Singapore - Merchandise imports

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Singapore was 6.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 25.32 in 1981, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.02
1962 0.60
1968 8.34
1969 7.06
1970 6.75
1971 8.06
1972 8.36
1973 7.86
1974 14.29
1975 14.91
1976 19.93
1977 19.44
1978 18.50
1979 19.88
1980 21.49
1981 25.32
1982 20.67
1983 18.52
1984 16.81
1985 9.40
1986 8.96
1987 10.45
1988 8.19
1989 8.97
1990 10.10
1991 8.32
1992 7.19
1993 6.17
1994 5.83
1995 5.98
1996 7.29
1997 7.08
1998 5.77
1999 6.21
2000 7.03
2001 7.84
2002 7.96
2003 7.53
2004 7.61
2005 9.29
2006 8.98
2007 9.02
2008 11.36
2009 8.56
2010 8.75
2011 11.58
2012 13.09
2013 12.51
2014 12.26
2015 8.19
2016 7.74
2017 8.98
2018 10.39
2019 9.32
2020 6.03

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Singapore was 329,830,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 379,723,000,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 1,137,000,000 in 1964.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1,333,000,000
1961 1,295,000,000
1962 1,319,000,000
1963 1,398,000,000
1964 1,137,000,000
1965 1,243,000,000
1966 1,328,000,000
1967 1,439,000,000
1968 1,660,000,000
1969 2,039,000,000
1970 2,461,000,000
1971 2,838,000,000
1972 3,395,000,000
1973 5,127,000,000
1974 8,380,000,000
1975 8,133,000,000
1976 9,071,000,000
1977 10,471,000,000
1978 13,061,000,000
1979 17,643,000,000
1980 24,007,000,000
1981 27,572,000,000
1982 28,167,000,000
1983 28,158,000,000
1984 28,667,000,000
1985 26,285,000,000
1986 25,511,000,000
1987 32,559,000,000
1988 43,864,000,000
1989 49,656,000,000
1990 60,899,000,000
1991 66,293,000,000
1992 72,171,000,000
1993 85,234,000,000
1994 102,670,000,000
1995 124,507,000,000
1996 131,338,000,000
1997 132,437,000,000
1998 101,732,000,000
1999 111,060,000,000
2000 134,545,000,000
2001 116,000,000,000
2002 116,441,000,000
2003 136,218,000,000
2004 173,599,000,000
2005 200,047,000,000
2006 238,710,000,000
2007 263,155,000,000
2008 319,780,000,000
2009 245,785,000,000
2010 310,791,000,000
2011 365,770,000,000
2012 379,723,000,000
2013 373,016,000,000
2014 377,914,000,000
2015 297,087,000,000
2016 283,339,000,000
2017 327,923,000,000
2018 370,881,000,000
2019 359,266,000,000
2020 329,830,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Singapore was 55.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 80.18 in 1962, while its lowest value was 55.45 in 1968.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 77.17
1962 80.18
1963 76.73
1968 55.45
1969 56.80
1970 64.66
1971 68.48
1972 68.79
1973 67.91
1974 68.87
1975 70.27
1976 69.87
1977 70.25
1978 71.41
1979 71.21
1980 75.50
1981 77.80
1982 73.18
1983 73.29
1984 72.45
1985 65.98
1986 69.62
1987 73.01
1988 73.17
1989 75.20
1990 74.71
1991 72.53
1992 72.52
1993 70.83
1994 70.45
1995 71.04
1996 71.23
1997 70.28
1998 68.72
1999 67.83
2000 66.11
2001 64.92
2002 62.33
2003 58.90
2004 58.26
2005 57.99
2006 57.20
2007 57.51
2008 59.12
2009 58.07
2010 56.91
2011 58.34
2012 59.69
2013 58.33
2014 57.84
2015 56.96
2016 57.55
2017 57.77
2018 58.13
2019 57.33
2020 55.65

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Singapore was 44.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 44.34 in 2020, while its lowest value was 16.93 in 1962.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 20.28
1962 16.93
1963 20.94
1968 41.57
1969 39.78
1970 33.27
1971 29.90
1972 29.70
1973 30.73
1974 28.35
1975 27.02
1976 28.23
1977 28.66
1978 27.31
1979 27.52
1980 23.29
1981 21.09
1982 25.45
1983 25.52
1984 26.23
1985 33.09
1986 28.87
1987 25.66
1988 25.27
1989 23.03
1990 23.52
1991 25.53
1992 25.81
1993 27.91
1994 28.20
1995 28.32
1996 28.14
1997 29.49
1998 31.01
1999 32.02
2000 33.35
2001 34.66
2002 37.36
2003 40.78
2004 41.21
2005 40.99
2006 42.16
2007 41.74
2008 39.65
2009 40.31
2010 41.62
2011 39.05
2012 38.88
2013 40.03
2014 40.98
2015 42.42
2016 42.07
2017 41.71
2018 41.65
2019 42.55
2020 44.34

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Singapore was 38.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 38.52 in 2020, while its lowest value was 10.68 in 1963.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 16.51
1962 12.33
1963 10.68
1968 34.45
1969 32.92
1970 27.16
1971 24.66
1972 23.65
1973 24.51
1974 19.81
1975 18.00
1976 20.73
1977 19.84
1978 19.26
1979 20.21
1980 19.24
1981 17.67
1982 19.15
1983 20.19
1984 23.08
1985 26.30
1986 22.91
1987 22.10
1988 22.06
1989 19.81
1990 20.37
1991 22.41
1992 22.37
1993 24.58
1994 25.26
1995 25.37
1996 25.49
1997 26.57
1998 27.98
1999 28.75
2000 29.83
2001 31.07
2002 33.62
2003 37.08
2004 36.68
2005 36.25
2006 37.44
2007 37.06
2008 33.87
2009 34.57
2010 34.81
2011 31.72
2012 31.43
2013 32.63
2014 32.66
2015 35.84
2016 36.15
2017 34.72
2018 34.50
2019 35.46
2020 38.52

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Singapore was 0.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 2.63 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1972.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1968 0.05
1969 0.04
1970 0.05
1971 0.02
1972 0.01
1973 0.05
1974 0.06
1975 0.04
1976 0.05
1977 0.05
1978 0.07
1979 0.04
1980 0.02
1981 0.02
1982 0.13
1983 0.03
1984 0.04
1985 0.13
1986 0.02
1987 0.03
1988 0.05
1989 0.03
1990 0.08
1991 0.14
1992 0.19
1993 0.17
1994 0.39
1995 0.44
1996 0.31
1997 0.48
1998 0.27
1999 0.30
2000 0.37
2001 0.46
2002 0.52
2003 0.57
2004 0.57
2005 0.61
2006 0.64
2007 0.72
2008 1.36
2009 1.47
2010 1.58
2011 1.58
2012 1.52
2013 1.79
2014 2.63
2015 2.13
2016 1.26
2017 1.79
2018 1.90
2019 1.68
2020 0.67

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Singapore was 1.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.81 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1963.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.05
1962 0.04
1963 0.04
1968 0.60
1969 0.43
1970 0.58
1971 0.41
1972 0.44
1973 0.37
1974 0.30
1975 0.42
1976 0.42
1977 0.83
1978 0.67
1979 0.55
1980 0.46
1981 0.35
1982 0.50
1983 0.42
1984 0.45
1985 0.38
1986 0.37
1987 0.48
1988 0.80
1989 0.73
1990 0.71
1991 0.67
1992 0.51
1993 0.48
1994 0.50
1995 0.53
1996 0.58
1997 0.60
1998 0.82
1999 0.85
2000 0.54
2001 0.62
2002 0.73
2003 0.55
2004 0.75
2005 0.73
2006 0.71
2007 0.67
2008 0.83
2009 0.93
2010 1.10
2011 1.39
2012 1.42
2013 1.67
2014 1.81
2015 1.37
2016 1.27
2017 1.30
2018 1.25
2019 1.28
2020 1.68

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Singapore was 0.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 6.80 in 1975, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.02
1962 0.60
1963 2.47
1968 3.05
1969 3.13
1970 2.34
1971 2.25
1972 3.16
1973 2.81
1974 6.20
1975 6.80
1976 5.04
1977 6.06
1978 5.54
1979 5.05
1980 1.95
1981 1.41
1982 3.32
1983 2.35
1984 1.24
1985 4.47
1986 3.95
1987 1.56
1988 1.08
1989 1.03
1990 1.06
1991 0.93
1992 0.99
1993 1.03
1994 0.94
1995 0.72
1996 0.43
1997 0.56
1998 0.60
1999 0.97
2000 1.38
2001 1.07
2002 0.98
2003 1.06
2004 1.14
2005 0.96
2006 0.91
2007 0.71
2008 0.61
2009 0.75
2010 0.85
2011 0.17
2012 0.73
2013 0.98
2014 0.77
2015 0.48
2016 0.54
2017 0.95
2018 1.27
2019 1.54
2020 0.98

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Singapore was 1.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 7.49 in 1963, while its lowest value was 0.73 in 1998.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3.62
1962 3.90
1963 7.49
1968 2.64
1969 2.11
1970 1.75
1971 1.64
1972 1.44
1973 1.81
1974 1.32
1975 1.13
1976 1.21
1977 1.13
1978 0.97
1979 0.78
1980 0.83
1981 0.86
1982 1.31
1983 1.75
1984 1.00
1985 1.22
1986 0.90
1987 1.12
1988 0.92
1989 0.91
1990 0.90
1991 0.97
1992 0.94
1993 0.96
1994 0.93
1995 0.86
1996 0.90
1997 0.92
1998 0.73
1999 0.81
2000 0.95
2001 1.10
2002 1.15
2003 1.21
2004 1.76
2005 2.14
2006 2.14
2007 2.31
2008 2.72
2009 2.37
2010 3.05
2011 3.95
2012 3.48
2013 2.55
2014 2.38
2015 2.12
2016 2.22
2017 2.39
2018 2.08
2019 1.88
2020 1.68

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Singapore was 0.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.40 in 1970, while its lowest value was 0.06 in 1962.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.07
1962 0.06
1963 0.26
1968 0.77
1969 1.16
1970 1.40
1971 0.92
1972 0.98
1973 1.20
1974 0.65
1975 0.63
1976 0.76
1977 0.76
1978 0.80
1979 0.88
1980 0.79
1981 0.79
1982 1.05
1983 0.78
1984 0.42
1985 0.59
1986 0.72
1987 0.37
1988 0.37
1989 0.52
1990 0.39
1991 0.41
1992 0.80
1993 0.69
1994 0.19
1995 0.39
1996 0.43
1997 0.34
1998 0.61
1999 0.34
2000 0.27
2001 0.33
2002 0.36
2003 0.31
2004 0.31
2005 0.31
2006 0.32
2007 0.27
2008 0.25
2009 0.22
2010 0.24
2011 0.24
2012 0.30
2013 0.42
2014 0.73
2015 0.49
2016 0.63
2017 0.56
2018 0.65
2019 0.71
2020 0.81

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Singapore was 0.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.41 in 1969, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 2020.

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 2.55
1962 2.89
1963 2.33
1968 2.98
1969 3.41
1970 2.07
1971 1.62
1972 1.51
1973 1.35
1974 2.78
1975 2.71
1976 1.90
1977 1.09
1978 1.28
1979 1.28
1980 1.21
1981 1.10
1982 1.36
1983 1.19
1984 1.33
1985 0.93
1986 1.50
1987 1.33
1988 1.56
1989 1.77
1990 1.77
1991 1.94
1992 1.67
1993 1.25
1994 1.34
1995 0.64
1996 0.63
1997 0.24
1998 0.28
1999 0.15
2000 0.54
2001 0.42
2002 0.31
2003 0.32
2004 0.53
2005 1.03
2006 0.64
2007 0.75
2008 1.23
2009 1.62
2010 1.47
2011 2.61
2012 1.43
2013 1.64
2014 1.18
2015 0.62
2016 0.38
2017 0.53
2018 0.22
2019 0.11
2020 0.01

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Singapore was $261,352,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $379,961,000,000 in 2012 and $440,460,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy 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. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 $440,460,000
1962 $515,810,000
1963 $583,210,000
1968 $1,658,950,000
1969 $2,036,250,000
1970 $2,457,730,000
1971 $2,823,370,000
1972 $3,392,310,000
1973 $5,145,270,000
1974 $8,365,800,000
1975 $8,135,270,000
1976 $9,072,690,000
1977 $10,474,770,000
1978 $13,071,260,000
1979 $17,647,690,000
1980 $24,016,890,000
1981 $27,577,340,000
1982 $28,179,260,000
1983 $28,164,110,000
1984 $28,670,860,000
1985 $26,238,510,000
1986 $25,513,810,000
1987 $32,627,160,000
1988 $43,869,980,000
1989 $49,695,130,000
1990 $60,959,130,000
1991 $66,268,410,000
1992 $72,177,240,000
1993 $85,385,540,000
1994 $102,642,000,000
1995 $124,397,000,000
1996 $131,338,000,000
1997 $132,601,000,000
1998 $101,612,000,000
1999 $111,074,000,000
2000 $134,633,000,000
2001 $116,020,000,000
2002 $116,483,000,000
2003 $136,327,000,000
2004 $172,697,000,000
2005 $200,197,000,000
2006 $238,798,000,000
2007 $263,325,000,000
2008 $319,748,000,000
2009 $245,936,000,000
2010 $310,879,000,000
2011 $366,061,000,000
2012 $379,961,000,000
2013 $373,081,000,000
2014 $366,301,000,000
2015 $297,035,000,000
2016 $282,202,000,000
2017 $324,024,000,000
2018 $370,890,000,000
2019 $359,205,000,000
2020 $261,352,000,000

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports