Malawi - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Malawi was 326.85 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 347.71 in 2019 and 82.92 in 1987.

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.

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Year Value
1980 137.57
1981 107.21
1982 100.35
1983 102.69
1984 90.83
1985 112.84
1986 83.75
1987 82.92
1988 105.19
1989 125.45
1990 127.29
1991 151.93
1992 153.65
1993 120.80
1994 89.72
1995 84.21
1996 111.65
1997 139.91
1998 99.88
1999 129.22
2000 100.00
2001 108.69
2002 133.42
2003 142.14
2004 155.75
2005 182.01
2006 179.11
2007 184.08
2008 242.27
2009 241.93
2010 250.55
2011 250.43
2012 246.20
2013 299.45
2014 295.89
2015 280.61
2016 280.10
2017 314.26
2018 314.01
2019 347.71
2020 326.85

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes