001	10.71
2002	8.43
2003	9.76
2004	7.52
2005	8.34
2006	6.76
2007	7.18
2008	7.50
2009	8.17
2010	9.21
2011	8.66
2012	16.74
2013	10.75
2014	10.10
2015	9.99
2016	12.63
2017	8.40
2018	10.41
2019	15.47
2020	16.37

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 Iran was 1.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 10.17 in 1987, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1965.

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	0.18
1962	0.10
1963	0.65
1964	0.16
1965	0.05
1966	0.62
1967	0.52
1968	0.88
1969	0.17
1973	1.98
1974	1.41
1975	1.19
1976	0.98
1977	0.73
1978	0.91
1979	1.13
1980	0.71
1981	1.31
1982	3.38
1983	4.67
1984	6.06
1985	6.30
1986	5.44
1987	10.17
1988	6.40
1989	6.52
1990	3.45
1991	2.42
1992	1.34
1993	3.98
1994	4.44
1995	7.00
1996	8.97
1997	7.89
1998	7.71
1999	6.40
2000	6.35
2001	7.34
2002	4.95
2003	4.24
2004	2.22
2005	2.19
2006	1.79
2007	1.57
2008	1.12
2009	2.05
2010	1.10
2011	1.43
2012	1.46
2013	1.21
2014	1.02
2015	2.06
2016	3.77
2017	1.77
2018	1.62
2019	2.23
2020	1.75

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 Iran was 0.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.51 in 1961, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1978.

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	1.69
1961	2.51
1962	0.38
1963	0.38
1964	0.45
1965	0.81
1966	0.62
1967	0.93
1968	0.50
1969	0.10
1973	0.36
1974	0.42
1975	0.73
1976	0.34
1977	0.19
1978	0.02
1979	0.04
1980	0.12
1981	0.43
1982	0.26
1983	0.38
1984	0.52
1985	0.50
1986	0.28
1987	0.62
1988	1.36
1989	1.55
1990	0.18
1991	0.07
1992	0.06
1993	0.46
1994	0.66
1995	0.52
1996	0.65
1997	0.68
2000	0.87
2001	0.84
2002	0.79
2003	1.11
2004	0.96
2005	0.54
2006	0.70
2007	0.64
2008	0.48
2009	0.84
2010	0.48
2011	0.38
2012	0.35
2013	0.26
2014	0.27
2015	0.27
2016	0.32
2017	0.31
2018	0.22
2019	0.19
2020	0.21

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 Iran was 9.71 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 13.81 in 2019, while its lowest value was 1.10 in 1990.

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	4.44
1961	3.19
1962	3.15
1963	2.87
1964	2.38
1965	3.00
1966	2.70
1967	2.80
1968	2.53
1969	3.47
1973	1.91
1974	2.75
1975	3.75
1976	3.73
1977	2.17
1978	1.32
1979	2.38
1980	1.43
1981	2.45
1982	2.00
1983	3.14
1984	2.81
1985	1.95
1986	2.27
1987	1.84
1988	2.97
1989	1.99
1990	1.10
1991	1.15
1992	1.44
1993	1.73
1994	2.75
1995	3.64
1996	2.50
1997	1.98
1998	1.42
1999	1.57
2000	2.47
2001	3.55
2002	3.03
2003	4.13
2004	3.84
2005	3.13
2006	4.21
2007	3.82
2008	3.83
2009	3.34
2010	3.46
2011	6.83
2012	6.29
2013	9.94
2014	8.00
2015	6.71
2016	5.86
2017	5.43
2018	7.45
2019	13.81
2020	9.71

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 Iran was 0.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.38 in 1977, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1992.

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	0.36
1961	0.32
1962	0.52
1963	0.31
1964	1.00
1965	0.12
1966	0.22
1967	0.28
1968	0.30
1969	0.40
1973	1.20
1974	1.22
1975	0.66
1976	0.81
1977	1.38
1978	0.02
1979	0.25
1980	0.72
1981	0.66
1982	0.07
1983	0.14
1984	0.12
1985	0.11
1986	0.06
1987	0.12
1988	0.05
1989	0.30
1992	0.00
1993	0.13
1994	0.65
1995	0.56
1996	1.23
1997	1.06
2000	0.74
2001	0.51
2002	0.23
2003	0.20
2004	0.12
2005	0.24
2006	0.42
2007	0.19
2008	0.18
2009	0.19
2010	0.15
2011	0.16
2012	0.09
2013	0.05
2014	0.08
2015	0.22
2016	0.28
2017	0.48
2018	0.27
2019	0.22
2020	0.22

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Iran was 0.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 16.71 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.83 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	7.20
1961	13.47
1962	9.66
1963	12.77
1964	11.87
1965	6.94
1966	7.69
1967	6.57
1968	7.44
1969	8.15
1973	9.94
1974	7.58
1975	5.26
1976	4.96
1977	5.23
1978	7.95
1979	6.68
1980	13.84
1981	8.81
1982	10.37
1983	7.77
1984	7.88
1985	6.92
1986	7.02
1987	8.10
1988	10.71
1989	8.02
1990	16.71
1991	14.69
1992	12.38
1993	4.55
1994	6.42
1995	6.00
1996	7.01
1997	11.57
1998	10.79
1999	12.05
2000	1.21
2001	1.53
2002	1.47
2003	4.27
2004	1.08
2005	1.78
2006	1.78
2007	2.02
2008	8.61
2009	2.27
2010	2.24
2011	2.67
2012	1.99
2013	1.97
2014	1.57
2015	1.32
2016	1.22
2017	1.14
2018	0.90
2019	0.83
2020	0.92

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Iran was $21,304,840,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $66,838,100,000 in 2010 and $520,000,000 in 1963.

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	$556,900,000
1961	$601,500,000
1962	$520,600,000
1963	$520,000,000
1964	$668,900,000
1965	$855,300,000
1966	$933,600,000
1967	$1,123,900,000
1968	$1,393,000,000
1969	$1,384,400,000
1973	$3,379,000,000
1974	$5,425,800,000
1975	$10,345,900,000
1976	$12,886,700,000
1977	$14,641,600,000
1978	$10,372,000,000
1979	$9,695,000,000
1980	$10,849,000,000
1981	$13,515,000,000
1982	$11,845,000,000
1983	$18,103,000,000
1984	$14,494,000,000
1985	$11,408,000,000
1986	$9,355,000,000
1987	$9,369,000,000
1988	$8,171,000,000
1989	$12,807,000,000
1990	$18,721,600,000
1991	$29,677,500,000
1992	$29,870,000,000
1993	$20,037,000,000
1994	$11,795,000,000
1995	$12,313,000,000
1996	$15,117,000,000
1997	$15,907,800,000
1998	$14,323,000,000
1999	$12,683,000,000
2000	$14,428,150,000
2001	$16,684,080,000
2002	$20,682,090,000
2003	$26,297,670,000
2004	$33,270,670,000
2005	$39,265,640,000
2006	$41,062,330,000
2007	$45,513,290,000
2008	$58,794,960,000
2009	$50,155,760,000
2010	$66,838,100,000
2011	$61,946,200,000
2012	$59,729,310,000
2013	$48,911,540,000
2014	$52,918,640,000
2015	$40,455,180,000
2016	$43,185,370,000
2017	$52,182,020,000
2018	$41,802,110,000
2019	$26,714,450,000
2020	$21,304,840,000

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 Iran was 0.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.51 in 1961, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1978.

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	1.69
1961	2.51
1962	0.38
1963	0.38
1964	0.45
1965	0.81
1966	0.62
1967	0.93
1968	0.50
1969	0.10
1973	0.36
1974	0.42
1975	0.73
1976	0.34
1977	0.19
1978	0.02
1979	0.04
1980	0.12
1981	0.43
1982	0.26
1983	0.38
1984	0.52
1985	0.50
1986	0.28
1987	0.62
1988	1.36
1989	1.55
1990	0.18
1991	0.07
1992	0.06
1993	0.46
1994	0.66
1995	0.52
1996	0.65
1997	0.68
2000	0.87
2001	0.84
2002	0.79
2003	1.11
2004	0.96
2005	0.54
2006	0.70
2007	0.64
2008	0.48
2009	0.84
2010	0.48
2011	0.38
2012	0.35
2013	0.26
2014	0.27
2015	0.27
2016	0.32
2017	0.31
2018	0.22
2019	0.19
2020	0.21

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports