Africa Western and Central | 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 Western and Central
Records
63
Source
Africa Western and Central | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 3.75489899
1961 4.06733769
1962 4.51490096
1963 4.94634884
1964 5.68520991
1965 7.08274904
1966 6.44742713
1967 6.61597965
1968 6.50413937
1969 5.76910096
1970 4.96548035
1971 4.95998107
1972 4.73566643
1973 6.56490163
1974 7.83379245
1975 5.19306644
1976 4.97206045
1977 4.85062248
1978 5.0765873
1979 6.61361701
1980 8.19839259
1981 7.25991499
1982 7.58980575
1983 6.6242797
1984 7.07785301
1985 8.76336368
1986 7.25465222
1987 6.15291198
1988 7.45112198
1989 7.15483757
1990 6.50452597
1991 7.06612337
1992 8.95885804
1993 9.95737839
1994 9.35081602
1995 10.67847947
1996 11.60883671
1997 12.04574817
1998 12.425997
1999 14.02269859
2000 19.89774745
2001 19.43234365
2002 19.25052242
2003 16.92741411
2004 17.12699295
2005 17.8520635
2006 19.3051039
2007 21.4779793
2008 23.98033362
2009 23.65972815
2010 23.73187388
2011 23.29178228
2012 26.43248993
2013 25.96392012
2014 28.83313758
2015 31.95185734
2016 32.10511361
2017 32.60212382
2018 34.07705638
2019 35.31275108
2020 37.03379051
2021
2022

Africa Western and Central | 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 Western and Central
Records
63
Source