Kuwait | 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
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source
Kuwait | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960
1961
1962
1963 11.95182211
1964 16.09302326
1965
1966 18.04592721
1967 17.13274933
1968 22.66122449
1969 21.50704007
1970 21.04840006
1971 20.86408364
1972 21.62026586
1973 20.22176283
1974 18.12455813
1975 12.38745341
1976 12.07207749
1977 12.05344237
1978 12.36369955
1979 12.21168459
1980 10.61315701
1981 10.43351
1982 9.76160299
1983 10.84574281
1984 11.44707485
1985 12.20839609
1986 12.83419359
1987 16.38863961
1988 18.61882878
1989 19.66579528
1990 11.41022475
1991 6.06772475
1992 10.57982395
1993 11.66270377
1994 18.01178649
1995 17.24651603
1996 18.1671704
1997 18.41252964
1998 19.42894824
1999 20.60778754
2000 21.98881202
2001 22.64413705
2002 23.58393765
2003 23.68276275
2004 29.35504534
2005 29.15076061
2006 28.57604846
2007 29.48018894
2008 33.10907179
2009 31.92696136
2010 31.77776956
2011 32.23450762
2012 31.4529855
2013 31.345989
2014 32.62520299
2015 36.40663173
2016 34.63517663
2017 35.04107988
2018 34.95339974
2019 37.82196221
2020 37.61673602
2021
2022

Kuwait | 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
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source