West Bank and Gaza - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in West Bank and Gaza was 154.99 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 163.07 in 2019 and 75.20 in 2002.

Definition: Import volume indexes are derived from UNCTAD's volume index series and are the ratio of the import value indexes to the corresponding unit value indexes. Unit value indexes are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD’s estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, interna­tional and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates and calculates unit value indexes at the country level using the current year’s trade values as weights. For economies for which UNCTAD does not publish data, the import volume indexes (lines 73) in the IMF's International Financial Statistics are used.

Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
2000 100.00
2001 90.11
2002 75.20
2003 80.33
2004 91.56
2005 89.73
2006 83.37
2007 88.95
2008 77.58
2009 98.01
2010 96.61
2011 91.13
2012 101.76
2013 112.75
2014 125.11
2015 152.68
2016 161.73
2017 159.51
2018 156.75
2019 163.07
2020 154.99

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes