East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
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East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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 4.89944977
1982 4.54556365
1983 4.99555804
1984 3.69053445
1985 4.03381394
1986 3.91834643
1987 3.61013605
1988 4.56768642
1989 5.47695867
1990 4.65077646
1991 4.1061081
1992 5.3838574
1993 6.33688308
1994 5.21266156
1995 5.2725006
1996 6.35411154
1997 6.63122124
1998 5.68988325
1999 6.11542649
2000 7.23409355
2001 7.98444341
2002 7.95433327
2003 8.76849901
2004 9.64381835
2005 10.15906222
2006 10.43739539
2007 11.34715503
2008 13.36844951
2009 12.68159293
2010 13.24580447
2011 14.95369017
2012 15.29603858
2013 14.91516135
2014 14.87095324
2015 11.93261593
2016 11.57219903
2017 12.70916398
2018 14.10119891
2019 14.39558807
2020 13.72281934
2021
2022
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source