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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 Haiti was 0.259 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.399 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.001 in 1991.

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	0.026
1962	0.054
1965	0.095
1966	0.248
1967	0.093
1968	0.036
1969	0.005
1970	0.002
1971	0.003
1972	0.017
1973	0.003
1975	0.012
1977	0.001
1979	0.003
1980	0.001
1987	0.005
1991	0.001
1992	0.001
1993	0.004
1994	0.002
1995	0.011
1996	0.042
1997	0.034
1998	0.036
1999	0.003
2000	0.083
2001	0.070
2002	0.014
2003	0.047
2004	0.074
2005	0.071
2006	0.089
2007	0.064
2008	0.063
2009	0.062
2010	0.115
2011	0.053
2012	0.131
2013	0.100
2014	0.093
2015	0.116
2016	0.336
2017	0.399
2018	0.202
2019	0.214
2020	0.259

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Haiti was 2,971,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,822,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 33,000,000 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	40,000,000
1961	33,000,000
1962	37,000,000
1963	39,000,000
1964	41,000,000
1965	34,000,000
1966	38,000,000
1967	36,000,000
1968	38,000,000
1969	39,000,000
1970	55,000,000
1971	60,000,000
1972	69,000,000
1973	83,000,000
1974	125,000,000
1975	149,000,000
1976	207,000,000
1977	213,000,000
1978	233,000,000
1979	272,000,000
1980	375,000,000
1981	461,000,000
1982	387,000,000
1983	441,000,000
1984	450,000,000
1985	442,000,000
1986	360,000,000
1987	399,000,000
1988	344,000,000
1989	291,000,000
1990	332,000,000
1991	400,000,000
1992	278,000,000
1993	355,000,000
1994	251,000,000
1995	653,000,000
1996	665,000,000
1997	648,000,000
1998	797,000,000
1999	1,025,000,000
2000	1,036,000,000
2001	1,013,000,000
2002	1,130,000,000
2003	1,188,000,000
2004	1,306,000,000
2005	1,454,000,000
2006	1,619,000,000
2007	1,682,000,000
2008	2,315,000,000
2009	2,124,000,000
2010	3,146,000,000
2011	3,020,000,000
2012	3,170,000,000
2013	3,580,000,000
2014	3,734,000,000
2015	3,683,000,000
2016	3,423,000,000
2017	3,890,000,000
2018	4,822,000,000
2019	4,513,000,000
2020	2,971,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Haiti was 34.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 89.42 in 1985, while its lowest value was 34.03 in 2019.

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	83.66
1961	88.22
1962	85.56
1963	85.99
1964	88.52
1965	88.54
1966	87.91
1967	88.61
1968	87.57
1969	88.10
1970	88.66
1971	86.63
1972	86.33
1973	86.92
1974	84.40
1975	85.46
1976	85.61
1977	82.28
1978	80.39
1979	77.83
1980	80.85
1981	84.48
1982	88.62
1983	87.52
1984	89.01
1985	89.42
1986	84.48
1987	81.73
1988	84.48
1989	84.48
1990	83.03
1991	84.05
1992	84.81
1993	82.63
1994	83.26
1995	85.91
1996	80.43
1997	80.38
1998	81.51
1999	80.80
2000	62.74
2001	58.80
2002	54.22
2003	51.60
2004	51.56
2005	50.70
2006	48.54
2007	47.66
2008	46.28
2009	46.85
2010	45.81
2011	39.44
2012	41.22
2013	41.25
2014	40.76
2015	39.19
2016	38.25
2017	37.89
2018	36.81
2019	34.03
2020	34.22

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 Haiti was 38.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 38.68 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1982.

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	1.69
1961	0.92
1962	0.78
1964	1.40
1965	2.55
1966	1.81
1967	1.87
1968	1.30
1969	1.34
1970	1.44
1971	1.91
1972	0.97
1973	0.94
1974	1.07
1975	0.44
1976	0.86
1977	1.98
1978	2.34
1979	2.50
1980	2.96
1981	1.49
1982	0.04
1983	0.42
1984	0.09
1985	0.32
1986	1.49
1987	2.09
1988	1.49
1989	1.49
1990	2.17
1991	2.78
1992	6.66
1993	6.46
1994	6.43
1995	2.88
1996	5.32
1997	4.32
1998	4.84
1999	3.89
2000	4.52
2001	4.33
2002	7.34
2003	8.24
2004	11.10
2005	10.08
2006	12.00
2007	15.51
2008	18.58
2009	19.37
2010	20.16
2011	25.68
2012	26.08
2013	26.56
2014	28.70
2015	31.85
2016	33.68
2017	33.18
2018	34.65
2019	36.66
2020	38.68

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 Haiti was 31.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 31.37 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.03 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	0.05
1961	0.03
1964	0.28
1965	0.17
1966	0.13
1967	0.12
1968	0.06
1969	0.07
1970	0.44
1971	0.62
1972	0.49
1973	0.41
1974	0.43
1975	0.29
1976	0.54
1977	1.66
1978	2.03
1979	2.06
1980	2.43
1981	1.20
1983	0.26
1984	0.08
1985	0.27
1986	1.20
1987	2.09
1988	1.20
1989	1.20
1990	2.07
1991	2.70
1992	6.62
1993	6.35
1994	6.39
1995	2.49
1996	4.92
1997	3.60
1998	3.83
1999	2.44
2000	2.36
2001	2.20
2002	3.80
2003	5.81
2004	9.39
2005	8.59
2006	10.48
2007	13.83
2008	16.70
2009	17.30
2010	17.99
2011	23.64
2012	23.38
2013	24.00
2014	26.04
2015	29.57
2016	31.32
2017	28.99
2018	30.17
2019	30.32
2020	31.37

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 Haiti was 5.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.36 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1979.

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	0.36
1961	0.07
1962	0.15
1964	0.56
1965	1.75
1966	0.54
1967	0.93
1968	0.80
1969	0.85
1970	0.59
1971	0.88
1973	0.31
1974	0.24
1975	0.07
1976	0.08
1977	0.10
1978	0.06
1979	0.01
1980	0.03
1981	0.07
1985	0.01
1986	0.07
1988	0.07
1989	0.07
1990	0.02
1994	0.01
1995	0.01
1996	0.12
1997	0.39
1998	0.64
1999	0.60
2000	1.18
2001	1.39
2002	2.45
2003	1.28
2004	0.91
2005	0.64
2006	0.64
2007	0.76
2008	0.74
2009	1.04
2010	1.08
2011	1.01
2012	1.03
2013	1.23
2014	1.43
2015	0.99
2016	0.96
2017	2.70
2018	3.26
2019	4.51
2020	5.36

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 Haiti was 11.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.34 in 2006, while its lowest value was 0.28 in 1963.

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	0.50
1961	0.40
1962	0.38
1963	0.28
1964	0.56
1965	0.99
1966	1.57
1967	0.88
1968	0.85
1969	1.19
1970	2.53
1971	2.79
1972	3.10
1973	2.95
1974	4.06
1975	3.03
1976	4.16
1977	4.13
1978	5.88
1979	5.90
1980	4.39
1981	4.17
1982	2.64
1983	5.94
1984	4.50
1985	4.20
1986	4.17
1987	6.46
1988	4.17
1989	4.17
1990	3.75
1991	5.04
1992	5.16
1993	7.84
1994	5.49
1995	6.90
1996	10.73
1997	11.40
1998	10.95
1999	13.91
2000	15.81
2001	18.38
2002	19.01
2003	18.84
2004	16.67
2005	18.66
2006	19.34
2007	18.71
2008	16.82
2009	16.12
2010	15.85
2011	18.01
2012	16.00
2013	15.25
2014	13.76
2015	13.18
2016	12.85
2017	13.25
2018	13.23
2019	13.46
2020	11.84

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 Haiti was 0.134 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.288 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1987.

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	0.026
1962	0.054
1965	0.095
1966	0.248
1967	0.093
1968	0.036
1969	0.005
1970	0.002
1971	0.003
1972	0.017
1973	0.003
1975	0.012
1977	0.001
1979	0.003
1980	0.001
1987	0.000
1993	0.003
1995	0.010
1996	0.041
1997	0.033
1998	0.033
1999	0.002
2000	0.029
2001	0.009
2002	0.013
2003	0.020
2004	0.019
2005	0.017
2006	0.036
2007	0.013
2008	0.013
2009	0.011
2010	0.010
2011	0.008
2012	0.087
2013	0.055
2014	0.051
2015	0.065
2016	0.288
2017	0.272
2018	0.073
2019	0.109
2020	0.134

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 Haiti was 1.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.76 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1983.

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	1.18
1961	0.70
1962	0.54
1964	0.56
1965	0.47
1966	0.80
1967	0.64
1968	0.31
1969	0.38
1970	0.35
1971	0.28
1972	0.43
1973	0.14
1974	0.07
1975	0.05
1976	0.06
1977	0.08
1978	0.09
1979	0.02
1980	0.03
1981	0.02
1982	0.00
1983	0.00
1984	0.00
1985	0.00
1986	0.02
1988	0.02
1989	0.02
1990	0.03
1991	0.04
1992	0.04
1993	0.10
1994	0.02
1995	0.15
1996	0.20
1997	0.23
1998	0.30
1999	0.63
2000	0.54
2001	0.60
2002	0.81
2003	1.08
2004	0.77
2005	0.77
2006	0.81
2007	0.78
2008	0.98
2009	0.84
2010	0.95
2011	0.72
2012	1.07
2013	0.87
2014	1.02
2015	1.12
2016	0.97
2017	1.13
2018	1.01
2019	1.64
2020	1.76

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 Haiti was 0.062 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.510 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.001 in 1987.

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	0.077
1961	0.122
1962	0.027
1965	0.073
1966	0.100
1967	0.093
1968	0.093
1969	0.023
1970	0.056
1971	0.127
1972	0.028
1973	0.075
1974	0.328
1975	0.006
1976	0.187
1977	0.137
1978	0.153
1979	0.397
1980	0.468
1981	0.190
1982	0.038
1983	0.157
1984	0.007
1985	0.033
1986	0.190
1987	0.001
1988	0.190
1989	0.190
1990	0.057
1991	0.037
1992	0.006
1993	0.014
1994	0.009
1995	0.213
1996	0.037
1997	0.062
1998	0.030
1999	0.204
2000	0.411
2001	0.137
2002	0.255
2003	0.041
2004	0.007
2005	0.065
2006	0.041
2007	0.125
2008	0.154
2009	0.167
2010	0.129
2011	0.302
2012	0.510
2013	0.406
2014	0.162
2015	0.105
2016	0.138
2017	0.084
2018	0.150
2019	0.081
2020	0.062

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Haiti was 15.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 21.31 in 2003, while its lowest value was 1.41 in 1999.

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	14.15
1961	10.45
1962	13.29
1963	13.73
1964	9.52
1965	7.91
1966	8.71
1967	8.64
1968	10.27
1969	9.37
1970	7.38
1971	8.67
1972	9.60
1973	9.19
1974	10.48
1975	11.08
1976	9.37
1977	11.61
1978	11.40
1979	13.77
1980	11.80
1981	9.86
1982	8.70
1983	6.11
1984	6.40
1985	6.06
1986	9.86
1987	9.73
1988	9.86
1989	9.86
1990	11.05
1991	8.13
1992	3.36
1993	3.07
1994	4.83
1995	4.32
1996	3.52
1997	3.90
1998	2.70
1999	1.41
2000	16.93
2001	18.48
2002	19.43
2003	21.31
2004	20.66
2005	20.57
2006	20.12
2007	18.13
2008	18.32
2009	17.67
2010	18.18
2011	16.86
2012	16.70
2013	16.93
2014	16.77
2015	15.77
2016	15.21
2017	15.68
2018	15.31
2019	15.85
2020	15.26

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Haiti was $2,719,854,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $2,719,854,000 in 2020 and $32,717,000 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	$38,883,000
1961	$32,717,000
1962	$37,021,000
1963	$35,700,000
1964	$35,700,000
1965	$36,994,000
1966	$35,907,000
1967	$37,780,000
1968	$36,438,000
1969	$43,435,000
1970	$51,611,000
1971	$58,857,000
1972	$65,416,000
1973	$76,116,000
1974	$110,120,000
1975	$141,880,000
1976	$199,794,000
1977	$207,233,000
1978	$219,614,000
1979	$265,845,000
1980	$354,031,000
1981	$376,058,000
1982	$547,412,500
1983	$632,082,000
1984	$687,968,000
1985	$602,727,100
1986	$360,326,800
1987	$553,077,300
1988	$344,591,700
1989	$291,280,400
1990	$524,415,700
1991	$688,277,400
1992	$391,981,200
1993	$437,540,200
1994	$381,361,500
1995	$974,791,600
1996	$898,462,700
1997	$986,382,500
1998	$1,045,386,000
1999	$1,158,259,000
2000	$736,852,400
2001	$748,893,200
2002	$758,793,900
2003	$745,526,000
2004	$898,138,900
2005	$990,453,100
2006	$1,194,891,000
2007	$1,040,811,000
2008	$1,398,667,000
2009	$1,220,570,000
2010	$1,852,330,000
2011	$1,953,527,000
2012	$1,723,259,000
2013	$2,005,569,000
2014	$2,125,500,000
2015	$1,996,070,000
2016	$2,013,796,000
2017	$2,522,356,000
2018	$2,673,995,000
2019	$2,319,377,000
2020	$2,719,854,000

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 Haiti was 11.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.34 in 2006, while its lowest value was 0.28 in 1963.

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	0.50
1961	0.40
1962	0.38
1963	0.28
1964	0.56
1965	0.99
1966	1.57
1967	0.88
1968	0.85
1969	1.19
1970	2.53
1971	2.79
1972	3.10
1973	2.95
1974	4.06
1975	3.03
1976	4.16
1977	4.13
1978	5.88
1979	5.90
1980	4.39
1981	4.17
1982	2.64
1983	5.94
1984	4.50
1985	4.20
1986	4.17
1987	6.46
1988	4.17
1989	4.17
1990	3.75
1991	5.04
1992	5.16
1993	7.84
1994	5.49
1995	6.90
1996	10.73
1997	11.40
1998	10.95
1999	13.91
2000	15.81
2001	18.38
2002	19.01
2003	18.84
2004	16.67
2005	18.66
2006	19.34
2007	18.71
2008	16.82
2009	16.12
2010	15.85
2011	18.01
2012	16.00
2013	15.25
2014	13.76
2015	13.18
2016	12.85
2017	13.25
2018	13.23
2019	13.46
2020	11.84

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports