Gabon - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Gabon was 202.58 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 272.57 in 2014 and 66.83 in 1992.

Definition: Import volume indexes are derived from UNCTAD's volume index series and are the ratio of the import value indexes to the corresponding unit value indexes. Unit value indexes are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD’s estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, interna­tional and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates and calculates unit value indexes at the country level using the current year’s trade values as weights. For economies for which UNCTAD does not publish data, the import volume indexes (lines 73) in the IMF's International Financial Statistics are used.

Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1980 87.37
1981 134.17
1982 138.08
1983 119.99
1984 133.40
1985 119.75
1986 119.77
1987 77.69
1988 88.46
1989 84.81
1990 91.02
1991 82.71
1992 66.83
1993 105.71
1994 74.99
1995 81.28
1996 88.16
1997 113.71
1998 113.64
1999 89.29
2000 100.00
2001 107.75
2002 122.45
2003 124.57
2004 129.35
2005 134.99
2006 152.93
2007 175.50
2008 188.84
2009 192.04
2010 220.32
2011 241.34
2012 239.51
2013 261.71
2014 272.57
2015 231.22
2016 198.45
2017 211.31
2018 215.75
2019 220.78
2020 202.58

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes