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