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