Maldives - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Maldives was 59.33 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 64.71 in 1999 and a minimum value of 43.29 in 2012.

Definition: Manufactures comprise the commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (nonferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1995 60.72
1996 61.59
1997 61.06
1998 63.68
1999 64.71
2000 61.01
2001 60.85
2002 60.12
2003 63.02
2004 62.36
2005 63.04
2006 58.80
2007 57.73
2008 55.54
2009 52.75
2010 50.16
2011 50.50
2012 43.29
2013 44.85
2014 46.27
2015 56.45
2016 61.47
2017 59.77
2018 59.60
2019 59.33

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports