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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 Ghana was 5.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 11.53 in 1982, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1986.

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	0.19
1961	0.83
1962	0.99
1963	1.26
1964	2.23
1965	0.74
1966	0.63
1967	1.11
1968	2.15
1969	1.80
1970	1.99
1971	1.74
1972	2.26
1973	1.32
1974	5.32
1975	7.11
1976	2.82
1977	2.49
1978	1.91
1979	3.23
1980	3.28
1981	1.34
1982	11.53
1983	10.05
1984	0.11
1985	0.09
1986	0.04
1987	0.19
1988	0.50
1989	0.50
1990	0.73
1991	0.94
1992	3.28
1993	0.40
1994	0.84
1995	0.62
1996	0.93
1997	0.67
1998	0.42
1999	0.48
2000	2.03
2001	4.23
2002	2.84
2003	2.26
2004	3.99
2005	2.87
2006	3.13
2007	3.70
2008	3.77
2009	4.53
2010	5.76
2011	6.36
2012	5.90
2013	6.24
2014	8.18
2015	5.16
2016	5.66
2017	5.61
2018	6.43
2019	6.26
2020	5.32

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Ghana was 12,429,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,763,000,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 291,000,000 in 1972.

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	363,000,000
1961	400,000,000
1962	333,000,000
1963	365,000,000
1964	340,000,000
1965	448,000,000
1966	352,000,000
1967	307,000,000
1968	308,000,000
1969	347,000,000
1970	411,000,000
1971	430,000,000
1972	291,000,000
1973	452,000,000
1974	821,000,000
1975	791,000,000
1976	862,000,000
1977	1,038,000,000
1978	1,006,000,000
1979	852,000,000
1980	1,129,000,000
1981	1,106,000,000
1982	705,000,000
1983	1,248,000,000
1984	608,000,000
1985	866,000,000
1986	1,046,000,000
1987	1,156,000,000
1988	905,000,000
1989	1,273,000,000
1990	1,205,000,000
1991	1,055,000,000
1992	2,169,000,000
1993	2,575,000,000
1994	2,108,000,000
1995	1,906,000,000
1996	2,108,000,000
1997	2,326,000,000
1998	2,563,000,000
1999	3,480,000,000
2000	2,973,000,000
2001	3,154,000,000
2002	2,720,000,000
2003	3,210,000,000
2004	4,074,000,000
2005	5,347,000,000
2006	6,754,000,000
2007	8,061,000,000
2008	10,269,000,000
2009	8,046,000,000
2010	10,922,000,000
2011	15,838,000,000
2012	17,763,000,000
2013	17,600,000,000
2014	14,600,000,000
2015	13,465,000,000
2016	12,920,000,000
2017	12,647,000,000
2018	13,134,000,000
2019	13,411,000,000
2020	12,429,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Ghana was 53.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 85.31 in 1991, while its lowest value was 48.28 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	83.90
1961	82.65
1962	81.90
1963	80.12
1964	76.25
1965	74.42
1966	80.27
1967	85.15
1968	84.00
1969	83.13
1970	80.44
1971	83.80
1972	80.46
1973	75.32
1974	66.52
1975	71.94
1976	73.30
1977	61.00
1978	70.79
1979	68.27
1980	63.60
1981	57.06
1982	51.85
1983	62.70
1984	53.73
1985	64.81
1986	64.74
1987	79.01
1988	74.78
1989	74.78
1990	66.75
1991	85.31
1992	66.75
1993	65.42
1994	63.86
1995	61.08
1996	64.56
1997	64.01
1998	61.07
1999	60.48
2000	63.18
2001	62.92
2002	61.47
2003	56.05
2004	63.38
2005	57.68
2006	55.73
2007	53.63
2008	50.56
2009	58.32
2010	60.57
2011	51.15
2012	54.07
2013	52.81
2014	49.58
2015	48.28
2016	52.43
2017	54.58
2018	48.79
2019	49.01
2020	53.38

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 Ghana was 38.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 41.99 in 2018, while its lowest value was 2.43 in 1960.

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	2.43
1961	3.18
1962	4.38
1963	3.54
1964	4.67
1965	6.23
1966	4.84
1967	4.26
1968	6.37
1969	5.60
1970	7.16
1971	6.52
1972	6.46
1973	7.93
1974	13.45
1975	12.33
1976	8.44
1977	8.54
1978	9.69
1979	8.10
1980	10.47
1981	9.00
1982	16.80
1983	17.88
1984	3.42
1985	5.84
1986	24.99
1987	3.11
1988	4.87
1989	4.87
1990	8.25
1991	4.96
1992	13.88
1993	11.57
1994	11.76
1995	14.54
1996	12.84
1997	12.74
1998	12.33
1999	14.91
2000	12.59
2001	12.63
2002	14.73
2003	18.36
2004	26.48
2005	21.91
2006	24.30
2007	28.53
2008	29.30
2009	30.70
2010	30.83
2011	34.98
2012	34.19
2013	36.35
2014	35.77
2015	38.35
2016	35.95
2017	37.82
2018	41.99
2019	41.67
2020	38.02

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 Ghana was 22.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 26.65 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.45 in 1967.

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	0.83
1961	0.63
1962	1.20
1963	0.63
1964	0.88
1965	3.30
1966	2.13
1967	0.45
1968	0.69
1969	1.32
1970	1.67
1971	1.77
1972	2.20
1973	2.50
1974	4.74
1975	2.82
1976	2.79
1977	3.07
1978	1.81
1979	1.22
1980	2.21
1981	0.95
1982	0.80
1983	0.65
1984	1.26
1985	1.17
1986	24.10
1987	1.15
1988	2.57
1989	2.57
1990	2.03
1991	1.75
1992	5.24
1993	4.61
1994	4.63
1995	6.30
1996	5.34
1997	5.02
1998	6.42
1999	7.21
2000	5.99
2001	6.23
2002	7.93
2003	10.16
2004	14.91
2005	12.88
2006	14.86
2007	16.94
2008	17.85
2009	18.65
2010	18.28
2011	21.93
2012	22.60
2013	23.83
2014	20.62
2015	23.50
2016	22.51
2017	24.11
2018	26.65
2019	24.78
2020	22.32

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 Ghana was 7.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 7.32 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1982.

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
1961	0.05
1962	0.12
1963	0.11
1964	0.73
1965	1.18
1966	0.46
1967	0.16
1968	0.42
1969	0.14
1970	0.16
1971	0.22
1972	0.07
1973	0.44
1974	0.33
1975	0.02
1976	0.11
1977	0.10
1978	1.10
1979	0.18
1980	0.27
1981	0.00
1982	0.00
1983	0.03
1986	0.12
1987	0.05
1988	0.05
1989	0.05
1990	0.02
1991	0.15
1992	0.60
1993	0.06
1994	0.54
1995	0.52
1996	0.52
1997	0.61
1998	0.71
1999	2.37
2000	1.48
2001	1.14
2002	1.39
2003	1.49
2004	1.51
2005	1.63
2006	1.65
2007	1.82
2008	2.20
2009	2.10
2010	2.34
2011	2.82
2012	3.08
2013	2.56
2014	3.64
2015	3.73
2016	3.63
2017	4.45
2018	5.08
2019	6.90
2020	7.32

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 Ghana was 2.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.98 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.16 in 1968.

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	0.47
1961	0.40
1962	0.36
1963	0.33
1964	0.29
1965	0.20
1966	0.20
1967	0.51
1968	0.16
1969	1.29
1970	2.52
1971	2.15
1972	1.24
1973	2.14
1974	1.95
1975	1.52
1976	1.85
1977	1.19
1978	4.11
1979	2.74
1980	3.77
1981	5.04
1982	3.31
1983	4.91
1984	0.19
1985	3.34
1986	0.34
1987	0.86
1988	0.97
1989	0.97
1990	4.83
1991	1.72
1992	3.33
1993	5.19
1994	4.90
1995	5.98
1996	4.52
1997	4.85
1998	2.80
1999	2.70
2000	1.96
2001	1.94
2002	1.99
2003	2.86
2004	4.57
2005	2.95
2006	2.64
2007	3.39
2008	2.71
2009	3.05
2010	3.06
2011	2.98
2012	2.10
2013	2.79
2014	3.09
2015	2.33
2016	3.16
2017	2.16
2018	2.15
2019	2.40
2020	2.29

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 Ghana was 1.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 11.53 in 1982, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1986.

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	0.30
1961	0.83
1962	0.90
1963	1.26
1964	2.23
1965	0.74
1966	0.63
1967	1.21
1968	3.69
1969	1.80
1970	1.94
1971	1.75
1972	2.26
1973	1.32
1974	5.32
1975	7.10
1976	2.82
1977	2.49
1978	1.91
1979	3.23
1980	3.28
1981	1.31
1982	11.53
1983	10.05
1984	0.11
1985	0.09
1986	0.02
1987	0.10
1988	0.41
1989	0.41
1990	0.71
1991	0.86
1992	2.98
1993	0.30
1994	0.71
1995	0.44
1996	0.68
1997	0.52
1998	0.24
1999	0.29
2000	1.39
2001	1.23
2002	0.80
2003	0.66
2004	1.66
2005	0.93
2006	1.16
2007	1.91
2008	2.09
2009	2.64
2010	3.03
2011	2.52
2012	1.92
2013	2.28
2014	2.27
2015	2.28
2016	1.90
2017	1.97
2018	2.12
2019	1.68
2020	1.68

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 Ghana was 4.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 6.51 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.41 in 1986.

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	0.83
1961	1.28
1962	1.80
1963	1.21
1964	0.53
1965	0.80
1966	1.42
1967	1.94
1968	1.40
1969	1.04
1970	0.87
1971	0.64
1972	0.69
1973	1.53
1974	1.11
1975	0.87
1976	0.87
1977	1.70
1978	0.77
1979	0.73
1980	0.93
1981	1.69
1982	1.16
1983	2.25
1984	1.86
1985	1.24
1986	0.41
1987	0.94
1988	0.88
1989	0.88
1990	0.66
1991	0.47
1992	1.74
1993	1.41
1994	0.98
1995	1.29
1996	1.79
1997	1.74
1998	2.15
1999	2.33
2000	1.78
2001	2.10
2002	2.62
2003	3.19
2004	3.82
2005	3.52
2006	3.99
2007	4.47
2008	4.45
2009	4.27
2010	4.13
2011	4.72
2012	4.49
2013	4.88
2014	6.15
2015	6.51
2016	4.76
2017	5.14
2018	5.99
2019	5.91
2020	4.42

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 Ghana was 7.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 39.86 in 1984, while its lowest value was 2.39 in 1967.

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	5.08
1961	5.44
1962	5.58
1963	5.38
1964	7.14
1965	3.28
1966	3.64
1967	2.39
1968	2.64
1969	3.85
1970	3.10
1971	4.06
1972	5.76
1973	6.77
1974	10.25
1975	9.10
1976	12.33
1977	11.72
1978	12.06
1979	14.05
1980	22.55
1981	31.26
1982	28.76
1983	13.93
1984	39.86
1985	27.56
1986	5.36
1987	13.87
1988	13.79
1989	13.79
1990	22.51
1991	8.65
1992	16.66
1993	20.61
1994	22.26
1995	22.00
1996	20.27
1997	22.72
1998	26.00
1999	23.94
2000	21.95
2001	21.99
2002	22.07
2003	24.82
2004	8.78
2005	20.05
2006	19.46
2007	17.57
2008	19.77
2009	10.24
2010	7.53
2011	13.24
2012	10.68
2013	9.83
2014	10.19
2015	9.15
2016	6.50
2017	7.33
2018	8.59
2019	8.86
2020	7.76

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Ghana was 0.83 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 18.74 in 1977, while its lowest value was 0.27 in 2017.

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	8.59
1961	8.73
1962	8.13
1963	10.96
1964	11.93
1965	16.07
1966	11.24
1967	8.21
1968	6.99
1969	7.42
1970	9.30
1971	5.62
1972	7.33
1973	9.98
1974	9.78
1975	6.62
1976	5.93
1977	18.74
1978	7.46
1979	9.58
1980	3.38
1981	2.68
1982	2.59
1983	5.49
1984	2.99
1985	1.79
1986	4.91
1987	4.01
1988	6.56
1989	6.56
1990	2.49
1991	1.08
1992	2.71
1993	2.40
1994	2.12
1995	2.38
1996	2.33
1997	0.54
1998	0.60
1999	0.67
2000	2.28
2001	2.46
2002	1.74
2003	0.78
2004	1.37
2005	0.37
2006	0.50
2007	0.27
2008	0.37
2009	0.75
2010	1.07
2011	0.62
2012	1.06
2013	1.01
2014	4.45
2015	4.23
2016	5.12
2017	0.27
2018	0.63
2019	0.46
2020	0.83

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Ghana was $11,393,990,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $16,786,420,000 in 2014 and $290,502,000 in 1972.

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	$362,100,000
1961	$398,800,000
1962	$333,200,000
1963	$364,200,000
1964	$340,200,000
1965	$448,000,000
1966	$351,300,000
1967	$314,400,000
1968	$306,300,000
1969	$348,524,000
1970	$410,666,000
1971	$416,667,000
1972	$290,502,000
1973	$450,283,000
1974	$818,593,000
1975	$790,693,000
1976	$838,335,000
1977	$1,205,106,000
1978	$955,555,000
1979	$894,366,000
1980	$1,132,353,000
1981	$1,261,375,000
1982	$1,011,495,000
1983	$764,295,000
1984	$568,661,000
1985	$793,573,000
1986	$783,382,700
1987	$1,103,768,000
1988	$965,587,300
1989	$1,273,189,000
1990	$1,613,936,000
1991	$511,131,000
1992	$2,139,339,000
1993	$2,075,680,000
1994	$2,071,044,000
1995	$2,566,887,000
1996	$3,237,657,000
1997	$3,353,703,000
1998	$3,421,849,000
1999	$3,251,097,000
2000	$2,900,561,000
2001	$3,153,814,000
2002	$2,708,252,000
2003	$3,210,187,000
2004	$4,073,954,000
2005	$4,878,383,000
2006	$5,328,825,000
2007	$7,278,290,000
2008	$8,536,051,000
2009	$6,464,803,000
2010	$8,052,407,000
2011	$12,602,680,000
2012	$13,578,110,000
2013	$12,787,230,000
2014	$16,786,420,000
2015	$14,687,480,000
2016	$11,361,000,000
2017	$12,718,140,000
2018	$11,880,470,000
2019	$10,439,800,000
2020	$11,393,990,000

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 Ghana was 7.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 39.86 in 1984, while its lowest value was 2.39 in 1967.

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	5.08
1961	5.44
1962	5.58
1963	5.38
1964	7.14
1965	3.28
1966	3.64
1967	2.39
1968	2.64
1969	3.85
1970	3.10
1971	4.06
1972	5.76
1973	6.77
1974	10.25
1975	9.10
1976	12.33
1977	11.72
1978	12.06
1979	14.05
1980	22.55
1981	31.26
1982	28.76
1983	13.93
1984	39.86
1985	27.56
1986	5.36
1987	13.87
1988	13.79
1989	13.79
1990	22.51
1991	8.65
1992	16.66
1993	20.61
1994	22.26
1995	22.00
1996	20.27
1997	22.72
1998	26.00
1999	23.94
2000	21.95
2001	21.99
2002	22.07
2003	24.82
2004	8.78
2005	20.05
2006	19.46
2007	17.57
2008	19.77
2009	10.24
2010	7.53
2011	13.24
2012	10.68
2013	9.83
2014	10.19
2015	9.15
2016	6.50
2017	7.33
2018	8.59
2019	8.86
2020	7.76

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports