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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 Iraq was 7.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 50.76 in 2008, while its lowest value was 3.53 in 1961.

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	4.01
1961	3.53
1962	3.59
1963	5.55
1964	6.16
1965	5.46
1966	4.90
1967	5.65
1968	7.54
1969	7.76
1970	7.29
1971	5.91
1981	7.28
1982	6.40
1983	6.40
1984	6.94
1985	6.37
1986	6.63
1987	8.28
1988	8.46
1989	12.53
1990	14.18
1991	35.55
1992	13.18
1993	24.57
1994	34.14
1995	45.59
1996	27.34
1997	25.77
1998	14.09
1999	14.25
2000	15.36
2001	20.85
2002	20.98
2003	31.18
2004	36.49
2005	19.47
2006	22.00
2007	33.60
2008	50.76
2009	44.61
2010	37.47
2011	16.05
2012	13.77
2013	10.82
2014	12.08
2015	7.86
2016	6.78
2017	7.25
2018	7.66
2019	7.31
2020	7.03

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Iraq was 44,484,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65,104,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 319,000,000 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	389,000,000
1961	408,000,000
1962	361,000,000
1963	319,000,000
1964	413,000,000
1965	455,000,000
1966	493,000,000
1967	424,000,000
1968	404,000,000
1969	440,000,000
1970	509,000,000
1971	701,000,000
1972	705,000,000
1973	894,000,000
1974	2,370,000,000
1975	4,215,000,000
1976	3,897,000,000
1977	3,899,000,000
1978	4,213,000,000
1979	7,179,000,000
1980	13,942,000,000
1981	20,735,000,000
1982	21,534,000,000
1983	12,166,000,000
1984	11,078,000,000
1985	10,556,000,000
1986	10,190,000,000
1987	7,415,000,000
1988	10,268,000,000
1989	9,899,000,000
1990	6,526,000,000
1991	423,000,000
1992	603,000,000
1993	533,000,000
1994	499,000,000
1995	665,000,000
1996	3,532,000,000
1997	4,419,000,000
1998	5,983,000,000
1999	10,917,000,000
2000	13,210,000,000
2001	13,120,000,000
2002	9,817,000,000
2003	9,934,000,000
2004	21,302,000,000
2005	23,532,000,000
2006	20,892,000,000
2007	21,516,000,000
2008	33,000,000,000
2009	38,437,000,000
2010	43,915,000,000
2011	47,803,000,000
2012	59,006,000,000
2013	65,104,000,000
2014	59,990,000,000
2015	58,517,000,000
2016	44,116,000,000
2017	48,506,000,000
2018	56,876,000,000
2019	46,262,000,000
2020	44,484,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Iraq was 23.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 86.65 in 1981, while its lowest value was 14.91 in 1996.

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	69.72
1961	68.76
1962	64.59
1963	59.56
1964	62.10
1965	60.65
1966	65.51
1967	65.97
1968	56.48
1969	56.27
1970	53.37
1971	54.51
1972	52.59
1973	51.81
1974	62.29
1975	76.66
1976	79.71
1977	77.36
1978	78.09
1981	86.65
1982	85.84
1983	81.67
1984	72.94
1985	70.47
1986	73.84
1987	63.86
1988	71.67
1989	76.90
1990	78.92
1991	26.92
1992	36.25
1993	30.02
1994	20.67
1995	27.02
1996	14.91
1997	45.57
1998	54.79
1999	50.14
2000	55.01
2001	52.14
2002	49.97
2003	43.63
2004	37.98
2005	46.23
2006	43.45
2007	38.02
2008	26.12
2009	27.11
2010	26.78
2011	37.85
2012	36.01
2013	35.77
2014	33.86
2015	31.12
2016	30.13
2017	27.21
2018	30.48
2019	28.59
2020	23.86

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 Iraq was 72.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 72.26 in 2020, while its lowest value was 7.38 in 1981.

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	14.21
1961	13.97
1962	15.67
1963	18.41
1964	19.06
1965	15.22
1966	17.88
1967	15.57
1968	20.58
1969	18.91
1970	19.23
1971	17.39
1972	20.58
1973	22.86
1974	23.24
1975	13.86
1976	10.81
1977	11.59
1978	9.57
1981	7.38
1982	7.57
1983	10.67
1984	17.87
1985	19.78
1986	14.83
1987	21.90
1988	18.28
1989	12.88
1990	11.33
1991	36.59
1992	48.72
1993	42.15
1994	43.79
1995	27.02
1996	57.24
1997	28.67
1998	31.30
1999	37.08
2000	35.59
2001	32.18
2002	34.59
2003	32.72
2004	30.37
2005	40.72
2006	41.19
2007	33.95
2008	27.86
2009	30.74
2010	38.44
2011	50.19
2012	56.05
2013	57.24
2014	59.91
2015	64.41
2016	67.35
2017	70.14
2018	66.76
2019	67.81
2020	72.26

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 Iraq was 34.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 34.51 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.95 in 1982.

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	2.82
1961	2.64
1962	3.93
1963	4.46
1964	5.51
1965	4.89
1966	6.71
1967	7.28
1968	9.70
1969	7.30
1970	7.80
1971	7.33
1972	6.25
1973	7.38
1974	7.35
1975	3.71
1976	3.03
1977	3.51
1978	3.34
1981	1.32
1982	0.95
1983	1.12
1984	1.33
1985	1.86
1986	2.42
1987	1.97
1988	1.92
1989	2.76
1990	3.68
1991	3.15
1992	9.45
1993	4.16
1994	6.66
1995	11.11
1996	16.81
1997	24.27
1998	23.37
1999	26.00
2000	25.42
2001	17.92
2002	18.54
2003	7.22
2004	6.17
2005	7.74
2006	8.92
2007	7.28
2008	8.51
2009	7.99
2010	13.74
2011	15.69
2012	16.28
2013	18.49
2014	19.24
2015	23.50
2016	27.23
2017	26.20
2018	25.73
2019	28.21
2020	34.51

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 Iraq was 29.71 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 38.69 in 1992, while its lowest value was 0.42 in 1961.

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	0.80
1961	0.42
1962	0.73
1963	0.90
1964	0.74
1965	1.15
1966	1.28
1967	1.68
1968	1.55
1969	1.94
1970	3.56
1971	2.82
1972	2.55
1973	3.30
1974	2.22
1975	1.14
1976	1.56
1977	1.88
1978	2.02
1981	3.02
1982	3.18
1983	3.54
1984	10.54
1985	10.00
1986	6.82
1987	14.26
1988	11.67
1989	4.95
1990	3.62
1991	31.84
1992	38.69
1993	33.04
1994	33.22
1995	15.35
1996	36.44
1997	0.60
1998	2.96
1999	5.04
2000	5.34
2001	9.40
2002	9.15
2003	21.47
2004	21.59
2005	30.18
2006	27.49
2007	22.92
2008	16.54
2009	18.94
2010	20.82
2011	30.14
2012	34.73
2013	35.10
2014	37.50
2015	35.88
2016	34.15
2017	36.30
2018	32.33
2019	30.81
2020	29.71

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 Iraq was 3.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 7.75 in 1974, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1995.

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	0.67
1961	0.47
1962	0.37
1963	0.55
1964	1.64
1965	2.11
1966	0.81
1967	0.47
1968	0.48
1969	1.45
1970	0.61
1971	0.53
1972	5.12
1973	7.20
1974	7.75
1975	5.81
1976	2.63
1977	2.42
1978	1.84
1981	1.81
1982	2.31
1983	4.71
1984	3.99
1985	6.62
1986	4.61
1987	4.61
1988	3.52
1989	3.89
1990	2.15
1991	0.30
1993	0.65
1995	0.00
1996	1.23
1997	2.54
1998	1.36
1999	2.53
2000	1.56
2001	1.10
2002	2.22
2003	1.28
2004	1.08
2005	0.73
2006	1.91
2007	0.84
2008	0.50
2009	1.25
2010	1.06
2011	1.57
2012	1.24
2013	1.15
2014	1.00
2015	1.27
2016	2.14
2017	3.34
2018	2.69
2019	2.73
2020	3.13

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 Iraq was 3.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.02 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.98 in 1983.

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	3.72
1961	3.26
1962	3.88
1963	5.45
1964	5.53
1965	4.73
1966	4.76
1967	4.77
1968	7.64
1969	7.34
1970	6.57
1971	4.75
1972	5.24
1973	3.55
1974	3.42
1975	2.34
1976	1.33
1977	1.51
1978	1.98
1981	1.12
1982	1.09
1983	0.98
1984	2.47
1985	2.61
1986	2.30
1987	3.11
1988	3.03
1989	4.08
1990	5.08
1991	35.54
1992	13.18
1993	24.57
1994	34.14
1995	45.59
1996	27.13
1997	25.76
1998	13.91
1999	12.78
2000	9.39
2001	15.61
2002	15.43
2003	23.50
2004	31.56
2005	13.01
2006	15.36
2007	28.03
2008	46.02
2009	42.15
2010	34.79
2011	11.96
2012	7.94
2013	6.99
2014	6.23
2015	4.48
2016	2.53
2017	2.66
2018	2.76
2019	3.61
2020	3.89

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 Iraq was 4.74 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 10.30 in 1963, while its lowest value was 0.54 in 1992.

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	8.63
1961	8.91
1962	9.15
1963	10.30
1964	9.58
1965	5.28
1966	8.32
1967	5.32
1968	7.50
1969	7.20
1970	6.32
1971	6.02
1972	6.08
1973	4.47
1974	4.96
1975	2.81
1976	3.37
1977	3.65
1978	2.27
1981	1.09
1982	0.92
1983	1.21
1984	1.93
1985	1.14
1986	0.88
1987	1.04
1988	1.12
1989	1.21
1990	1.83
1991	0.68
1992	0.54
1993	4.31
1994	3.90
1995	0.56
1996	2.75
1997	1.21
1998	3.57
1999	3.44
2000	3.13
2001	3.72
2002	4.65
2003	2.67
2004	1.35
2005	1.95
2006	2.55
2007	2.52
2008	2.04
2009	2.01
2010	2.77
2011	2.67
2012	3.77
2013	2.48
2014	2.16
2015	3.64
2016	3.75
2017	4.26
2018	5.92
2019	5.93
2020	4.74

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 Iraq was 0.17 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.21 in 1963, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1994.

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	1.29
1961	1.52
1962	1.49
1963	2.21
1964	1.59
1965	1.79
1966	0.75
1967	0.83
1968	1.35
1969	1.02
1970	0.93
1971	0.69
1972	0.59
1973	0.51
1974	0.96
1975	0.39
1976	0.22
1977	0.13
1978	0.11
1981	0.14
1982	0.21
1983	0.08
1984	0.08
1985	0.15
1986	0.10
1987	0.02
1988	0.03
1989	0.08
1990	0.06
1991	0.63
1992	0.04
1994	0.00
1995	0.01
1996	0.00
1997	0.05
1998	0.04
1999	0.07
2000	0.14
2001	0.03
2002	0.02
2003	0.08
2004	0.17
2005	0.12
2006	0.32
2007	0.38
2008	0.28
2009	0.56
2010	0.05
2011	0.11
2012	0.03
2013	0.02
2014	0.02
2015	0.12
2016	0.07
2017	0.04
2018	0.09
2019	0.14
2020	0.17

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Iraq was 0.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.35 in 1971, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1997.

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	12.35
1961	14.02
1962	15.87
1963	16.58
1964	13.30
1965	19.40
1966	11.84
1967	13.68
1968	15.30
1969	17.48
1970	20.83
1971	23.35
1972	21.58
1973	21.78
1974	11.05
1975	7.15
1976	8.15
1977	9.55
1978	10.36
1981	4.85
1982	5.50
1983	6.68
1984	6.72
1985	7.14
1986	9.03
1987	11.13
1988	7.03
1989	6.14
1990	4.67
1991	0.94
1992	1.84
1993	3.26
1994	1.40
1995	0.37
1996	0.73
1997	0.00
1998	0.00
1999	0.00
2000	0.00
2001	0.07
2002	0.01
2003	0.14
2004	0.10
2005	0.05
2006	0.00
2007	0.00
2008	0.00
2009	0.00
2010	0.00
2011	0.00
2012	0.00
2013	0.00
2014	0.00
2015	0.00
2016	0.00
2017	0.00
2018	0.00
2019	0.00
2020	0.00

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Iraq was $36,240,820,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $45,391,200,000 in 2014 and $311,800,000 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	$387,000,000
1961	$401,700,000
1962	$356,100,000
1963	$311,800,000
1964	$402,900,000
1965	$435,600,000
1966	$491,500,000
1967	$423,200,000
1968	$413,600,000
1969	$433,100,000
1970	$505,000,000
1971	$627,400,000
1972	$717,200,000
1973	$905,400,000
1974	$2,364,400,000
1975	$4,202,900,000
1976	$3,899,500,000
1977	$4,480,600,000
1978	$4,212,400,000
1981	$20,361,530,000
1982	$21,134,160,000
1983	$9,928,164,000
1984	$9,755,025,000
1985	$10,569,960,000
1986	$8,920,382,000
1987	$7,298,298,000
1988	$9,293,004,000
1989	$9,898,699,000
1990	$6,525,515,000
1991	$422,899,900
1992	$602,684,200
1993	$532,713,200
1994	$498,660,900
1995	$665,443,000
1996	$568,380,000
1997	$1,136,239,000
1998	$1,852,825,000
1999	$2,110,304,000
2000	$3,408,556,000
2001	$5,778,408,000
2002	$6,136,674,000
2003	$5,038,722,000
2004	$10,428,850,000
2005	$10,428,240,000
2006	$10,702,520,000
2007	$13,653,130,000
2008	$27,659,860,000
2009	$32,018,890,000
2010	$33,785,500,000
2011	$32,938,350,000
2012	$39,003,350,000
2013	$44,512,170,000
2014	$45,391,200,000
2015	$37,557,600,000
2016	$31,442,700,000
2017	$35,786,240,000
2018	$36,508,630,000
2019	$39,296,150,000
2020	$36,240,820,000

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 Iraq was 3.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.02 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.98 in 1983.

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	3.72
1961	3.26
1962	3.88
1963	5.45
1964	5.53
1965	4.73
1966	4.76
1967	4.77
1968	7.64
1969	7.34
1970	6.57
1971	4.75
1972	5.24
1973	3.55
1974	3.42
1975	2.34
1976	1.33
1977	1.51
1978	1.98
1981	1.12
1982	1.09
1983	0.98
1984	2.47
1985	2.61
1986	2.30
1987	3.11
1988	3.03
1989	4.08
1990	5.08
1991	35.54
1992	13.18
1993	24.57
1994	34.14
1995	45.59
1996	27.13
1997	25.76
1998	13.91
1999	12.78
2000	9.39
2001	15.61
2002	15.43
2003	23.50
2004	31.56
2005	13.01
2006	15.36
2007	28.03
2008	46.02
2009	42.15
2010	34.79
2011	11.96
2012	7.94
2013	6.99
2014	6.23
2015	4.48
2016	2.53
2017	2.66
2018	2.76
2019	3.61
2020	3.89

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports