IBRD only | 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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IBRD only
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IBRD only | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
5.59587745 1960
5.19302569 1961
5.70372438 1962
5.95040685 1963
6.05775242 1964
5.97308052 1965
6.68423184 1966
5.816576 1967
5.72201201 1968
6.1815701 1969
6.37332617 1970
6.48309963 1971
6.7236471 1972
7.03284167 1973
9.448986 1974
8.63298673 1975
9.43145055 1976
9.46526349 1977
9.28303674 1978
10.75748456 1979
11.63136222 1980
9.89246056 1981
10.43110667 1982
11.06901023 1983
11.24921026 1984
11.50218009 1985
8.81878698 1986
9.75914907 1987
9.23110692 1988
9.29406311 1989
8.59282743 1990
6.65154318 1991
8.00167499 1992
8.42649427 1993
7.84748437 1994
8.17222889 1995
9.1757591 1996
9.26292257 1997
9.14753341 1998
9.66491827 1999
10.15640775 2000
11.08605881 2001
11.43837751 2002
12.62336406 2003
13.59855226 2004
14.73226094 2005
16.33888269 2006
17.52838557 2007
19.38093244 2008
19.2729323 2009
20.00064962 2010
21.15386981 2011
21.64719404 2012
21.53367834 2013
22.14813029 2014
21.44521066 2015
21.07283228 2016
22.01228054 2017
22.63302654 2018
22.86367384 2019
22.36513661 2020
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IBRD only | 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
IBRD only
Records
63
Source
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