Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
7.55502378 1960
7.22827247 1961
8.25018922 1962
7.05017129 1963
6.25654785 1964
7.61781854 1965
7.83603954 1966
7.85053398 1967
7.80460222 1968
7.95708472 1969
6.99993154 1970
8.7148475 1971
7.90142366 1972
9.00472725 1973
10.79754524 1974
8.44281471 1975
7.9923684 1976
7.36288669 1977
6.85179479 1978
7.91568924 1979
9.06923699 1980
7.56850252 1981
8.41918003 1982
7.82033537 1983
8.70964816 1984
9.20536087 1985
8.35350714 1986
7.80296618 1987
9.19838218 1988
8.75877048 1989
8.89873012 1990
9.50930679 1991
10.95957993 1992
11.62992215 1993
12.42669189 1994
12.81187676 1995
13.26568987 1996
13.94494691 1997
14.81832336 1998
15.19958655 1999
17.14859234 2000
17.66933717 2001
17.37232618 2002
17.87124274 2003
18.69149212 2004
20.5609117 2005
21.31285937 2006
24.36841728 2007
26.26325732 2008
27.1014567 2009
26.13914557 2010
26.26091124 2011
27.40484179 2012
27.8557522 2013
29.65550266 2014
32.03950323 2015
33.13163723 2016
33.18123557 2017
33.89156945 2018
34.14263114 2019
36.09902155 2020
2021
2022
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source