Lao PDR | 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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Records
63
Source
Lao PDR | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
0.63897764 1960
0.60240964 1961
1.63934426 1962
1963
0.41493776 1964
1.04166667 1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
5.00164348 1970
0.50816962 1971
0.72182244 1972
1.38221047 1973
1.29352927 1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
0.14489438 1981
0.23128072 1982
1.29352927 1983
0.21252796 1984
0.2080242 1985
0.34090567 1986
1.28937925 1987
0.17672235 1988
5.75598238 1989
0.49427936 1990
0.98924237 1991
0.1904697 1992
0.81037277 1993
0.58500266 1994
0.61141304 1995
0.55104408 1996
0.06854177 1997
2.41905205 1998
0.96632441 1999
1.30123643 2000
1.53399744 2001
1.52208072 2002
0.63589585 2003
1.42255107 2004
1.73054012 2005
0.70990537 2006
0.35685121 2007
1.10884137 2008
1.81224461 2009
0.580576 2010
0.68544358 2011
0.94653587 2012
1.39815349 2013
1.60131611 2014
1.10083216 2015
0.82410847 2016
0.64430357 2017
3.04884913 2018
1.37234587 2019
0.79294685 2020
2021
2022
Lao PDR | 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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Records
63
Source