Dem. Rep. Congo - 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 Dem. Rep. Congo was 26.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 26.39 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.22 in 1979.

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
1963 0.63
1964 0.45
1965 0.75
1966 2.08
1967 1.68
1968 1.97
1969 8.02
1970 2.67
1972 2.49
1973 3.04
1974 6.16
1975 6.28
1976 7.21
1977 3.26
1978 0.52
1979 0.22
1980 1.62
1981 0.80
1982 0.34
1983 0.34
1984 0.34
1985 0.34
1986 0.34
1987 0.34
1988 0.34
1989 3.48
1990 13.86
1991 11.35
1992 5.42
1993 12.81
1994 11.04
1995 11.31
1996 10.20
1997 8.77
1998 10.48
1999 5.63
2000 16.42
2001 16.42
2002 16.41
2003 16.34
2004 16.35
2005 16.40
2006 16.42
2007 16.42
2008 16.42
2009 16.42
2010 16.42
2011 16.42
2012 16.41
2013 16.40
2014 16.38
2015 16.34
2016 16.33
2017 12.40
2018 22.32
2019 23.62
2020 26.39

Development Relevance: Although global integration has increased, low- and middle-income economies still face trade barriers when accessing other markets.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data on exports and imports are from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Direction of Trade database and should be broadly consistent with data from other sources, such as the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. All high-income economies and major low- and middle-income economies report trade data to the IMF on a timely basis, covering about 85 percent of trade for recent years. Trade data for less timely reporters and for countries that do not report are estimated using reports of trading partner countries. Therefore, data on trade between developing and high-income economies should be generally complete. But trade flows between many low- and middle-income economies - particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa - are not well recorded, and the value of trade among low- and middle-income economies may be understated.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports