South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies 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: Low- and middle-income economies are an increasingly important part of the global trading system. Trade between high-income economies and low- and middle-income economies has grown faster than trade between high-income economies. This increased trade benefits both producers and consumers in developing and high-income economies. 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 77.67043218
1961 78.82801274
1962 76.83448989
1963 78.59618241
1964 76.2222434
1965 77.16318406
1966 74.56123053
1967 77.34244251
1968 73.51617204
1969 67.40765512
1970 70.16001241
1971 71.14761035
1972 67.24243196
1973 67.81208919
1974 63.16877483
1975 70.2130529
1976 71.18188552
1977 63.68148557
1978 66.1962855
1979 65.96695903
1980 64.96249013
1981 65.50779823
1982 70.30948215
1983 69.57387714
1984 68.58822113
1985 69.65730855
1986 73.66543715
1987 71.14074513
1988 71.27400967
1989 71.78003939
1990 70.70645994
1991 66.83245813
1992 70.27243342
1993 71.72198555
1994 70.83264348
1995 68.19832667
1996 69.86072158
1997 73.21359634
1998 69.8789423
1999 66.94375875
2000 58.28596981
2001 55.25185737
2002 53.80632142
2003 53.86926795
2004 52.59015695
2005 51.36799819
2006 57.98761704
2007 59.88063601
2008 59.35041734
2009 58.10350489
2010 58.04729784
2011 57.37333919
2012 56.55954037
2013 55.00855414
2014 51.17297802
2015 49.66069982
2016 47.2658325
2017 47.4744051
2018 49.36027291
2019 51.34442069
2020 49.88217299
2021
2022

South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies 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: Low- and middle-income economies are an increasingly important part of the global trading system. Trade between high-income economies and low- and middle-income economies has grown faster than trade between high-income economies. This increased trade benefits both producers and consumers in developing and high-income economies. 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source