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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Nigeria was 17.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 22.76 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.21 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.

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Year Value
1960 12.00
1961 14.13
1962 7.60
1963 7.96
1964 7.29
1965 6.52
1966 5.07
1967 7.50
1968 11.15
1969 9.14
1970 8.12
1971 6.39
1972 6.09
1973 6.97
1974 7.40
1975 5.65
1976 5.42
1977 6.10
1978 6.01
1979 7.03
1981 6.47
1982 9.18
1983 8.89
1984 6.79
1985 4.94
1986 6.15
1987 6.15
1988 6.23
1989 5.32
1990 6.08
1991 3.78
1992 3.25
1993 2.34
1994 2.39
1995 2.96
1996 2.17
1997 0.37
1998 0.22
1999 0.21
2000 0.76
2001 0.37
2002 0.25
2003 15.26
2004 14.84
2005 17.01
2006 17.81
2007 20.19
2008 13.97
2009 19.02
2010 21.95
2011 22.76
2012 15.45
2013 16.06
2014 16.10
2015 16.39
2016 20.27
2017 15.82
2018 18.25
2019 19.76
2020 17.18

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports