Syrian Arab Republic - 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 Syrian Arab Republic was 27.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.98 in 2012, while its lowest value was 5.95 in 1977.

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.

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Year Value
1960 8.88
1961 9.49
1962 10.02
1963 12.52
1964 11.29
1965 11.92
1966 14.97
1967 10.88
1968 9.62
1969 11.90
1970 9.45
1971 11.77
1972 14.69
1973 14.30
1974 11.94
1975 11.69
1976 7.47
1977 5.95
1978 8.76
1979 6.87
1980 6.71
1981 7.81
1982 8.23
1983 6.73
1984 5.99
1985 6.27
1986 9.73
1987 7.17
1988 12.12
1989 13.10
1990 15.66
1991 19.57
1992 16.86
1993 15.33
1994 15.09
1995 23.64
1996 14.09
1997 14.13
1998 23.04
1999 24.71
2000 30.51
2001 32.60
2002 32.81
2003 36.05
2004 43.49
2005 36.68
2006 33.68
2007 33.53
2008 44.57
2009 43.49
2010 41.50
2011 42.49
2012 47.98
2013 22.82
2014 28.74
2015 26.50
2016 30.22
2017 22.54
2018 29.69
2019 27.18
2020 27.18

Development Relevance: Although global integration has increased, low- and middle-income economies still face trade barriers when accessing other markets.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data on exports and imports are from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Direction of Trade database and should be broadly consistent with data from other sources, such as the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. All high-income economies and major low- and middle-income economies report trade data to the IMF on a timely basis, covering about 85 percent of trade for recent years. Trade data for less timely reporters and for countries that do not report are estimated using reports of trading partner countries. Therefore, data on trade between developing and high-income economies should be generally complete. But trade flows between many low- and middle-income economies - particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa - are not well recorded, and the value of trade among low- and middle-income economies may be understated.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports