Low income - 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 Low income was 15.17 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 15.94 in 2018, while its lowest value was 3.26 in 1967.

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 7.22
1961 7.65
1962 5.39
1963 4.42
1964 4.32
1965 3.58
1966 3.48
1967 3.26
1968 3.61
1969 4.02
1970 4.62
1971 5.93
1972 4.34
1973 4.33
1974 6.09
1975 6.25
1976 9.62
1977 7.76
1978 6.47
1979 9.32
1980 13.56
1981 15.42
1982 11.19
1983 4.38
1984 6.91
1985 6.60
1986 5.74
1987 4.93
1988 3.94
1989 4.57
1990 6.55
1991 5.76
1992 6.36
1993 7.17
1994 6.79
1995 6.87
1996 6.71
1997 7.27
1998 7.15
1999 8.61
2000 12.50
2001 11.38
2002 13.69
2003 13.54
2004 14.79
2005 14.96
2006 14.32
2007 14.85
2008 13.05
2009 12.65
2010 12.91
2011 12.42
2012 12.62
2013 13.07
2014 12.53
2015 13.77
2016 13.79
2017 14.44
2018 15.94
2019 15.84
2020 15.17

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Low income was 102,448,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 119,786,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 1,798,810,000 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 1,798,810,000
1961 1,892,475,000
1962 1,952,285,000
1963 2,035,793,000
1964 2,118,173,000
1965 2,155,413,000
1966 2,384,496,000
1967 2,303,245,000
1968 2,500,730,000
1969 2,763,668,000
1970 3,019,835,000
1971 3,444,147,000
1972 3,658,559,000
1973 4,494,769,000
1974 6,333,077,000
1975 7,742,559,000
1976 8,426,423,000
1977 10,331,310,000
1978 11,905,550,000
1979 13,931,190,000
1980 18,972,150,000
1981 19,671,540,000
1982 17,647,090,000
1983 17,833,520,000
1984 17,355,320,000
1985 16,642,230,000
1986 16,504,250,000
1987 16,909,770,000
1988 18,537,130,000
1989 18,495,000,000
1990 19,432,440,000
1991 18,334,900,000
1992 18,711,980,000
1993 19,076,590,000
1994 20,099,160,000
1995 20,236,540,000
1996 23,075,980,000
1997 21,152,720,000
1998 21,570,010,000
1999 21,363,430,000
2000 22,861,130,000
2001 25,931,940,000
2002 28,435,680,000
2003 32,950,480,000
2004 41,574,150,000
2005 52,994,900,000
2006 60,152,880,000
2007 72,645,790,000
2008 90,866,110,000
2009 83,480,890,000
2010 93,962,730,000
2011 109,458,000,000
2012 114,783,000,000
2013 114,953,000,000
2014 119,786,000,000
2015 107,601,000,000
2016 96,984,990,000
2017 100,565,000,000
2018 108,385,000,000
2019 113,630,000,000
2020 102,448,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Low income was 35.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 72.32 in 1961, while its lowest value was 33.31 in 2014.

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 72.04
1961 72.32
1962 71.57
1963 70.52
1964 64.74
1965 64.71
1966 67.36
1967 66.10
1968 64.54
1969 64.80
1970 65.76
1971 66.52
1972 64.96
1973 64.46
1974 61.91
1975 65.31
1976 71.02
1977 69.31
1978 64.88
1979 62.79
1980 64.20
1981 63.69
1982 61.58
1983 62.51
1984 59.04
1985 61.86
1986 63.82
1987 66.69
1988 66.02
1989 64.61
1990 67.46
1991 67.39
1992 66.66
1993 65.38
1994 64.97
1995 62.98
1996 56.02
1997 59.64
1998 64.11
1999 57.57
2000 48.40
2001 53.33
2002 50.12
2003 43.60
2004 41.85
2005 40.70
2006 41.91
2007 41.64
2008 38.69
2009 36.59
2010 39.41
2011 39.92
2012 38.60
2013 36.31
2014 33.31
2015 35.36
2016 33.60
2017 35.37
2018 36.53
2019 36.15
2020 35.96

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 Low income was 38.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 38.21 in 2020, while its lowest value was 6.64 in 1985.

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 11.04
1961 10.94
1962 11.57
1963 8.60
1964 7.76
1965 8.39
1966 8.94
1967 8.55
1968 7.46
1969 9.35
1970 7.44
1971 10.89
1972 9.08
1973 9.12
1974 10.82
1975 10.22
1976 9.17
1977 9.54
1978 7.79
1979 7.29
1980 7.65
1981 7.80
1982 9.41
1983 7.27
1984 7.01
1985 6.64
1986 8.00
1987 7.13
1988 9.80
1989 9.07
1990 10.21
1991 11.50
1992 11.90
1993 13.18
1994 12.70
1995 15.01
1996 16.60
1997 14.92
1998 14.81
1999 16.45
2000 27.98
2001 27.99
2002 27.46
2003 28.62
2004 32.09
2005 28.63
2006 26.90
2007 30.28
2008 35.17
2009 35.87
2010 35.61
2011 31.83
2012 30.78
2013 28.04
2014 32.87
2015 34.76
2016 37.66
2017 36.13
2018 36.74
2019 37.17
2020 38.21

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 Low income was 20.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 21.25 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.83 in 1961.

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
1960 0.97
1961 0.83
1962 1.41
1963 1.35
1964 1.48
1965 2.59
1966 2.83
1967 3.24
1968 2.32
1969 2.57
1970 1.54
1971 2.39
1972 2.60
1973 2.98
1974 3.50
1975 2.96
1976 2.52
1977 2.86
1978 2.98
1979 3.01
1980 2.31
1981 4.53
1982 5.08
1983 4.75
1984 4.67
1985 4.91
1986 5.73
1987 5.80
1988 6.69
1989 6.84
1990 5.98
1991 6.93
1992 7.35
1993 7.75
1994 6.22
1995 6.61
1996 6.69
1997 7.59
1998 7.24
1999 7.07
2000 12.60
2001 11.37
2002 11.13
2003 11.92
2004 12.06
2005 14.17
2006 11.36
2007 11.67
2008 13.79
2009 14.11
2010 14.39
2011 15.43
2012 15.96
2013 15.93
2014 19.10
2015 20.24
2016 21.25
2017 19.92
2018 19.86
2019 21.21
2020 20.28

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 Low income was 6.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.56 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.28 in 1967.

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 0.72
1961 0.72
1962 0.78
1963 0.72
1964 0.33
1965 0.36
1966 0.57
1967 0.28
1968 0.47
1969 0.38
1970 0.35
1971 0.49
1972 0.56
1973 0.54
1974 0.72
1975 0.48
1976 0.84
1977 0.71
1978 0.52
1979 0.90
1980 1.31
1981 1.32
1982 0.77
1983 0.66
1984 0.67
1985 0.89
1986 0.85
1987 0.95
1988 1.56
1989 1.68
1990 1.29
1991 1.88
1992 2.04
1993 3.33
1994 2.75
1995 4.64
1996 6.12
1997 3.39
1998 3.59
1999 4.56
2000 7.68
2001 8.43
2002 7.13
2003 7.60
2004 11.68
2005 5.58
2006 6.11
2007 11.26
2008 14.56
2009 13.81
2010 12.98
2011 8.59
2012 6.58
2013 3.81
2014 4.67
2015 5.11
2016 7.47
2017 7.18
2018 6.86
2019 6.21
2020 6.49

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 Low income was 1.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.54 in 2009, while its lowest value was 0.36 in 1968.

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 0.73
1961 0.73
1962 0.60
1963 0.66
1964 0.55
1965 0.60
1966 0.61
1967 0.40
1968 0.36
1969 0.38
1970 0.48
1971 1.11
1972 1.33
1973 1.89
1974 1.10
1975 2.02
1976 1.28
1977 1.09
1978 1.14
1979 0.92
1980 1.17
1981 1.06
1982 2.59
1983 1.92
1984 1.62
1985 1.05
1986 1.47
1987 0.91
1988 1.08
1989 0.95
1990 0.88
1991 1.23
1992 1.14
1993 1.27
1994 1.96
1995 1.50
1996 1.17
1997 1.57
1998 1.63
1999 2.17
2000 2.55
2001 3.17
2002 3.40
2003 2.92
2004 3.48
2005 2.36
2006 1.93
2007 2.06
2008 2.19
2009 3.54
2010 3.37
2011 2.14
2012 1.98
2013 1.78
2014 1.93
2015 1.47
2016 1.51
2017 1.65
2018 1.48
2019 1.46
2020 1.65

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 Low income was 3.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 11.77 in 1984, while its lowest value was 2.00 in 1998.

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 8.01
1961 8.12
1962 7.02
1963 4.72
1964 4.83
1965 4.08
1966 4.17
1967 4.09
1968 4.10
1969 5.67
1970 4.92
1971 6.40
1972 4.84
1973 4.56
1974 6.76
1975 5.40
1976 4.78
1977 4.75
1978 4.88
1979 7.78
1980 9.20
1981 8.59
1982 10.60
1983 10.13
1984 11.77
1985 9.07
1986 4.17
1987 3.49
1988 2.62
1989 2.39
1990 3.26
1991 3.33
1992 3.13
1993 3.38
1994 3.27
1995 3.47
1996 3.78
1997 3.02
1998 2.00
1999 2.25
2000 4.28
2001 3.76
2002 5.18
2003 5.13
2004 6.70
2005 5.71
2006 5.91
2007 6.56
2008 5.18
2009 5.82
2010 6.03
2011 3.86
2012 3.29
2013 3.40
2014 4.59
2015 4.86
2016 4.65
2017 5.04
2018 4.30
2019 4.25
2020 3.99

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 Low income was 7.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 8.62 in 2016, while its lowest value was 1.58 in 1984.

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 4.44
1961 4.69
1962 4.05
1963 3.21
1964 3.31
1965 2.90
1966 2.41
1967 2.50
1968 2.65
1969 2.77
1970 2.76
1971 4.06
1972 1.86
1973 1.64
1974 1.96
1975 1.96
1976 1.98
1977 1.94
1978 2.65
1979 1.61
1980 1.89
1981 1.91
1982 1.87
1983 1.88
1984 1.58
1985 1.71
1986 1.85
1987 1.73
1988 2.01
1989 1.73
1990 1.76
1991 1.62
1992 1.66
1993 1.63
1994 1.82
1995 2.47
1996 2.58
1997 2.83
1998 2.87
1999 3.50
2000 4.25
2001 4.41
2002 5.07
2003 5.99
2004 4.91
2005 5.60
2006 6.10
2007 5.30
2008 5.11
2009 4.64
2010 4.66
2011 6.64
2012 7.72
2013 7.81
2014 7.97
2015 7.69
2016 8.62
2017 8.41
2018 7.93
2019 7.97
2020 7.67

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 Low income was 16.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 16.26 in 2020, while its lowest value was 3.65 in 1961.

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 4.28
1961 3.65
1962 4.37
1963 6.26
1964 6.21
1965 6.74
1966 7.89
1967 6.56
1968 8.23
1969 8.63
1970 9.28
1971 8.62
1972 8.62
1973 9.68
1974 8.89
1975 7.96
1976 6.33
1977 7.72
1978 7.18
1979 6.57
1980 6.90
1981 6.55
1982 7.43
1983 6.82
1984 7.38
1985 6.11
1986 7.07
1987 7.41
1988 7.96
1989 9.15
1990 8.17
1991 7.55
1992 8.84
1993 8.79
1994 9.47
1995 9.41
1996 11.42
1997 13.29
1998 11.22
1999 13.09
2000 10.87
2001 9.02
2002 9.75
2003 10.27
2004 9.88
2005 13.39
2006 12.01
2007 7.57
2008 7.80
2009 8.11
2010 7.86
2011 12.43
2012 12.71
2013 13.38
2014 13.20
2015 12.15
2016 11.03
2017 11.08
2018 13.72
2019 14.25
2020 16.26

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Low income was $116,184,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $160,900,000,000 in 2010 and $908,600,000 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 $908,600,000
1961 $917,400,000
1962 $1,123,800,000
1963 $1,493,109,000
1964 $1,833,360,000
1965 $1,878,477,000
1966 $2,084,490,000
1967 $2,129,801,000
1968 $2,376,153,000
1969 $2,689,779,000
1970 $3,006,153,000
1971 $2,793,964,000
1972 $3,539,532,000
1973 $4,275,341,000
1974 $6,067,464,000
1975 $7,293,652,000
1976 $7,162,391,000
1977 $8,590,395,000
1978 $8,299,410,000
1979 $9,979,583,000
1980 $12,355,790,000
1981 $15,510,810,000
1982 $13,435,000,000
1983 $13,440,220,000
1984 $12,599,560,000
1985 $12,554,860,000
1986 $12,089,930,000
1987 $13,113,240,000
1988 $13,423,100,000
1989 $13,797,390,000
1990 $21,876,250,000
1991 $21,252,730,000
1992 $24,014,190,000
1993 $24,001,480,000
1994 $25,420,320,000
1995 $24,886,810,000
1996 $24,997,930,000
1997 $22,870,110,000
1998 $25,406,330,000
1999 $22,573,410,000
2000 $40,027,560,000
2001 $44,117,430,000
2002 $44,014,770,000
2003 $53,267,640,000
2004 $65,881,010,000
2005 $58,401,690,000
2006 $70,579,440,000
2007 $128,839,000,000
2008 $160,885,000,000
2009 $145,400,000,000
2010 $160,900,000,000
2011 $122,272,000,000
2012 $120,846,000,000
2013 $130,701,000,000
2014 $131,423,000,000
2015 $118,906,000,000
2016 $111,017,000,000
2017 $116,282,000,000
2018 $117,078,000,000
2019 $120,240,000,000
2020 $116,184,000,000

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 Low income was 18.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.67 in 1984, while its lowest value was 6.66 in 1962.

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 8.10
1961 7.79
1962 6.66
1963 8.33
1964 8.96
1965 8.90
1966 9.53
1967 8.52
1968 10.67
1969 11.04
1970 11.88
1971 12.17
1972 10.74
1973 12.16
1974 12.11
1975 10.55
1976 8.56
1977 9.52
1978 11.56
1979 13.50
1980 15.12
1981 16.16
1982 18.92
1983 18.89
1984 20.67
1985 17.08
1986 13.14
1987 13.17
1988 12.12
1989 13.67
1990 11.12
1991 11.04
1992 12.26
1993 12.97
1994 12.79
1995 13.09
1996 15.16
1997 16.78
1998 13.75
1999 16.19
2000 14.25
2001 12.17
2002 14.20
2003 15.20
2004 16.61
2005 18.17
2006 16.52
2007 14.15
2008 13.46
2009 14.16
2010 13.67
2011 17.27
2012 17.47
2013 18.06
2014 18.58
2015 16.75
2016 16.86
2017 17.15
2018 17.40
2019 18.19
2020 18.13

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports