Congo, Dem. Rep. | 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
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
1960
1961
1962
1963 65.10548523
1964 49.44482998
1965 50.38977237
1966 47.4471831
1967 52.2265625
1968 57.7792124
1969 60.62887511
1970 62.12462462
1971
1972 61.6227498
1973 65.22573219
1974 60.54479677
1975 64.08662093
1976 61.5256456
1977 60.42717991
1978 51.8627451
1979 57.16172586
1980 57.85662563
1981 59.70062491
1982 57.38015139
1983 57.38015138
1984 57.38015138
1985 57.38015139
1986 57.38015139
1987 57.38015139
1988 57.38015139
1989 59.29439439
1990 54.25503069
1991 55.99554055
1992 46.27259418
1993 44.58492177
1994 44.6542051
1995 42.94235855
1996 40.13586564
1997 50.48737929
1998 46.40110214
1999 42.38070068
2000 24.55985324
2001 24.5598191
2002 24.54535461
2003 24.43747523
2004 24.45956927
2005 24.52529325
2006 24.56037438
2007 24.56076955
2008 24.56183259
2009 24.56405055
2010 24.56852727
2011 24.5781798
2012 24.59804994
2013 24.64072095
2014 24.72703932
2015 24.909911
2016 25.03897912
2017 21.42857907
2018 30.16654311
2019 28.1932226
2020 27.43510214
2021
2022
Congo, Dem. Rep. | 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
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source