Lower middle income | 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
Lower middle income
Records
63
Source
Lower middle income | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 7.98693638
1961 6.9364131
1962 7.70203696
1963 7.25422397
1964 7.02869043
1965 7.16760838
1966 8.51318388
1967 7.53532239
1968 7.26469414
1969 7.46888028
1970 8.119972
1971 8.20582815
1972 7.86092764
1973 8.18662295
1974 9.64538451
1975 8.33867343
1976 7.74451084
1977 8.02954042
1978 7.57155143
1979 8.57830528
1980 9.90853329
1981 8.93155055
1982 9.01697322
1983 9.06513805
1984 9.59830609
1985 10.47023655
1986 9.24135577
1987 9.75735974
1988 9.6649982
1989 10.09188875
1990 9.53742042
1991 8.80723301
1992 9.86459298
1993 10.32288735
1994 10.78913847
1995 11.27818523
1996 11.96244016
1997 12.23310224
1998 13.21411408
1999 14.5353622
2000 13.00062428
2001 13.9168534
2002 14.64761772
2003 15.31891867
2004 15.38639632
2005 16.24236707
2006 19.68880348
2007 21.71526253
2008 22.91410018
2009 23.87893679
2010 23.76041643
2011 25.15449463
2012 25.95592512
2013 25.76177403
2014 27.36006893
2015 27.34014993
2016 27.24401036
2017 27.91004034
2018 27.85368469
2019 27.31689247
2020 26.72331721
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Lower middle income | 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
Lower middle income
Records
63
Source