IDA & IBRD total | 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
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IDA & IBRD total
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63
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IDA & IBRD total | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
5.98378848 1960
5.61571174 1961
6.04552842 1962
6.20218826 1963
6.11317886 1964
6.12331051 1965
6.86777712 1966
6.10077363 1967
5.9542074 1968
6.41278043 1969
6.42782093 1970
6.82039869 1971
6.93691037 1972
7.29058059 1973
9.45358668 1974
8.4901481 1975
9.07302179 1976
9.03028748 1977
8.83912404 1978
10.23925887 1979
11.1884694 1980
9.44858455 1981
10.03887632 1982
10.48959695 1983
10.85385708 1984
11.10765273 1985
8.74082532 1986
9.48589462 1987
9.16799066 1988
9.25013116 1989
8.68402632 1990
7.06866517 1991
8.38300982 1992
8.72105633 1993
8.21738593 1994
8.63071272 1995
9.4568256 1996
9.53845349 1997
9.53571893 1998
10.04600512 1999
10.89245499 2000
11.83398001 2001
12.13940884 2002
13.30385454 2003
14.253982 2004
15.1641434 2005
16.63898261 2006
18.06740178 2007
20.0129253 2008
20.07442544 2009
20.66112091 2010
21.50385157 2011
21.96585763 2012
21.8276157 2013
22.62905371 2014
22.13133973 2015
21.92562135 2016
22.66807347 2017
23.2203135 2018
23.5070228 2019
23.13977377 2020
2021
2022

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