Lesotho - Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Lesotho was 151.98 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 209.40 in 2010 and 52.87 in 1980.

Definition: Import volume indexes are derived from UNCTAD's volume index series and are the ratio of the import value indexes to the corresponding unit value indexes. Unit value indexes are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD’s estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, interna­tional and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates and calculates unit value indexes at the country level using the current year’s trade values as weights. For economies for which UNCTAD does not publish data, the import volume indexes (lines 73) in the IMF's International Financial Statistics are used.

Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1980 52.87
1981 57.07
1982 61.63
1983 60.36
1984 65.59
1985 66.63
1986 59.92
1987 63.85
1988 76.88
1989 80.58
1990 81.55
1991 80.82
1992 91.12
1993 91.22
1994 92.87
1995 110.40
1996 121.07
1997 122.61
1998 110.79
1999 100.98
2000 100.00
2001 93.35
2002 103.54
2003 133.69
2004 159.93
2005 154.49
2006 159.49
2007 176.26
2008 162.21
2009 181.90
2010 209.40
2011 194.66
2012 206.61
2013 174.70
2014 179.80
2015 183.75
2016 177.01
2017 185.04
2018 179.85
2019 168.15
2020 151.98

Base Period: 2000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes