Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 20.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.72 in 2020, while its lowest value was 1.08 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 1.25
1961 1.08
1962 1.17
1963 1.43
1964 1.45
1965 2.31
1966 2.11
1967 2.32
1968 1.82
1969 1.80
1970 1.78
1971 3.12
1972 3.18
1973 3.73
1974 3.74
1975 2.83
1976 2.36
1977 2.37
1978 2.30
1979 2.63
1980 2.31
1981 2.38
1982 2.78
1983 2.52
1984 3.21
1985 2.77
1986 3.98
1987 3.14
1988 3.54
1989 3.38
1990 3.18
1991 3.37
1992 4.67
1993 4.73
1994 4.38
1995 4.24
1996 4.34
1997 4.19
1998 4.92
1999 5.02
2000 8.89
2001 8.68
2002 7.65
2003 9.07
2004 9.91
2005 10.48
2006 9.27
2007 11.19
2008 12.19
2009 13.66
2010 13.97
2011 13.48
2012 13.78
2013 14.08
2014 17.00
2015 18.31
2016 19.39
2017 17.81
2018 19.37
2019 20.24
2020 20.72

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports