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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 Guinea-Bissau was 4.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 6.06 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1989.

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
1968	3.41
1970	3.68
1971	0.98
1973	1.64
1974	0.09
1975	0.00
1976	1.36
1977	2.29
1978	0.03
1979	0.16
1980	0.41
1982	1.35
1983	0.02
1984	0.00
1985	0.94
1986	0.00
1987	0.03
1988	0.01
1989	0.00
1990	3.45
1991	5.81
1992	0.25
1993	0.10
1994	0.03
1995	0.04
1996	0.07
1997	0.11
1998	0.20
1999	0.12
2000	0.92
2001	1.25
2002	1.25
2003	3.78
2004	0.27
2005	0.49
2006	0.73
2007	4.49
2008	4.61
2009	2.92
2010	3.65
2011	3.69
2012	6.06
2013	5.23
2014	5.07
2015	3.71
2016	4.08
2017	3.26
2018	2.75
2019	4.94
2020	4.99

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Guinea-Bissau was 285,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 335,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 10,000,000 in 1961.

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	11,000,000
1961	10,000,000
1962	12,000,000
1963	14,000,000
1964	15,000,000
1965	15,000,000
1966	15,000,000
1967	16,000,000
1968	18,000,000
1969	23,000,000
1970	27,000,000
1971	31,000,000
1972	32,000,000
1973	44,000,000
1974	43,000,000
1975	38,000,000
1976	37,000,000
1977	37,000,000
1978	49,000,000
1979	61,000,000
1980	55,000,000
1981	50,000,000
1982	50,000,000
1983	55,000,000
1984	48,000,000
1985	60,000,000
1986	60,000,000
1987	70,000,000
1988	66,000,000
1989	69,000,000
1990	86,000,000
1991	76,000,000
1992	96,000,000
1993	61,000,000
1994	164,000,000
1995	133,000,000
1996	87,000,000
1997	89,000,000
1998	63,000,000
1999	51,000,000
2000	59,000,000
2001	62,000,000
2002	59,000,000
2003	65,000,000
2004	83,000,000
2005	106,000,000
2006	127,000,000
2007	168,000,000
2008	199,000,000
2009	202,000,000
2010	196,000,000
2011	240,000,000
2012	182,000,000
2013	183,000,000
2014	214,000,000
2015	207,000,000
2016	230,000,000
2017	291,000,000
2018	284,000,000
2019	335,000,000
2020	285,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Guinea-Bissau was 53.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 93.14 in 1971, while its lowest value was 42.47 in 2005.

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
1968	88.07
1970	89.71
1971	93.14
1972	92.19
1973	87.59
1974	86.92
1975	63.20
1976	74.49
1977	72.35
1978	83.44
1979	70.97
1980	70.56
1981	73.49
1982	75.50
1983	62.83
1984	75.35
1985	67.70
1986	64.43
1987	76.90
1988	76.24
1989	74.92
1990	74.76
1991	62.98
1992	63.68
1993	46.17
1994	52.20
1995	54.59
1996	69.73
1997	61.74
1998	60.09
1999	44.13
2000	55.16
2001	60.80
2002	60.63
2003	49.06
2004	51.45
2005	42.47
2006	53.46
2007	61.62
2008	56.28
2009	55.92
2010	56.24
2011	64.71
2012	63.64
2013	57.96
2014	56.68
2015	59.94
2016	58.68
2017	63.45
2018	66.87
2019	64.27
2020	53.81

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 Guinea-Bissau was 27.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 45.91 in 1993, while its lowest value was 0.98 in 1971.

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
1968	3.41
1970	3.68
1971	0.98
1973	5.15
1974	8.88
1975	8.79
1976	10.35
1977	8.08
1978	1.56
1979	4.01
1980	9.12
1981	11.20
1982	12.33
1983	20.87
1984	4.90
1985	10.00
1986	18.37
1987	8.48
1988	11.54
1989	11.86
1990	9.52
1991	22.33
1992	23.73
1993	45.91
1994	37.90
1995	35.31
1996	13.47
1997	19.11
1998	21.50
1999	32.40
2000	22.92
2001	20.41
2002	20.80
2003	34.61
2004	18.70
2005	15.10
2006	10.30
2007	11.78
2008	14.02
2009	22.16
2010	22.20
2011	15.71
2012	15.22
2013	14.93
2014	18.36
2015	22.72
2016	21.73
2017	22.66
2018	19.98
2019	20.58
2020	27.32

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 Guinea-Bissau was 12.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 38.45 in 1993, while its lowest value was 1.19 in 1977.

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
1974	3.65
1975	2.29
1976	7.29
1977	1.19
1978	1.52
1979	2.68
1980	7.36
1981	4.62
1982	2.28
1983	19.87
1984	4.13
1985	8.12
1986	14.52
1987	6.00
1988	10.33
1989	11.05
1990	3.20
1991	13.49
1992	20.52
1993	38.45
1994	35.77
1995	29.38
1996	8.93
1997	7.43
1998	8.55
1999	17.21
2000	20.97
2001	18.32
2002	17.84
2003	29.04
2004	12.44
2005	8.23
2006	8.09
2007	9.41
2008	9.68
2009	17.90
2010	10.15
2011	8.75
2012	6.91
2013	7.74
2014	8.76
2015	11.48
2016	9.15
2017	9.50
2018	7.96
2019	8.09
2020	12.81

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 Guinea-Bissau was 3.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 3.18 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1998.

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
1993	0.15
1994	0.14
1996	0.13
1997	0.08
1998	0.03
1999	0.73
2000	0.47
2001	0.28
2002	0.82
2003	0.76
2004	0.83
2005	0.18
2006	0.18
2007	0.75
2008	0.29
2009	0.61
2010	1.55
2011	1.17
2012	1.00
2013	2.19
2014	2.66
2015	2.65
2016	1.96
2017	1.75
2018	1.83
2019	1.67
2020	3.18

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 Guinea-Bissau was 0.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 6.58 in 1981, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1976.

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
1974	5.14
1975	4.89
1976	0.03
1979	0.03
1981	6.58
1982	6.50
1983	0.96
1984	0.74
1985	0.91
1986	0.71
1987	2.12
1988	0.76
1989	0.65
1990	0.81
1991	0.97
1992	0.85
1993	6.16
1994	0.96
1995	1.24
1996	1.95
1997	2.89
1998	2.49
1999	2.80
2000	0.28
2001	0.64
2002	0.50
2003	0.99
2004	0.17
2005	0.38
2006	0.62
2007	0.35
2008	0.55
2009	1.53
2010	0.93
2011	0.73
2012	0.25
2013	0.15
2014	0.19
2015	0.19
2016	0.12
2017	0.12
2018	0.07
2019	0.10
2020	0.15

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 Guinea-Bissau was 1.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 5.81 in 1991, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1989.

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
1968	3.41
1970	3.68
1971	0.98
1973	1.64
1974	0.09
1975	0.00
1976	1.36
1977	2.29
1978	0.03
1979	0.16
1980	0.41
1982	0.46
1983	0.02
1984	0.00
1985	0.94
1986	0.00
1987	0.03
1988	0.00
1989	0.00
1990	3.45
1991	5.81
1992	0.25
1993	0.10
1994	0.03
1995	0.04
1996	0.07
1997	0.10
1998	0.19
1999	0.12
2000	0.92
2001	1.03
2002	1.23
2003	3.22
2004	0.19
2005	0.48
2006	0.67
2007	0.74
2008	0.45
2009	0.76
2010	0.76
2011	0.39
2012	2.18
2013	2.13
2014	1.97
2015	1.65
2016	2.38
2017	1.87
2018	1.66
2019	1.42
2020	1.04

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 Guinea-Bissau was 10.14 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 11.53 in 1999, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1974.

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
1973	3.51
1974	0.00
1975	1.61
1976	1.67
1977	4.60
1979	1.13
1980	1.36
1982	3.09
1983	0.02
1984	0.02
1985	0.04
1986	3.13
1987	0.32
1988	0.45
1989	0.16
1990	2.06
1991	2.05
1992	2.11
1993	1.04
1994	1.00
1995	4.66
1996	2.38
1997	8.61
1998	10.23
1999	11.53
2000	0.28
2001	0.15
2002	0.41
2003	0.58
2004	5.07
2005	5.83
2006	0.74
2007	0.53
2008	3.05
2009	1.37
2010	8.81
2011	4.66
2012	4.88
2013	2.71
2014	4.78
2015	6.75
2016	8.11
2017	9.43
2018	8.47
2019	9.30
2020	10.14

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 Guinea-Bissau was 18.87 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 42.43 in 2005, while its lowest value was 1.91 in 1978.

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
1968	6.25
1970	5.15
1971	4.90
1972	5.00
1973	3.04
1974	3.45
1975	3.03
1976	3.72
1977	2.95
1978	1.91
1979	4.17
1980	6.22
1981	8.20
1982	5.99
1983	7.89
1984	11.13
1985	4.10
1986	8.47
1987	7.78
1988	5.36
1989	7.84
1990	9.31
1991	7.60
1992	8.20
1993	3.92
1994	5.23
1995	4.51
1996	10.31
1997	12.42
1998	11.48
1999	15.38
2000	21.92
2001	18.79
2002	18.56
2003	14.11
2004	29.85
2005	42.43
2006	36.24
2007	26.59
2008	29.70
2009	21.91
2010	21.56
2011	19.58
2012	21.14
2013	27.11
2014	24.96
2015	17.34
2016	19.60
2017	13.89
2018	13.15
2019	15.14
2020	18.87

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Guinea-Bissau was 0.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 24.98 in 1975, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2005.

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
1968	2.27
1970	1.47
1971	0.98
1972	2.81
1973	4.22
1974	0.75
1975	24.98
1976	11.43
1977	16.61
1978	13.08
1979	20.85
1980	14.10
1981	7.11
1982	6.19
1983	8.41
1984	8.63
1985	18.20
1986	8.74
1987	6.83
1988	6.86
1989	5.38
1990	6.42
1991	7.10
1992	4.40
1993	4.01
1994	4.67
1995	5.58
1996	6.49
1997	6.74
1998	6.93
1999	8.09
2000	0.00
2001	0.00
2002	0.00
2003	2.23
2004	0.00
2005	0.00
2006	0.00
2007	0.00
2008	0.00
2009	0.00
2010	0.00
2011	0.00
2012	0.00
2013	0.00
2014	0.00
2015	0.00
2016	0.00
2017	0.00
2018	0.00
2019	0.00
2020	0.00

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Guinea-Bissau was $283,575,600 as of 2020. Over the past 52 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $283,575,600 in 2020 and $17,600,000 in 1968.

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
1968	$17,600,000
1970	$27,200,000
1971	$30,600,000
1972	$32,000,000
1973	$42,700,000
1974	$43,103,000
1975	$37,743,000
1976	$37,960,000
1977	$34,844,000
1978	$48,726,000
1979	$60,942,000
1980	$55,025,000
1981	$51,633,000
1982	$62,768,050
1983	$65,586,460
1984	$48,994,320
1985	$57,584,380
1986	$59,004,960
1987	$84,635,210
1988	$94,912,720
1989	$125,424,100
1990	$124,305,900
1991	$117,556,600
1992	$115,958,300
1993	$130,655,500
1994	$154,268,600
1995	$138,441,100
1996	$110,281,800
1997	$84,402,950
1998	$93,505,960
1999	$89,946,990
2000	$71,403,620
2001	$61,078,530
2002	$51,152,270
2003	$68,824,220
2004	$62,596,840
2005	$128,996,100
2006	$113,008,500
2007	$153,537,600
2008	$193,148,500
2009	$187,152,300
2010	$177,531,500
2011	$237,782,900
2012	$241,177,800
2013	$261,285,200
2014	$272,495,200
2015	$222,957,300
2016	$245,773,500
2017	$277,316,200
2018	$265,034,700
2019	$273,697,400
2020	$283,575,600

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 Guinea-Bissau was 18.87 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 42.43 in 2005, while its lowest value was 1.91 in 1978.

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
1968	6.25
1970	5.15
1971	4.90
1972	5.00
1973	3.04
1974	3.45
1975	3.03
1976	3.72
1977	2.95
1978	1.91
1979	4.17
1980	6.22
1981	8.20
1982	5.99
1983	7.89
1984	11.13
1985	4.10
1986	8.47
1987	7.78
1988	5.36
1989	7.84
1990	9.31
1991	7.60
1992	8.20
1993	3.92
1994	5.23
1995	4.51
1996	10.31
1997	12.42
1998	11.48
1999	15.38
2000	21.92
2001	18.79
2002	18.56
2003	14.11
2004	29.85
2005	42.43
2006	36.24
2007	26.59
2008	29.70
2009	21.91
2010	21.56
2011	19.58
2012	21.14
2013	27.11
2014	24.96
2015	17.34
2016	19.60
2017	13.89
2018	13.15
2019	15.14
2020	18.87

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports