Liberia - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Liberia was 140.07 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 212.07 in 2014 and 29.18 in 2003.

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 73.40
1981 68.11
1982 61.87
1983 62.47
1984 50.41
1985 42.57
1986 36.93
1987 41.30
2000 100.00
2001 38.93
2002 30.28
2003 29.18
2004 56.66
2005 54.63
2006 74.70
2007 71.05
2008 92.96
2009 57.01
2010 65.55
2011 90.26
2012 83.74
2013 120.92
2014 212.07
2015 189.12
2016 156.10
2017 128.90
2018 132.05
2019 107.08
2020 140.07

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes