Arab World | 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source
Arab World | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 9.01931801
1961 8.93948977
1962 11.43503677
1963 10.007573
1964 11.18737983
1965 12.79114757
1966 12.47154883
1967 12.95555196
1968 13.29578065
1969 12.92489807
1970 13.28510574
1971 13.63896508
1972 13.56530564
1973 12.87786284
1974 13.96821776
1975 11.34476871
1976 10.43109405
1977 9.44468038
1978 8.03505998
1979 8.03396478
1980 7.77883912
1981 7.5010196
1982 7.41066707
1983 7.87848149
1984 8.88974175
1985 9.7614093
1986 10.19500437
1987 11.46882704
1988 12.31870375
1989 12.13829936
1990 11.72635365
1991 12.90661589
1992 13.3645903
1993 14.92924578
1994 15.91261686
1995 17.7302023
1996 18.10937718
1997 18.45377334
1998 18.79890785
1999 19.78760949
2000 20.30899053
2001 21.99584007
2002 22.71129258
2003 24.78808933
2004 26.39283028
2005 27.24522035
2006 26.49750462
2007 27.95138065
2008 31.57208321
2009 30.26688173
2010 31.47822226
2011 32.98651916
2012 37.59543448
2013 30.49007844
2014 31.69495879
2015 32.39700706
2016 33.02157929
2017 40.86575446
2018 40.4347823
2019 44.00665221
2020 44.46617999
2021
2022

Arab World | 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source