East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
Records
63
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East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 5.36785201
1961 5.40814388
1962 4.77764394
1963 3.95233112
1964 4.20089293
1965 4.53889339
1966 4.35596858
1967 3.24203641
1968 2.73065988
1969 3.52640245
1970 3.44348234
1971 2.8055534
1972 3.0144638
1973 2.65652766
1974 2.87003319
1975 3.58954664
1976 4.19057866
1977 4.68651684
1978 5.77691519
1979 5.23208109
1980 4.44441088
1981 4.86828085
1982 4.52869396
1983 4.97017623
1984 3.67207711
1985 4.01142559
1986 3.92160003
1987 3.65601632
1988 4.69296755
1989 5.48530839
1990 4.72226025
1991 4.1456898
1992 5.39229458
1993 6.39109268
1994 5.26831486
1995 5.32451279
1996 6.5088703
1997 6.67074004
1998 5.73110086
1999 6.18079455
2000 7.32657726
2001 8.10786955
2002 8.02776409
2003 8.8237698
2004 9.69528376
2005 10.23584874
2006 10.54097942
2007 11.41720919
2008 13.44159816
2009 12.69919428
2010 13.27711097
2011 14.94914245
2012 15.28507916
2013 14.90629891
2014 14.85648608
2015 11.92681026
2016 11.5622511
2017 12.69851992
2018 14.10009818
2019 14.3880699
2020 13.72222288
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East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | 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
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source