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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 Ethiopia was 28.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 29.78 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.55 in 1978.

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	6.12
1961	9.03
1962	4.27
1963	3.25
1964	2.61
1965	2.21
1966	1.55
1967	2.52
1968	2.04
1969	2.20
1970	1.19
1971	1.41
1972	1.14
1973	3.17
1974	6.55
1975	13.15
1976	13.25
1977	4.30
1978	0.55
1979	15.83
1980	5.52
1981	4.13
1982	1.50
1983	1.72
1984	0.89
1985	1.40
1986	1.40
1987	2.70
1988	2.25
1989	5.14
1990	4.53
1991	18.47
1992	24.04
1993	23.45
1994	21.53
1995	15.14
1996	15.78
1997	12.96
1998	27.32
1999	23.59
2000	29.78
2001	26.36
2002	20.02
2003	27.39
2004	28.54
2005	24.98
2006	26.25
2007	19.12
2008	18.44
2009	17.37
2010	20.98
2011	20.46
2012	24.79
2013	18.08
2014	22.51
2015	25.74
2016	25.43
2017	26.99
2018	28.42
2019	28.25
2020	28.61

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Ethiopia was 13,115,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,702,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 88,000,000 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	88,000,000
1961	95,000,000
1962	104,000,000
1963	111,000,000
1964	123,000,000
1965	150,000,000
1966	162,000,000
1967	143,000,000
1968	173,000,000
1969	155,000,000
1970	172,000,000
1971	188,000,000
1972	189,000,000
1973	214,000,000
1974	283,000,000
1975	313,000,000
1976	352,000,000
1977	352,000,000
1978	455,000,000
1979	567,000,000
1980	716,000,000
1981	739,000,000
1982	786,000,000
1983	875,000,000
1984	942,000,000
1985	993,000,000
1986	1,102,000,000
1987	1,066,000,000
1988	1,129,000,000
1989	943,000,000
1990	1,081,000,000
1991	472,000,000
1992	839,000,000
1993	787,000,000
1994	1,033,000,000
1995	1,145,000,000
1996	1,401,000,000
1997	1,113,000,000
1998	1,517,000,000
1999	1,538,000,000
2000	1,260,000,000
2001	1,811,000,000
2002	1,594,000,000
2003	2,686,000,000
2004	2,874,000,000
2005	4,095,000,000
2006	5,207,000,000
2007	5,809,000,000
2008	8,277,000,000
2009	7,668,000,000
2010	8,602,000,000
2011	8,896,000,000
2012	11,913,000,000
2013	12,072,000,000
2014	15,357,000,000
2015	16,702,000,000
2016	16,429,000,000
2017	15,761,000,000
2018	15,305,000,000
2019	14,554,000,000
2020	13,115,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Ethiopia was 44.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 85.68 in 1968, while its lowest value was 39.57 in 2015.

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	80.07
1961	78.92
1962	80.80
1963	80.14
1964	81.13
1965	83.22
1966	83.49
1967	82.28
1968	85.68
1969	82.03
1970	80.87
1971	80.78
1972	79.55
1973	76.96
1974	76.95
1975	80.11
1976	80.65
1977	82.66
1978	85.61
1979	83.00
1980	66.65
1981	68.98
1982	61.77
1983	68.61
1984	67.11
1985	73.62
1986	73.62
1987	75.42
1988	77.58
1989	68.27
1990	66.09
1991	69.97
1992	71.04
1993	75.25
1994	75.37
1995	73.66
1996	67.13
1997	74.59
1998	75.24
1999	71.14
2000	49.19
2001	58.96
2002	56.93
2003	56.51
2004	53.22
2005	56.37
2006	53.24
2007	48.60
2008	44.52
2009	41.89
2010	44.59
2011	45.49
2012	46.77
2013	41.09
2014	40.20
2015	39.57
2016	39.79
2017	42.89
2018	43.07
2019	44.35
2020	44.79

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 Ethiopia was 38.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 57.06 in 2013, while its lowest value was 1.94 in 1985.

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	8.76
1961	8.82
1962	11.54
1963	9.84
1964	10.46
1965	9.40
1966	8.75
1967	10.57
1968	8.03
1969	10.63
1970	11.56
1971	11.61
1972	11.42
1973	13.66
1974	13.63
1975	13.54
1976	5.57
1977	6.57
1978	6.43
1979	4.60
1980	4.19
1981	2.89
1982	2.56
1983	2.60
1984	1.99
1985	1.94
1986	1.94
1987	5.30
1988	4.61
1989	7.17
1990	7.15
1991	10.60
1992	8.79
1993	8.63
1994	10.87
1995	10.61
1996	13.63
1997	15.88
1998	15.59
1999	18.47
2000	36.76
2001	27.61
2002	26.73
2003	28.16
2004	29.02
2005	28.41
2006	30.50
2007	38.89
2008	35.90
2009	47.44
2010	46.00
2011	46.95
2012	48.47
2013	57.06
2014	49.65
2015	45.30
2016	45.54
2017	42.55
2018	39.81
2019	38.86
2020	38.38

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 Ethiopia was 22.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 31.61 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.32 in 1961.

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	0.36
1961	0.32
1962	1.16
1963	1.44
1964	1.63
1965	1.74
1966	1.80
1967	1.89
1968	1.92
1969	1.90
1970	2.05
1971	2.12
1972	2.17
1973	2.50
1974	2.84
1975	2.38
1976	2.38
1977	3.53
1978	3.64
1979	1.85
1980	1.91
1981	1.22
1982	0.59
1983	0.83
1984	0.51
1985	0.49
1986	0.49
1987	1.64
1988	1.19
1989	1.66
1990	1.18
1991	0.54
1992	0.65
1993	2.61
1994	2.55
1995	3.95
1996	3.59
1997	7.64
1998	5.98
1999	4.73
2000	11.77
2001	10.69
2002	12.91
2003	15.17
2004	14.31
2005	15.09
2006	16.46
2007	22.91
2008	18.89
2009	26.66
2010	27.83
2011	24.71
2012	26.57
2013	31.61
2014	31.45
2015	28.74
2016	27.97
2017	25.15
2018	23.27
2019	21.02
2020	22.19

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 Ethiopia was 4.47 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 8.95 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1993.

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
1960	0.12
1962	0.10
1963	0.09
1964	0.08
1965	0.13
1966	0.19
1967	0.21
1968	0.17
1969	0.13
1970	0.09
1971	0.10
1972	0.08
1973	0.28
1974	0.19
1975	0.05
1976	0.06
1977	0.06
1978	0.13
1979	0.36
1980	0.32
1981	0.12
1982	0.35
1983	0.39
1984	0.40
1985	0.25
1986	0.25
1987	1.84
1988	1.51
1989	0.29
1990	0.34
1991	0.08
1993	0.01
1994	0.63
1995	0.67
1996	1.33
1997	1.62
1998	1.98
1999	7.95
2000	2.11
2001	1.67
2002	2.42
2003	2.05
2004	3.36
2005	2.92
2006	2.81
2007	3.21
2008	4.63
2009	6.69
2010	5.14
2011	8.42
2012	7.89
2013	8.95
2014	5.82
2015	4.88
2016	5.59
2017	4.70
2018	4.49
2019	4.94
2020	4.47

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 Ethiopia was 0.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 1.99 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1991.

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
1969	0.09
1970	0.24
1971	0.14
1972	0.32
1973	0.68
1974	0.38
1975	0.30
1976	0.14
1977	0.31
1978	0.32
1979	0.40
1980	0.19
1981	0.13
1982	0.05
1983	0.09
1984	0.02
1985	0.14
1986	0.14
1987	0.12
1988	0.31
1989	0.68
1990	0.21
1991	0.01
1994	0.02
1995	0.15
1996	0.70
1997	0.17
1998	0.31
1999	0.34
2000	0.31
2001	0.55
2002	0.57
2003	0.66
2004	0.51
2005	0.64
2006	1.10
2007	1.81
2008	0.65
2009	1.09
2010	1.47
2011	0.99
2012	1.81
2013	1.99
2014	0.77
2015	0.61
2016	0.54
2017	0.66
2018	0.68
2019	0.64
2020	0.76

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 Ethiopia was 4.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 18.44 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.32 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	0.60
1961	1.72
1962	4.95
1963	3.25
1964	4.98
1965	4.43
1966	4.47
1967	6.16
1968	4.07
1969	5.60
1970	6.81
1971	7.13
1972	6.48
1973	8.24
1974	8.90
1975	9.20
1976	1.15
1977	0.67
1978	0.38
1979	0.74
1980	0.77
1981	0.38
1982	0.35
1983	0.64
1984	0.32
1985	0.40
1986	0.40
1987	1.04
1988	0.95
1989	3.47
1990	2.65
1991	9.21
1992	6.83
1993	4.60
1994	5.87
1995	3.14
1996	4.25
1997	1.10
1998	1.70
1999	1.38
2000	18.44
2001	10.15
2002	5.67
2003	5.08
2004	6.48
2005	4.28
2006	4.25
2007	3.05
2008	2.28
2009	2.70
2010	4.15
2011	3.35
2012	3.06
2013	1.60
2014	3.89
2015	4.97
2016	4.70
2017	5.97
2018	5.58
2019	5.48
2020	4.73

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 Ethiopia was 6.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 12.91 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.65 in 1985.

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	7.68
1961	6.77
1962	5.33
1963	5.05
1964	3.76
1965	3.09
1966	2.30
1967	2.31
1968	1.86
1969	2.92
1970	2.37
1971	2.11
1972	2.37
1973	1.96
1974	1.32
1975	1.62
1976	1.85
1977	2.00
1978	1.96
1979	1.25
1980	1.00
1981	1.03
1982	1.22
1983	0.65
1984	0.74
1985	0.65
1986	0.65
1987	0.66
1988	0.65
1989	1.08
1990	2.77
1991	0.76
1992	1.32
1993	1.42
1994	1.80
1995	2.71
1996	3.76
1997	5.35
1998	5.62
1999	4.07
2000	4.12
2001	4.55
2002	5.15
2003	5.20
2004	4.36
2005	5.48
2006	5.89
2007	7.90
2008	9.46
2009	10.28
2010	7.41
2011	9.47
2012	9.13
2013	12.91
2014	7.72
2015	6.10
2016	6.73
2017	6.06
2018	5.78
2019	6.78
2020	6.23

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 Ethiopia was 1.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 4.14 in 1991, while its lowest value was 0.45 in 1985.

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	1.80
1961	2.04
1962	0.97
1963	1.17
1964	1.06
1965	1.01
1966	0.56
1967	0.70
1968	1.28
1969	1.60
1970	2.57
1971	2.19
1972	3.16
1973	2.68
1974	3.50
1975	1.72
1976	1.19
1977	1.90
1978	2.31
1979	1.40
1980	0.75
1981	0.90
1982	0.80
1983	0.65
1984	0.57
1985	0.45
1986	0.45
1987	1.30
1988	1.22
1989	2.60
1990	1.88
1991	4.14
1992	3.38
1993	2.73
1994	2.72
1995	3.36
1996	3.31
1997	2.17
1998	1.59
1999	2.31
2000	3.33
2001	1.98
2002	2.24
2003	2.53
2004	2.17
2005	2.12
2006	2.76
2007	2.05
2008	1.75
2009	1.31
2010	1.21
2011	1.52
2012	2.17
2013	1.62
2014	1.81
2015	1.96
2016	1.79
2017	1.82
2018	1.87
2019	1.59
2020	1.53

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Ethiopia was 15.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 34.87 in 1982, while its lowest value was 0.24 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	9.36
1961	10.22
1962	6.69
1963	8.84
1964	7.35
1965	6.38
1966	7.20
1967	6.44
1968	5.01
1969	5.74
1970	5.01
1971	5.43
1972	5.87
1973	6.70
1974	5.92
1975	4.63
1976	12.58
1977	8.87
1978	5.65
1979	11.00
1980	28.42
1981	27.23
1982	34.87
1983	28.14
1984	30.32
1985	23.99
1986	23.99
1987	17.98
1988	16.59
1989	21.95
1990	24.88
1991	15.29
1992	16.78
1993	13.39
1994	11.05
1995	12.37
1996	15.92
1997	7.36
1998	7.58
1999	8.08
2000	10.73
2001	11.46
2002	14.10
2003	12.81
2004	15.60
2005	13.10
2006	13.50
2007	10.46
2008	17.83
2009	9.36
2010	8.19
2011	6.05
2012	2.59
2013	0.24
2014	8.33
2015	13.17
2016	12.88
2017	12.74
2018	15.26
2019	15.20
2020	15.29

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Ethiopia was $21,652,210,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $24,518,800,000 in 2018 and $83,300,000 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	$83,300,000
1961	$93,000,000
1962	$103,100,000
1963	$110,800,000
1964	$122,400,000
1965	$149,000,000
1966	$161,100,000
1967	$142,800,000
1968	$171,800,000
1969	$155,323,000
1970	$171,639,000
1971	$187,809,000
1972	$189,309,000
1973	$218,390,000
1974	$284,108,000
1975	$310,793,000
1976	$355,238,000
1977	$351,611,000
1978	$455,425,000
1979	$571,835,000
1980	$722,078,000
1981	$737,708,000
1982	$786,217,000
1983	$878,976,000
1984	$928,758,000
1985	$988,532,000
1986	$1,101,642,000
1987	$1,109,717,000
1988	$1,087,870,000
1989	$960,186,000
1990	$1,077,571,000
1991	$504,964,400
1992	$709,295,300
1993	$770,400,000
1994	$1,034,385,000
1995	$1,152,992,000
1996	$1,121,897,000
1997	$1,162,392,000
1998	$1,459,683,000
1999	$1,673,615,000
2000	$1,592,143,000
2001	$2,095,349,000
2002	$1,933,235,000
2003	$2,832,673,000
2004	$3,579,385,000
2005	$5,170,149,000
2006	$5,604,926,000
2007	$6,318,619,000
2008	$8,018,563,000
2009	$8,672,584,000
2010	$9,228,117,000
2011	$9,556,393,000
2012	$12,694,280,000
2013	$12,688,770,000
2014	$18,973,050,000
2015	$24,410,690,000
2016	$24,197,050,000
2017	$23,341,340,000
2018	$24,518,800,000
2019	$24,266,640,000
2020	$21,652,210,000

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 Ethiopia was 1.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 4.14 in 1991, while its lowest value was 0.45 in 1985.

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	1.80
1961	2.04
1962	0.97
1963	1.17
1964	1.06
1965	1.01
1966	0.56
1967	0.70
1968	1.28
1969	1.60
1970	2.57
1971	2.19
1972	3.16
1973	2.68
1974	3.50
1975	1.72
1976	1.19
1977	1.90
1978	2.31
1979	1.40
1980	0.75
1981	0.90
1982	0.80
1983	0.65
1984	0.57
1985	0.45
1986	0.45
1987	1.30
1988	1.22
1989	2.60
1990	1.88
1991	4.14
1992	3.38
1993	2.73
1994	2.72
1995	3.36
1996	3.31
1997	2.17
1998	1.59
1999	2.31
2000	3.33
2001	1.98
2002	2.24
2003	2.53
2004	2.17
2005	2.12
2006	2.76
2007	2.05
2008	1.75
2009	1.31
2010	1.21
2011	1.52
2012	2.17
2013	1.62
2014	1.81
2015	1.96
2016	1.79
2017	1.82
2018	1.87
2019	1.59
2020	1.53

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports