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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 Cameroon was 7.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 7.90 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.06 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
1960	3.57
1961	3.46
1963	1.48
1964	1.47
1965	1.71
1966	1.91
1967	1.58
1968	0.93
1969	0.94
1970	0.44
1971	0.34
1972	0.45
1973	0.60
1974	0.80
1975	0.42
1976	0.27
1977	0.44
1978	0.33
1979	0.37
1980	0.25
1981	0.32
1982	0.14
1983	0.10
1984	0.06
1985	0.90
1986	1.16
1987	1.88
1988	2.18
1989	1.93
1990	1.83
1991	1.87
1992	1.60
1993	3.27
1994	3.60
1995	3.01
1996	2.08
1997	1.80
1998	1.76
1999	1.71
2000	2.00
2001	2.55
2002	3.06
2003	2.75
2004	2.72
2005	2.98
2006	3.09
2007	3.69
2008	4.20
2009	5.60
2010	4.11
2011	4.51
2012	3.46
2013	3.09
2014	3.70
2015	4.79
2016	6.36
2017	5.10
2018	7.11
2019	7.90
2020	7.34

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Cameroon was 5,364,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,553,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 84,000,000 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	84,000,000
1961	96,000,000
1962	102,000,000
1963	128,000,000
1964	116,000,000
1965	134,000,000
1966	131,000,000
1967	177,000,000
1968	188,000,000
1969	204,000,000
1970	242,000,000
1971	251,000,000
1972	303,000,000
1973	334,000,000
1974	437,000,000
1975	599,000,000
1976	613,000,000
1977	735,000,000
1978	1,056,000,000
1979	1,275,000,000
1980	1,602,000,000
1981	1,427,000,000
1982	1,211,000,000
1983	1,224,000,000
1984	1,112,000,000
1985	1,151,000,000
1986	1,704,000,000
1987	1,723,000,000
1988	1,274,000,000
1989	1,261,000,000
1990	1,400,000,000
1991	1,173,000,000
1992	1,163,000,000
1993	1,102,000,000
1994	1,083,000,000
1995	1,199,000,000
1996	1,227,000,000
1997	1,359,000,000
1998	1,495,000,000
1999	1,318,000,000
2000	1,489,000,000
2001	1,852,000,000
2002	1,866,000,000
2003	2,163,000,000
2004	2,406,000,000
2005	2,735,000,000
2006	3,150,000,000
2007	4,657,000,000
2008	5,686,000,000
2009	4,442,000,000
2010	5,133,000,000
2011	6,800,000,000
2012	6,515,000,000
2013	6,649,000,000
2014	7,553,000,000
2015	6,045,000,000
2016	5,206,000,000
2017	4,796,000,000
2018	5,656,000,000
2019	5,646,000,000
2020	5,364,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Cameroon was 42.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 86.93 in 1968, while its lowest value was 37.41 in 2014.

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	79.55
1961	78.17
1962	71.61
1963	79.80
1964	81.72
1965	82.91
1966	85.28
1967	85.93
1968	86.93
1969	84.89
1970	85.33
1971	85.22
1972	86.02
1973	83.13
1974	82.27
1975	84.36
1976	83.88
1977	83.32
1978	80.94
1979	83.99
1980	79.02
1981	81.79
1982	85.63
1983	83.10
1984	84.83
1985	84.49
1986	86.83
1987	84.78
1988	79.75
1989	79.29
1990	78.55
1991	79.92
1992	74.73
1993	77.26
1994	71.70
1995	58.91
1996	64.41
1997	63.41
1998	65.94
1999	62.65
2000	58.49
2001	64.14
2002	67.05
2003	64.87
2004	61.02
2005	46.69
2006	44.31
2007	62.85
2008	61.38
2009	56.44
2010	45.20
2011	39.02
2012	43.29
2013	42.57
2014	37.41
2015	39.55
2016	43.84
2017	43.99
2018	46.81
2019	41.65
2020	42.13

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 Cameroon was 42.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 42.62 in 2020, while its lowest value was 1.26 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
1960	4.52
1961	4.41
1963	2.69
1964	1.47
1965	2.82
1966	3.36
1967	2.94
1968	1.26
1969	2.33
1970	1.96
1971	1.94
1972	2.10
1973	4.87
1974	4.49
1975	2.28
1976	3.33
1977	3.58
1978	4.65
1979	4.30
1980	4.71
1981	4.56
1982	3.36
1983	3.60
1984	2.66
1985	3.26
1986	3.21
1987	5.69
1988	6.17
1989	6.64
1990	7.94
1991	7.97
1992	3.82
1993	8.77
1994	10.59
1995	8.00
1996	7.92
1997	8.18
1998	9.41
1999	10.14
2000	8.59
2001	9.28
2002	12.46
2003	15.46
2004	15.90
2005	17.93
2006	18.94
2007	27.78
2008	28.89
2009	33.98
2010	25.16
2011	30.19
2012	27.15
2013	32.89
2014	33.35
2015	36.81
2016	40.60
2017	39.94
2018	37.61
2019	42.30
2020	42.62

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 Cameroon was 27.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 27.89 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.37 in 1965.

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	0.95
1961	0.84
1963	0.46
1965	0.37
1966	0.61
1967	0.56
1968	0.38
1969	0.79
1970	0.81
1971	0.95
1972	1.09
1973	2.57
1974	2.76
1975	1.10
1976	2.41
1977	1.74
1978	3.22
1979	2.19
1980	2.18
1981	2.31
1982	1.95
1983	1.85
1984	0.93
1985	1.42
1986	1.22
1987	1.24
1988	1.35
1989	1.51
1990	1.55
1991	1.98
1992	0.89
1993	3.83
1994	2.89
1995	2.31
1996	2.42
1997	3.12
1998	3.41
1999	4.01
2000	3.91
2001	4.57
2002	6.23
2003	7.84
2004	8.22
2005	9.31
2006	9.74
2007	14.23
2008	16.49
2009	20.86
2010	15.93
2011	18.34
2012	16.20
2013	20.70
2014	24.14
2015	25.30
2016	27.89
2017	25.28
2018	23.99
2019	26.94
2020	27.59

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 Cameroon was 5.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 5.38 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1976.

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
1967	0.06
1969	0.02
1970	0.07
1971	0.05
1972	0.01
1973	0.01
1974	0.02
1975	0.01
1976	0.00
1977	0.01
1978	0.01
1979	0.09
1980	0.09
1981	0.23
1982	0.25
1983	0.24
1984	0.20
1985	0.32
1986	0.31
1987	0.05
1988	0.14
1989	0.17
1990	0.21
1991	0.40
1992	0.22
1993	0.43
1994	0.28
1995	0.39
1996	0.27
1997	0.76
1998	2.15
1999	1.98
2000	1.81
2001	1.71
2002	2.20
2003	2.43
2004	2.41
2005	2.11
2006	1.61
2007	1.76
2008	2.19
2009	2.09
2010	1.57
2011	2.02
2012	2.49
2013	2.12
2014	1.83
2015	2.25
2016	3.46
2017	4.34
2018	5.01
2019	5.17
2020	5.38

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 Cameroon was 2.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 6.23 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1969.

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	0.10
1963	0.09
1965	0.07
1967	0.06
1969	0.05
1970	0.05
1971	0.13
1972	0.08
1973	0.16
1974	0.05
1975	0.28
1976	0.09
1977	0.25
1978	0.50
1979	0.44
1980	0.30
1981	1.09
1982	0.60
1983	0.60
1984	0.57
1985	0.55
1986	0.88
1987	0.87
1988	1.78
1989	2.16
1990	1.81
1991	3.00
1993	1.37
1994	1.42
1995	1.57
1996	1.80
1997	1.14
1998	1.20
1999	1.06
2000	0.85
2001	0.87
2002	1.35
2003	2.00
2004	2.93
2005	3.77
2006	3.48
2007	6.23
2008	5.20
2009	5.30
2010	3.05
2011	4.42
2012	2.72
2013	3.34
2014	2.65
2015	3.12
2016	2.99
2017	3.69
2018	2.74
2019	2.81
2020	2.67

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 Cameroon was 2.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.57 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.02 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
1960	3.57
1961	3.46
1963	1.58
1964	1.47
1965	1.78
1966	2.14
1967	1.86
1968	0.82
1969	1.05
1970	0.45
1971	0.34
1972	0.50
1973	1.11
1974	0.97
1975	0.49
1976	0.38
1977	0.28
1978	0.33
1979	0.37
1980	0.23
1981	0.25
1982	0.33
1983	0.07
1984	0.02
1985	0.63
1986	0.61
1987	1.35
1988	1.19
1989	1.12
1990	1.42
1991	1.13
1992	1.60
1993	2.03
1994	2.44
1995	1.60
1996	1.37
1997	1.31
1998	1.15
1999	1.03
2000	0.94
2001	0.87
2002	1.15
2003	1.31
2004	0.98
2005	0.79
2006	1.11
2007	1.43
2008	1.55
2009	2.06
2010	1.56
2011	2.01
2012	1.47
2013	1.47
2014	1.64
2015	2.16
2016	2.80
2017	2.77
2018	2.86
2019	3.17
2020	2.44

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 Cameroon was 4.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 5.26 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1968.

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
1963	0.56
1965	0.59
1966	0.61
1967	0.40
1968	0.05
1969	0.44
1970	0.57
1971	0.46
1972	0.41
1973	1.01
1974	0.70
1975	0.40
1976	0.46
1977	1.30
1978	0.59
1979	1.22
1980	1.92
1981	0.68
1982	0.24
1983	0.84
1984	0.95
1985	0.35
1986	0.20
1987	2.18
1988	1.70
1989	1.68
1990	2.94
1991	1.45
1992	1.10
1993	1.10
1994	3.57
1995	2.13
1996	2.07
1997	1.86
1998	1.49
1999	2.06
2000	1.08
2001	1.27
2002	1.53
2003	1.89
2004	1.35
2005	1.95
2006	2.99
2007	4.13
2008	3.46
2009	3.68
2010	3.04
2011	3.40
2012	4.27
2013	5.26
2014	3.10
2015	3.98
2016	3.45
2017	3.85
2018	3.01
2019	4.21
2020	4.54

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 Cameroon was 14.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 34.24 in 2005, while its lowest value was 0.83 in 1960.

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	0.83
1961	1.15
1963	11.49
1964	7.07
1965	6.32
1966	4.42
1967	4.75
1968	8.10
1969	9.16
1970	8.91
1971	8.97
1972	8.58
1973	8.47
1974	9.07
1975	7.67
1976	7.22
1977	8.50
1978	9.15
1979	6.68
1980	10.21
1981	8.47
1982	3.73
1983	5.77
1984	4.54
1985	6.56
1986	4.96
1987	4.10
1988	6.16
1989	6.56
1990	6.71
1991	6.18
1992	5.32
1993	8.12
1994	8.63
1995	19.26
1996	21.05
1997	20.11
1998	15.27
1999	21.01
2000	28.73
2001	23.37
2002	19.11
2003	18.84
2004	19.54
2005	34.24
2006	33.80
2007	6.81
2008	8.37
2009	9.29
2010	29.64
2011	30.78
2012	29.08
2013	24.54
2014	29.23
2015	23.60
2016	14.76
2017	15.39
2018	14.90
2019	15.40
2020	14.65

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Cameroon was 0.60 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 28.39 in 1962, while its lowest value was 0.00 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	15.10
1961	16.26
1962	28.39
1963	6.02
1964	9.74
1965	7.95
1966	6.94
1967	6.38
1968	3.72
1969	3.62
1970	3.80
1971	3.88
1972	3.30
1973	3.52
1974	4.17
1975	5.69
1976	5.57
1977	4.60
1978	5.26
1979	5.02
1980	6.06
1981	5.18
1982	7.27
1983	7.53
1984	7.97
1985	5.69
1986	5.00
1987	5.44
1988	7.92
1989	7.51
1990	6.79
1991	5.92
1992	16.14
1993	5.85
1994	9.09
1995	13.83
1996	6.63
1997	8.30
1998	9.39
1999	6.20
2000	4.19
2001	3.21
2002	1.38
2003	0.83
2004	3.54
2005	1.14
2006	2.94
2007	2.56
2008	1.36
2009	0.29
2010	0.00
2011	0.00
2012	0.49
2013	0.00
2014	0.00
2015	0.05
2016	0.80
2017	0.68
2018	0.68
2019	0.64
2020	0.60

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Cameroon was $5,852,882,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $7,533,544,000 in 2014 and $84,100,000 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	$84,100,000
1961	$95,300,000
1962	$101,800,000
1963	$107,900,000
1964	$116,000,000
1965	$134,600,000
1966	$131,100,000
1967	$177,000,000
1968	$182,800,000
1969	$206,284,000
1970	$242,019,000
1971	$249,660,000
1972	$303,210,000
1973	$334,730,000
1974	$437,258,000
1975	$598,862,000
1976	$608,980,000
1977	$785,634,000
1978	$1,045,432,000
1979	$1,277,117,000
1980	$1,616,101,000
1981	$1,436,160,000
1982	$1,210,301,000
1983	$1,268,085,000
1984	$1,121,614,000
1985	$1,144,343,000
1986	$1,525,229,000
1987	$1,717,659,000
1988	$1,280,556,000
1989	$1,273,330,000
1990	$1,554,864,000
1991	$1,345,013,000
1992	$1,162,836,000
1993	$881,080,700
1994	$717,429,300
1995	$1,199,461,000
1996	$1,226,510,000
1997	$1,360,236,000
1998	$1,494,668,000
1999	$1,317,574,000
2000	$1,491,517,000
2001	$1,838,335,000
2002	$1,817,294,000
2003	$1,828,664,000
2004	$2,441,479,000
2005	$2,812,691,000
2006	$3,169,525,000
2007	$3,303,202,000
2008	$4,151,983,000
2009	$3,725,905,000
2010	$5,080,812,000
2011	$6,587,457,000
2012	$6,425,509,000
2013	$6,651,520,000
2014	$7,533,544,000
2015	$6,019,875,000
2016	$4,909,887,000
2017	$5,198,132,000
2018	$5,821,987,000
2019	$5,341,550,000
2020	$5,852,882,000

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 Cameroon was 14.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 34.24 in 2005, while its lowest value was 0.83 in 1960.

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	0.83
1961	1.15
1963	11.49
1964	7.07
1965	6.32
1966	4.42
1967	4.75
1968	8.10
1969	9.16
1970	8.91
1971	8.97
1972	8.58
1973	8.47
1974	9.07
1975	7.67
1976	7.22
1977	8.50
1978	9.15
1979	6.68
1980	10.21
1981	8.47
1982	3.73
1983	5.77
1984	4.54
1985	6.56
1986	4.96
1987	4.10
1988	6.16
1989	6.56
1990	6.71
1991	6.18
1992	5.32
1993	8.12
1994	8.63
1995	19.26
1996	21.05
1997	20.11
1998	15.27
1999	21.01
2000	28.73
2001	23.37
2002	19.11
2003	18.84
2004	19.54
2005	34.24
2006	33.80
2007	6.81
2008	8.37
2009	9.29
2010	29.64
2011	30.78
2012	29.08
2013	24.54
2014	29.23
2015	23.60
2016	14.76
2017	15.39
2018	14.90
2019	15.40
2020	14.65

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports