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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 Togo was 9.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 9.02 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.21 in 1977.

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
1962	2.95
1963	2.44
1964	2.18
1965	1.34
1966	2.12
1967	0.67
1968	1.08
1969	2.81
1970	2.71
1971	1.46
1972	1.04
1973	1.60
1974	0.89
1975	1.36
1976	0.40
1977	0.21
1978	0.93
1979	2.08
1980	2.60
1981	2.42
1982	2.28
1983	1.83
1984	1.30
1985	0.43
1986	0.57
1987	0.86
1988	1.57
1989	1.25
1990	1.20
1991	1.26
1992	1.10
1993	1.02
1994	1.19
1995	6.40
1996	6.54
1997	5.80
1998	4.71
1999	3.79
2000	5.05
2001	5.66
2002	6.26
2003	4.16
2004	6.32
2005	5.30
2006	2.45
2007	3.05
2008	1.53
2009	3.65
2010	5.04
2011	6.74
2012	4.71
2013	4.36
2014	5.67
2015	8.30
2016	6.76
2017	7.37
2018	7.77
2019	8.83
2020	9.02

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Togo was 2,166,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,769,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 26,000,000 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	26,000,000
1961	26,000,000
1962	27,000,000
1963	29,000,000
1964	42,000,000
1965	45,000,000
1966	47,000,000
1967	45,000,000
1968	47,000,000
1969	56,000,000
1970	65,000,000
1971	70,000,000
1972	85,000,000
1973	101,000,000
1974	119,000,000
1975	174,000,000
1976	185,000,000
1977	284,000,000
1978	450,000,000
1979	519,000,000
1980	551,000,000
1981	434,000,000
1982	393,000,000
1983	282,000,000
1984	271,000,000
1985	288,000,000
1986	312,000,000
1987	424,000,000
1988	487,000,000
1989	472,000,000
1990	581,000,000
1991	443,000,000
1992	394,000,000
1993	179,000,000
1994	222,000,000
1995	594,000,000
1996	664,000,000
1997	645,000,000
1998	588,000,000
1999	597,000,000
2000	562,000,000
2001	553,000,000
2002	591,000,000
2003	775,000,000
2004	880,000,000
2005	1,060,000,000
2006	1,085,000,000
2007	1,237,000,000
2008	1,509,000,000
2009	1,509,000,000
2010	1,683,000,000
2011	2,187,000,000
2012	2,380,000,000
2013	2,769,000,000
2014	2,526,000,000
2015	2,336,000,000
2016	2,261,000,000
2017	1,874,000,000
2018	2,116,000,000
2019	2,091,000,000
2020	2,166,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Togo was 44.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 100.00 in 1961, while its lowest value was 38.43 in 1993.

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	100.00
1961	100.00
1962	73.06
1963	74.22
1964	81.84
1965	84.19
1966	80.47
1967	78.17
1968	80.74
1969	80.97
1970	77.41
1971	78.52
1972	82.12
1973	83.37
1974	76.88
1975	81.14
1976	83.34
1977	84.02
1978	77.95
1979	74.90
1980	71.13
1981	81.63
1982	78.36
1983	72.43
1984	71.31
1985	77.09
1986	78.80
1987	75.67
1988	78.30
1989	76.56
1990	72.61
1991	74.29
1992	57.73
1993	38.43
1994	41.11
1995	69.84
1996	67.21
1997	68.12
1998	70.27
1999	65.37
2000	63.07
2001	64.78
2002	63.14
2003	61.56
2004	57.39
2005	54.65
2006	55.60
2007	55.86
2008	50.74
2009	51.57
2010	50.55
2011	52.16
2012	53.80
2013	48.93
2014	51.75
2015	47.50
2016	44.38
2017	46.01
2018	40.99
2019	44.37
2020	44.02

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 Togo was 43.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 43.61 in 2016, while its lowest value was 2.48 in 1978.

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	5.54
1963	5.57
1964	4.84
1965	4.45
1966	6.16
1967	6.68
1968	6.71
1969	6.45
1970	5.90
1971	6.37
1972	4.40
1973	4.76
1974	6.92
1975	6.10
1976	3.95
1977	4.15
1978	2.48
1979	2.94
1980	3.28
1981	4.89
1982	6.28
1983	6.24
1984	5.76
1985	4.60
1986	3.52
1987	3.38
1988	6.70
1989	5.53
1990	5.09
1991	5.09
1992	20.57
1993	28.89
1994	23.64
1995	5.85
1996	7.45
1997	7.80
1998	9.01
1999	9.40
2000	11.92
2001	14.60
2002	17.68
2003	16.59
2004	21.96
2005	25.15
2006	22.75
2007	26.34
2008	29.87
2009	30.67
2010	33.81
2011	32.43
2012	30.66
2013	36.58
2014	32.94
2015	37.49
2016	43.61
2017	38.41
2018	39.28
2019	42.81
2020	43.10

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 Togo was 27.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 31.73 in 2016, while its lowest value was 1.48 in 1962.

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
1962	1.48
1963	1.74
1964	2.18
1965	2.00
1966	2.76
1967	5.12
1968	4.76
1969	3.02
1970	2.45
1971	3.78
1972	2.15
1973	2.22
1974	4.78
1975	4.01
1976	2.95
1977	3.36
1978	2.24
1979	2.28
1980	2.32
1981	3.18
1982	3.32
1983	1.97
1984	2.21
1985	3.85
1986	3.16
1987	2.91
1988	3.42
1989	3.37
1990	2.62
1991	2.87
1992	16.21
1993	27.37
1994	20.65
1995	2.46
1996	3.31
1997	3.57
1998	3.85
1999	4.86
2000	5.59
2001	6.75
2002	6.54
2003	8.28
2004	12.54
2005	15.95
2006	16.09
2007	19.92
2008	23.23
2009	21.55
2010	24.01
2011	21.13
2012	20.07
2013	20.87
2014	21.21
2015	24.74
2016	31.73
2017	26.89
2018	25.41
2019	27.76
2020	27.56

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 Togo was 5.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 8.28 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1992.

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
1963	0.35
1964	0.24
1969	0.05
1970	0.04
1971	0.01
1972	0.01
1973	0.00
1975	0.01
1982	0.01
1984	0.10
1988	0.61
1989	0.06
1990	0.23
1991	0.14
1992	0.00
1993	0.00
1994	0.11
1995	0.67
1996	0.81
1997	1.41
1998	2.07
1999	1.94
2000	3.95
2001	3.45
2002	6.11
2003	3.97
2004	3.50
2005	3.07
2006	2.03
2007	1.31
2008	2.13
2009	1.23
2010	1.86
2011	4.09
2012	3.79
2013	8.28
2014	5.42
2015	3.69
2016	4.62
2017	3.41
2018	4.22
2019	5.16
2020	5.33

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 Togo was 1.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 3.82 in 2009, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1972.

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
1965	0.22
1966	0.21
1969	0.02
1970	0.02
1972	0.00
1973	0.05
1974	0.43
1975	0.27
1982	0.56
1983	1.05
1984	0.35
1985	0.38
1986	0.12
1987	0.17
1988	0.64
1989	0.62
1990	0.83
1991	0.64
1992	1.46
1993	0.16
1994	0.13
1995	0.44
1996	1.02
1997	0.60
1998	0.17
1999	0.50
2000	0.22
2001	1.01
2002	0.87
2003	1.69
2004	2.59
2005	2.86
2006	2.09
2007	2.05
2008	1.40
2009	3.82
2010	2.31
2011	2.45
2012	1.59
2013	2.94
2014	1.42
2015	1.64
2016	1.70
2017	2.11
2018	1.66
2019	1.86
2020	1.93

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 Togo was 2.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 3.24 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.07 in 1978.

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
1962	2.95
1963	2.44
1964	1.94
1965	1.34
1966	2.12
1967	0.89
1968	1.30
1969	2.65
1970	2.76
1971	1.83
1972	1.34
1973	1.90
1974	1.29
1975	1.67
1976	0.44
1977	0.25
1978	0.07
1979	0.20
1980	0.10
1981	0.11
1982	0.25
1983	0.13
1984	0.19
1985	0.38
1986	0.24
1987	0.30
1988	0.61
1989	0.54
1990	0.66
1991	0.53
1992	0.73
1993	0.36
1994	0.49
1995	0.70
1996	0.43
1997	0.95
1998	1.14
1999	0.54
2000	0.70
2001	1.44
2002	2.64
2003	1.10
2004	1.51
2005	0.71
2006	0.80
2007	0.73
2008	0.72
2009	1.92
2010	1.78
2011	1.92
2012	1.66
2013	2.06
2014	1.91
2015	3.24
2016	1.88
2017	1.78
2018	2.74
2019	2.89
2020	2.93

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 Togo was 5.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 5.35 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.15 in 1975.

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	1.11
1963	1.05
1964	0.48
1965	0.89
1966	1.06
1967	0.67
1968	0.65
1969	0.72
1970	0.63
1971	0.75
1972	0.90
1973	0.58
1974	0.42
1975	0.15
1976	0.56
1977	0.54
1978	0.17
1979	0.45
1980	0.87
1981	1.60
1982	2.14
1983	3.08
1984	2.90
1988	1.43
1989	0.94
1990	0.75
1991	0.91
1992	2.18
1993	1.01
1994	2.27
1995	1.57
1996	1.89
1997	1.27
1998	1.78
1999	1.56
2000	1.45
2001	1.94
2002	1.51
2003	1.56
2004	1.82
2005	2.56
2006	1.74
2007	2.32
2008	2.38
2009	2.15
2010	3.84
2011	2.86
2012	3.55
2013	2.42
2014	2.97
2015	4.19
2016	3.68
2017	4.22
2018	5.26
2019	5.15
2020	5.35

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 Togo was 12.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 29.40 in 1994, while its lowest value was 2.92 in 1977.

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
1962	9.96
1963	10.80
1964	7.99
1965	6.68
1966	8.28
1967	9.80
1968	6.49
1969	6.36
1970	7.05
1971	6.21
1972	5.27
1973	5.29
1974	6.13
1975	4.95
1976	3.73
1977	2.92
1978	14.13
1979	14.62
1980	19.51
1981	6.52
1982	9.58
1983	6.52
1984	10.08
1985	9.56
1986	4.87
1987	10.86
1988	9.38
1989	11.58
1990	16.33
1991	14.52
1992	17.72
1993	27.42
1994	29.40
1995	20.09
1996	21.89
1997	23.87
1998	18.76
1999	21.36
2000	22.22
2001	16.92
2002	17.06
2003	19.48
2004	18.04
2005	16.90
2006	16.39
2007	14.26
2008	19.23
2009	14.17
2010	13.84
2011	12.03
2012	12.02
2013	12.86
2014	12.78
2015	14.81
2016	11.89
2017	15.58
2018	19.32
2019	12.23
2020	12.24

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Togo was 0.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.82 in 1983, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1960.

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	0.00
1961	0.00
1962	11.44
1963	9.41
1964	5.33
1965	4.68
1966	5.10
1967	5.35
1968	6.06
1969	6.22
1970	9.63
1971	8.91
1972	8.21
1973	6.58
1974	10.06
1975	7.81
1976	8.99
1977	8.90
1978	5.44
1979	7.55
1980	6.09
1981	6.96
1982	5.78
1983	14.82
1984	12.85
1985	8.74
1986	12.81
1987	10.09
1988	5.62
1989	6.34
1990	5.98
1991	6.10
1992	3.97
1993	5.26
1994	5.85
1995	4.22
1996	3.45
1997	0.21
1998	1.96
1999	3.87
2000	2.80
2001	3.70
2002	2.12
2003	2.36
2004	2.60
2005	3.30
2006	5.26
2007	3.54
2008	0.16
2009	3.59
2010	1.80
2011	3.38
2012	3.52
2013	1.63
2014	2.53
2015	0.20
2016	0.12
2017	0.00
2018	0.40
2019	0.58
2020	0.65

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Togo was $1,664,108,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $2,476,278,000 in 2013 and $400,000 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	$400,000
1961	$600,000
1962	$27,100,000
1963	$28,700,000
1964	$41,300,000
1965	$44,900,000
1966	$47,100,000
1967	$44,900,000
1968	$46,200,000
1969	$59,958,000
1970	$67,037,000
1971	$72,598,000
1972	$84,892,000
1973	$100,969,000
1974	$118,955,000
1975	$173,898,000
1976	$185,843,000
1977	$283,773,000
1978	$447,128,000
1979	$518,082,000
1980	$550,684,000
1981	$433,333,000
1982	$390,503,000
1983	$306,376,500
1984	$299,240,400
1985	$288,041,800
1986	$312,308,900
1987	$420,685,900
1988	$487,373,000
1989	$471,868,000
1990	$581,046,000
1991	$445,407,000
1992	$955,720,700
1993	$635,728,100
1994	$706,798,800
1995	$384,285,300
1996	$403,796,500
1997	$373,450,600
1998	$429,585,200
1999	$341,672,100
2000	$322,364,500
2001	$351,998,500
2002	$394,000,800
2003	$563,419,100
2004	$556,626,500
2005	$595,975,700
2006	$712,625,500
2007	$783,062,000
2008	$952,252,900
2009	$1,335,873,000
2010	$1,349,815,000
2011	$1,856,694,000
2012	$1,868,170,000
2013	$2,476,278,000
2014	$2,035,036,000
2015	$1,878,983,000
2016	$1,858,090,000
2017	$1,635,375,000
2018	$1,908,929,000
2019	$1,845,537,000
2020	$1,664,108,000

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 Togo was 12.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 29.40 in 1994, while its lowest value was 2.92 in 1977.

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
1962	9.96
1963	10.80
1964	7.99
1965	6.68
1966	8.28
1967	9.80
1968	6.49
1969	6.36
1970	7.05
1971	6.21
1972	5.27
1973	5.29
1974	6.13
1975	4.95
1976	3.73
1977	2.92
1978	14.13
1979	14.62
1980	19.51
1981	6.52
1982	9.58
1983	6.52
1984	10.08
1985	9.56
1986	4.87
1987	10.86
1988	9.38
1989	11.58
1990	16.33
1991	14.52
1992	17.72
1993	27.42
1994	29.40
1995	20.09
1996	21.89
1997	23.87
1998	18.76
1999	21.36
2000	22.22
2001	16.92
2002	17.06
2003	19.48
2004	18.04
2005	16.90
2006	16.39
2007	14.26
2008	19.23
2009	14.17
2010	13.84
2011	12.03
2012	12.02
2013	12.86
2014	12.78
2015	14.81
2016	11.89
2017	15.58
2018	19.32
2019	12.23
2020	12.24

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports