Middle East & North Africa | 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
Middle East & North Africa
Records
63
Source
Middle East & North Africa | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 7.50942011
1961 7.27055796
1962 8.32365194
1963 8.09592962
1964 9.19055815
1965 9.97799692
1966 10.44011967
1967 10.32968123
1968 10.11328842
1969 9.6258514
1970 10.50080704
1971 10.25165264
1972 11.01471874
1973 9.97298179
1974 10.99995517
1975 9.56447549
1976 8.90249467
1977 8.12475829
1978 6.95926792
1979 7.35337861
1980 7.09763186
1981 7.45588845
1982 7.77501245
1983 8.46384104
1984 9.11318595
1985 10.05539878
1986 9.9503514
1987 11.0448214
1988 11.41202998
1989 11.63385735
1990 10.5956834
1991 10.92008295
1992 11.27665941
1993 13.44428663
1994 14.19278954
1995 16.01875292
1996 16.68863903
1997 16.7685939
1998 17.17175072
1999 17.97061583
2000 18.74041006
2001 20.66408266
2002 21.1467323
2003 23.4322015
2004 24.41902897
2005 25.14111275
2006 24.99959756
2007 26.75567719
2008 29.89101955
2009 28.97985434
2010 29.97808717
2011 31.8450843
2012 36.15227672
2013 30.22343455
2014 31.42561708
2015 32.12196972
2016 32.79180014
2017 39.47664656
2018 38.68233574
2019 42.15940783
2020 42.81001219
2021
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Middle East & North Africa | 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
Middle East & North Africa
Records
63
Source