United Kingdom | 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
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Records
63
Source
United Kingdom | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 22.0776532
1961 22.42585669
1962 22.54431167
1963 22.60463878
1964 22.6659382
1965 22.71361826
1966 21.8305195
1967 20.90909091
1968 20.0156133
1969 20.15814634
1970 18.33286541
1971 16.6185209
1972 15.71879461
1973 15.65342403
1974 16.35761517
1975 15.58203178
1976 16.24823554
1977 15.34597348
1978 12.82404366
1979 10.577177
1980 10.47049166
1981 9.22207499
1982 10.10837939
1983 8.64541992
1984 9.1542127
1985 9.31383257
1986 7.81405623
1987 7.20004145
1988 6.77547505
1989 6.85873619
1990 7.431111
1991 7.63309765
1992 7.92426904
1993 9.45294277
1994 9.40988417
1995 9.67817924
1996 10.6929322
1997 10.55997891
1998 10.72502136
1999 10.99478538
2000 14.16072542
2001 15.10135946
2002 15.66707718
2003 16.48375751
2004 17.50477312
2005 17.49566699
2006 17.80638876
2007 19.37868787
2008 20.10169934
2009 20.66067558
2010 21.50686967
2011 22.00111491
2012 22.53162511
2013 22.53598332
2014 22.2743887
2015 22.4543897
2016 21.60737283
2017 21.70481623
2018 22.46927459
2019 22.66275916
2020 27.40774731
2021
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United Kingdom | 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
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Records
63
Source