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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 Madagascar was 15.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 30.61 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.09 in 1986.

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	3.79
1961	3.29
1962	2.30
1963	1.41
1964	1.33
1965	2.05
1966	3.90
1967	1.52
1968	1.65
1969	1.70
1970	1.53
1971	1.71
1972	1.24
1973	1.81
1974	0.81
1975	0.94
1976	17.32
1977	12.36
1978	11.87
1979	8.55
1980	5.55
1981	14.91
1982	18.48
1983	13.69
1984	13.00
1985	9.69
1986	0.09
1987	1.86
1988	4.07
1989	0.13
1990	0.38
1991	2.05
1992	10.42
1993	2.40
1994	2.01
1995	1.56
1996	2.98
1997	6.70
1998	1.00
1999	1.31
2000	15.09
2001	18.05
2002	30.61
2003	5.81
2004	9.53
2005	14.92
2006	9.89
2007	17.36
2008	12.51
2009	8.19
2010	15.14
2011	23.00
2012	24.95
2013	26.74
2014	25.52
2015	18.46
2016	18.74
2017	16.34
2018	20.04
2019	17.62
2020	15.32

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Madagascar was 3,224,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,061,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 103,000,000 in 1961.

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	112,000,000
1961	103,000,000
1962	122,000,000
1963	128,000,000
1964	136,000,000
1965	138,000,000
1966	146,000,000
1967	145,000,000
1968	170,000,000
1969	182,000,000
1970	170,000,000
1971	214,000,000
1972	205,000,000
1973	203,000,000
1974	281,000,000
1975	366,000,000
1976	285,000,000
1977	347,000,000
1978	443,000,000
1979	641,000,000
1980	600,000,000
1981	545,000,000
1982	417,000,000
1983	387,000,000
1984	366,000,000
1985	402,000,000
1986	353,000,000
1987	302,000,000
1988	360,000,000
1989	342,000,000
1990	651,000,000
1991	446,000,000
1992	471,000,000
1993	514,000,000
1994	546,000,000
1995	628,000,000
1996	629,000,000
1997	694,000,000
1998	693,000,000
1999	742,000,000
2000	1,097,000,000
2001	1,118,000,000
2002	627,000,000
2003	1,304,000,000
2004	1,680,000,000
2005	1,706,000,000
2006	1,804,000,000
2007	2,635,000,000
2008	3,781,000,000
2009	3,199,000,000
2010	2,584,000,000
2011	2,905,000,000
2012	3,094,000,000
2013	3,260,000,000
2014	3,227,000,000
2015	2,795,000,000
2016	2,966,000,000
2017	3,670,000,000
2018	4,061,000,000
2019	3,942,000,000
2020	3,224,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Madagascar was 39.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 88.24 in 1963, while its lowest value was 29.42 in 2006.

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	86.74
1961	87.69
1962	87.17
1963	88.24
1964	87.72
1965	76.93
1966	87.01
1967	86.91
1968	85.32
1969	81.25
1970	83.93
1971	82.75
1972	82.99
1973	77.44
1974	64.58
1975	65.23
1976	78.58
1977	74.69
1978	74.99
1979	75.68
1980	75.26
1981	73.13
1982	78.82
1983	77.25
1984	70.50
1985	68.39
1986	68.81
1987	70.09
1988	69.27
1989	55.77
1990	61.68
1991	73.48
1992	79.93
1993	72.02
1994	69.88
1995	68.19
1996	56.91
1997	61.84
1998	60.69
1999	61.14
2000	54.09
2001	63.44
2002	69.17
2003	49.08
2004	43.16
2005	48.74
2006	29.42
2007	53.77
2008	43.21
2009	39.54
2010	64.89
2011	61.01
2012	51.62
2013	51.29
2014	50.34
2015	46.90
2016	44.91
2017	42.65
2018	44.77
2019	46.49
2020	39.09

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 Madagascar was 53.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 53.32 in 2020, while its lowest value was 1.34 in 1974.

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	9.74
1961	5.72
1962	6.25
1963	4.55
1964	4.73
1965	11.84
1966	5.82
1967	2.55
1968	2.42
1969	2.03
1970	1.93
1971	2.32
1972	2.19
1973	2.13
1974	1.34
1975	2.14
1976	11.75
1977	16.51
1978	15.31
1979	18.31
1980	7.92
1981	5.12
1982	5.93
1983	7.95
1984	6.77
1985	5.10
1986	7.92
1987	5.72
1988	8.10
1989	12.47
1990	8.29
1991	17.73
1992	9.40
1993	18.25
1994	16.97
1995	21.88
1996	23.68
1997	23.59
1998	23.79
1999	22.07
2000	33.00
2001	21.09
2002	19.51
2003	38.50
2004	27.73
2005	29.10
2006	15.57
2007	32.96
2008	35.01
2009	46.73
2010	25.02
2011	28.71
2012	32.45
2013	34.23
2014	36.68
2015	39.73
2016	43.46
2017	46.83
2018	45.43
2019	44.85
2020	53.32

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 Madagascar was 32.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 38.30 in 2009, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1969.

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	2.07
1965	6.57
1966	0.50
1969	0.02
1970	0.04
1971	0.10
1972	0.12
1973	0.13
1974	0.24
1975	0.36
1976	7.77
1977	5.55
1978	8.55
1979	6.81
1980	1.96
1981	2.16
1982	3.54
1983	4.50
1984	6.69
1985	4.66
1986	5.95
1987	4.49
1988	5.51
1989	5.49
1990	3.83
1991	3.38
1992	4.68
1993	5.81
1994	8.62
1995	6.64
1996	7.03
1997	7.52
1998	9.98
1999	14.51
2000	10.49
2001	13.20
2002	9.94
2003	20.35
2004	18.61
2005	19.34
2006	11.42
2007	23.82
2008	24.92
2009	38.30
2010	16.23
2011	16.99
2012	19.29
2013	20.18
2014	20.55
2015	24.01
2016	27.07
2017	28.22
2018	27.14
2019	27.01
2020	32.93

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 Madagascar was 3.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 3.04 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1994.

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
1979	0.38
1991	0.06
1992	0.26
1993	0.10
1994	0.00
1995	0.29
1996	0.23
1997	0.26
1998	0.54
1999	0.64
2000	0.73
2001	0.60
2002	0.78
2003	1.05
2004	0.48
2005	0.68
2006	0.33
2007	0.52
2008	1.28
2009	0.80
2010	1.17
2011	1.73
2012	2.31
2013	1.93
2014	2.34
2015	2.51
2016	2.34
2017	2.12
2018	2.49
2019	2.58
2020	3.04

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 Madagascar was 2.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.24 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.07 in 1966.

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	0.09
1965	0.68
1966	0.07
1977	1.73
1978	0.53
1979	0.70
1986	0.33
1987	0.09
1988	0.37
1989	0.77
1990	0.86
1991	1.07
1992	0.51
1993	1.04
1994	0.43
1995	1.37
1996	0.44
1997	2.97
1998	1.74
1999	0.81
2000	3.24
2001	1.57
2002	2.72
2003	2.81
2004	2.77
2005	1.58
2006	0.72
2007	1.88
2008	2.30
2009	1.53
2010	1.09
2011	1.43
2012	1.46
2013	1.63
2014	1.81
2015	1.84
2016	2.04
2017	2.26
2018	1.47
2019	1.64
2020	2.28

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 Madagascar was 4.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.37 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1983.

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	6.22
1961	4.94
1962	5.10
1963	4.08
1964	3.92
1965	3.90
1966	4.76
1967	2.41
1968	2.24
1969	1.81
1970	1.76
1971	2.17
1972	1.93
1973	1.87
1974	0.92
1975	1.55
1976	3.53
1977	9.19
1978	6.16
1979	6.66
1980	4.83
1981	2.10
1982	0.01
1983	0.00
1984	0.00
1986	0.00
1987	0.00
1988	1.58
1989	5.82
1990	2.87
1991	11.77
1992	3.41
1993	10.30
1994	5.41
1995	10.47
1996	14.37
1997	9.05
1998	7.55
1999	0.76
2000	14.33
2001	0.83
2002	1.52
2003	7.74
2004	1.47
2005	1.08
2006	0.76
2007	1.12
2008	0.70
2009	0.24
2010	1.60
2011	1.67
2012	2.05
2013	1.40
2014	1.71
2015	1.79
2016	2.05
2017	2.75
2018	3.04
2019	3.08
2020	4.42

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 Madagascar was 10.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 11.48 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1977.

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	1.35
1961	0.78
1962	1.15
1963	0.47
1964	0.81
1965	0.68
1966	0.50
1967	0.14
1968	0.18
1969	0.19
1970	0.14
1971	0.06
1972	0.14
1973	0.13
1974	0.18
1975	0.23
1976	0.45
1977	0.04
1978	0.07
1979	3.77
1980	1.14
1981	0.86
1982	2.38
1983	3.45
1984	0.09
1985	0.44
1986	1.64
1987	1.15
1988	0.64
1989	0.39
1990	0.72
1991	1.44
1992	0.54
1993	0.99
1994	2.52
1995	3.10
1996	1.61
1997	3.78
1998	3.99
1999	5.35
2000	4.22
2001	4.89
2002	4.55
2003	6.55
2004	4.40
2005	6.43
2006	2.33
2007	5.63
2008	5.81
2009	5.88
2010	4.93
2011	6.89
2012	7.34
2013	9.09
2014	10.26
2015	9.58
2016	9.96
2017	11.48
2018	11.29
2019	10.54
2020	10.65

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 Madagascar was 4.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.71 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.13 in 1981.

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	1.53
1961	0.48
1962	0.41
1963	0.47
1964	0.74
1965	3.35
1966	3.48
1967	2.55
1968	3.60
1969	3.44
1970	1.20
1971	1.02
1972	0.71
1973	1.22
1974	0.73
1975	0.71
1976	0.95
1977	0.99
1978	0.92
1979	3.24
1980	0.35
1981	0.13
1982	0.26
1983	0.30
1984	1.85
1985	0.62
1986	1.37
1987	0.60
1988	0.40
1989	1.53
1990	1.19
1991	6.22
1992	8.18
1993	6.83
1994	1.39
1995	7.17
1996	14.71
1997	10.07
1998	7.01
1999	7.10
2000	4.69
2001	7.90
2002	8.40
2003	9.34
2004	6.45
2005	6.26
2006	4.16
2007	7.60
2008	6.59
2009	5.89
2010	8.73
2011	7.64
2012	6.89
2013	6.28
2014	5.21
2015	5.69
2016	5.63
2017	5.94
2018	6.66
2019	6.03
2020	4.80

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Madagascar was 2.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 50.85 in 2006, while its lowest value was 1.36 in 2010.

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	1.98
1961	6.10
1962	6.17
1963	6.75
1964	6.80
1965	7.87
1966	3.69
1967	7.99
1968	8.67
1969	13.29
1970	12.94
1971	13.91
1972	14.11
1973	19.22
1974	33.35
1975	31.92
1976	8.71
1977	7.80
1978	8.78
1979	2.77
1980	16.46
1981	21.63
1982	14.99
1983	14.50
1984	20.87
1985	25.88
1986	21.89
1987	23.59
1988	22.23
1989	30.23
1990	28.83
1991	2.57
1992	2.48
1993	2.90
1994	11.77
1995	2.75
1996	4.70
1997	4.50
1998	8.50
1999	9.69
2000	8.21
2001	7.58
2002	2.91
2003	3.08
2004	22.65
2005	15.91
2006	50.85
2007	5.66
2008	15.19
2009	7.84
2010	1.36
2011	2.63
2012	9.04
2013	8.19
2014	7.77
2015	7.67
2016	6.00
2017	4.57
2018	3.14
2019	2.63
2020	2.80

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Madagascar was $3,207,914,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $4,145,011,000 in 2008 and $103,200,000 in 1961.

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	$110,900,000
1961	$103,200,000
1962	$121,600,000
1963	$127,500,000
1964	$135,200,000
1965	$146,100,000
1966	$140,900,000
1967	$145,200,000
1968	$169,600,000
1969	$182,733,000
1970	$170,330,000
1971	$213,197,000
1972	$202,206,000
1973	$202,842,000
1974	$281,030,000
1975	$365,686,000
1976	$284,832,000
1977	$336,345,000
1978	$432,003,000
1979	$640,104,000
1980	$598,189,000
1981	$543,322,000
1982	$424,052,000
1983	$386,064,000
1984	$363,934,000
1985	$400,448,000
1986	$339,428,000
1987	$364,676,500
1988	$363,558,100
1989	$385,855,900
1990	$605,096,600
1991	$427,585,300
1992	$452,990,400
1993	$440,879,800
1994	$442,389,900
1995	$524,468,400
1996	$600,801,400
1997	$571,594,800
1998	$505,190,700
1999	$378,029,400
2000	$734,077,800
2001	$868,401,300
2002	$579,300,000
2003	$1,242,680,000
2004	$2,007,553,000
2005	$1,907,830,000
2006	$3,410,595,000
2007	$2,491,901,000
2008	$4,145,011,000
2009	$3,115,367,000
2010	$2,553,182,000
2011	$2,738,949,000
2012	$2,672,261,000
2013	$2,715,380,000
2014	$3,367,895,000
2015	$2,972,413,000
2016	$2,983,364,000
2017	$3,672,402,000
2018	$3,904,623,000
2019	$3,738,017,000
2020	$3,207,914,000

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 Madagascar was 4.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.71 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.13 in 1981.

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	1.53
1961	0.48
1962	0.41
1963	0.47
1964	0.74
1965	3.35
1966	3.48
1967	2.55
1968	3.60
1969	3.44
1970	1.20
1971	1.02
1972	0.71
1973	1.22
1974	0.73
1975	0.71
1976	0.95
1977	0.99
1978	0.92
1979	3.24
1980	0.35
1981	0.13
1982	0.26
1983	0.30
1984	1.85
1985	0.62
1986	1.37
1987	0.60
1988	0.40
1989	1.53
1990	1.19
1991	6.22
1992	8.18
1993	6.83
1994	1.39
1995	7.17
1996	14.71
1997	10.07
1998	7.01
1999	7.10
2000	4.69
2001	7.90
2002	8.40
2003	9.34
2004	6.45
2005	6.26
2006	4.16
2007	7.60
2008	6.59
2009	5.89
2010	8.73
2011	7.64
2012	6.89
2013	6.28
2014	5.21
2015	5.69
2016	5.63
2017	5.94
2018	6.66
2019	6.03
2020	4.80

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports