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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 Guyana was 29.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 29.10 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1988.

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	0.46
1961	0.12
1968	0.09
1969	0.01
1970	0.07
1971	0.03
1972	0.11
1973	0.12
1974	0.04
1975	0.05
1976	0.06
1977	0.10
1978	0.15
1979	0.13
1980	0.08
1981	0.16
1982	0.11
1983	0.11
1984	0.06
1985	0.08
1986	0.08
1987	0.00
1988	0.00
1989	0.06
1990	1.42
1991	0.27
1992	0.05
1993	0.01
1994	0.03
1995	0.01
1996	0.02
1997	0.02
1998	0.04
1999	0.05
2000	0.05
2001	0.06
2002	0.04
2003	0.05
2004	0.09
2005	0.05
2006	0.07
2007	0.23
2008	0.13
2009	0.19
2010	0.17
2011	0.23
2012	0.16
2013	0.33
2014	0.26
2015	0.35
2016	0.28
2017	0.36
2018	0.27
2019	25.05
2020	29.10

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Guyana was 2,073,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,040,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 69,000,000 in 1963.

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	86,000,000
1961	86,000,000
1962	74,000,000
1963	69,000,000
1964	87,000,000
1965	104,000,000
1966	118,000,000
1967	130,000,000
1968	110,000,000
1969	118,000,000
1970	134,000,000
1971	135,000,000
1972	143,000,000
1973	177,000,000
1974	255,000,000
1975	344,000,000
1976	364,000,000
1977	314,000,000
1978	279,000,000
1979	318,000,000
1980	365,000,000
1981	438,000,000
1982	283,000,000
1983	231,000,000
1984	213,000,000
1985	226,000,000
1986	241,000,000
1987	265,000,000
1988	216,000,000
1989	258,000,000
1990	311,000,000
1991	307,000,000
1992	442,000,000
1993	484,000,000
1994	506,000,000
1995	527,000,000
1996	597,000,000
1997	630,000,000
1998	540,000,000
1999	480,000,000
2000	573,000,000
2001	584,000,000
2002	563,000,000
2003	576,000,000
2004	651,000,000
2005	788,000,000
2006	889,000,000
2007	1,059,000,000
2008	1,312,000,000
2009	1,161,000,000
2010	1,397,000,000
2011	1,771,000,000
2012	1,997,000,000
2013	1,875,000,000
2014	1,791,000,000
2015	1,492,000,000
2016	1,448,000,000
2017	1,644,000,000
2018	2,410,000,000
2019	4,040,000,000
2020	2,073,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Guyana was 63.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 95.10 in 1968, while its lowest value was 56.41 in 2012.

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	94.89
1961	92.97
1964	90.98
1965	91.95
1966	91.77
1967	93.06
1968	95.10
1969	93.15
1970	82.16
1971	91.98
1972	91.37
1973	91.02
1974	90.61
1975	88.89
1976	89.85
1977	91.88
1978	89.65
1979	89.02
1980	90.82
1981	89.16
1982	88.38
1983	77.89
1984	77.60
1985	74.27
1986	74.27
1987	63.90
1988	71.21
1989	77.84
1990	77.30
1991	79.13
1992	78.01
1993	82.92
1994	77.02
1995	76.68
1996	78.23
1997	78.57
1998	74.75
1999	75.99
2000	73.85
2001	74.17
2002	73.86
2003	79.73
2004	76.99
2005	81.36
2006	80.97
2007	73.89
2008	66.58
2009	71.10
2010	68.42
2011	66.23
2012	56.41
2013	60.59
2014	62.74
2015	70.51
2016	75.75
2017	73.64
2018	75.28
2019	57.56
2020	63.65

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 Guyana was 29.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 38.14 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.71 in 1983.

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	2.32
1961	1.76
1964	2.40
1965	3.16
1966	2.21
1967	1.43
1968	0.85
1969	1.42
1970	1.41
1971	1.45
1972	1.57
1973	1.49
1974	2.47
1975	2.12
1976	3.08
1977	1.86
1978	3.02
1979	1.88
1980	1.49
1981	1.12
1982	0.94
1983	0.71
1984	1.14
1985	2.10
1986	2.10
1987	4.69
1988	1.27
1989	1.39
1990	1.65
1991	2.93
1992	4.76
1993	2.52
1994	4.01
1995	2.70
1996	2.07
1997	2.37
1998	3.19
1999	3.65
2000	4.62
2001	4.95
2002	5.03
2003	4.89
2004	6.29
2005	6.85
2006	7.79
2007	12.01
2008	9.00
2009	8.62
2010	9.67
2011	9.76
2012	13.03
2013	12.71
2014	11.67
2015	11.59
2016	10.36
2017	12.71
2018	12.87
2019	38.14
2020	29.95

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 Guyana was 12.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 12.15 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.10 in 1970.

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
1964	0.68
1965	0.86
1966	0.76
1967	0.38
1968	0.19
1969	0.20
1970	0.10
1971	0.28
1972	0.27
1973	0.64
1974	1.37
1975	1.22
1976	2.19
1977	0.86
1978	1.74
1979	1.25
1980	0.54
1981	0.23
1982	0.16
1983	0.28
1984	0.23
1985	1.28
1986	1.28
1987	4.15
1988	0.52
1989	0.65
1990	0.94
1991	1.67
1992	3.87
1993	1.76
1994	2.88
1995	2.47
1996	1.66
1997	1.90
1998	2.32
1999	2.99
2000	3.46
2001	3.19
2002	4.05
2003	3.85
2004	4.69
2005	4.66
2006	6.11
2007	10.01
2008	6.61
2009	6.28
2010	7.32
2011	7.32
2012	10.90
2013	10.45
2014	9.30
2015	9.07
2016	8.49
2017	9.74
2018	10.07
2019	8.06
2020	12.15

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 Guyana was 2.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 2.67 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1976.

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
1970	0.00
1976	0.00
1978	0.00
1980	0.00
1981	0.03
1982	0.00
1983	0.00
1984	0.08
1985	0.38
1986	0.38
1987	0.49
1988	0.64
1989	0.63
1990	0.60
1991	0.58
1992	0.50
1993	0.47
1994	0.73
1995	0.01
1996	0.07
1997	0.08
1998	0.36
1999	0.05
2000	0.06
2001	0.72
2002	0.30
2003	0.20
2004	0.17
2005	0.43
2006	0.24
2007	0.28
2008	0.38
2009	0.43
2010	0.46
2011	0.77
2012	0.93
2013	0.77
2014	0.67
2015	0.68
2016	0.70
2017	0.98
2018	1.31
2019	1.71
2020	2.67

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 Guyana was 5.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.57 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.46 in 1964.

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	0.58
1961	0.47
1964	0.46
1965	0.67
1966	1.27
1967	1.13
1968	1.98
1969	2.36
1970	0.84
1971	2.42
1972	3.32
1973	4.20
1974	3.65
1975	3.79
1976	3.68
1977	3.30
1978	3.02
1979	4.83
1980	3.72
1981	4.24
1982	5.11
1983	5.61
1984	5.52
1985	6.24
1986	6.24
1987	6.96
1988	5.96
1989	5.14
1990	4.85
1991	4.36
1992	3.84
1993	4.27
1994	6.68
1995	7.22
1996	6.30
1997	6.48
1998	6.95
1999	6.65
2000	4.45
2001	4.68
2002	4.84
2003	5.62
2004	5.60
2005	6.83
2006	6.10
2007	7.46
2008	11.50
2009	12.97
2010	14.02
2011	13.16
2012	13.44
2013	14.57
2014	13.60
2015	13.35
2016	13.35
2017	12.93
2018	11.54
2019	3.26
2020	5.04

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 Guyana was 11.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 24.84 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1998.

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	0.46
1961	0.12
1968	0.09
1970	0.07
1971	0.03
1972	0.11
1973	0.12
1974	0.04
1975	0.05
1976	0.06
1977	0.10
1978	0.20
1979	0.13
1980	0.08
1981	0.16
1982	0.09
1983	0.11
1984	0.05
1985	0.07
1986	0.07
1989	0.06
1991	0.06
1992	0.05
1993	0.01
1994	0.03
1995	0.01
1996	0.01
1997	0.01
1998	0.01
1999	0.01
2000	0.05
2001	0.05
2002	0.04
2003	0.03
2004	0.07
2005	0.11
2006	0.02
2007	0.14
2008	0.11
2009	0.16
2010	0.09
2011	0.15
2012	0.08
2013	0.17
2014	0.16
2015	0.23
2016	0.03
2017	0.18
2018	0.05
2019	24.84
2020	11.85

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 Guyana was 1.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.11 in 1965, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1989.

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	1.86
1961	1.64
1964	1.71
1965	2.11
1966	1.36
1967	1.06
1968	0.57
1969	1.16
1970	1.16
1971	1.13
1972	1.19
1973	0.72
1974	0.98
1975	0.82
1976	0.76
1977	0.86
1978	1.03
1979	0.50
1980	0.83
1981	0.70
1982	0.67
1983	0.30
1984	0.76
1985	0.37
1986	0.37
1987	0.06
1988	0.05
1989	0.04
1990	0.11
1991	0.61
1992	0.34
1993	0.29
1994	0.37
1995	0.20
1996	0.33
1997	0.27
1998	0.36
1999	0.50
2000	0.88
2001	0.50
2002	0.48
2003	0.58
2004	1.16
2005	1.52
2006	1.35
2007	1.52
2008	1.72
2009	1.67
2010	1.70
2011	1.33
2012	0.97
2013	1.18
2014	1.31
2015	1.47
2016	0.98
2017	1.27
2018	1.23
2019	0.78
2020	1.34

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 Guyana was 1.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 2.75 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.00 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
1965	0.19
1966	0.08
1969	0.05
1970	0.07
1974	0.07
1975	0.03
1976	0.07
1977	0.03
1978	0.05
1980	0.02
1981	0.00
1982	0.01
1983	0.01
1984	0.00
1985	0.00
1986	0.00
1987	0.00
1988	0.07
1989	0.00
1990	0.00
1991	0.00
1992	0.00
1993	0.00
1994	0.00
1995	0.00
1996	0.00
1997	0.10
1998	0.14
1999	0.09
2000	0.16
2001	0.50
2002	0.16
2003	0.23
2004	0.21
2005	0.13
2006	0.07
2007	0.05
2008	0.17
2009	0.07
2010	0.09
2011	0.19
2012	0.15
2013	0.14
2014	0.23
2015	0.14
2016	0.16
2017	0.53
2018	0.21
2019	2.75
2020	1.94

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Guyana was 1.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 24.45 in 1987, while its lowest value was 0.31 in 2018.

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	2.21
1961	4.80
1964	6.16
1965	4.21
1966	4.75
1967	4.38
1968	2.07
1969	3.07
1970	15.59
1971	4.15
1972	3.74
1973	3.30
1974	3.26
1975	5.19
1976	3.39
1977	2.96
1978	4.30
1979	4.26
1980	3.98
1981	5.48
1982	5.57
1983	15.79
1984	15.75
1985	17.39
1986	17.39
1987	24.45
1988	21.56
1989	15.63
1990	16.19
1991	13.58
1992	13.40
1993	10.29
1994	12.29
1995	13.40
1996	13.40
1997	12.58
1998	15.12
1999	13.71
2000	17.07
2001	16.21
2002	16.26
2003	9.76
2004	11.13
2005	4.97
2006	5.14
2007	6.64
2008	12.92
2009	7.32
2010	7.89
2011	10.86
2012	17.12
2013	12.13
2014	11.99
2015	4.55
2016	0.54
2017	0.72
2018	0.31
2019	1.03
2020	1.36

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Guyana was $2,493,267,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $4,028,388,000 in 2019 and $85,400,000 in 1961.

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	$86,100,000
1961	$85,400,000
1964	$87,600,000
1965	$104,400,000
1966	$117,900,000
1967	$132,500,000
1968	$106,100,000
1969	$118,158,000
1970	$134,115,000
1971	$134,041,000
1972	$145,999,000
1973	$175,752,000
1974	$253,241,000
1975	$342,371,000
1976	$363,679,000
1977	$314,021,000
1978	$269,304,000
1979	$292,712,000
1980	$321,066,000
1981	$439,611,000
1982	$279,604,000
1983	$250,429,000
1984	$210,590,000
1985	$224,716,000
1986	$241,707,000
1987	$215,294,700
1988	$206,115,800
1989	$229,660,000
1990	$278,109,500
1991	$311,925,000
1992	$400,008,200
1993	$506,834,200
1994	$394,585,300
1995	$517,265,400
1996	$622,220,700
1997	$647,818,300
1998	$635,351,900
1999	$638,376,200
2000	$575,020,500
2001	$587,298,400
2002	$565,296,100
2003	$559,197,100
2004	$662,262,000
2005	$779,246,700
2006	$894,176,800
2007	$1,030,267,000
2008	$1,347,773,000
2009	$1,176,979,000
2010	$1,453,524,000
2011	$1,771,031,000
2012	$1,999,868,000
2013	$1,866,212,000
2014	$1,786,293,000
2015	$1,489,929,000
2016	$1,636,445,000
2017	$1,761,548,000
2018	$2,373,490,000
2019	$4,028,388,000
2020	$2,493,267,000

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 Guyana was 5.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.57 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.46 in 1964.

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	0.58
1961	0.47
1964	0.46
1965	0.67
1966	1.27
1967	1.13
1968	1.98
1969	2.36
1970	0.84
1971	2.42
1972	3.32
1973	4.20
1974	3.65
1975	3.79
1976	3.68
1977	3.30
1978	3.02
1979	4.83
1980	3.72
1981	4.24
1982	5.11
1983	5.61
1984	5.52
1985	6.24
1986	6.24
1987	6.96
1988	5.96
1989	5.14
1990	4.85
1991	4.36
1992	3.84
1993	4.27
1994	6.68
1995	7.22
1996	6.30
1997	6.48
1998	6.95
1999	6.65
2000	4.45
2001	4.68
2002	4.84
2003	5.62
2004	5.60
2005	6.83
2006	6.10
2007	7.46
2008	11.50
2009	12.97
2010	14.02
2011	13.16
2012	13.44
2013	14.57
2014	13.60
2015	13.35
2016	13.35
2017	12.93
2018	11.54
2019	3.26
2020	5.04

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports