IDA 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
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IDA total
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63
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IDA total | Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
78.57454571 1960
77.70929303 1961
78.99202013 1962
78.01469464 1963
73.85901681 1964
74.19663747 1965
75.02174876 1966
75.19085602 1967
72.81619377 1968
72.86501733 1969
74.27809139 1970
75.61231075 1971
74.04055901 1972
73.22499915 1973
71.91204062 1974
75.87131649 1975
78.51525663 1976
78.12961552 1977
78.41728499 1978
75.64633197 1979
72.38049227 1980
75.57912259 1981
73.96178645 1982
73.47170413 1983
70.24798722 1984
71.42815792 1985
71.95206337 1986
73.2617404 1987
73.43391027 1988
72.0822407 1989
71.18962455 1990
71.37329319 1991
70.76757576 1992
69.08271547 1993
65.47161139 1994
63.71940156 1995
61.75284233 1996
63.59552199 1997
63.252412 1998
62.43651343 1999
55.97949266 2000
56.72521204 2001
55.98088843 2002
52.66149143 2003
49.90840819 2004
50.33020942 2005
50.19610883 2006
48.00927499 2007
46.9358073 2008
44.6910436 2009
45.46564221 2010
46.02419649 2011
45.46858585 2012
44.09255842 2013
42.6185472 2014
42.03340665 2015
39.67469695 2016
41.15005804 2017
40.46621652 2018
39.62347912 2019
38.03085151 2020
2021
2022
IDA 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 total
Records
63
Source