IDA 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
IDA only
Records
63
Source
IDA only | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
8.51520636 1960
8.1673142 1961
8.5203795 1962
7.35234465 1963
7.19121886 1964
7.49704985 1965
7.59542085 1966
7.05583762 1967
7.00413714 1968
7.77233937 1969
7.06288486 1970
9.35582733 1971
8.52304653 1972
9.4356885 1973
10.31882786 1974
8.85546921 1975
8.14340652 1976
8.81637761 1977
7.72592443 1978
7.78578336 1979
8.02938726 1980
8.06422062 1981
8.99687808 1982
7.79003042 1983
7.8939879 1984
7.27207832 1985
8.27616298 1986
7.25671459 1987
8.46874234 1988
8.62123696 1989
8.88509219 1990
10.03322036 1991
11.30055698 1992
11.17964662 1993
11.42606546 1994
12.71751534 1995
12.26911606 1996
12.06546091 1997
12.54633404 1998
13.090569 1999
19.52524015 2000
20.409159 2001
20.26132785 2002
21.9269272 2003
23.33748189 2004
20.72619586 2005
20.74968285 2006
25.18510996 2007
28.71409068 2008
30.75586006 2009
30.34656849 2010
28.17962885 2011
27.03487268 2012
25.85033687 2013
28.24541043 2014
28.61642185 2015
30.90930474 2016
28.50303577 2017
29.36584926 2018
30.1169119 2019
30.05163429 2020
2021
2022

IDA 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
IDA only
Records
63
Source