Europe & Central Asia | 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
Europe & Central Asia
Records
63
Source
Europe & Central Asia | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 17.32944122
1961 16.61017842
1962 16.56600291
1963 16.3528195
1964 16.65075893
1965 16.36870847
1966 16.20251449
1967 15.72138712
1968 15.32125071
1969 14.82976136
1970 13.71800053
1971 12.90020598
1972 12.39099723
1973 12.75378512
1974 15.67148086
1975 14.32973808
1976 14.74166253
1977 14.98328703
1978 13.84537341
1979 14.03588449
1980 14.43701049
1981 13.03833661
1982 14.08513484
1983 14.14780924
1984 14.52811229
1985 14.42751017
1986 10.2586162
1987 9.75254062
1988 9.38279988
1989 9.72436582
1990 9.91941577
1991 9.8265584
1992 10.19519538
1993 12.52760037
1994 12.59584047
1995 12.17961616
1996 12.71229658
1997 12.71027014
1998 12.13913296
1999 12.37745172
2000 14.28732513
2001 14.61363227
2002 14.64142102
2003 15.34552023
2004 16.07638286
2005 17.77075063
2006 18.82117943
2007 19.32837102
2008 20.77445967
2009 20.06785157
2010 21.92604105
2011 22.2595786
2012 22.77251786
2013 22.25868014
2014 22.16222773
2015 21.66586076
2016 21.14134849
2017 21.72593666
2018 22.13108236
2019 22.15420199
2020 22.49917641
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Europe & Central Asia | 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
Europe & Central Asia
Records
63
Source