Caribbean small states - Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Caribbean small states was 1.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 21.22 in 1968, while its lowest value was 1.27 in 2017.

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.

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Year Value
1960 17.20
1961 14.26
1962 15.07
1963 14.21
1964 14.97
1965 17.47
1966 17.25
1967 20.34
1968 21.22
1969 19.03
1970 15.63
1971 13.37
1972 11.40
1973 7.70
1974 7.73
1975 5.54
1976 6.11
1977 6.94
1978 6.77
1979 10.16
1980 9.86
1981 7.95
1982 8.50
1983 9.90
1984 7.12
1985 7.87
1986 4.90
1987 4.21
1988 5.63
1989 6.19
1990 7.35
1991 8.65
1992 6.24
1993 8.04
1994 5.39
1995 6.63
1996 6.65
1997 6.80
1998 5.32
1999 5.69
2000 9.06
2001 7.97
2002 7.69
2003 6.02
2004 5.75
2005 5.91
2006 6.94
2007 6.00
2008 7.99
2009 6.72
2010 6.14
2011 5.94
2012 6.37
2013 5.40
2014 4.64
2015 4.65
2016 2.22
2017 1.27
2018 2.94
2019 1.88
2020 1.64

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports