Caribbean small states | 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
Origin
Caribbean small states
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63
Source
Caribbean small states | Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 78.56041924
1961 80.97974822
1962 80.468189
1963 79.2564201
1964 78.70016043
1965 76.63742061
1966 77.89730072
1967 75.11193303
1968 75.78623543
1969 77.22655348
1970 77.79015365
1971 70.32733459
1972 70.5320842
1973 68.00223638
1974 60.7230498
1975 64.73516613
1976 67.02833548
1977 61.84249479
1978 62.57045216
1979 64.55497002
1980 81.35323507
1981 70.67841236
1982 75.18622286
1983 67.11321777
1984 59.90983776
1985 60.13641274
1986 67.75218473
1987 75.72236315
1988 79.00189015
1989 81.68116192
1990 82.08822836
1991 82.74202576
1992 83.1556502
1993 85.00806161
1994 84.20851598
1995 81.12062033
1996 81.37200222
1997 83.74039822
1998 83.39769954
1999 82.43267386
2000 78.33281574
2001 78.41094556
2002 76.36722918
2003 75.99290139
2004 75.95975087
2005 71.96288066
2006 69.97614843
2007 68.42678019
2008 65.63491799
2009 66.68152785
2010 67.07516779
2011 63.47821698
2012 63.32488473
2013 58.51723791
2014 61.26813546
2015 55.36775171
2016 57.4679511
2017 60.89448426
2018 68.62346162
2019 72.20763887
2020 70.84309068
2021
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Caribbean small states | 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
Caribbean small states
Records
63
Source