Africa Eastern and Southern | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

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. Development relevance: Although global integration has increased, low- and middle-income economies still face trade barriers when accessing other markets. 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
Africa Eastern and Southern | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 12.95341644
1961 12.06229184
1962 13.37413301
1963 9.52441995
1964 6.76182034
1965 8.08388762
1966 9.07869013
1967 9.00400357
1968 8.80971565
1969 9.78781786
1970 8.85645749
1971 12.66889945
1972 10.82774392
1973 11.55874701
1974 14.02524959
1975 13.8196286
1976 15.12234537
1977 13.9669044
1978 11.78744096
1979 11.11517129
1980 9.94805382
1981 8.23727341
1982 10.07014731
1983 10.05082103
1984 10.94177679
1985 9.82781892
1986 9.72269877
1987 9.78572256
1988 11.14295592
1989 10.31360695
1990 11.87269098
1991 12.87405559
1992 14.40767767
1993 14.38412914
1994 16.59084836
1995 15.61716193
1996 15.36229008
1997 16.34549428
1998 16.33482804
1999 15.92731769
2000 15.94559674
2001 16.81806966
2002 16.54396631
2003 18.32629279
2004 19.38402635
2005 21.70686412
2006 22.0877203
2007 25.52560953
2008 27.20631723
2009 28.57686334
2010 27.21943932
2011 27.63217964
2012 27.81158579
2013 28.74405412
2014 30.05641419
2015 32.0784296
2016 33.60725745
2017 33.43799052
2018 33.80710261
2019 33.59144416
2020 35.60247954
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Africa Eastern and Southern | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

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. Development relevance: Although global integration has increased, low- and middle-income economies still face trade barriers when accessing other markets. 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