IDA & IBRD total | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
IDA & IBRD total
Records
63
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IDA & IBRD total | Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
80.07529408 1960
79.95445748 1961
78.80479504 1962
77.91261352 1963
75.89028972 1964
75.95365298 1965
77.14277436 1966
77.58675007 1967
77.27002049 1968
76.33047866 1969
72.59841193 1970
73.19741652 1971
72.55363576 1972
73.48394328 1973
73.95721857 1974
75.94907168 1975
75.26617713 1976
74.35580791 1977
74.68011467 1978
72.86081206 1979
71.95229131 1980
75.29728279 1981
74.89749334 1982
73.73581482 1983
72.38526289 1984
72.20726634 1985
74.53292972 1986
73.65230244 1987
74.64863447 1988
74.58688372 1989
76.79898708 1990
79.21099454 1991
78.78337832 1992
79.19028807 1993
76.80673976 1994
74.52888596 1995
73.86164104 1996
75.48975148 1997
76.05364735 1998
76.27867119 1999
73.1326632 2000
72.11641369 2001
71.20298082 2002
69.22061962 2003
67.60197089 2004
65.7479054 2005
64.86677 2006
63.15534317 2007
61.66064199 2008
61.41559953 2009
60.79001578 2010
59.35130554 2011
58.83140451 2012
59.0745979 2013
58.69048322 2014
58.56486698 2015
58.62849465 2016
58.19734205 2017
57.9015558 2018
57.20878235 2019
56.78315305 2020
2021
2022

IDA & IBRD total | 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
IDA & IBRD total
Records
63
Source