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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 Congo was 4.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 6.71 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.41 in 1979.

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
1961	2.19
1962	2.35
1963	3.27
1964	4.19
1965	3.87
1966	4.63
1967	4.60
1968	3.26
1969	4.10
1970	4.39
1971	1.45
1972	2.64
1973	2.15
1974	1.53
1975	1.44
1976	1.28
1977	0.56
1978	1.17
1979	0.41
1980	0.95
1981	1.04
1982	0.82
1983	0.44
1984	0.79
1985	1.37
1986	1.10
1987	0.97
1988	1.03
1989	1.08
1990	2.34
1991	1.56
1992	3.24
1993	1.68
1994	1.01
1995	1.29
1996	0.64
1997	1.47
1998	0.80
1999	0.93
2000	1.11
2001	1.24
2002	6.71
2003	1.88
2004	0.57
2005	0.87
2006	0.82
2007	1.45
2008	1.78
2009	2.02
2010	2.13
2011	1.80
2012	2.00
2013	1.58
2014	2.43
2015	2.25
2016	1.22
2017	2.61
2018	3.01
2019	5.87
2020	4.24

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Congo was 1,866,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,270,000,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 59,000,000 in 1970.

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	70,000,000
1961	79,000,000
1962	76,000,000
1963	64,000,000
1964	67,000,000
1965	67,000,000
1966	72,000,000
1967	84,000,000
1968	86,000,000
1969	80,000,000
1970	59,000,000
1971	82,000,000
1972	104,000,000
1973	128,000,000
1974	127,000,000
1975	170,000,000
1976	172,000,000
1977	208,000,000
1978	259,000,000
1979	291,000,000
1980	580,000,000
1981	446,000,000
1982	767,000,000
1983	648,000,000
1984	618,000,000
1985	598,000,000
1986	597,000,000
1987	529,000,000
1988	564,000,000
1989	518,000,000
1990	621,000,000
1991	594,000,000
1992	451,000,000
1993	581,000,000
1994	631,000,000
1995	670,000,000
1996	1,551,000,000
1997	926,000,000
1998	680,000,000
1999	821,000,000
2000	465,000,000
2001	682,000,000
2002	675,000,000
2003	831,000,000
2004	969,000,000
2005	1,304,000,000
2006	2,013,000,000
2007	3,929,000,000
2008	3,540,000,000
2009	4,447,000,000
2010	4,369,000,000
2011	7,013,000,000
2012	7,349,000,000
2013	8,372,000,000
2014	10,099,000,000
2015	10,550,000,000
2016	11,270,000,000
2017	4,560,000,000
2018	3,486,000,000
2019	2,242,000,000
2020	1,866,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Congo was 42.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 90.51 in 1983, while its lowest value was 30.55 in 2011.

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	78.08
1961	75.98
1962	83.09
1963	86.11
1964	82.61
1965	83.13
1966	84.23
1967	81.48
1968	78.07
1969	76.90
1970	85.15
1971	87.42
1972	87.25
1973	85.80
1974	77.94
1975	77.52
1976	74.88
1977	88.42
1978	81.21
1979	81.93
1980	74.49
1981	75.97
1982	80.92
1983	90.51
1984	83.55
1985	85.24
1986	89.10
1987	86.86
1988	83.95
1989	88.32
1990	75.65
1991	78.12
1992	76.19
1993	75.63
1994	67.32
1995	69.29
1996	83.45
1997	73.29
1998	70.35
1999	64.34
2000	75.35
2001	77.00
2002	72.50
2003	81.50
2004	41.50
2005	36.35
2006	35.96
2007	34.95
2008	46.72
2009	47.75
2010	47.39
2011	30.55
2012	32.19
2013	35.71
2014	72.45
2015	67.64
2016	74.53
2017	42.42
2018	47.87
2019	49.05
2020	42.95

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 Congo was 32.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 32.57 in 2020, while its lowest value was 2.01 in 1996.

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
1961	2.19
1962	2.35
1963	2.61
1964	2.64
1965	3.72
1966	3.33
1967	6.90
1968	2.85
1969	3.46
1970	4.35
1971	3.36
1972	5.09
1973	4.04
1974	4.41
1975	4.31
1976	4.75
1977	3.20
1978	7.36
1979	5.09
1980	6.14
1981	10.40
1982	10.90
1983	3.76
1984	8.03
1985	6.94
1986	3.72
1987	3.01
1988	4.21
1989	4.27
1990	3.31
1991	3.11
1992	2.06
1993	2.78
1994	2.19
1995	2.02
1996	2.01
1997	5.58
1998	10.56
1999	8.94
2000	8.72
2001	9.39
2002	15.82
2003	8.92
2004	8.63
2005	8.96
2006	7.80
2007	4.86
2008	9.76
2009	8.15
2010	7.54
2011	8.77
2012	15.26
2013	12.45
2014	21.50
2015	24.45
2016	20.15
2017	15.54
2018	22.18
2019	25.96
2020	32.57

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 Congo was 18.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 19.06 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.08 in 1983.

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
1963	0.33
1964	0.16
1965	1.55
1966	0.87
1967	3.75
1968	2.03
1969	1.92
1970	1.99
1971	2.42
1972	3.56
1973	2.51
1974	2.63
1975	3.48
1976	2.82
1977	1.62
1978	1.86
1979	1.54
1980	1.01
1981	1.25
1982	1.34
1983	0.08
1984	2.54
1985	2.34
1986	1.34
1987	0.76
1988	1.44
1989	1.16
1990	0.69
1991	0.66
1992	0.60
1993	1.07
1994	0.81
1995	0.83
1996	1.35
1997	3.35
1998	7.42
1999	4.12
2000	3.10
2001	2.93
2002	5.08
2003	3.54
2004	4.77
2005	4.93
2006	5.01
2007	2.98
2008	6.62
2009	5.05
2010	4.92
2011	4.35
2012	6.35
2013	6.49
2014	15.52
2015	19.06
2016	15.58
2017	10.03
2018	16.38
2019	15.86
2020	18.49

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 Congo was 7.55 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 7.55 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 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
1970	0.08
1971	0.02
1973	0.00
1974	0.29
1975	0.11
1976	0.01
1977	0.00
1978	0.05
1979	0.11
1980	0.00
1981	0.02
1982	0.12
1983	0.01
1984	0.04
1985	0.05
1986	0.08
1987	0.02
1988	0.09
1989	0.24
1990	0.13
1991	0.04
1992	0.08
1993	0.04
1994	0.07
1995	0.04
1996	0.10
1997	0.36
1998	0.37
1999	0.41
2000	3.56
2001	3.49
2002	3.34
2003	2.15
2004	0.89
2005	0.45
2006	0.35
2007	0.12
2008	0.27
2009	0.28
2010	0.27
2011	0.46
2012	0.88
2013	0.80
2014	1.03
2015	1.39
2016	1.64
2017	1.83
2018	2.14
2019	4.27
2020	7.55

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 Congo was 4.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 8.15 in 1982, while its lowest value was 0.08 in 1970.

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	0.16
1966	0.14
1970	0.08
1971	0.17
1972	0.10
1973	0.11
1974	0.18
1975	0.14
1976	0.68
1977	0.96
1978	4.55
1979	2.26
1980	4.14
1981	7.95
1982	8.15
1983	1.74
1984	4.41
1985	2.89
1986	0.79
1987	0.67
1988	0.79
1989	0.56
1990	0.93
1991	1.33
1992	0.48
1993	0.24
1994	0.36
1995	0.27
1996	0.17
1997	0.25
1998	0.26
1999	0.60
2000	0.32
2001	0.67
2002	0.71
2003	1.19
2004	1.11
2005	1.88
2006	1.10
2007	0.92
2008	1.64
2009	1.21
2010	0.75
2011	2.51
2012	6.62
2013	3.96
2014	2.25
2015	2.11
2016	1.19
2017	1.05
2018	1.26
2019	2.13
2020	4.30

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 Congo was 0.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 5.19 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.14 in 1999.

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
1961	2.19
1962	2.35
1963	2.12
1964	2.33
1965	2.01
1966	2.32
1967	3.03
1968	0.82
1969	1.54
1970	2.02
1971	0.68
1972	0.98
1973	1.35
1974	1.20
1975	0.38
1976	1.16
1977	0.56
1978	0.82
1979	0.40
1980	0.47
1981	1.04
1982	0.81
1983	0.43
1984	0.71
1985	1.23
1986	0.88
1987	0.74
1988	0.88
1989	0.85
1990	0.73
1991	0.82
1992	0.57
1993	1.25
1994	0.80
1995	0.35
1996	0.34
1997	0.84
1998	0.26
1999	0.14
2000	0.58
2001	1.10
2002	5.19
2003	0.96
2004	0.35
2005	0.36
2006	0.37
2007	0.40
2008	0.67
2009	1.06
2010	1.21
2011	0.98
2012	0.68
2013	0.48
2014	0.66
2015	0.63
2016	0.59
2017	1.19
2018	1.11
2019	1.64
2020	0.82

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 Congo was 1.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 3.67 in 1999, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1996.

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	0.16
1965	0.15
1967	0.12
1970	0.17
1971	0.07
1972	0.45
1973	0.07
1974	0.11
1975	0.21
1976	0.09
1977	0.06
1978	0.09
1979	0.77
1980	0.51
1981	0.14
1982	0.48
1983	1.51
1984	0.33
1985	0.43
1986	0.64
1987	0.82
1988	1.01
1989	1.46
1990	0.82
1991	0.25
1992	0.33
1993	0.18
1994	0.14
1995	0.54
1996	0.05
1997	0.78
1998	2.26
1999	3.67
2000	1.15
2001	1.19
2002	1.50
2003	1.08
2004	1.51
2005	1.34
2006	0.97
2007	0.43
2008	0.56
2009	0.54
2010	0.38
2011	0.47
2012	0.74
2013	0.72
2014	2.03
2015	1.27
2016	1.14
2017	1.44
2018	1.30
2019	2.06
2020	1.40

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 Congo was 24.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 60.46 in 2011, while its lowest value was 2.06 in 1962.

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
1961	2.89
1962	2.06
1963	5.56
1964	5.90
1965	4.95
1966	4.34
1967	4.12
1968	2.44
1969	2.56
1970	5.61
1971	3.81
1972	5.76
1973	2.63
1974	13.39
1975	14.44
1976	15.15
1977	4.98
1978	8.73
1979	6.74
1980	13.43
1981	4.43
1982	3.73
1983	2.40
1984	4.75
1985	3.49
1986	2.77
1987	4.19
1988	4.25
1989	2.43
1990	3.20
1991	4.40
1992	5.37
1993	4.81
1994	6.71
1995	6.83
1996	5.25
1997	10.98
1998	9.79
1999	12.87
2000	10.36
2001	10.46
2002	8.07
2003	8.30
2004	49.59
2005	54.60
2006	56.14
2007	60.07
2008	43.45
2009	38.99
2010	40.10
2011	60.46
2012	52.52
2013	51.43
2014	4.45
2015	6.33
2016	2.22
2017	31.78
2018	27.72
2019	24.88
2020	24.39

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Congo was 0.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.78 in 1994, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 2012.

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	21.92
1961	18.94
1962	12.50
1963	5.72
1964	8.85
1965	8.20
1966	8.10
1967	7.51
1968	16.64
1969	17.09
1970	4.90
1971	5.41
1972	1.90
1973	7.52
1974	4.27
1975	3.73
1976	5.23
1977	3.40
1978	2.70
1979	6.25
1980	5.94
1981	9.20
1982	4.45
1983	3.34
1984	3.67
1985	4.33
1986	4.41
1987	5.94
1988	7.59
1989	4.97
1990	17.83
1991	14.37
1992	16.38
1993	16.78
1994	23.78
1995	21.85
1996	9.29
1997	10.15
1998	9.30
1999	13.85
2000	5.57
2001	3.16
2002	3.62
2003	1.28
2004	0.29
2005	0.09
2006	0.10
2007	0.12
2008	0.07
2009	5.11
2010	4.97
2011	0.22
2012	0.03
2013	0.42
2014	1.61
2015	1.58
2016	3.10
2017	10.26
2018	2.23
2019	0.10
2020	0.09

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Congo was $2,448,267,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $11,271,510,000 in 2016 and $7,300,000 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	$7,300,000
1961	$86,600,000
1962	$68,000,000
1963	$61,200,000
1964	$64,400,000
1965	$64,600,000
1966	$69,100,000
1967	$82,600,000
1968	$84,159,000
1969	$79,782,000
1970	$57,209,000
1971	$78,873,000
1972	$103,078,000
1973	$125,070,000
1974	$123,369,000
1975	$168,253,000
1976	$175,313,000
1977	$183,204,000
1978	$250,685,000
1979	$317,238,500
1980	$426,907,400
1981	$435,779,000
1982	$684,393,700
1983	$626,962,000
1984	$595,405,500
1985	$569,767,600
1986	$568,227,500
1987	$504,438,400
1988	$518,304,900
1989	$472,804,200
1990	$597,892,400
1991	$544,772,400
1992	$662,344,100
1993	$561,561,000
1994	$399,121,400
1995	$462,958,700
1996	$1,614,730,000
1997	$926,626,200
1998	$1,119,318,000
1999	$757,673,300
2000	$627,405,600
2001	$706,109,300
2002	$811,122,100
2003	$1,021,615,000
2004	$2,029,705,000
2005	$2,603,074,000
2006	$2,923,111,000
2007	$3,929,342,000
2008	$3,540,546,000
2009	$4,447,520,000
2010	$4,369,774,000
2011	$7,013,132,000
2012	$7,348,985,000
2013	$8,372,066,000
2014	$10,099,470,000
2015	$10,550,030,000
2016	$11,271,510,000
2017	$4,561,406,000
2018	$3,486,762,000
2019	$2,242,807,000
2020	$2,448,267,000

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 Congo was 24.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 60.46 in 2011, while its lowest value was 2.06 in 1962.

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
1961	2.89
1962	2.06
1963	5.56
1964	5.90
1965	4.95
1966	4.34
1967	4.12
1968	2.44
1969	2.56
1970	5.61
1971	3.81
1972	5.76
1973	2.63
1974	13.39
1975	14.44
1976	15.15
1977	4.98
1978	8.73
1979	6.74
1980	13.43
1981	4.43
1982	3.73
1983	2.40
1984	4.75
1985	3.49
1986	2.77
1987	4.19
1988	4.25
1989	2.43
1990	3.20
1991	4.40
1992	5.37
1993	4.81
1994	6.71
1995	6.83
1996	5.25
1997	10.98
1998	9.79
1999	12.87
2000	10.36
2001	10.46
2002	8.07
2003	8.30
2004	49.59
2005	54.60
2006	56.14
2007	60.07
2008	43.45
2009	38.99
2010	40.10
2011	60.46
2012	52.52
2013	51.43
2014	4.45
2015	6.33
2016	2.22
2017	31.78
2018	27.72
2019	24.88
2020	24.39

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports