Korea - 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 Korea was 33.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 33.28 in 2020, while its lowest value was 2.23 in 1964.

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.

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Year Value
1960 4.01
1961 3.03
1962 3.27
1963 2.84
1964 2.23
1965 2.71
1966 5.16
1967 4.40
1968 5.22
1969 5.59
1970 6.20
1971 6.31
1972 5.75
1973 8.06
1974 5.73
1975 4.71
1976 5.77
1977 5.78
1978 4.99
1979 6.04
1980 6.09
1981 5.89
1982 6.63
1983 5.73
1984 6.52
1985 7.36
1986 5.74
1987 5.95
1988 5.46
1989 5.63
1990 5.45
1991 10.33
1992 10.78
1993 11.33
1994 11.38
1995 11.32
1996 11.88
1997 13.64
1998 14.71
1999 15.63
2000 16.79
2001 18.36
2002 20.06
2003 20.06
2004 20.92
2005 22.50
2006 23.08
2007 24.83
2008 24.83
2009 24.69
2010 25.06
2011 24.61
2012 23.39
2013 24.16
2014 24.97
2015 29.04
2016 30.51
2017 29.79
2018 29.56
2019 31.22
2020 33.28

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports