Lebanon - Merchandise imports

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 Lebanon was 16.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.44 in 1963, while its lowest value was 5.15 in 1983.

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 19.04
1961 15.23
1963 23.44
1964 23.07
1965 21.62
1966 20.58
1967 20.23
1968 19.79
1969 15.67
1970 13.23
1971 10.35
1972 11.59
1973 10.74
1981 14.65
1982 7.46
1983 5.15
1984 8.42
1985 8.10
1986 5.23
1987 6.10
1988 6.37
1989 11.24
1990 16.84
1991 12.65
1992 13.56
1993 11.21
1994 10.79
1995 6.18
1996 8.37
1997 9.27
1998 8.52
1999 8.99
2000 12.13
2001 12.78
2002 10.74
2003 12.83
2004 14.30
2005 14.13
2006 15.35
2007 14.91
2008 13.45
2009 11.52
2010 13.00
2011 16.76
2012 14.25
2013 12.37
2014 11.49
2015 11.57
2016 14.11
2017 12.55
2018 13.65
2019 13.97
2020 16.07

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Lebanon was 11,355,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22,081,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 255,000,000 in 1960.

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 255,000,000
1961 316,000,000
1962 349,000,000
1963 424,000,000
1964 512,000,000
1965 548,000,000
1966 611,000,000
1967 552,000,000
1968 596,000,000
1969 585,000,000
1970 659,000,000
1971 731,000,000
1972 924,000,000
1973 1,286,000,000
1974 2,355,000,000
1975 2,048,000,000
1976 612,000,000
1977 1,539,000,000
1978 1,922,000,000
1979 2,700,000,000
1980 3,650,000,000
1981 3,499,000,000
1982 3,391,000,000
1983 3,661,000,000
1984 2,948,000,000
1985 2,203,000,000
1986 2,203,000,000
1987 1,880,000,000
1988 2,457,000,000
1989 2,235,000,000
1990 2,525,000,000
1991 3,743,000,000
1992 4,202,000,000
1993 4,821,000,000
1994 5,933,000,000
1995 7,278,000,000
1996 7,540,000,000
1997 7,467,000,000
1998 7,070,000,000
1999 6,207,000,000
2000 6,230,000,000
2001 7,380,000,000
2002 6,560,000,000
2003 7,315,000,000
2004 9,609,000,000
2005 9,633,000,000
2006 9,647,000,000
2007 12,251,000,000
2008 16,754,000,000
2009 16,574,000,000
2010 18,460,000,000
2011 20,750,000,000
2012 21,945,000,000
2013 22,024,000,000
2014 22,081,000,000
2015 18,965,000,000
2016 19,368,000,000
2017 19,911,000,000
2018 20,396,000,000
2019 19,641,000,000
2020 11,355,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Lebanon was 61.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 88.18 in 1982, while its lowest value was 61.03 in 2013.

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 66.82
1961 66.01
1963 65.81
1964 64.97
1965 66.17
1966 66.64
1967 65.54
1968 66.23
1969 69.31
1970 70.94
1971 72.42
1972 73.53
1973 78.58
1981 86.96
1982 88.18
1983 87.42
1984 84.29
1985 81.73
1986 80.54
1987 75.71
1988 81.50
1989 75.81
1990 73.83
1991 73.47
1992 74.87
1993 76.64
1994 75.94
1995 75.97
1996 70.22
1997 76.64
1998 76.36
1999 74.53
2000 71.72
2001 68.94
2002 69.23
2003 67.20
2004 66.12
2005 66.79
2006 68.22
2007 65.54
2008 66.21
2009 65.56
2010 63.16
2011 63.04
2012 65.61
2013 61.03
2014 62.32
2015 63.00
2016 61.21
2017 62.30
2018 62.17
2019 61.84
2020 61.86

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 Lebanon was 31.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 32.62 in 2013, while its lowest value was 4.79 in 1960.

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 4.79
1961 8.07
1963 6.73
1964 6.94
1965 6.76
1966 7.74
1967 9.83
1968 7.79
1969 8.63
1970 8.89
1971 10.07
1972 8.43
1973 8.52
1981 7.53
1982 6.34
1983 6.59
1984 7.78
1985 9.31
1986 11.83
1987 14.28
1988 7.26
1989 8.39
1990 7.03
1991 8.85
1992 6.61
1993 9.77
1994 10.93
1995 15.54
1996 14.80
1997 15.61
1998 17.34
1999 17.67
2000 19.15
2001 23.42
2002 23.30
2003 24.42
2004 25.93
2005 25.49
2006 23.69
2007 26.29
2008 27.46
2009 27.35
2010 29.60
2011 27.56
2012 26.95
2013 32.62
2014 31.24
2015 31.34
2016 31.31
2017 30.83
2018 31.48
2019 31.84
2020 31.19

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 Lebanon was 8.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 14.18 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.78 in 1963.

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
1963 0.78
1964 1.18
1965 1.12
1966 1.75
1967 1.94
1968 1.64
1969 2.17
1970 1.86
1971 1.55
1972 1.57
1973 1.44
1981 3.04
1982 1.15
1983 1.08
1984 1.05
1985 1.15
1986 1.53
1987 1.85
1988 2.64
1989 2.92
1990 2.79
1991 3.64
1992 3.55
1993 3.65
1994 3.83
1995 4.95
1996 4.91
1997 6.60
1998 7.33
1999 7.79
2000 7.90
2001 9.22
2002 9.83
2003 10.06
2004 10.35
2005 10.39
2006 10.53
2007 11.39
2008 11.37
2009 11.72
2010 11.89
2011 10.36
2012 10.43
2013 12.91
2014 14.03
2015 14.18
2016 13.75
2017 12.39
2018 13.11
2019 11.18
2020 8.67

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 Lebanon was 15.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 15.51 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.24 in 1992.

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 3.70
1961 6.71
1963 3.86
1964 3.60
1965 3.41
1966 3.36
1967 4.22
1968 2.79
1969 2.63
1970 3.09
1971 3.99
1972 2.58
1973 2.76
1981 2.36
1982 3.63
1983 3.71
1984 3.83
1985 4.60
1986 7.31
1987 9.05
1988 1.70
1989 3.77
1990 2.21
1991 2.65
1992 0.24
1993 3.33
1994 4.44
1995 6.99
1996 6.62
1997 5.66
1998 6.79
1999 6.57
2000 7.77
2001 11.16
2002 9.88
2003 10.83
2004 11.66
2005 10.56
2006 8.03
2007 8.97
2008 11.04
2009 9.54
2010 11.11
2011 10.16
2012 9.81
2013 12.89
2014 9.66
2015 9.99
2016 9.82
2017 10.99
2018 10.39
2019 14.66
2020 15.51

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 Lebanon was 3.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.70 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.42 in 1960.

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 0.42
1961 0.45
1963 0.70
1964 0.93
1965 1.04
1966 0.81
1967 0.92
1968 1.03
1969 1.53
1970 1.41
1971 1.95
1972 1.42
1973 1.93
1981 1.26
1982 1.05
1983 1.22
1984 2.34
1985 2.94
1986 2.45
1987 2.67
1988 2.20
1989 1.09
1990 1.25
1991 1.57
1992 1.53
1993 1.86
1994 1.75
1995 2.18
1996 1.79
1997 1.72
1998 1.66
1999 1.63
2000 1.83
2001 1.45
2002 1.77
2003 1.65
2004 1.88
2005 2.38
2006 3.11
2007 3.25
2008 2.66
2009 3.00
2010 2.50
2011 2.57
2012 2.29
2013 2.51
2014 3.21
2015 3.07
2016 3.06
2017 3.19
2018 3.38
2019 2.84
2020 3.70

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 Lebanon was 6.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.40 in 1963, while its lowest value was 1.15 in 1987.

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 12.09
1961 9.75
1963 19.40
1964 19.31
1965 19.23
1966 18.21
1967 17.42
1968 17.45
1969 13.44
1970 11.82
1971 8.65
1972 9.93
1973 7.72
1981 2.00
1982 1.69
1983 1.48
1984 1.22
1985 1.71
1986 1.26
1987 1.15
1988 3.11
1989 8.22
1990 13.43
1991 11.64
1992 12.86
1993 10.38
1994 10.00
1995 3.97
1996 6.57
1997 7.00
1998 5.68
1999 5.96
2000 7.89
2001 7.63
2002 7.24
2003 8.36
2004 7.85
2005 7.43
2006 8.00
2007 8.15
2008 6.32
2009 6.19
2010 6.63
2011 9.17
2012 7.36
2013 6.27
2014 6.20
2015 5.36
2016 7.44
2017 6.84
2018 6.32
2019 6.22
2020 6.77

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 Lebanon was 1.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.88 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.18 in 1983.

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 0.26
1961 0.60
1963 0.54
1964 0.51
1965 0.57
1966 0.73
1967 1.41
1968 1.17
1969 1.23
1970 1.21
1971 1.34
1972 1.04
1973 0.85
1981 0.34
1982 0.24
1983 0.18
1984 0.24
1985 0.34
1986 0.31
1987 0.36
1988 0.42
1989 0.28
1990 0.44
1991 0.68
1992 0.52
1993 0.41
1994 0.43
1995 0.54
1996 0.79
1997 0.83
1998 0.94
1999 1.02
2000 1.30
2001 1.26
2002 1.45
2003 1.50
2004 1.52
2005 1.83
2006 1.55
2007 1.81
2008 1.69
2009 2.26
2010 1.94
2011 2.88
2012 2.23
2013 2.32
2014 2.41
2015 2.24
2016 1.87
2017 2.01
2018 2.25
2019 2.17
2020 1.68

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 Lebanon was 1.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.81 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.22 in 1986.

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 0.42
1961 0.30
1963 0.85
1964 0.72
1965 0.61
1966 1.09
1967 1.34
1968 1.16
1969 1.07
1970 1.33
1971 1.24
1972 1.83
1973 1.55
1981 0.53
1982 0.26
1983 0.39
1984 0.33
1985 0.28
1986 0.22
1987 0.35
1988 0.30
1989 0.33
1990 0.33
1991 0.31
1992 0.76
1993 0.51
1994 0.47
1995 0.89
1996 0.70
1997 0.80
1998 0.62
1999 0.65
2000 0.34
2001 0.33
2002 0.37
2003 0.38
2004 0.52
2005 0.33
2006 0.47
2007 0.88
2008 0.70
2009 0.83
2010 2.16
2011 1.60
2012 2.18
2013 2.00
2014 1.93
2015 1.86
2016 2.81
2017 2.24
2018 2.34
2019 0.98
2020 1.64

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Lebanon was 0.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 16.30 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2008.

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 16.30
1961 16.16
1963 8.05
1964 8.77
1965 7.84
1966 7.42
1967 7.22
1968 8.54
1969 8.62
1970 8.35
1971 8.86
1972 8.11
1973 5.18
1981 3.51
1982 3.79
1983 4.51
1984 6.71
1985 7.25
1986 6.37
1987 8.86
1988 8.13
1989 7.57
1990 5.71
1991 6.04
1992 5.67
1993 3.22
1994 3.13
1995 4.52
1996 8.41
1997 0.76
1998 0.62
1999 1.84
2000 1.24
2001 0.01
2002 0.23
2003 0.03
2004 0.10
2005 0.29
2006 0.09
2007 0.02
2008 0.00
2009 0.90
2010 0.61
2011 0.23
2012 0.09
2013 0.09
2014 0.24
2015 0.30
2016 0.04
2017 0.03
2018 0.03
2019 0.09
2020 0.18

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Lebanon was $11,207,440,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $22,799,500,000 in 2013 and $311,000,000 in 1960.

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 $311,000,000
1961 $332,200,000
1963 $386,100,000
1964 $430,800,000
1965 $489,800,000
1966 $532,600,000
1967 $452,770,000
1968 $507,760,000
1969 $502,810,000
1970 $534,710,000
1971 $645,870,000
1972 $859,810,000
1973 $1,252,660,000
1981 $3,706,728,000
1982 $3,377,275,000
1983 $3,593,439,000
1984 $2,950,134,000
1985 $2,065,691,000
1986 $2,046,243,000
1987 $1,820,689,000
1988 $2,370,993,000
1989 $2,245,548,000
1990 $2,515,288,000
1991 $3,751,775,000
1992 $4,119,586,000
1993 $4,587,003,000
1994 $5,539,375,000
1995 $6,769,173,000
1996 $7,559,498,000
1997 $7,456,718,000
1998 $7,059,834,000
1999 $6,206,050,000
2000 $6,200,560,000
2001 $7,261,602,000
2002 $6,394,885,000
2003 $7,080,350,000
2004 $9,268,417,000
2005 $9,243,209,000
2006 $9,295,006,000
2007 $11,618,030,000
2008 $15,950,930,000
2009 $16,202,410,000
2010 $17,933,150,000
2011 $20,865,920,000
2012 $22,695,410,000
2013 $22,799,500,000
2014 $22,072,990,000
2015 $18,948,100,000
2016 $19,361,010,000
2017 $19,895,840,000
2018 $20,377,710,000
2019 $19,619,870,000
2020 $11,207,440,000

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 Lebanon was 6.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.40 in 1963, while its lowest value was 1.15 in 1987.

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 12.09
1961 9.75
1963 19.40
1964 19.31
1965 19.23
1966 18.21
1967 17.42
1968 17.45
1969 13.44
1970 11.82
1971 8.65
1972 9.93
1973 7.72
1981 2.00
1982 1.69
1983 1.48
1984 1.22
1985 1.71
1986 1.26
1987 1.15
1988 3.11
1989 8.22
1990 13.43
1991 11.64
1992 12.86
1993 10.38
1994 10.00
1995 3.97
1996 6.57
1997 7.00
1998 5.68
1999 5.96
2000 7.89
2001 7.63
2002 7.24
2003 8.36
2004 7.85
2005 7.43
2006 8.00
2007 8.15
2008 6.32
2009 6.19
2010 6.63
2011 9.17
2012 7.36
2013 6.27
2014 6.20
2015 5.36
2016 7.44
2017 6.84
2018 6.32
2019 6.22
2020 6.77

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports