Namibia - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Namibia was 330.81 as of 2020. Over the past 30 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 389.96 in 2019 and 52.20 in 1991.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 54.40
1991 52.20
1992 54.82
1993 65.80
1994 70.65
1995 75.54
1996 86.23
1997 91.21
1998 97.57
1999 98.92
2000 100.00
2001 102.06
2002 97.98
2003 124.73
2004 141.53
2005 147.53
2006 158.03
2007 181.92
2008 203.55
2009 244.84
2010 260.50
2011 278.61
2012 309.26
2013 334.25
2014 379.32
2015 381.54
2016 344.64
2017 332.59
2018 387.87
2019 389.96
2020 330.81

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes