Suriname - 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 Suriname was 0.183 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 0.260 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1978.

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
1974 0.010
1975 0.010
1976 0.009
1977 0.008
1978 0.000
1981 0.003
1982 0.008
1983 0.098
1984 0.155
1991 0.001
1992 0.001
1993 0.003
1995 0.032
1996 0.016
1997 0.008
1998 0.024
1999 0.014
2000 0.031
2001 0.032
2002 0.049
2003 0.030
2004 0.046
2005 0.024
2006 0.054
2007 0.022
2008 0.042
2009 0.063
2010 0.105
2011 0.033
2012 0.067
2013 0.113
2014 0.105
2015 0.187
2016 0.154
2017 0.184
2018 0.260
2019 0.206
2020 0.183

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Suriname was 1,329,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,174,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 54,000,000 in 1960.

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 54,000,000
1961 54,000,000
1962 55,000,000
1963 58,000,000
1964 81,000,000
1965 93,000,000
1966 90,000,000
1967 103,000,000
1968 100,000,000
1969 111,000,000
1970 115,000,000
1971 126,000,000
1972 145,000,000
1973 158,000,000
1974 230,000,000
1975 262,000,000
1976 294,000,000
1977 398,000,000
1978 382,000,000
1979 411,000,000
1980 504,000,000
1981 568,000,000
1982 514,000,000
1983 472,000,000
1984 346,000,000
1985 299,000,000
1986 327,000,000
1987 294,000,000
1988 351,000,000
1989 443,000,000
1990 472,000,000
1991 509,000,000
1992 542,000,000
1993 525,000,000
1994 423,000,000
1995 585,000,000
1996 501,000,000
1997 658,000,000
1998 552,000,000
1999 486,000,000
2000 526,000,000
2001 461,000,000
2002 492,000,000
2003 704,000,000
2004 742,000,000
2005 1,050,000,000
2006 1,013,000,000
2007 1,044,000,000
2008 1,304,000,000
2009 1,390,000,000
2010 1,398,000,000
2011 1,638,000,000
2012 1,994,000,000
2013 2,174,000,000
2014 1,982,000,000
2015 2,028,000,000
2016 1,252,000,000
2017 1,280,000,000
2018 1,486,000,000
2019 1,702,000,000
2020 1,329,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Suriname was 60.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 93.81 in 1961, while its lowest value was 40.86 in 2018.

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 93.73
1961 93.81
1963 92.33
1964 93.78
1965 93.51
1966 93.51
1967 90.74
1968 90.63
1969 89.78
1970 92.37
1971 93.21
1972 92.04
1973 90.89
1974 91.75
1975 90.14
1976 88.95
1977 88.39
1978 89.71
1979 87.71
1980 87.56
1981 88.22
1982 87.26
1983 82.83
1984 76.20
1985 77.25
1986 79.71
1987 71.84
1988 82.40
1989 86.58
1990 81.48
1991 86.41
1992 87.23
1993 78.96
1994 88.54
1995 81.19
1996 87.19
1997 86.03
1998 87.34
1999 85.27
2000 87.35
2001 79.10
2002 80.20
2003 84.53
2004 82.07
2005 76.39
2006 81.84
2007 79.14
2008 79.58
2009 79.64
2010 77.81
2011 80.49
2012 77.89
2013 79.28
2014 73.33
2015 53.77
2016 56.71
2017 75.55
2018 40.86
2019 61.11
2020 60.78

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 Suriname was 16.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 16.16 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.29 in 1987.

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 2.21
1961 2.06
1963 1.87
1964 1.62
1965 1.91
1966 2.35
1967 2.08
1968 2.12
1969 2.33
1970 2.94
1971 2.36
1972 2.61
1973 1.71
1974 2.44
1975 2.73
1976 3.37
1977 3.77
1978 3.14
1979 4.52
1980 3.85
1981 1.34
1982 2.35
1983 2.27
1984 1.12
1985 0.60
1986 0.84
1987 0.29
1988 0.44
1989 0.34
1990 0.37
1991 0.79
1992 0.96
1993 0.51
1994 1.11
1995 3.07
1996 1.82
1997 1.63
1998 2.35
1999 4.54
2000 3.80
2001 6.02
2002 5.99
2003 5.29
2004 7.08
2005 9.76
2006 8.10
2007 9.51
2008 10.21
2009 9.94
2010 9.90
2011 9.20
2012 10.67
2013 9.19
2014 10.19
2015 8.22
2016 8.49
2017 11.07
2018 11.32
2019 14.46
2020 16.16

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 Suriname was 12.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 12.69 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.16 in 1987.

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 1.66
1961 1.31
1963 1.53
1964 1.37
1965 1.49
1966 2.24
1967 2.08
1968 2.12
1969 2.33
1970 2.81
1971 1.94
1972 1.63
1973 0.28
1974 2.23
1975 2.36
1976 2.90
1977 3.58
1978 3.03
1979 4.38
1980 3.75
1981 1.04
1982 1.94
1983 2.17
1984 1.01
1985 0.47
1986 0.32
1987 0.16
1988 0.41
1989 0.34
1990 0.37
1991 0.69
1992 0.86
1993 0.28
1994 0.68
1995 2.13
1996 1.54
1997 1.49
1998 2.06
1999 3.21
2000 3.52
2001 5.38
2002 5.07
2003 4.60
2004 5.51
2005 7.01
2006 6.94
2007 8.36
2008 9.36
2009 7.90
2010 9.06
2011 8.32
2012 9.53
2013 7.80
2014 8.45
2015 7.14
2016 6.93
2017 8.42
2018 8.51
2019 11.37
2020 12.69

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 Suriname was 2.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 2.27 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1982.

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
1974 0.01
1975 0.00
1976 0.00
1977 0.04
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1980 0.01
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.01
1984 0.01
1985 0.03
1986 0.49
1987 0.11
1991 0.00
1992 0.02
1993 0.02
1994 0.01
1995 0.02
1996 0.01
1997 0.01
1998 0.02
1999 0.83
2000 0.05
2001 0.16
2002 0.31
2003 0.14
2004 0.16
2005 0.38
2006 0.33
2007 0.29
2008 0.24
2009 0.24
2010 0.16
2011 0.35
2012 0.37
2013 0.23
2014 0.42
2015 0.61
2016 0.54
2017 1.50
2018 1.21
2019 1.63
2020 2.27

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 Suriname was 8.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 15.22 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.43 in 1968.

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 1.85
1961 1.13
1963 2.21
1964 1.62
1965 1.49
1966 1.68
1967 1.10
1968 0.43
1969 0.53
1970 1.07
1971 0.46
1972 0.47
1973 1.57
1974 2.91
1975 2.35
1976 3.38
1977 4.35
1978 4.34
1979 3.85
1980 5.38
1981 5.50
1982 6.58
1983 7.94
1984 8.30
1985 7.73
1986 10.87
1987 14.14
1988 9.65
1989 7.89
1990 7.18
1991 6.43
1992 5.68
1993 2.39
1994 3.45
1995 8.48
1996 4.17
1997 3.93
1998 4.20
1999 3.71
2000 6.10
2001 5.48
2002 6.45
2003 6.82
2004 7.26
2005 8.94
2006 7.56
2007 8.84
2008 7.85
2009 8.70
2010 10.68
2011 9.43
2012 10.35
2013 10.42
2014 15.22
2015 9.44
2016 11.46
2017 12.93
2018 5.55
2019 9.47
2020 8.78

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 Suriname was 0.058 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 0.075 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.001 in 1992.

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
1974 0.008
1975 0.010
1976 0.007
1977 0.008
1978 0.001
1981 0.002
1982 0.004
1984 0.010
1991 0.001
1992 0.001
1995 0.029
1996 0.008
1997 0.008
1998 0.022
1999 0.012
2000 0.015
2001 0.024
2002 0.032
2003 0.020
2004 0.028
2005 0.018
2006 0.031
2007 0.017
2008 0.028
2009 0.035
2010 0.050
2011 0.026
2012 0.041
2013 0.025
2014 0.047
2015 0.029
2016 0.038
2017 0.032
2018 0.030
2019 0.075
2020 0.058

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 Suriname was 0.55 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.29 in 2005, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1987.

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 0.37
1961 0.38
1963 0.34
1964 0.25
1965 0.21
1966 0.11
1970 0.13
1971 0.42
1972 0.97
1973 1.42
1974 0.11
1975 0.27
1976 0.46
1977 0.13
1978 0.10
1979 0.13
1980 0.09
1981 0.29
1982 0.40
1983 0.08
1984 0.09
1985 0.10
1986 0.03
1987 0.02
1988 0.03
1991 0.09
1992 0.08
1993 0.21
1994 0.42
1995 0.29
1996 0.20
1997 0.11
1998 0.24
1999 0.45
2000 0.14
2001 0.28
2002 0.46
2003 0.45
2004 1.28
2005 2.29
2006 0.66
2007 0.70
2008 0.50
2009 1.66
2010 0.58
2011 0.45
2012 0.64
2013 0.89
2014 0.96
2015 0.35
2016 0.41
2017 0.68
2018 0.95
2019 0.88
2020 0.55

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 Suriname was 0.596 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.620 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1981.

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 0.185
1961 0.375
1965 0.213
1974 0.082
1975 0.083
1976 0.004
1977 0.008
1978 0.002
1981 0.000
1983 0.008
1992 0.001
1993 0.001
1995 0.589
1996 0.070
1997 0.014
1998 0.009
1999 0.045
2000 0.073
2001 0.164
2002 0.127
2003 0.076
2004 0.104
2005 0.067
2006 0.144
2007 0.149
2008 0.078
2009 0.111
2010 0.045
2011 0.055
2012 0.085
2013 0.245
2014 0.312
2015 0.096
2016 0.569
2017 0.435
2018 0.620
2019 0.514
2020 0.596

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Suriname was 14.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 42.27 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.45 in 2017.

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 2.21
1961 3.00
1963 3.58
1964 2.99
1965 3.09
1966 2.46
1967 6.08
1968 6.83
1969 7.36
1970 3.62
1971 3.96
1972 4.89
1973 5.84
1974 2.89
1975 4.78
1976 4.30
1977 3.49
1978 2.81
1979 3.93
1980 3.21
1981 4.94
1982 3.82
1983 6.96
1984 14.38
1985 14.41
1986 8.58
1987 13.73
1988 7.50
1989 5.18
1990 10.97
1991 6.36
1992 6.13
1993 18.14
1994 6.90
1995 7.26
1996 6.83
1997 8.41
1998 6.11
1999 6.48
2000 2.75
2001 9.40
2002 7.36
2003 3.36
2004 3.59
2005 4.91
2006 2.50
2007 2.51
2008 2.36
2009 1.72
2010 1.62
2011 0.88
2012 1.10
2013 1.11
2014 1.26
2015 28.57
2016 23.34
2017 0.45
2018 42.27
2019 14.96
2020 14.27

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Suriname was $1,432,118,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $1,908,359,000 in 2015 and $53,300,000 in 1961.

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 $54,200,000
1961 $53,300,000
1963 $58,700,000
1964 $80,400,000
1965 $94,000,000
1966 $89,400,000
1967 $102,315,000
1968 $99,953,000
1969 $110,060,000
1970 $115,226,000
1971 $125,708,000
1972 $143,567,000
1973 $157,035,000
1974 $229,064,000
1975 $253,433,000
1976 $293,508,000
1977 $395,630,000
1978 $405,628,000
1979 $426,150,000
1980 $484,039,000
1981 $554,536,000
1982 $511,716,000
1983 $426,891,000
1984 $388,170,000
1985 $327,740,000
1986 $326,918,300
1987 $293,643,700
1988 $350,642,600
1989 $442,277,300
1990 $483,271,000
1991 $513,545,000
1992 $552,695,200
1993 $1,030,665,000
1994 $432,034,800
1995 $585,492,300
1996 $500,770,000
1997 $658,141,000
1998 $551,630,000
1999 $501,479,200
2000 $525,038,300
2001 $210,111,600
2002 $214,509,800
2003 $271,409,100
2004 $271,845,500
2005 $341,257,300
2006 $330,549,600
2007 $382,706,700
2008 $515,422,800
2009 $509,992,500
2010 $511,684,800
2011 $499,641,300
2012 $521,180,400
2013 $661,038,300
2014 $1,830,823,000
2015 $1,908,359,000
2016 $1,177,450,000
2017 $1,055,521,000
2018 $1,530,817,000
2019 $1,716,113,000
2020 $1,432,118,000

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

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) in Suriname was 8.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 15.22 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.43 in 1968.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are 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. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 1.85
1961 1.13
1963 2.21
1964 1.62
1965 1.49
1966 1.68
1967 1.10
1968 0.43
1969 0.53
1970 1.07
1971 0.46
1972 0.47
1973 1.57
1974 2.91
1975 2.35
1976 3.38
1977 4.35
1978 4.34
1979 3.85
1980 5.38
1981 5.50
1982 6.58
1983 7.94
1984 8.30
1985 7.73
1986 10.87
1987 14.14
1988 9.65
1989 7.89
1990 7.18
1991 6.43
1992 5.68
1993 2.39
1994 3.45
1995 8.48
1996 4.17
1997 3.93
1998 4.20
1999 3.71
2000 6.10
2001 5.48
2002 6.45
2003 6.82
2004 7.26
2005 8.94
2006 7.56
2007 8.84
2008 7.85
2009 8.70
2010 10.68
2011 9.43
2012 10.35
2013 10.42
2014 15.22
2015 9.44
2016 11.46
2017 12.93
2018 5.55
2019 9.47
2020 8.78

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports