Barbados - Merchandise imports

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Barbados was 0.555 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.555 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.001 in 1984.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1970 0.035
1971 0.032
1972 0.030
1973 0.062
1974 0.009
1975 0.107
1976 0.066
1977 0.004
1978 0.032
1979 0.006
1980 0.002
1981 0.007
1982 0.041
1983 0.002
1984 0.001
1985 0.002
1986 0.004
1987 0.010
1988 0.013
1989 0.029
1990 0.005
1991 0.002
1992 0.003
1993 0.024
1994 0.005
1995 0.009
1996 0.003
1997 0.216
1998 0.020
1999 0.010
2000 0.169
2001 0.042
2002 0.030
2003 0.051
2004 0.129
2005 0.037
2006 0.038
2007 0.046
2008 0.052
2009 0.051
2010 0.059
2011 0.029
2012 0.098
2013 0.095
2014 0.045
2015 0.080
2016 0.086
2017 0.061
2018 0.088
2019 0.068
2020 0.555

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Barbados was 1,518,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,920,000,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 47,000,000 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 49,000,000
1961 47,000,000
1962 52,000,000
1963 58,000,000
1964 64,000,000
1965 68,000,000
1966 76,000,000
1967 77,000,000
1968 84,000,000
1969 97,000,000
1970 118,000,000
1971 124,000,000
1972 141,000,000
1973 168,000,000
1974 204,000,000
1975 217,000,000
1976 237,000,000
1977 273,000,000
1978 314,000,000
1979 425,000,000
1980 524,000,000
1981 571,000,000
1982 551,000,000
1983 616,000,000
1984 657,000,000
1985 607,000,000
1986 587,000,000
1987 515,000,000
1988 582,000,000
1989 673,000,000
1990 704,000,000
1991 699,000,000
1992 524,000,000
1993 577,000,000
1994 615,000,000
1995 771,000,000
1996 833,000,000
1997 996,000,000
1998 1,010,000,000
1999 1,108,000,000
2000 1,156,000,000
2001 1,087,000,000
2002 1,039,000,000
2003 1,195,000,000
2004 1,413,000,000
2005 1,604,000,000
2006 1,697,000,000
2007 1,746,000,000
2008 1,920,000,000
2009 1,449,000,000
2010 1,569,000,000
2011 1,805,000,000
2012 1,780,000,000
2013 1,759,000,000
2014 1,739,000,000
2015 1,618,000,000
2016 1,622,000,000
2017 1,600,000,000
2018 1,578,000,000
2019 1,581,000,000
2020 1,518,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Barbados was 86.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 89.28 in 1999, while its lowest value was 73.61 in 1963.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1961 81.96
1962 76.55
1963 73.61
1964 82.83
1965 82.04
1966 82.96
1967 81.09
1968 84.87
1970 87.09
1971 86.90
1972 87.06
1973 84.77
1974 78.77
1975 75.92
1976 79.47
1977 78.82
1978 81.46
1979 83.41
1980 86.17
1981 83.05
1982 82.33
1983 86.44
1984 83.42
1985 82.64
1986 86.98
1987 84.39
1988 84.28
1989 83.32
1990 81.66
1991 81.30
1992 81.71
1993 84.41
1994 85.28
1995 85.38
1996 85.77
1997 85.73
1998 89.04
1999 89.28
2000 87.99
2001 87.97
2002 86.66
2003 86.68
2004 86.63
2005 86.29
2006 86.41
2007 82.99
2008 82.66
2009 80.76
2010 80.58
2011 81.51
2012 79.99
2013 80.32
2014 77.02
2015 79.21
2016 77.99
2017 81.57
2018 81.50
2019 81.46
2020 86.73

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Barbados was 12.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 22.63 in 2014, while its lowest value was 4.92 in 1968.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1961 15.00
1962 5.04
1963 5.38
1964 5.88
1965 5.99
1966 6.37
1967 5.41
1968 4.92
1970 6.94
1971 7.20
1972 8.38
1973 9.65
1974 9.31
1975 9.01
1976 9.68
1977 9.93
1978 8.69
1979 8.18
1980 6.70
1981 7.78
1982 6.81
1983 6.25
1984 5.89
1985 8.71
1986 7.06
1987 9.53
1988 9.53
1989 8.52
1990 7.59
1991 8.74
1992 10.67
1993 10.50
1994 10.92
1995 9.68
1996 8.70
1997 10.15
1998 9.31
1999 9.75
2000 11.29
2001 11.47
2002 12.75
2003 11.92
2004 11.89
2005 12.52
2006 13.25
2007 16.14
2008 16.82
2009 18.68
2010 18.75
2011 18.11
2012 19.70
2013 19.32
2014 22.63
2015 20.44
2016 21.66
2017 18.27
2018 18.43
2019 18.17
2020 12.92

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Barbados was 3.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 9.64 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.12 in 1968.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1967 0.13
1968 0.12
1970 0.20
1971 0.32
1972 0.56
1973 0.49
1974 0.32
1975 0.46
1976 0.49
1977 0.32
1978 0.29
1979 0.28
1980 0.45
1981 0.41
1982 0.63
1983 1.18
1984 0.84
1985 1.49
1986 0.97
1987 0.80
1988 0.86
1989 0.74
1990 0.81
1991 1.29
1992 1.55
1993 1.44
1994 1.58
1995 1.63
1996 1.27
1997 1.89
1998 1.72
1999 1.84
2000 2.23
2001 2.85
2002 3.32
2003 3.36
2004 3.51
2005 4.03
2006 4.28
2007 5.47
2008 5.48
2009 5.65
2010 6.74
2011 5.42
2012 5.47
2013 5.98
2014 7.19
2015 7.69
2016 9.64
2017 8.41
2018 8.65
2019 8.02
2020 3.61

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Barbados was 0.952 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 0.952 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 0.194
1963 0.174
1970 0.004
1971 0.031
1972 0.005
1973 0.006
1974 0.001
1975 0.003
1976 0.002
1977 0.007
1978 0.004
1979 0.002
1980 0.003
1981 0.000
1982 0.009
1983 0.003
1984 0.001
1985 0.004
1986 0.004
1987 0.012
1988 0.057
1989 0.012
1990 0.021
1991 0.016
1992 0.026
1993 0.079
1994 0.063
1995 0.067
1996 0.070
1997 0.093
1998 0.090
1999 0.062
2000 0.880
2001 0.174
2002 0.198
2003 0.190
2004 0.157
2005 0.156
2006 0.261
2007 0.339
2008 0.436
2009 0.394
2010 0.487
2011 0.327
2012 0.258
2013 0.145
2014 0.466
2015 0.350
2016 0.626
2017 0.433
2018 0.540
2019 0.711
2020 0.952

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Barbados was 7.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 13.76 in 2014, while its lowest value was 4.26 in 1962.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1961 5.00
1962 4.26
1963 4.51
1964 5.25
1965 5.39
1966 5.85
1967 4.81
1968 4.44
1970 6.31
1971 6.35
1972 7.30
1973 8.55
1974 8.65
1975 7.99
1976 8.72
1977 9.18
1978 8.04
1979 7.62
1980 6.05
1981 7.21
1982 5.96
1983 4.90
1984 4.91
1985 6.56
1986 5.88
1987 8.48
1988 8.40
1989 7.57
1990 6.51
1991 7.20
1992 8.96
1993 8.83
1994 9.12
1995 7.72
1996 7.16
1997 7.68
1998 7.02
1999 7.50
2000 7.63
2001 8.02
2002 8.83
2003 7.92
2004 7.74
2005 8.05
2006 8.16
2007 9.71
2008 10.28
2009 11.82
2010 10.44
2011 11.66
2012 13.26
2013 12.51
2014 13.76
2015 11.08
2016 9.98
2017 8.15
2018 8.11
2019 8.12
2020 7.35

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Barbados was 0.006 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.219 in 1997, while its lowest value was 0.001 in 1984.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1970 0.035
1971 0.035
1972 0.030
1973 0.049
1974 0.009
1975 0.080
1976 0.056
1977 0.006
1978 0.036
1979 0.007
1980 0.003
1981 0.007
1982 0.042
1983 0.003
1984 0.001
1985 0.002
1986 0.001
1987 0.002
1988 0.001
1989 0.001
1990 0.005
1991 0.007
1992 0.002
1993 0.027
1994 0.012
1995 0.028
1996 0.017
1997 0.219
1998 0.028
1999 0.018
2000 0.185
2001 0.025
2002 0.015
2003 0.032
2004 0.130
2005 0.017
2006 0.018
2007 0.040
2008 0.051
2009 0.030
2010 0.026
2011 0.015
2012 0.021
2013 0.016
2014 0.022
2015 0.058
2016 0.020
2017 0.027
2018 0.025
2019 0.034
2020 0.006

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Barbados was 0.87 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 10.00 in 1961, while its lowest value was 0.11 in 1993.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1961 10.00
1962 0.58
1963 0.69
1964 0.64
1965 0.60
1966 0.52
1967 0.48
1968 0.36
1970 0.38
1971 0.43
1972 0.44
1973 0.51
1974 0.27
1975 0.34
1976 0.32
1977 0.32
1978 0.20
1979 0.22
1980 0.15
1981 0.12
1982 0.15
1983 0.13
1984 0.14
1985 0.17
1986 0.18
1987 0.22
1988 0.20
1989 0.16
1990 0.21
1991 0.18
1992 0.11
1993 0.11
1994 0.11
1995 0.12
1996 0.12
1997 0.16
1998 0.20
1999 0.21
2000 0.26
2001 0.29
2002 0.22
2003 0.30
2004 0.22
2005 0.23
2006 0.37
2007 0.39
2008 0.44
2009 0.63
2010 0.84
2011 0.58
2012 0.52
2013 0.49
2014 0.98
2015 1.07
2016 1.14
2017 1.11
2018 0.93
2019 1.12
2020 0.87

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Barbados was 0.130 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.483 in 1985, while its lowest value was 0.012 in 1984.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1970 0.021
1971 0.029
1972 0.050
1973 0.040
1974 0.062
1975 0.150
1976 0.103
1977 0.095
1978 0.123
1979 0.048
1980 0.045
1981 0.033
1982 0.015
1983 0.028
1984 0.012
1985 0.483
1986 0.015
1987 0.020
1988 0.017
1989 0.027
1990 0.027
1991 0.046
1992 0.024
1993 0.017
1994 0.031
1995 0.116
1996 0.060
1997 0.113
1998 0.249
1999 0.107
2000 0.112
2001 0.101
2002 0.176
2003 0.116
2004 0.133
2005 0.029
2006 0.159
2007 0.184
2008 0.139
2009 0.165
2010 0.212
2011 0.106
2012 0.165
2013 0.172
2014 0.215
2015 0.193
2016 0.248
2017 0.146
2018 0.172
2019 0.170
2020 0.130

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Barbados was 0.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 21.01 in 1963, while its lowest value was 0.06 in 2018.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1961 3.04
1962 18.41
1963 21.01
1964 11.29
1965 11.98
1966 10.66
1967 13.50
1968 10.20
1970 5.98
1971 5.90
1972 4.56
1973 5.58
1974 11.93
1975 15.06
1976 10.85
1977 11.25
1978 9.85
1979 8.41
1980 7.13
1981 9.17
1982 10.87
1983 7.31
1984 10.69
1985 8.65
1986 5.97
1987 6.08
1988 6.19
1989 8.17
1990 10.75
1991 9.96
1992 7.62
1993 5.09
1994 3.80
1995 4.94
1996 5.53
1997 4.12
1998 1.65
1999 0.98
2000 0.72
2001 0.56
2002 0.59
2003 1.40
2004 1.48
2005 1.19
2006 0.34
2007 0.87
2008 0.52
2009 0.56
2010 0.67
2011 0.39
2012 0.31
2013 0.36
2014 0.35
2015 0.35
2016 0.35
2017 0.15
2018 0.06
2019 0.37
2020 0.35

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Barbados was $1,499,450,000 as of 2020. Over the past 59 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $2,037,257,000 in 2018 and $46,000,000 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1961 $46,000,000
1962 $51,600,000
1963 $57,600,000
1964 $62,900,000
1965 $66,800,000
1966 $76,900,000
1967 $79,793,000
1968 $83,300,000
1970 $138,811,000
1971 $132,540,000
1972 $141,558,000
1973 $168,553,000
1974 $204,138,000
1975 $216,003,000
1976 $236,847,000
1977 $273,429,000
1978 $312,573,000
1979 $424,272,000
1980 $513,019,000
1981 $570,741,000
1982 $552,871,000
1983 $625,251,000
1984 $656,899,000
1985 $607,291,000
1986 $586,655,000
1987 $514,603,000
1988 $578,958,000
1989 $677,774,300
1990 $700,289,900
1991 $700,786,400
1992 $552,823,000
1993 $574,006,000
1994 $607,914,900
1995 $764,484,700
1996 $828,904,000
1997 $995,500,900
1998 $1,021,882,000
1999 $1,108,162,000
2000 $1,156,118,000
2001 $1,068,631,000
2002 $1,070,773,000
2003 $1,202,087,000
2004 $1,476,171,000
2005 $1,599,477,000
2006 $1,619,379,000
2007 $1,304,488,000
2008 $1,749,129,000
2009 $1,345,849,000
2010 $1,201,023,000
2011 $1,781,067,000
2012 $1,772,966,000
2013 $1,774,140,000
2014 $1,745,319,000
2015 $1,623,181,000
2016 $1,626,792,000
2017 $1,602,017,000
2018 $2,037,257,000
2019 $1,583,831,000
2020 $1,499,450,000

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports