Lao PDR - 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 Lao PDR was 0.010 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.758 in 1973, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1998.

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.

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Year Value
1970 0.559
1971 0.236
1972 0.492
1973 0.758
1974 0.651
1981 0.114
1983 0.651
1984 0.213
1985 0.167
1986 0.341
1987 0.301
1988 0.144
1989 0.051
1990 0.050
1991 0.053
1998 0.000
1999 0.007
2000 0.006
2001 0.033
2002 0.299
2003 0.084
2004 0.367
2005 0.324
2006 0.210
2007 0.024
2008 0.557
2009 0.051
2010 0.009
2011 0.016
2012 0.013
2013 0.011
2014 0.037
2015 0.024
2016 0.012
2017 0.016
2018 0.016
2019 0.019
2020 0.010

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports