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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 Côte d'Ivoire was 7.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 7.32 in 1974, while its lowest value was 0.99 in 1986.

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
1960	4.39
1961	3.73
1962	3.97
1963	4.24
1964	4.42
1965	4.71
1966	5.67
1967	5.34
1968	5.74
1969	4.44
1970	4.28
1971	2.18
1972	1.41
1973	3.53
1974	7.32
1975	5.09
1976	2.01
1977	3.11
1978	2.80
1979	2.86
1980	2.94
1981	3.84
1982	5.79
1983	5.13
1984	2.99
1985	1.58
1986	0.99
1987	1.37
1988	1.74
1989	2.31
1990	2.09
1991	1.81
1992	1.82
1993	2.09
1994	2.18
1995	2.49
1996	1.84
1997	1.13
1998	1.67
1999	2.69
2000	4.57
2001	3.61
2002	4.33
2003	2.70
2004	3.17
2005	3.68
2006	3.38
2007	3.36
2008	4.11
2009	4.60
2010	5.12
2011	5.96
2012	4.04
2013	3.62
2014	5.63
2015	5.65
2016	6.78
2017	6.62
2018	6.73
2019	7.15
2020	7.05

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Côte d'Ivoire was 10,650,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,483,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 131,000,000 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	131,000,000
1961	169,000,000
1962	156,000,000
1963	170,000,000
1964	235,000,000
1965	236,000,000
1966	254,000,000
1967	264,000,000
1968	307,000,000
1969	333,000,000
1970	388,000,000
1971	400,000,000
1972	454,000,000
1973	710,000,000
1974	969,000,000
1975	1,127,000,000
1976	1,296,000,000
1977	1,756,000,000
1978	2,326,000,000
1979	2,491,000,000
1980	2,967,000,000
1981	2,382,000,000
1982	2,180,000,000
1983	1,839,000,000
1984	1,496,000,000
1985	1,749,000,000
1986	2,055,000,000
1987	2,370,000,000
1988	2,079,000,000
1989	2,111,000,000
1990	2,097,000,000
1991	2,103,000,000
1992	2,352,000,000
1993	2,115,000,000
1994	1,917,000,000
1995	2,931,000,000
1996	2,902,000,000
1997	2,781,000,000
1998	2,991,000,000
1999	2,898,000,000
2000	2,482,000,000
2001	2,548,000,000
2002	2,599,000,000
2003	3,279,000,000
2004	4,715,000,000
2005	5,865,000,000
2006	5,820,000,000
2007	6,683,000,000
2008	7,884,000,000
2009	6,960,000,000
2010	7,849,000,000
2011	6,720,000,000
2012	9,770,000,000
2013	12,483,000,000
2014	11,178,000,000
2015	9,532,000,000
2016	8,404,000,000
2017	9,614,000,000
2018	10,970,000,000
2019	10,483,000,000
2020	10,650,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Côte d'Ivoire was 41.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 86.61 in 1960, while its lowest value was 34.01 in 2012.

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	86.61
1961	86.29
1962	79.45
1963	81.87
1964	84.83
1965	84.15
1966	82.87
1967	81.48
1968	80.83
1969	82.99
1970	84.99
1971	84.74
1972	82.77
1973	82.26
1974	74.57
1975	76.23
1976	77.34
1977	80.22
1978	80.54
1979	74.67
1980	72.52
1981	65.98
1982	68.19
1983	65.85
1984	65.33
1985	65.69
1986	66.64
1987	67.13
1988	67.91
1989	65.58
1990	57.36
1991	60.88
1992	66.50
1993	63.90
1994	67.30
1995	68.80
1996	63.42
1997	60.90
1998	59.42
1999	59.52
2000	51.19
2001	54.91
2002	58.91
2003	62.69
2004	56.95
2005	53.59
2006	46.10
2007	44.09
2008	37.13
2009	40.00
2010	36.27
2011	35.05
2012	34.01
2013	42.11
2014	42.62
2015	45.44
2016	43.60
2017	49.55
2018	42.28
2019	39.72
2020	41.35

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 Côte d'Ivoire was 37.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 38.79 in 2019, while its lowest value was 1.48 in 1972.

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	7.18
1961	4.89
1962	4.48
1963	6.06
1964	6.42
1965	8.05
1966	8.85
1967	6.79
1968	6.38
1969	4.71
1970	4.33
1971	2.86
1972	1.48
1973	7.71
1974	10.36
1975	8.77
1976	6.45
1977	6.29
1978	4.03
1979	6.43
1980	7.15
1981	8.39
1982	6.97
1983	9.63
1984	6.13
1985	4.44
1986	5.49
1987	5.73
1988	4.68
1989	5.50
1990	4.61
1991	7.43
1992	7.68
1993	9.41
1994	9.96
1995	11.85
1996	10.59
1997	5.49
1998	14.26
1999	13.56
2000	13.02
2001	17.02
2002	17.05
2003	15.26
2004	14.14
2005	14.46
2006	16.81
2007	19.99
2008	23.01
2009	24.09
2010	25.94
2011	31.41
2012	28.67
2013	24.97
2014	27.37
2015	28.48
2016	37.82
2017	32.55
2018	36.98
2019	38.79
2020	37.94

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 Côte d'Ivoire was 21.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.28 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1978.

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
1960	2.10
1961	0.45
1963	1.53
1964	1.60
1965	0.51
1966	0.82
1967	0.07
1973	0.64
1974	0.18
1975	1.00
1976	0.08
1977	0.39
1978	0.03
1979	0.06
1980	1.45
1981	1.28
1982	3.01
1983	1.30
1984	3.29
1985	1.67
1986	1.67
1987	2.54
1988	1.67
1989	1.75
1990	1.15
1991	2.84
1992	3.97
1993	5.12
1994	3.77
1995	3.60
1996	4.36
1997	3.06
1998	5.20
1999	6.33
2000	6.11
2001	7.57
2002	5.98
2003	7.86
2004	7.66
2005	7.02
2006	8.46
2007	11.10
2008	13.18
2009	16.14
2010	14.74
2011	17.37
2012	15.47
2013	16.09
2014	14.04
2015	16.73
2016	23.28
2017	18.69
2018	20.84
2019	22.40
2020	21.82

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 Côte d'Ivoire was 4.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 4.89 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1973.

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
1973	0.05
1974	0.05
1975	0.08
1989	0.28
1990	0.13
1991	0.07
1992	0.71
1993	1.04
1994	1.79
1995	1.86
1996	1.71
1998	3.17
1999	2.82
2000	2.76
2001	3.13
2002	3.44
2003	2.14
2004	2.18
2005	1.73
2006	1.70
2007	2.20
2008	2.15
2009	1.53
2010	1.86
2011	1.94
2012	1.60
2013	1.50
2014	1.76
2015	1.74
2016	2.61
2017	3.41
2018	3.75
2019	4.89
2020	4.66

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 Côte d'Ivoire was 2.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 5.71 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.04 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
1964	0.04
1965	2.37
1966	1.94
1967	0.67
1968	0.45
1969	0.27
1970	0.05
1971	0.68
1972	0.07
1973	1.15
1974	1.09
1975	1.01
1976	0.18
1977	1.12
1978	0.34
1979	0.45
1980	0.86
1981	3.16
1982	2.08
1983	0.45
1984	0.89
1985	0.70
1986	1.12
1987	0.72
1988	1.47
1989	1.53
1990	1.20
1991	1.97
1992	2.02
1993	2.07
1994	2.26
1995	2.01
1996	1.69
1997	1.15
1998	2.26
1999	1.45
2000	1.86
2001	3.43
2002	1.61
2003	1.94
2004	1.51
2005	2.11
2006	2.04
2007	2.00
2008	3.06
2009	2.68
2010	4.58
2011	5.71
2012	5.20
2013	2.38
2014	3.36
2015	2.45
2016	3.11
2017	1.77
2018	3.86
2019	2.98
2020	2.90

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 Côte d'Ivoire was 3.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 8.79 in 1974, while its lowest value was 0.44 in 1986.

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
1960	4.72
1961	3.86
1962	3.97
1963	4.24
1964	4.13
1965	4.71
1966	5.71
1967	5.16
1968	5.74
1969	4.44
1970	4.28
1971	2.18
1972	1.41
1973	3.52
1974	8.79
1975	6.50
1976	6.13
1977	4.31
1978	3.49
1979	4.43
1980	3.11
1981	2.11
1982	1.56
1983	4.15
1984	0.57
1985	1.19
1986	0.44
1987	0.46
1988	0.44
1989	1.17
1990	0.85
1991	0.73
1992	0.58
1993	0.75
1994	1.61
1995	1.42
1996	0.81
1997	0.58
1998	0.95
1999	1.18
2000	0.75
2001	1.02
2002	2.70
2003	1.18
2004	1.39
2005	1.75
2006	1.42
2007	1.55
2008	2.03
2009	2.22
2010	2.07
2011	2.24
2012	1.94
2013	2.01
2014	2.75
2015	3.23
2016	3.52
2017	3.30
2018	3.37
2019	3.58
2020	3.54

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 Côte d'Ivoire was 5.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.46 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.06 in 1976.

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	0.36
1961	0.58
1962	0.51
1963	0.29
1964	0.65
1965	0.47
1966	0.39
1967	0.89
1968	0.19
1973	2.35
1974	0.24
1975	0.18
1976	0.06
1977	0.46
1978	0.18
1979	1.49
1980	1.72
1981	1.85
1982	0.31
1983	3.74
1984	1.38
1985	0.88
1986	2.26
1987	2.01
1988	1.09
1989	0.77
1990	1.27
1991	1.82
1992	0.40
1993	0.44
1994	0.53
1995	2.97
1996	2.03
1997	0.69
1998	2.68
1999	1.78
2000	1.53
2001	1.88
2002	3.32
2003	2.15
2004	1.40
2005	1.84
2006	3.19
2007	3.14
2008	2.58
2009	1.51
2010	2.69
2011	4.15
2012	4.46
2013	3.00
2014	5.46
2015	4.32
2016	5.30
2017	5.38
2018	5.16
2019	4.95
2020	5.02

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 Côte d'Ivoire was 18.91 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 34.98 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.58 in 1961.

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
1960	1.58
1961	0.58
1962	5.83
1963	4.18
1964	3.76
1965	3.01
1966	4.78
1967	5.90
1968	5.07
1969	5.28
1970	4.93
1971	5.46
1972	6.33
1973	5.60
1974	8.41
1975	9.23
1976	6.56
1977	5.95
1978	5.42
1979	5.04
1980	4.86
1981	7.01
1982	8.08
1983	13.48
1984	5.94
1985	18.04
1986	13.58
1987	14.55
1988	12.78
1989	21.85
1990	29.10
1991	26.56
1992	22.31
1993	23.30
1994	19.48
1995	15.95
1996	21.82
1997	18.37
1998	13.27
1999	16.75
2000	30.57
2001	24.23
2002	19.89
2003	19.10
2004	24.51
2005	28.42
2006	31.96
2007	30.41
2008	34.98
2009	26.88
2010	32.40
2011	31.13
2012	30.49
2013	32.75
2014	27.26
2015	22.69
2016	17.85
2017	17.31
2018	19.83
2019	19.67
2020	18.91

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Côte d'Ivoire was 1.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 22.60 in 1984, while its lowest value was 0.17 in 2013.

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	4.63
1961	8.24
1962	10.24
1963	7.89
1964	4.99
1965	4.79
1966	3.50
1967	5.83
1968	7.72
1969	7.02
1970	5.75
1971	6.94
1972	9.42
1973	4.44
1974	6.67
1975	5.77
1976	9.65
1977	7.54
1978	10.01
1979	13.86
1980	15.47
1981	18.62
1982	16.76
1983	11.04
1984	22.60
1985	11.83
1986	14.29
1987	12.60
1988	14.64
1989	7.08
1990	8.93
1991	5.14
1992	3.51
1993	3.38
1994	3.26
1995	3.40
1996	4.17
1997	15.25
1998	13.05
1999	10.17
2000	5.22
2001	3.84
2002	4.16
2003	2.95
2004	4.40
2005	3.54
2006	5.13
2007	5.51
2008	4.88
2009	9.03
2010	5.39
2011	2.42
2012	6.83
2013	0.17
2014	2.74
2015	3.39
2016	0.73
2017	0.60
2018	0.91
2019	1.81
2020	1.80

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Côte d'Ivoire was $11,453,990,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $12,721,280,000 in 2013 and $119,920,000 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	$119,920,000
1961	$155,400,000
1962	$156,200,000
1963	$169,900,000
1964	$244,500,000
1965	$235,900,000
1966	$257,500,000
1967	$269,500,000
1968	$313,500,000
1969	$334,180,000
1970	$383,810,000
1971	$393,940,000
1972	$441,310,000
1973	$710,630,000
1974	$965,720,000
1975	$1,125,040,000
1976	$1,297,090,000
1977	$1,730,730,000
1978	$2,291,070,000
1979	$2,446,500,000
1980	$2,975,410,000
1981	$2,394,460,000
1982	$2,182,070,000
1983	$1,844,750,000
1984	$1,577,035,000
1985	$1,759,504,000
1986	$2,047,490,000
1987	$2,242,331,000
1988	$2,081,545,000
1989	$2,111,044,000
1990	$2,097,580,000
1991	$2,103,330,000
1992	$2,409,557,000
1993	$2,087,938,000
1994	$1,960,570,000
1995	$3,037,716,000
1996	$2,908,836,000
1997	$2,756,124,000
1998	$3,279,391,000
1999	$3,046,882,000
2000	$2,493,152,000
2001	$2,549,401,000
2002	$2,586,846,000
2003	$3,553,951,000
2004	$4,710,698,000
2005	$5,863,562,000
2006	$5,814,914,000
2007	$6,683,336,000
2008	$7,903,375,000
2009	$7,000,638,000
2010	$7,871,818,000
2011	$6,702,404,000
2012	$9,969,732,000
2013	$12,721,280,000
2014	$11,069,570,000
2015	$10,438,670,000
2016	$8,607,919,000
2017	$9,644,070,000
2018	$11,004,190,000
2019	$10,515,640,000
2020	$11,453,990,000

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 Côte d'Ivoire was 18.91 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 34.98 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.58 in 1961.

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	1.58
1961	0.58
1962	5.83
1963	4.18
1964	3.76
1965	3.01
1966	4.78
1967	5.90
1968	5.07
1969	5.28
1970	4.93
1971	5.46
1972	6.33
1973	5.60
1974	8.41
1975	9.23
1976	6.56
1977	5.95
1978	5.42
1979	5.04
1980	4.86
1981	7.01
1982	8.08
1983	13.48
1984	5.94
1985	18.04
1986	13.58
1987	14.55
1988	12.78
1989	21.85
1990	29.10
1991	26.56
1992	22.31
1993	23.30
1994	19.48
1995	15.95
1996	21.82
1997	18.37
1998	13.27
1999	16.75
2000	30.57
2001	24.23
2002	19.89
2003	19.10
2004	24.51
2005	28.42
2006	31.96
2007	30.41
2008	34.98
2009	26.88
2010	32.40
2011	31.13
2012	30.49
2013	32.75
2014	27.26
2015	22.69
2016	17.85
2017	17.31
2018	19.83
2019	19.67
2020	18.91

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports