IDA 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 total
Records
63
Source
IDA total | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
7.7845965 1960
7.66225154 1961
7.47158565 1962
7.14671314 1963
6.29612799 1964
6.58694495 1965
7.51940153 1966
7.16421169 1967
6.83626507 1968
7.26283116 1969
6.63355866 1970
8.16864539 1971
7.87887248 1972
8.52183907 1973
9.47800444 1974
7.79231531 1975
7.31663155 1976
7.07643599 1977
6.77291733 1978
7.53354576 1979
8.13788511 1980
7.19144794 1981
7.9139996 1982
7.33609927 1983
8.40885193 1984
8.66612917 1985
8.22503666 1986
7.69213306 1987
8.69683594 1988
8.91442248 1989
9.32305049 1990
10.38688572 1991
11.47409 1992
11.37558538 1993
11.95695471 1994
13.46169751 1995
12.35396257 1996
12.73904495 1997
13.91514627 1998
14.35651885 1999
19.17618838 2000
19.83934381 2001
20.03589058 2002
20.84628775 2003
21.76624226 2004
20.61420586 2005
20.54403074 2006
24.22228712 2007
27.20159096 2008
28.32424104 2009
28.33539139 2010
26.24134477 2011
26.44062569 2012
25.70772585 2013
28.53017364 2014
30.01590051 2015
32.06650802 2016
30.6126092 2017
30.63386259 2018
31.43664362 2019
32.61527877 2020
2021
2022

IDA 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 total
Records
63
Source