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
Middle income
Records
63
Source
Middle income | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 5.62254994
1961 5.03987426
1962 5.40749047
1963 5.36919589
1964 5.54577562
1965 5.67055984
1966 6.48548496
1967 5.60406132
1968 5.5021199
1969 5.70574869
1970 5.92710732
1971 5.96947678
1972 5.90384008
1973 6.41788949
1974 8.54637863
1975 7.96926492
1976 8.33281829
1977 8.43219844
1978 7.99106961
1979 8.85381796
1980 9.88153815
1981 8.63480171
1982 9.16912688
1983 9.7453078
1984 10.04954106
1985 10.22783371
1986 7.87761375
1987 8.64098034
1988 8.30560042
1989 8.31285862
1990 7.8172816
1991 6.23995289
1992 7.34565829
1993 7.71628279
1994 7.01992207
1995 7.44310756
1996 8.30866204
1997 8.46898441
1998 8.54069277
1999 9.10092642
2000 9.35088006
2001 10.33511598
2002 10.6729897
2003 11.73075937
2004 12.77710099
2005 13.9031091
2006 15.54816085
2007 17.06207395
2008 18.88592761
2009 19.06380259
2010 19.70794279
2011 20.81950504
2012 21.39020756
2013 21.34205105
2014 22.09998551
2015 21.49168393
2016 21.1743959
2017 21.9939481
2018 22.56950974
2019 22.86553498
2020 22.43099928
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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
Middle income
Records
63
Source