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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Zimbabwe was 2.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 34.99 in 1996, while its lowest value was 2.49 in 2019.

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.

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Year Value
1964 11.72
1965 2.79
1966 6.23
1981 17.10
1982 11.48
1983 13.68
1984 17.90
1985 22.23
1986 12.86
1987 12.26
1988 20.52
1989 13.37
1990 12.84
1991 11.58
1992 11.00
1993 12.94
1994 8.80
1995 8.65
1996 34.99
1997 6.11
1998 5.19
1999 8.41
2000 11.07
2001 12.08
2002 11.82
2003 13.74
2004 9.53
2005 9.70
2006 3.36
2007 3.76
2008 3.04
2009 2.70
2010 3.12
2011 3.04
2012 3.21
2013 3.00
2014 3.09
2015 2.56
2016 2.78
2017 2.92
2018 2.79
2019 2.49
2020 2.64

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports