Zambia - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Zambia was 369.56 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 648.72 in 2013 and 51.12 in 1994.

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
1980 123.11
1981 108.21
1982 92.45
1983 57.69
1984 70.59
1985 111.77
1986 120.27
1987 137.17
1988 129.94
1989 85.26
1990 120.37
1991 62.85
1992 53.02
1993 57.35
1994 51.12
1995 60.74
1996 75.76
1997 71.72
1998 108.39
1999 81.94
2000 100.00
2001 124.55
2002 125.78
2003 169.04
2004 210.51
2005 232.27
2006 263.46
2007 318.68
2008 351.73
2009 298.30
2010 374.05
2011 443.61
2012 551.66
2013 648.72
2014 628.75
2015 595.35
2016 577.26
2017 584.55
2018 644.73
2019 500.21
2020 369.56

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes