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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 Bolivia was 0.503 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 0.630 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.002 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
1966	0.072
1967	0.066
1968	0.029
1969	0.056
1972	0.067
1983	0.037
1984	0.002
1988	0.019
1989	0.072
1990	0.008
1991	0.146
1992	0.005
1993	0.065
1994	0.018
1995	0.008
1996	0.007
1997	0.014
1998	0.019
1999	0.029
2000	0.015
2001	0.020
2002	0.031
2003	0.017
2004	0.030
2005	0.060
2006	0.025
2007	0.016
2008	0.015
2009	0.023
2010	0.076
2011	0.047
2012	0.174
2013	0.200
2014	0.243
2015	0.194
2016	0.259
2017	0.143
2018	0.302
2019	0.630
2020	0.503

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Bolivia was 7,080,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,519,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 71,000,000 in 1960.

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	71,000,000
1961	78,000,000
1962	97,000,000
1963	103,000,000
1964	103,000,000
1965	134,000,000
1966	138,000,000
1967	151,000,000
1968	153,000,000
1969	165,000,000
1970	159,000,000
1971	170,000,000
1972	185,000,000
1973	230,000,000
1974	390,000,000
1975	558,000,000
1976	555,000,000
1977	618,000,000
1978	808,000,000
1979	894,000,000
1980	665,000,000
1981	917,000,000
1982	554,000,000
1983	577,000,000
1984	489,000,000
1985	691,000,000
1986	674,000,000
1987	766,000,000
1988	591,000,000
1989	611,000,000
1990	687,000,000
1991	970,000,000
1992	1,090,000,000
1993	1,206,000,000
1994	1,209,000,000
1995	1,424,000,000
1996	1,635,000,000
1997	1,851,000,000
1998	1,983,000,000
1999	1,755,000,000
2000	1,830,000,000
2001	1,708,000,000
2002	1,775,000,000
2003	1,616,000,000
2004	1,877,000,000
2005	2,431,000,000
2006	2,916,000,000
2007	3,586,000,000
2008	5,081,000,000
2009	4,545,000,000
2010	5,590,000,000
2011	7,927,000,000
2012	8,578,000,000
2013	9,338,000,000
2014	10,519,000,000
2015	9,766,000,000
2016	8,427,000,000
2017	9,287,999,000
2018	9,996,000,000
2019	9,784,001,000
2020	7,080,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Bolivia was 29.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 89.50 in 1964, while its lowest value was 29.49 in 2020.

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
1960	83.97
1961	79.25
1962	83.66
1963	86.13
1964	89.50
1965	87.32
1966	86.64
1967	85.52
1968	85.98
1969	82.31
1970	80.88
1971	80.88
1972	65.56
1973	54.74
1974	61.48
1975	61.98
1976	57.67
1977	62.13
1978	68.80
1979	62.25
1980	62.29
1981	61.76
1982	63.18
1983	59.89
1984	51.23
1985	56.00
1986	61.18
1987	59.60
1988	58.52
1989	60.85
1990	64.61
1991	66.83
1992	68.30
1993	67.39
1994	62.29
1995	62.51
1996	68.02
1997	61.95
1998	69.46
1999	62.50
2000	53.16
2001	45.41
2002	41.46
2003	42.50
2004	37.37
2005	39.45
2006	41.30
2007	39.99
2008	39.33
2009	38.69
2010	36.99
2011	34.64
2012	33.91
2013	41.88
2014	39.19
2015	36.86
2016	34.01
2017	31.20
2018	33.23
2019	31.60
2020	29.49

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 Bolivia was 29.71 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 29.71 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.18 in 1986.

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
1960	0.28
1962	0.61
1963	0.48
1964	0.49
1965	0.60
1966	1.01
1967	1.19
1968	0.68
1969	1.15
1970	0.49
1971	0.47
1972	0.57
1983	0.85
1984	1.07
1986	0.18
1987	0.57
1988	1.16
1989	1.06
1990	0.95
1991	1.15
1992	1.63
1993	1.33
1994	1.58
1995	2.90
1996	1.52
1997	0.98
1998	1.45
1999	2.27
2000	4.51
2001	6.09
2002	6.39
2003	6.72
2004	6.88
2005	7.40
2006	9.36
2007	10.39
2008	10.42
2009	11.11
2010	14.16
2011	16.70
2012	18.07
2013	18.54
2014	22.23
2015	22.60
2016	24.81
2017	26.40
2018	26.58
2019	28.05
2020	29.71

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 Bolivia was 24.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 24.44 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1972.

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
1968	0.04
1969	0.11
1972	0.02
1983	0.14
1984	0.86
1986	0.18
1987	0.57
1988	0.85
1989	0.65
1990	0.74
1991	0.63
1992	0.74
1993	0.51
1994	0.99
1995	2.24
1996	1.15
1997	0.67
1998	0.87
1999	1.73
2000	4.03
2001	5.61
2002	5.79
2003	5.68
2004	6.16
2005	6.39
2006	8.38
2007	9.56
2008	9.63
2009	9.95
2010	12.73
2011	15.36
2012	16.54
2013	16.69
2014	19.42
2015	20.37
2016	22.51
2017	24.04
2018	23.27
2019	23.71
2020	24.44

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 Bolivia was 2.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 2.43 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1968.

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
1968	0.00
1969	0.00
1972	0.00
1983	0.00
1984	0.02
1988	0.03
1989	0.01
1990	0.02
1991	0.08
1992	0.60
1993	0.53
1994	0.30
1995	0.34
1996	0.12
1997	0.05
1998	0.29
1999	0.25
2000	0.17
2001	0.08
2002	0.11
2003	0.47
2004	0.08
2005	0.24
2006	0.22
2007	0.11
2008	0.13
2009	0.24
2010	0.27
2011	0.26
2012	0.34
2013	0.40
2014	0.61
2015	0.45
2016	0.46
2017	0.60
2018	1.32
2019	2.15
2020	2.43

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 Bolivia was 40.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 55.01 in 2004, while its lowest value was 6.80 in 1964.

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
1960	11.95
1961	14.95
1962	10.73
1963	7.42
1964	6.80
1965	9.47
1966	9.31
1967	10.19
1968	11.01
1969	14.49
1970	14.47
1971	14.47
1972	25.21
1973	25.63
1974	33.72
1975	32.56
1976	33.11
1977	29.11
1978	21.36
1979	24.30
1980	24.30
1981	28.73
1982	29.80
1983	37.37
1984	43.27
1985	41.40
1986	33.12
1987	37.66
1988	38.72
1989	37.17
1990	33.13
1991	30.03
1992	28.58
1993	30.19
1994	34.14
1995	29.88
1996	28.96
1997	35.31
1998	27.68
1999	33.71
2000	41.38
2001	47.32
2002	51.34
2003	49.96
2004	55.01
2005	51.35
2006	47.40
2007	48.28
2008	45.28
2009	43.41
2010	43.10
2011	41.99
2012	42.80
2013	39.39
2014	38.49
2015	40.46
2016	41.10
2017	42.30
2018	40.15
2019	40.28
2020	40.77

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 Bolivia was 0.041 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 0.232 in 2016, 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
1966	0.072
1967	0.132
1968	0.052
1969	0.072
1972	0.118
1983	0.024
1984	0.001
1988	0.019
1989	0.068
1990	0.012
1991	0.146
1992	0.025
1993	0.084
1994	0.018
1995	0.008
1996	0.005
1997	0.014
1998	0.012
1999	0.025
2000	0.008
2001	0.012
2002	0.027
2003	0.016
2004	0.012
2005	0.060
2006	0.022
2007	0.015
2008	0.016
2009	0.036
2010	0.029
2011	0.024
2012	0.051
2013	0.040
2014	0.225
2015	0.155
2016	0.232
2017	0.046
2018	0.052
2019	0.035
2020	0.041

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 Bolivia was 2.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.69 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1983.

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
1960	0.28
1962	0.51
1963	0.39
1964	0.39
1965	0.45
1966	0.65
1967	0.66
1968	0.33
1969	0.51
1972	0.28
1983	0.05
1984	0.07
1988	0.14
1989	0.23
1990	0.06
1991	0.06
1992	0.15
1993	0.12
1994	0.18
1995	0.15
1996	0.16
1997	0.12
1998	0.09
1999	0.10
2000	0.22
2001	0.33
2002	0.36
2003	0.48
2004	0.62
2005	0.55
2006	0.59
2007	0.61
2008	0.57
2009	0.78
2010	1.04
2011	0.99
2012	1.03
2013	1.19
2014	1.69
2015	1.36
2016	1.41
2017	1.60
2018	1.60
2019	1.83
2020	2.69

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 Bolivia was 0.100 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 0.628 in 1983, while its lowest value was 0.009 in 2004.

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
1962	0.102
1963	0.096
1964	0.097
1965	0.149
1966	0.289
1967	0.397
1968	0.260
1969	0.467
1970	0.494
1971	0.466
1972	0.144
1983	0.628
1984	0.123
1988	0.118
1989	0.105
1990	0.123
1991	0.226
1992	0.116
1993	0.088
1994	0.094
1995	0.153
1996	0.085
1997	0.131
1998	0.190
1999	0.157
2000	0.071
2001	0.058
2002	0.108
2003	0.078
2004	0.009
2005	0.165
2006	0.143
2007	0.101
2008	0.074
2009	0.114
2010	0.082
2011	0.071
2012	0.097
2013	0.231
2014	0.285
2015	0.266
2016	0.198
2017	0.124
2018	0.330
2019	0.315
2020	0.100

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Bolivia was 0.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.63 in 1973, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 2020.

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
1960	3.80
1961	5.80
1962	5.01
1963	5.97
1964	3.21
1965	2.61
1966	3.03
1967	3.11
1968	2.34
1969	2.04
1970	4.16
1971	4.19
1972	8.65
1973	19.63
1974	4.79
1975	5.46
1976	9.22
1977	8.76
1978	9.84
1979	13.45
1980	13.41
1981	9.51
1982	7.02
1983	1.89
1984	4.43
1985	2.61
1986	5.53
1987	2.17
1988	1.60
1989	0.92
1990	1.31
1991	2.00
1992	1.49
1993	1.09
1994	2.00
1995	4.71
1996	1.50
1997	1.75
1998	1.40
1999	1.52
2000	0.95
2001	1.18
2002	0.81
2003	0.81
2004	0.74
2005	1.80
2006	1.94
2007	1.34
2008	4.97
2009	6.78
2010	5.76
2011	6.66
2012	5.22
2013	0.18
2014	0.09
2015	0.07
2016	0.07
2017	0.10
2018	0.04
2019	0.07
2020	0.03

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Bolivia was $7,079,996,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $10,674,080,000 in 2014 and $71,100,000 in 1960.

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
1960	$71,100,000
1961	$77,600,000
1962	$97,900,000
1963	$103,800,000
1964	$102,900,000
1965	$134,100,000
1966	$138,500,000
1967	$151,200,000
1968	$152,849,000
1969	$165,005,000
1970	$158,529,000
1971	$171,283,000
1972	$185,381,000
1973	$227,361,000
1974	$388,789,000
1975	$553,816,000
1976	$584,350,000
1977	$579,286,000
1978	$764,247,000
1979	$848,466,000
1980	$802,081,000
1981	$905,185,000
1982	$488,806,000
1983	$530,738,000
1984	$409,044,000
1985	$683,314,000
1986	$666,569,000
1987	$757,494,000
1988	$590,592,700
1989	$619,951,000
1990	$700,289,900
1991	$993,784,600
1992	$1,131,942,000
1993	$1,177,652,000
1994	$1,200,524,000
1995	$1,449,058,000
1996	$1,657,101,000
1997	$1,934,280,000
1998	$2,461,598,000
1999	$2,107,015,000
2000	$2,022,908,000
2001	$1,709,380,000
2002	$1,831,966,000
2003	$1,692,023,000
2004	$1,886,733,000
2005	$2,343,288,000
2006	$2,923,075,000
2007	$3,587,806,000
2008	$5,099,361,000
2009	$4,577,380,000
2010	$5,603,874,000
2011	$7,935,746,000
2012	$8,590,086,000
2013	$9,699,040,000
2014	$10,674,080,000
2015	$9,843,071,000
2016	$8,563,811,000
2017	$9,373,689,000
2018	$10,001,910,000
2019	$9,784,565,000
2020	$7,079,996,000

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

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) in Bolivia was 40.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 55.01 in 2004, while its lowest value was 6.80 in 1964.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are 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. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

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

See also:

Year	Value
1960	11.95
1961	14.95
1962	10.73
1963	7.42
1964	6.80
1965	9.47
1966	9.31
1967	10.19
1968	11.01
1969	14.49
1970	14.47
1971	14.47
1972	25.21
1973	25.63
1974	33.72
1975	32.56
1976	33.11
1977	29.11
1978	21.36
1979	24.30
1980	24.30
1981	28.73
1982	29.80
1983	37.37
1984	43.27
1985	41.40
1986	33.12
1987	37.66
1988	38.72
1989	37.17
1990	33.13
1991	30.03
1992	28.58
1993	30.19
1994	34.14
1995	29.88
1996	28.96
1997	35.31
1998	27.68
1999	33.71
2000	41.38
2001	47.32
2002	51.34
2003	49.96
2004	55.01
2005	51.35
2006	47.40
2007	48.28
2008	45.28
2009	43.41
2010	43.10
2011	41.99
2012	42.80
2013	39.39
2014	38.49
2015	40.46
2016	41.10
2017	42.30
2018	40.15
2019	40.28
2020	40.77

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports