Arab World | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are 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. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies. Development relevance: The relative importance of intraregional trade is higher for both landlocked countries and small countries with close trade links to the largest regional economy. For most low- and middle-income economies - especially smaller ones - there is a "geographic bias" favoring intraregional trade. Despite the broad trend toward globalization and the reduction of trade barriers, the relative share of intraregional trade increased for most economies between 1999 and 2010. This is due partly to trade-related advantages, such as proximity, lower transport costs, increased knowledge from repeated interaction, and cultural and historical affinity. The direction of trade is also influenced by preferential trade agreements that a country has made with other economies. Though formal agreements on trade liberalization do not automatically increase trade, they nevertheless affect the direction of trade between the participating 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source
Arab World | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 4.23059279
1961 4.41703563
1962 3.27739016
1963 5.25341486
1964 4.97239854
1965 6.16471923
1966 4.54857473
1967 3.98010155
1968 4.80175138
1969 4.6279777
1970 4.37849955
1971 4.42367052
1972 4.29204711
1973 3.58917591
1974 3.43172591
1975 2.63369529
1976 1.6194429
1977 1.21612956
1978 1.5279787
1979 2.03094304
1980 2.02304882
1981 1.54121597
1982 1.5773698
1983 1.6556584
1984 2.25898827
1985 2.38236206
1986 1.87622509
1987 2.26361148
1988 1.85751087
1989 2.60940453
1990 2.62917287
1991 2.48935961
1992 2.72935916
1993 2.666336
1994 3.01639938
1995 2.80319052
1996 2.66080358
1997 2.59957897
1998 2.05138137
1999 1.98941418
2000 3.16693014
2001 3.27530618
2002 3.65457815
2003 3.3910742
2004 3.82481302
2005 2.61507182
2006 2.75648727
2007 3.57805388
2008 4.28271374
2009 4.76993966
2010 4.26882637
2011 2.47895502
2012 2.32417046
2013 2.1700381
2014 1.93574731
2015 1.53647066
2016 1.44508893
2017 1.77408412
2018 1.91933056
2019 1.87851473
2020 1.97679608
2021
2022

Arab World | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are 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. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies. Development relevance: The relative importance of intraregional trade is higher for both landlocked countries and small countries with close trade links to the largest regional economy. For most low- and middle-income economies - especially smaller ones - there is a "geographic bias" favoring intraregional trade. Despite the broad trend toward globalization and the reduction of trade barriers, the relative share of intraregional trade increased for most economies between 1999 and 2010. This is due partly to trade-related advantages, such as proximity, lower transport costs, increased knowledge from repeated interaction, and cultural and historical affinity. The direction of trade is also influenced by preferential trade agreements that a country has made with other economies. Though formal agreements on trade liberalization do not automatically increase trade, they nevertheless affect the direction of trade between the participating 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source