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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Low income was 7.71 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 18.54 in 1964, while its lowest value was 6.51 in 2001.

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 8.82
1961 8.94
1962 10.21
1963 12.55
1964 18.54
1965 18.01
1966 14.17
1967 16.83
1968 17.33
1969 14.81
1970 14.91
1971 10.42
1972 15.23
1973 14.25
1974 15.16
1975 13.92
1976 11.25
1977 11.63
1978 15.77
1979 16.42
1980 13.03
1981 12.35
1982 10.08
1983 11.33
1984 13.29
1985 14.41
1986 15.04
1987 13.01
1988 12.06
1989 12.65
1990 11.21
1991 10.06
1992 9.17
1993 8.47
1994 9.54
1995 8.93
1996 12.22
1997 8.67
1998 7.33
1999 9.79
2000 9.37
2001 6.51
2002 8.22
2003 12.58
2004 9.45
2005 12.50
2006 14.67
2007 13.93
2008 12.69
2009 13.37
2010 11.30
2011 10.98
2012 13.16
2013 17.58
2014 15.24
2015 13.13
2016 11.88
2017 11.35
2018 9.33
2019 8.49
2020 7.71

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports