Caribbean small states | 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
Caribbean small states
Records
63
Source
Caribbean small states | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 2.91307028
1961 3.87246853
1962 3.71966107
1963 5.51102561
1964 5.35723582
1965 4.72222852
1966 3.9084925
1967 3.53214421
1968 2.07679875
1969 2.63288956
1970 5.45473126
1971 15.17987052
1972 16.50274998
1973 22.77213759
1974 30.22103799
1975 28.22281297
1976 25.72143932
1977 30.08980264
1978 29.20503703
1979 23.98845096
1980 6.74505939
1981 19.47656633
1982 14.41035971
1983 20.76552782
1984 31.19670184
1985 29.81058051
1986 24.85583973
1987 16.77107218
1988 11.66907697
1989 9.05351045
1990 6.19834019
1991 5.63082148
1992 6.768197
1993 4.12670538
1994 7.08536153
1995 8.82844813
1996 8.80562491
1997 5.69420706
1998 7.96977405
1999 8.03935551
2000 7.92027447
2001 8.7353466
2002 10.86266446
2003 12.9154229
2004 12.93246201
2005 16.76155057
2006 18.46618147
2007 20.4821083
2008 21.74565284
2009 21.18021991
2010 21.13911658
2011 24.68733884
2012 24.98268157
2013 30.90988534
2014 28.88728243
2015 35.38894619
2016 34.89734276
2017 31.78718609
2018 21.74371454
2019 18.97082512
2020 19.91497353
2021
2022

Caribbean small states | 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
Caribbean small states
Records
63
Source