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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Middle income was 3.74 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 11.44 in 1964, while its lowest value was 2.83 in 1999.

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 9.77
1961 10.80
1962 11.23
1963 11.21
1964 11.44
1965 10.40
1966 9.82
1967 9.85
1968 9.62
1969 10.27
1970 9.74
1971 9.41
1972 9.62
1973 9.56
1974 8.13
1975 7.25
1976 7.24
1977 8.06
1978 8.52
1979 8.11
1980 8.45
1981 7.74
1982 7.67
1983 8.30
1984 8.69
1985 9.17
1986 9.59
1987 9.76
1988 9.58
1989 9.57
1990 8.16
1991 7.00
1992 5.27
1993 4.18
1994 4.41
1995 5.33
1996 4.65
1997 2.97
1998 2.92
1999 2.83
2000 3.67
2001 3.99
2002 4.29
2003 4.54
2004 4.72
2005 5.43
2006 4.35
2007 3.75
2008 3.49
2009 3.80
2010 4.07
2011 4.59
2012 4.15
2013 4.28
2014 4.17
2015 4.34
2016 4.38
2017 3.99
2018 3.59
2019 3.35
2020 3.74

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports