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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Kuwait was 0.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 21.83 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1999.

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
1963 15.13
1964 10.36
1966 4.66
1967 4.58
1968 3.77
1969 3.67
1970 3.99
1971 4.31
1972 3.41
1973 5.07
1974 5.13
1975 4.00
1976 4.03
1977 4.59
1978 4.09
1979 4.55
1980 3.56
1981 3.60
1982 3.23
1983 3.18
1984 3.48
1985 6.63
1986 7.23
1987 5.85
1988 5.65
1989 4.86
1990 21.83
1991 12.28
1992 18.35
1993 1.29
1994 1.76
1995 1.01
1996 2.61
1997 0.11
1998 0.02
1999 0.02
2000 1.25
2001 1.21
2002 1.21
2003 1.18
2004 0.89
2005 0.99
2006 1.01
2007 1.01
2008 0.92
2009 0.95
2010 0.94
2011 2.07
2012 1.50
2013 1.06
2014 0.89
2015 0.06
2016 0.12
2017 0.17
2018 9.02
2019 0.09
2020 0.16

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports