Africa Eastern and Southern | Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
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. Development relevance: Low- and middle-income economies are an increasingly important part of the global trading system. Trade between high-income economies and low- and middle-income economies has grown faster than trade between high-income economies. This increased trade benefits both producers and consumers in developing and high-income economies. Limitations and exceptions: Data on exports and imports are from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Direction of Trade database and should be broadly consistent with data from other sources, such as the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. All high-income economies and major low- and middle-income economies report trade data to the IMF on a timely basis, covering about 85 percent of trade for recent years. Trade data for less timely reporters and for countries that do not report are estimated using reports of trading partner countries. Therefore, data on trade between developing and high-income economies should be generally complete. But trade flows between many low- and middle-income economies - particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa - are not well recorded, and the value of trade among low- and middle-income economies may be understated.
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The World Bank
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Africa Eastern and Southern
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63
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Africa Eastern and Southern | Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 75.41475302
1961 74.75920425
1962 74.29620563
1963 73.40084605
1964 65.41382138
1965 66.08978867
1966 67.53657806
1967 70.75122971
1968 67.77554536
1969 67.28317707
1970 68.26688255
1971 69.27161184
1972 67.55671126
1973 67.21830332
1974 66.14602899
1975 68.05426706
1976 67.94211329
1977 68.92888974
1978 70.96862557
1979 71.49617463
1980 73.45919535
1981 72.40863538
1982 69.89269261
1983 69.29665991
1984 68.18981676
1985 69.43677012
1986 68.96164777
1987 71.55126178
1988 72.30377567
1989 69.63621535
1990 66.31508774
1991 66.11528986
1992 63.75003344
1993 60.3068677
1994 56.77242119
1995 58.04857613
1996 51.59843853
1997 57.73494077
1998 72.09449803
1999 71.21962985
2000 61.96611507
2001 60.78491748
2002 57.81836765
2003 57.7446768
2004 53.73259368
2005 54.73458992
2006 55.39727845
2007 54.37262174
2008 51.14276787
2009 48.66394253
2010 49.95764211
2011 49.09584255
2012 48.76043524
2013 47.39932172
2014 46.38433064
2015 45.01799971
2016 43.08149761
2017 45.22836928
2018 44.74557531
2019 44.97805629
2020 42.4460851
2021
2022
Africa Eastern and Southern | Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
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. Development relevance: Low- and middle-income economies are an increasingly important part of the global trading system. Trade between high-income economies and low- and middle-income economies has grown faster than trade between high-income economies. This increased trade benefits both producers and consumers in developing and high-income economies. Limitations and exceptions: Data on exports and imports are from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Direction of Trade database and should be broadly consistent with data from other sources, such as the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. All high-income economies and major low- and middle-income economies report trade data to the IMF on a timely basis, covering about 85 percent of trade for recent years. Trade data for less timely reporters and for countries that do not report are estimated using reports of trading partner countries. Therefore, data on trade between developing and high-income economies should be generally complete. But trade flows between many low- and middle-income economies - particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa - are not well recorded, and the value of trade among low- and middle-income economies may be understated.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source