The Bahamas - 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 The Bahamas was 0.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 63.55 in 1976, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1995.

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
1969 0.00
1970 2.85
1971 16.67
1972 16.33
1973 5.06
1974 33.65
1975 50.50
1976 63.55
1977 50.23
1978 43.83
1979 55.61
1981 16.38
1982 20.34
1983 55.61
1984 11.19
1985 2.73
1986 5.55
1987 25.77
1988 17.78
1989 42.67
1990 0.98
1991 0.02
1992 0.00
1993 0.37
1994 0.12
1995 0.00
1996 0.28
1997 0.01
1998 0.61
1999 0.52
2000 0.19
2001 0.01
2002 0.02
2003 0.00
2004 0.01
2005 0.01
2006 0.02
2007 0.02
2008 0.01
2009 0.02
2010 0.03
2011 0.05
2012 0.04
2013 0.02
2014 0.03
2015 0.01
2016 0.00
2017 0.01
2018 0.00
2019 0.00
2020 0.01

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in The Bahamas was 1,937,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,546,000,000 in 1980 and a minimum value of 66,000,000 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 66,000,000
1961 85,000,000
1962 69,000,000
1963 79,000,000
1964 100,000,000
1965 105,000,000
1966 139,000,000
1967 163,000,000
1968 176,000,000
1969 296,000,000
1970 337,000,000
1971 511,000,000
1972 485,000,000
1973 764,000,000
1974 1,908,000,000
1975 2,697,000,000
1976 3,125,000,000
1977 3,568,000,000
1978 3,150,000,000
1979 3,514,000,000
1980 7,546,000,000
1981 7,284,000,000
1982 6,349,000,000
1983 4,616,000,000
1984 4,098,000,000
1985 3,078,000,000
1986 3,289,000,000
1987 3,080,000,000
1988 2,291,000,000
1989 3,137,000,000
1990 1,112,000,000
1991 1,091,000,000
1992 1,038,000,000
1993 954,000,000
1994 1,056,000,000
1995 1,243,000,000
1996 1,366,000,000
1997 1,666,000,000
1998 1,873,000,000
1999 1,757,000,000
2000 2,074,000,000
2001 1,912,000,000
2002 1,728,000,000
2003 1,762,000,000
2004 1,905,000,000
2005 2,312,000,000
2006 2,727,000,000
2007 2,956,000,000
2008 3,199,000,000
2009 2,535,000,000
2010 2,591,000,000
2011 2,966,000,000
2012 3,386,000,000
2013 3,166,000,000
2014 3,344,000,000
2015 2,954,000,000
2016 2,632,000,000
2017 3,109,000,000
2018 3,317,000,000
2019 3,073,000,000
2020 1,937,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in The Bahamas was 84.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 97.50 in 2010, while its lowest value was 37.32 in 1985.

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
1962 89.07
1963 92.15
1964 90.97
1966 92.26
1967 95.54
1968 95.10
1969 95.32
1970 85.32
1971 47.16
1972 49.62
1973 40.74
1974 44.02
1975 50.70
1976 60.33
1977 47.57
1978 42.70
1979 45.35
1981 51.98
1982 65.84
1983 45.35
1984 37.37
1985 37.32
1986 49.17
1987 66.57
1988 72.60
1989 80.04
1990 88.93
1991 89.39
1992 85.72
1993 92.68
1994 88.26
1995 79.28
1996 83.46
1997 95.70
1998 91.16
1999 91.78
2000 93.81
2001 89.35
2002 94.53
2003 93.46
2004 92.42
2005 91.14
2006 93.31
2007 93.69
2008 88.93
2009 95.52
2010 97.50
2011 97.01
2012 93.97
2013 94.91
2014 94.93
2015 84.59
2016 92.97
2017 92.20
2018 89.88
2019 88.98
2020 84.57

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 The Bahamas was 13.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 60.24 in 1984, while its lowest value was 0.94 in 2006.

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
1962 1.75
1963 1.52
1964 2.68
1966 2.39
1967 2.46
1968 2.92
1969 2.49
1970 11.41
1971 45.45
1972 45.56
1973 56.06
1974 49.87
1975 47.33
1976 36.01
1977 49.39
1978 52.97
1979 45.64
1981 44.68
1982 27.36
1983 45.64
1984 60.24
1985 59.68
1986 49.38
1987 32.62
1988 24.43
1989 15.87
1990 7.60
1991 7.05
1992 11.67
1993 5.11
1994 8.99
1995 14.44
1996 12.40
1997 1.13
1998 6.35
1999 6.49
2000 1.89
2001 1.98
2002 2.85
2003 1.50
2004 2.42
2005 1.87
2006 0.94
2007 1.06
2008 4.04
2009 1.49
2010 1.15
2011 1.33
2012 3.30
2013 3.83
2014 3.82
2015 12.16
2016 3.82
2017 4.61
2018 7.80
2019 8.67
2020 13.35

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 The Bahamas was 2.63 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 34.48 in 1981, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2008.

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
1969 0.08
1970 0.45
1971 0.01
1972 0.01
1973 0.01
1974 2.38
1975 6.64
1976 0.25
1977 2.55
1978 4.59
1979 1.23
1981 34.48
1982 15.12
1983 1.23
1984 11.87
1985 2.80
1986 15.10
1987 5.19
1988 0.04
1989 0.25
1990 0.09
1991 0.30
1992 0.15
1993 0.11
1994 0.21
1995 0.32
1996 1.75
1997 0.08
1998 1.22
1999 0.30
2000 0.71
2001 0.05
2002 0.34
2003 0.04
2004 0.03
2005 0.02
2007 0.02
2008 0.00
2011 0.21
2012 1.81
2013 0.66
2014 0.92
2015 0.98
2016 1.08
2017 1.15
2018 2.28
2019 2.62
2020 2.63

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 The Bahamas was 0.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 9.55 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1986.

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
1972 0.00
1984 0.00
1985 0.27
1986 0.00
1987 0.00
1989 0.00
1993 1.11
1994 3.21
1995 9.55
1996 7.00
1997 0.00
1998 2.53
1999 4.23
2000 0.14
2001 0.62
2002 1.80
2003 0.60
2004 1.57
2005 0.62
2006 0.10
2007 0.07
2008 2.15
2009 0.00
2010 0.00
2011 0.01
2012 0.16
2013 0.02
2014 1.11
2015 0.07
2016 0.05
2017 0.45
2018 0.44
2019 0.81
2020 0.40

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 The Bahamas was 8.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 12.92 in 1984, while its lowest value was 0.67 in 2002.

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
1962 1.60
1963 1.39
1964 2.48
1966 2.32
1967 2.35
1968 2.81
1969 2.36
1970 2.34
1971 2.05
1972 4.11
1973 2.44
1974 3.16
1975 2.95
1976 2.47
1977 1.55
1978 1.76
1979 1.32
1981 4.44
1982 3.34
1983 1.32
1984 12.92
1985 10.47
1986 4.94
1987 4.58
1988 4.64
1989 4.68
1990 4.95
1991 2.02
1992 1.79
1993 2.06
1994 5.05
1995 4.13
1996 3.05
1997 1.02
1998 2.43
1999 1.64
2000 0.69
2001 1.26
2002 0.67
2003 0.75
2004 0.76
2005 1.18
2006 0.79
2007 0.93
2008 0.90
2009 1.44
2010 1.09
2011 0.99
2012 1.22
2013 1.54
2014 1.59
2015 4.14
2016 2.52
2017 2.80
2018 4.81
2019 4.86
2020 8.10

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 The Bahamas was 0.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 26.92 in 1978, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1995.

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
1970 2.89
1971 26.88
1972 25.52
1973 3.64
1974 22.57
1975 19.29
1976 16.58
1977 23.72
1978 26.92
1979 26.44
1981 5.76
1982 8.90
1983 26.44
1984 4.41
1985 1.11
1986 4.42
1987 2.71
1988 5.42
1989 2.53
1990 0.98
1991 3.22
1992 7.14
1993 0.37
1994 0.00
1995 0.00
1996 0.28
1997 0.01
1998 0.01
1999 0.00
2000 0.20
2001 0.00
2002 0.02
2003 0.00
2004 0.01
2005 0.01
2006 0.02
2007 0.02
2008 0.01
2009 0.02
2010 0.03
2011 0.05
2012 0.01
2013 0.02
2014 0.03
2015 0.00
2016 0.00
2017 0.00
2018 0.00
2019 0.00
2020 0.00

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 The Bahamas was 2.14 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 2.14 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2008.

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
1962 0.15
1963 0.13
1964 0.20
1966 0.07
1967 0.09
1968 0.11
1969 0.04
1970 0.03
1971 0.02
1972 0.02
1973 0.01
1974 0.00
1975 0.37
1976 0.00
1977 0.00
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1981 0.00
1982 0.01
1983 0.00
1984 0.48
1985 0.01
1986 0.16
1987 0.01
1988 0.01
1989 0.01
1990 0.04
1991 0.05
1992 0.37
1993 0.24
1994 0.04
1995 0.06
1996 0.02
1997 0.01
1998 0.07
1999 0.14
2000 0.05
2001 0.01
2002 0.01
2003 0.05
2004 0.01
2005 0.00
2006 0.00
2007 0.00
2008 0.00
2009 0.00
2011 0.01
2012 0.06
2013 0.03
2014 0.04
2015 0.13
2016 0.14
2017 0.19
2018 0.16
2019 0.28
2020 2.14

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 The Bahamas was 0.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 49.97 in 1973, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1982.

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
1967 0.01
1970 5.69
1971 16.50
1972 15.90
1973 49.97
1974 21.75
1975 18.08
1976 16.71
1977 21.57
1978 19.69
1979 16.65
1982 0.00
1983 16.65
1984 30.57
1985 45.02
1986 24.75
1987 20.13
1988 14.33
1989 8.40
1990 1.54
1991 1.46
1992 2.21
1993 1.23
1994 0.48
1995 0.38
1996 0.30
1997 0.01
1998 0.10
1999 0.18
2000 0.10
2001 0.03
2002 0.01
2003 0.05
2004 0.03
2005 0.03
2006 0.03
2007 0.02
2008 0.98
2009 0.03
2010 0.02
2011 0.06
2012 0.04
2013 1.56
2014 0.12
2015 6.84
2016 0.03
2017 0.02
2018 0.10
2019 0.09
2020 0.09

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in The Bahamas was 2.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 9.18 in 1962, while its lowest value was 0.82 in 1987.

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
1962 9.18
1963 6.33
1964 6.35
1966 5.35
1967 2.00
1968 1.98
1969 2.20
1970 3.27
1971 7.39
1972 4.82
1973 3.20
1974 6.12
1975 1.97
1976 3.66
1977 3.04
1978 4.33
1979 9.00
1981 3.34
1982 6.80
1983 9.00
1984 2.39
1985 3.00
1986 1.46
1987 0.82
1988 2.97
1989 4.09
1990 3.47
1991 3.56
1992 2.61
1993 2.21
1994 2.74
1995 6.28
1996 4.14
1997 3.17
1998 2.49
1999 1.73
2000 4.30
2001 8.67
2002 2.61
2003 5.04
2004 5.16
2005 6.99
2006 5.75
2007 5.25
2008 7.03
2009 2.99
2010 1.36
2011 1.67
2012 2.74
2013 1.27
2014 1.25
2015 3.24
2016 3.21
2017 3.19
2018 2.33
2019 2.35
2020 2.09

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in The Bahamas was $3,762,227,000 as of 2020. Over the past 58 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $4,189,502,000 in 2019 and $68,600,000 in 1962.

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
1962 $68,600,000
1963 $79,000,000
1964 $100,800,000
1966 $138,200,000
1967 $157,130,000
1968 $175,520,000
1969 $296,480,000
1970 $336,810,000
1971 $512,940,000
1972 $484,900,000
1973 $765,110,000
1974 $1,908,410,000
1975 $2,867,420,000
1976 $3,124,440,000
1977 $3,348,630,000
1978 $3,149,420,000
1979 $3,513,830,000
1981 $2,745,912,000
1982 $1,802,563,000
1983 $3,229,582,000
1984 $4,097,899,000
1985 $3,192,737,000
1986 $3,288,136,000
1987 $3,040,925,000
1988 $1,943,535,000
1989 $3,002,203,000
1990 $2,312,266,000
1991 $2,223,714,000
1992 $2,497,088,000
1993 $3,272,738,000
1994 $2,646,797,000
1995 $2,189,620,000
1996 $3,810,530,000
1997 $1,621,559,000
1998 $2,795,243,000
1999 $3,206,891,000
2000 $2,040,704,000
2001 $2,000,833,000
2002 $1,925,840,000
2003 $1,941,973,000
2004 $2,014,517,000
2005 $2,690,152,000
2006 $3,188,121,000
2007 $3,106,027,000
2008 $3,363,919,000
2009 $2,699,888,000
2010 $2,862,605,000
2011 $3,413,783,000
2012 $3,661,063,000
2013 $3,422,222,000
2014 $3,822,051,000
2015 $3,388,774,000
2016 $2,934,612,000
2017 $3,493,112,000
2018 $3,925,313,000
2019 $4,189,502,000
2020 $3,762,227,000

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports