Benin - 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 Benin was 19.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 20.15 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1971.

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.

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Year Value
1961 1.07
1963 0.60
1964 0.65
1965 0.88
1966 0.14
1967 0.57
1968 0.24
1969 0.01
1971 0.00
1972 0.03
1973 0.49
1975 3.18
1976 4.04
1977 9.80
1978 9.69
1979 7.92
1980 7.83
1981 9.10
1982 4.34
1983 2.04
1984 1.31
1988 3.72
1989 3.06
1990 1.74
1991 3.76
1992 4.73
1993 3.00
1994 3.88
1995 2.21
1996 2.18
1997 3.30
1998 4.05
1999 2.56
2000 2.64
2001 1.66
2002 2.10
2003 1.68
2004 1.71
2005 1.11
2006 2.43
2007 2.18
2008 1.14
2009 1.22
2010 1.90
2011 1.78
2012 4.43
2013 11.45
2014 13.30
2015 10.26
2016 15.69
2017 20.15
2018 13.20
2019 14.83
2020 19.64

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports