Upper 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Upper middle income
Records
63
Source
Upper middle income | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 2.20173496
1961 2.59397246
1962 2.6127969
1963 2.91570588
1964 3.28633154
1965 3.49734862
1966 3.79615832
1967 3.36443634
1968 3.58498245
1969 3.86067097
1970 3.85136913
1971 3.91466464
1972 4.2961466
1973 4.68990124
1974 7.61644209
1975 7.58153948
1976 8.99436218
1977 8.92890241
1978 8.4301722
1979 9.08606894
1980 9.86214863
1981 8.40549803
1982 9.29605662
1983 10.3997751
1984 10.42707095
1985 10.06409716
1986 6.95824959
1987 7.9180036
1988 7.52926712
1989 7.28335894
1990 6.73154159
1991 4.75631387
1992 6.08344115
1993 6.60927134
1994 5.51818582
1995 5.80625248
1996 6.74597352
1997 6.91430075
1998 6.76857028
1999 7.02581123
2000 8.09809743
2001 9.08380927
2002 9.28608815
2003 10.51426441
2004 11.9029746
2005 13.09293147
2006 14.168199
2007 15.45734027
2008 17.31773783
2009 17.14788594
2010 18.19073191
2011 19.17278693
2012 19.65512446
2013 19.74265699
2014 20.15560363
2015 19.15613405
2016 18.74651543
2017 19.6015928
2018 20.45917807
2019 21.07942896
2020 20.8468455
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Upper 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
Upper middle income
Records
63
Source