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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 Ecuador was 0.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 1.56 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1972.

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
1965	0.04
1966	0.02
1967	0.01
1968	0.01
1969	0.10
1970	0.01
1971	0.05
1972	0.00
1973	0.01
1974	0.00
1975	0.01
1976	0.00
1982	0.12
1983	0.15
1984	0.62
1985	0.09
1993	0.07
1994	0.19
1995	0.57
1996	0.32
1997	0.32
1998	0.21
1999	0.30
2000	0.04
2001	0.64
2002	0.12
2003	0.21
2004	0.30
2005	0.76
2006	0.92
2007	1.56
2008	0.29
2009	0.10
2010	0.28
2011	0.41
2012	0.70
2013	0.25
2014	0.94
2015	1.12
2016	0.22
2017	0.26
2018	0.26
2019	0.24
2020	0.20

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Ecuador was 17,959,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27,726,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 97,000,000 in 1962.

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	114,000,000
1961	107,000,000
1962	97,000,000
1963	128,000,000
1964	151,000,000
1965	165,000,000
1966	174,000,000
1967	214,000,000
1968	255,000,000
1969	242,000,000
1970	274,000,000
1971	340,000,000
1972	319,000,000
1973	397,000,000
1974	678,000,000
1975	987,000,000
1976	958,000,000
1977	1,189,000,000
1978	1,505,000,000
1979	1,600,000,000
1980	2,253,000,000
1981	2,246,000,000
1982	2,169,000,000
1983	1,487,000,000
1984	1,616,000,000
1985	1,767,000,000
1986	1,810,000,000
1987	2,252,000,000
1988	1,714,000,000
1989	1,855,000,000
1990	1,862,000,000
1991	2,397,000,000
1992	2,501,000,000
1993	2,562,000,000
1994	3,690,000,000
1995	4,193,000,000
1996	3,935,000,000
1997	4,955,000,000
1998	5,576,000,000
1999	3,017,000,000
2000	3,721,000,000
2001	5,363,000,000
2002	6,431,000,000
2003	6,703,000,000
2004	8,226,000,000
2005	10,287,000,000
2006	12,114,000,000
2007	13,893,000,000
2008	18,852,000,000
2009	15,090,000,000
2010	20,591,000,000
2011	24,438,000,000
2012	25,477,000,000
2013	27,146,000,000
2014	27,726,000,000
2015	21,518,000,000
2016	16,324,000,000
2017	20,010,000,000
2018	23,177,000,000
2019	22,564,000,000
2020	17,959,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Ecuador was 56.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 89.31 in 1966, while its lowest value was 45.46 in 2008.

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	88.02
1961	86.24
1962	83.05
1963	81.06
1964	84.19
1965	83.34
1966	89.31
1967	82.50
1968	89.17
1969	83.08
1970	84.11
1971	82.28
1972	85.11
1973	81.82
1974	80.04
1975	85.15
1976	85.60
1977	85.69
1978	86.03
1979	83.58
1980	76.96
1981	76.54
1982	83.39
1983	79.65
1984	73.19
1985	76.48
1986	78.79
1987	67.48
1988	77.48
1989	72.56
1990	72.69
1991	73.86
1992	76.01
1993	79.97
1994	69.25
1995	65.57
1996	67.40
1997	66.83
1998	68.25
1999	66.07
2000	58.68
2001	58.83
2002	56.10
2003	57.78
2004	52.49
2005	52.19
2006	53.67
2007	49.64
2008	45.46
2009	52.63
2010	56.95
2011	57.61
2012	59.30
2013	59.84
2014	60.88
2015	58.12
2016	55.21
2017	54.65
2018	55.87
2019	55.07
2020	56.53

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 Ecuador was 19.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 21.90 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.55 in 1975.

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	0.69
1961	1.00
1962	1.27
1963	0.79
1964	0.76
1965	0.99
1966	1.00
1967	1.06
1968	0.70
1969	0.86
1970	0.60
1971	0.95
1972	1.12
1973	1.07
1974	0.89
1975	0.55
1976	1.03
1977	1.41
1978	0.98
1979	1.34
1980	2.54
1981	1.36
1982	1.19
1983	0.95
1984	1.22
1985	1.20
1986	0.86
1987	0.91
1988	1.19
1989	1.30
1990	0.76
1991	1.55
1992	0.73
1993	1.95
1994	1.13
1995	2.59
1996	2.08
1997	4.10
1998	4.37
1999	4.31
2000	6.00
2001	6.11
2002	5.71
2003	6.84
2004	9.01
2005	11.20
2006	12.24
2007	13.43
2008	15.07
2009	11.35
2010	11.67
2011	13.54
2012	16.34
2013	17.49
2014	17.29
2015	20.37
2016	20.29
2017	20.23
2018	20.50
2019	21.90
2020	19.99

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 Ecuador was 17.55 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 18.76 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.07 in 1964.

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
1962	0.11
1963	0.16
1964	0.07
1965	0.44
1966	0.42
1967	0.30
1968	0.29
1969	0.35
1970	0.24
1971	0.64
1972	0.83
1973	0.88
1974	0.62
1975	0.22
1976	0.78
1977	0.77
1978	0.31
1979	0.36
1980	1.18
1981	0.11
1982	0.23
1983	0.31
1984	0.21
1985	0.12
1986	0.10
1987	0.15
1988	0.25
1989	0.23
1990	0.15
1991	0.42
1992	0.28
1993	0.58
1994	0.19
1995	0.16
1996	1.07
1997	1.37
1998	1.63
1999	1.83
2000	2.79
2001	3.60
2002	4.24
2003	5.05
2004	6.46
2005	8.14
2006	8.65
2007	10.13
2008	10.91
2009	9.02
2010	10.01
2011	11.10
2012	13.07
2013	14.53
2014	15.06
2015	17.15
2016	17.66
2017	17.60
2018	18.06
2019	18.76
2020	17.55

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 Ecuador was 1.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 2.01 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1986.

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
1965	0.01
1966	0.01
1971	0.03
1972	0.09
1973	0.02
1974	0.01
1975	0.02
1976	0.01
1977	0.05
1978	0.07
1979	0.01
1980	0.04
1981	0.07
1982	0.06
1983	0.02
1984	0.03
1985	0.01
1986	0.00
1987	0.01
1988	0.01
1989	0.05
1990	0.00
1991	0.01
1992	0.02
1993	0.88
1994	0.56
1995	1.51
1996	0.59
1997	1.28
1998	1.69
1999	0.94
2000	2.01
2001	1.58
2002	0.93
2003	0.86
2004	1.66
2005	1.58
2006	2.00
2007	1.26
2008	1.52
2009	0.65
2010	0.47
2011	0.88
2012	0.96
2013	0.81
2014	0.82
2015	1.02
2016	1.36
2017	0.80
2018	1.00
2019	1.45
2020	1.01

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 Ecuador was 23.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 31.39 in 2005, while its lowest value was 1.20 in 1961.

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
1960	2.38
1961	1.20
1962	4.66
1963	3.47
1964	5.36
1965	4.45
1966	4.39
1967	5.00
1968	4.48
1969	6.10
1970	8.52
1971	11.46
1972	10.58
1973	12.61
1974	11.97
1975	9.71
1976	9.27
1977	9.66
1978	9.77
1979	11.06
1980	10.06
1981	10.22
1982	11.17
1983	14.64
1984	20.81
1985	17.39
1986	15.31
1987	13.70
1988	15.02
1989	20.05
1990	17.87
1991	15.85
1992	16.53
1993	13.32
1994	21.63
1995	20.91
1996	23.27
1997	20.67
1998	21.91
1999	23.35
2000	24.75
2001	25.44
2002	28.25
2003	29.29
2004	31.00
2005	31.39
2006	30.00
2007	26.67
2008	24.55
2009	26.44
2010	27.06
2011	24.08
2012	22.93
2013	21.97
2014	21.25
2015	21.13
2016	23.69
2017	24.54
2018	23.22
2019	22.38
2020	23.04

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 Ecuador was 0.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 1.10 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.01 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
1963	0.08
1965	0.06
1966	0.05
1967	0.05
1968	0.03
1969	0.04
1970	0.03
1971	0.04
1972	0.02
1973	0.04
1974	0.03
1975	0.03
1976	0.03
1982	0.12
1983	0.15
1984	0.62
1985	0.09
1993	0.08
1994	0.06
1995	0.57
1996	0.05
1997	0.15
1998	0.05
1999	0.01
2000	0.04
2001	0.36
2002	0.12
2003	0.15
2004	0.03
2005	0.27
2006	0.03
2007	0.16
2008	1.10
2009	0.15
2010	0.17
2011	0.21
2012	0.45
2013	0.02
2014	0.02
2015	0.02
2016	0.04
2017	0.06
2018	0.04
2019	0.08
2020	0.07

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 Ecuador was 1.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.13 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1993.

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	0.59
1961	0.70
1962	0.95
1963	0.39
1964	0.62
1965	0.36
1966	0.37
1967	0.30
1968	0.26
1969	0.27
1970	0.20
1971	0.13
1972	0.11
1973	0.05
1974	0.06
1975	0.11
1976	0.11
1993	0.04
1996	0.14
1997	0.14
1998	0.18
1999	0.16
2000	0.23
2001	0.30
2002	0.34
2003	0.29
2004	0.31
2005	0.38
2006	0.46
2007	0.51
2008	0.70
2009	0.67
2010	0.72
2011	0.91
2012	1.82
2013	2.09
2014	1.34
2015	2.13
2016	1.19
2017	1.57
2018	1.33
2019	1.46
2020	1.35

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 Ecuador was 0.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.38 in 1999, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 2020.

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	0.10
1961	0.30
1962	0.21
1963	0.16
1964	0.07
1965	0.13
1966	0.15
1967	0.41
1968	0.11
1969	0.20
1970	0.12
1971	0.11
1972	0.07
1973	0.08
1974	0.16
1975	0.17
1976	0.10
1977	0.59
1978	0.60
1979	0.97
1980	1.32
1981	1.18
1982	0.78
1983	0.47
1984	0.36
1985	0.97
1986	0.76
1987	0.75
1988	0.93
1989	1.02
1990	0.60
1991	1.11
1992	0.44
1993	0.37
1994	0.31
1995	0.35
1996	0.22
1997	1.15
1998	0.81
1999	1.38
2000	0.93
2001	0.28
2002	0.08
2003	0.50
2004	0.55
2005	0.83
2006	1.09
2007	1.37
2008	0.85
2009	0.86
2010	0.30
2011	0.43
2012	0.03
2013	0.04
2014	0.04
2015	0.04
2016	0.04
2017	0.20
2018	0.06
2019	0.14
2020	0.01

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Ecuador was 0.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 17.91 in 1987, while its lowest value was 0.38 in 2015.

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	8.91
1961	11.55
1962	11.02
1963	14.68
1964	9.69
1965	11.23
1966	5.31
1967	11.44
1968	5.66
1969	9.96
1970	6.78
1971	5.32
1972	3.19
1973	4.49
1974	7.11
1975	4.58
1976	4.10
1977	3.25
1978	3.22
1979	4.03
1980	10.43
1981	11.88
1982	4.25
1983	4.76
1984	4.77
1985	4.93
1986	5.04
1987	17.91
1988	6.32
1989	6.09
1990	8.68
1991	8.74
1992	6.74
1993	4.76
1994	7.99
1995	10.93
1996	7.25
1997	8.40
1998	5.47
1999	6.27
2000	10.58
2001	9.62
2002	9.94
2003	6.08
2004	7.50
2005	5.23
2006	4.09
2007	10.25
2008	14.92
2009	9.57
2010	4.32
2011	4.77
2012	1.42
2013	0.70
2014	0.58
2015	0.38
2016	0.81
2017	0.58
2018	0.42
2019	0.65
2020	0.45

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Ecuador was $17,833,610,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $27,515,440,000 in 2014 and $103,840,000 in 1962.

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	$111,100,000
1961	$109,560,000
1962	$103,840,000
1963	$139,370,000
1964	$160,050,000
1965	$165,390,000
1966	$174,120,000
1967	$214,220,000
1968	$255,480,000
1969	$241,970,000
1970	$273,840,000
1971	$341,220,000
1972	$318,720,000
1973	$397,330,000
1974	$678,490,000
1975	$995,570,000
1976	$969,080,000
1977	$1,188,510,000
1978	$1,505,170,000
1979	$1,599,670,000
1980	$2,253,260,000
1981	$2,246,040,000
1982	$1,988,190,000
1983	$1,465,180,000
1984	$1,767,330,000
1985	$1,857,230,000
1986	$1,811,310,000
1987	$2,228,960,000
1988	$1,713,527,000
1989	$1,871,118,000
1990	$1,861,750,000
1991	$2,398,779,000
1992	$2,501,158,000
1993	$2,552,728,000
1994	$3,622,035,000
1995	$4,193,023,000
1996	$3,733,045,000
1997	$4,510,710,000
1998	$5,575,999,000
1999	$3,391,743,000
2000	$3,476,673,000
2001	$5,084,380,000
2002	$6,172,224,000
2003	$6,092,365,000
2004	$7,282,212,000
2005	$10,286,880,000
2006	$12,113,560,000
2007	$13,524,730,000
2008	$18,635,650,000
2009	$15,145,150,000
2010	$20,125,270,000
2011	$24,277,600,000
2012	$25,191,290,000
2013	$27,030,010,000
2014	$27,515,440,000
2015	$21,373,970,000
2016	$16,188,690,000
2017	$19,844,270,000
2018	$23,004,100,000
2019	$22,393,120,000
2020	$17,833,610,000

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 Ecuador was 23.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 31.39 in 2005, while its lowest value was 1.20 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	2.38
1961	1.20
1962	4.66
1963	3.47
1964	5.36
1965	4.45
1966	4.39
1967	5.00
1968	4.48
1969	6.10
1970	8.52
1971	11.46
1972	10.58
1973	12.61
1974	11.97
1975	9.71
1976	9.27
1977	9.66
1978	9.77
1979	11.06
1980	10.06
1981	10.22
1982	11.17
1983	14.64
1984	20.81
1985	17.39
1986	15.31
1987	13.70
1988	15.02
1989	20.05
1990	17.87
1991	15.85
1992	16.53
1993	13.32
1994	21.63
1995	20.91
1996	23.27
1997	20.67
1998	21.91
1999	23.35
2000	24.75
2001	25.44
2002	28.25
2003	29.29
2004	31.00
2005	31.39
2006	30.00
2007	26.67
2008	24.55
2009	26.44
2010	27.06
2011	24.08
2012	22.93
2013	21.97
2014	21.25
2015	21.13
2016	23.69
2017	24.54
2018	23.22
2019	22.38
2020	23.04

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports