World | 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
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World
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63
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World | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 15.9783028
1961 15.25418672
1962 15.50167308
1963 15.53258467
1964 15.68962508
1965 15.28449292
1966 15.55010126
1967 14.86394587
1968 14.66810154
1969 14.41314756
1970 13.83898685
1971 13.33400927
1972 13.17716129
1973 13.89311873
1974 16.83903076
1975 15.78667662
1976 16.23839942
1977 16.65398759
1978 15.49639334
1979 16.34072147
1980 16.67188993
1981 14.91025305
1982 15.30750457
1983 15.64639239
1984 15.75519983
1985 15.57103937
1986 12.78286776
1987 12.79852002
1988 12.7522106
1989 13.45157066
1990 13.5518435
1991 13.86865609
1992 14.63159903
1993 16.73925939
1994 17.19331992
1995 17.27436873
1996 18.08811468
1997 18.48159811
1998 18.21622647
1999 19.02059686
2000 20.67068599
2001 21.08500927
2002 21.6068834
2003 22.32267002
2004 23.1431924
2005 24.52261005
2006 25.59023251
2007 25.98741849
2008 27.08630227
2009 27.12937583
2010 28.53954978
2011 28.65892796
2012 29.24999238
2013 28.65016049
2014 29.00912808
2015 29.43113148
2016 29.24479459
2017 29.90549453
2018 30.02464488
2019 30.08077053
2020 30.28734474
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World | 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
World
Records
63
Source