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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 Jamaica was 0.105 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.470 in 1983, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1992.

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
1970	0.005
1971	0.356
1972	0.023
1974	0.008
1975	0.014
1976	0.006
1977	0.013
1978	0.012
1979	0.011
1980	0.002
1981	0.005
1982	0.030
1983	0.470
1984	0.001
1985	0.004
1986	0.027
1987	0.022
1988	0.047
1989	0.034
1990	0.014
1991	0.013
1992	0.000
1993	0.019
1994	0.151
1995	0.009
1996	0.003
1997	0.014
1998	0.006
1999	0.017
2000	0.012
2001	0.018
2002	0.048
2003	0.212
2004	0.061
2005	0.027
2006	0.053
2007	0.012
2008	0.022
2009	0.034
2010	0.030
2011	0.047
2012	0.035
2013	0.040
2014	0.106
2015	0.097
2016	0.087
2017	0.094
2018	0.084
2019	0.118
2020	0.105

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Jamaica was 4,712,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,465,000,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 211,000,000 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	217,000,000
1961	211,000,000
1962	223,000,000
1963	226,000,000
1964	289,000,000
1965	289,000,000
1966	327,000,000
1967	349,000,000
1968	384,000,000
1969	436,000,000
1970	525,000,000
1971	552,000,000
1972	638,000,000
1973	677,000,000
1974	936,000,000
1975	1,124,000,000
1976	913,000,000
1977	860,000,000
1978	904,000,000
1979	993,000,000
1980	1,171,000,000
1981	1,473,000,000
1982	1,381,000,000
1983	1,494,000,000
1984	1,146,000,000
1985	1,111,000,000
1986	972,000,000
1987	1,238,000,000
1988	1,454,000,000
1989	1,852,000,000
1990	1,928,000,000
1991	1,736,000,000
1992	1,676,000,000
1993	2,132,000,000
1994	2,224,000,000
1995	2,818,000,000
1996	2,965,000,000
1997	3,131,000,000
1998	3,035,000,000
1999	2,899,000,000
2000	3,301,000,000
2001	3,360,000,000
2002	3,533,000,000
2003	3,639,000,000
2004	3,940,000,000
2005	4,739,000,000
2006	5,650,000,000
2007	6,893,000,000
2008	8,465,000,000
2009	5,064,000,000
2010	5,225,000,000
2011	6,439,000,000
2012	6,331,000,000
2013	6,216,000,000
2014	5,840,000,000
2015	4,993,000,000
2016	4,767,000,000
2017	5,818,000,000
2018	6,126,000,000
2019	6,339,000,000
2020	4,712,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Jamaica was 63.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 92.64 in 1960, while its lowest value was 57.39 in 1980.

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	92.64
1961	91.92
1962	91.79
1963	92.23
1964	88.04
1965	86.16
1966	87.68
1967	86.57
1968	88.07
1969	88.07
1970	89.89
1971	88.13
1972	87.39
1973	83.94
1974	75.57
1975	76.13
1976	73.41
1977	67.69
1978	72.54
1979	63.45
1980	57.39
1981	64.04
1982	65.61
1983	63.77
1984	69.67
1985	69.29
1986	78.78
1987	81.25
1988	83.50
1989	81.71
1990	78.42
1991	82.89
1992	80.35
1993	84.49
1994	83.32
1995	86.56
1996	85.70
1997	83.71
1998	84.15
1999	82.23
2000	79.20
2001	78.97
2002	78.04
2003	78.85
2004	73.93
2005	74.60
2006	71.98
2007	71.56
2008	72.07
2009	66.90
2010	65.52
2011	62.23
2012	61.49
2013	61.81
2014	65.72
2015	66.87
2016	70.90
2017	70.59
2018	70.96
2019	68.78
2020	63.36

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 Jamaica was 15.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 15.68 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.09 in 1969.

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	0.37
1961	0.33
1962	0.45
1963	0.27
1964	0.32
1965	0.24
1966	0.59
1967	0.20
1968	0.13
1969	0.09
1970	0.54
1971	0.48
1972	0.50
1973	0.34
1974	0.57
1975	0.64
1976	0.77
1977	0.33
1978	0.43
1979	0.35
1980	0.32
1981	0.33
1982	0.50
1983	0.88
1984	0.35
1985	0.36
1986	0.63
1987	1.34
1988	0.94
1989	1.42
1990	0.89
1991	1.00
1992	1.24
1993	1.40
1994	2.86
1995	2.43
1996	1.91
1997	2.21
1998	3.45
1999	3.67
2000	3.43
2001	3.78
2002	3.75
2003	4.54
2004	4.96
2005	5.66
2006	5.92
2007	6.18
2008	5.91
2009	7.26
2010	6.99
2011	6.64
2012	7.77
2013	8.63
2014	9.99
2015	11.63
2016	10.85
2017	12.07
2018	11.78
2019	14.15
2020	15.68

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 Jamaica was 11.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 11.35 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.07 in 1964.

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	0.07
1966	0.37
1970	0.19
1971	0.17
1972	0.22
1973	0.13
1974	0.25
1975	0.37
1976	0.54
1977	0.20
1978	0.28
1979	0.22
1980	0.24
1981	0.22
1982	0.41
1983	0.36
1984	0.28
1985	0.25
1986	0.43
1987	0.62
1988	0.81
1989	1.16
1990	0.76
1991	0.78
1992	1.19
1993	1.24
1994	2.08
1995	1.47
1996	1.33
1997	1.57
1998	2.47
1999	2.46
2000	2.35
2001	2.78
2002	2.90
2003	3.35
2004	3.80
2005	4.31
2006	4.78
2007	4.83
2008	4.80
2009	6.08
2010	6.00
2011	5.65
2012	6.32
2013	7.08
2014	8.28
2015	10.07
2016	9.14
2017	8.53
2018	8.62
2019	9.90
2020	11.35

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 Jamaica was 1.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 1.81 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
1971	0.00
1972	0.00
1974	0.00
1975	0.00
1976	0.00
1977	0.00
1978	0.00
1979	0.00
1980	0.00
1981	0.01
1982	0.00
1983	0.00
1984	0.00
1986	0.01
1987	0.02
1988	0.02
1989	0.08
1990	0.03
1991	0.04
1993	0.03
1994	0.39
1995	0.86
1996	0.47
1997	0.49
1998	0.76
1999	0.93
2000	0.82
2001	0.66
2002	0.41
2003	0.61
2004	0.60
2005	0.40
2006	0.42
2007	0.31
2008	0.60
2009	0.41
2010	0.39
2011	0.37
2012	0.72
2013	0.76
2014	0.84
2015	0.46
2016	0.38
2017	0.95
2018	1.17
2019	1.66
2020	1.81

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 Jamaica was 20.74 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.74 in 2020, while its lowest value was 1.64 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	3.29
1961	2.61
1962	2.33
1963	2.66
1964	2.56
1965	2.75
1966	1.96
1967	2.12
1968	1.64
1969	1.90
1970	2.48
1971	2.63
1972	4.28
1973	3.87
1974	5.10
1975	5.72
1976	4.61
1977	3.96
1978	5.24
1979	3.80
1980	5.16
1981	5.20
1982	4.29
1983	7.98
1984	6.38
1985	7.33
1986	8.28
1987	10.05
1988	8.06
1989	7.09
1990	11.17
1991	6.26
1992	10.42
1993	5.90
1994	6.45
1995	5.15
1996	6.56
1997	7.61
1998	7.63
1999	8.62
2000	10.33
2001	11.00
2002	11.88
2003	13.14
2004	14.77
2005	12.45
2006	11.04
2007	11.16
2008	9.47
2009	10.73
2010	11.50
2011	14.88
2012	13.82
2013	13.25
2014	10.61
2015	12.03
2016	16.60
2017	16.61
2018	17.07
2019	16.82
2020	20.74

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 Jamaica was 0.038 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.471 in 1983, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1992.

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
1970	0.004
1971	0.012
1972	0.023
1974	0.007
1975	0.013
1976	0.007
1977	0.010
1978	0.011
1979	0.010
1980	0.002
1981	0.005
1982	0.030
1983	0.471
1984	0.001
1985	0.002
1986	0.017
1987	0.007
1988	0.005
1989	0.002
1990	0.005
1991	0.013
1992	0.000
1993	0.018
1994	0.151
1995	0.001
1996	0.003
1997	0.014
1998	0.003
1999	0.003
2000	0.005
2001	0.008
2002	0.041
2003	0.193
2004	0.043
2005	0.018
2006	0.046
2007	0.004
2008	0.008
2009	0.011
2010	0.012
2011	0.069
2012	0.011
2013	0.006
2014	0.009
2015	0.012
2016	0.017
2017	0.021
2018	0.030
2019	0.035
2020	0.038

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 Jamaica was 1.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.20 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1995.

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	0.32
1961	0.33
1962	0.45
1963	0.27
1964	0.25
1965	0.24
1966	0.22
1967	0.20
1968	0.13
1969	0.09
1970	0.25
1971	0.20
1972	0.17
1973	0.15
1974	0.15
1975	0.18
1976	0.14
1977	0.06
1978	0.07
1979	0.04
1980	0.05
1981	0.07
1982	0.04
1983	0.03
1984	0.06
1985	0.09
1986	0.08
1987	0.07
1988	0.08
1989	0.13
1990	0.08
1991	0.12
1992	0.04
1993	0.10
1994	0.22
1995	0.03
1996	0.07
1997	0.05
1998	0.17
1999	0.21
2000	0.20
2001	0.24
2002	0.30
2003	0.33
2004	0.45
2005	0.40
2006	0.58
2007	0.50
2008	0.37
2009	0.56
2010	0.55
2011	0.49
2012	0.64
2013	0.72
2014	0.77
2015	1.01
2016	1.12
2017	1.08
2018	0.95
2019	1.03
2020	1.20

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 Jamaica was 1.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.52 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1984.

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	0.05
1970	0.10
1971	0.10
1972	0.08
1973	0.06
1974	0.15
1975	0.08
1976	0.08
1977	0.06
1978	0.07
1979	0.07
1980	0.03
1981	0.03
1982	0.02
1983	0.02
1984	0.01
1985	0.02
1986	0.09
1987	0.63
1988	0.02
1989	0.05
1990	0.02
1991	0.05
1992	0.01
1993	0.01
1994	0.01
1995	0.07
1996	0.04
1997	0.08
1998	0.06
1999	0.06
2000	0.05
2001	0.09
2002	0.10
2003	0.05
2004	0.05
2005	0.52
2006	0.09
2007	0.53
2008	0.13
2009	0.20
2010	0.05
2011	0.06
2012	0.08
2013	0.07
2014	0.09
2015	0.07
2016	0.19
2017	1.50
2018	1.01
2019	1.52
2020	1.29

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Jamaica was 0.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 37.12 in 1980, while its lowest value was 0.19 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	3.70
1961	5.13
1962	5.43
1963	4.84
1964	9.09
1965	10.85
1966	9.77
1967	11.11
1968	10.16
1969	9.93
1970	7.08
1971	8.76
1972	7.82
1973	11.86
1974	18.77
1975	17.50
1976	21.21
1977	28.02
1978	21.79
1979	32.40
1980	37.12
1981	30.42
1982	29.60
1983	27.36
1984	23.61
1985	23.02
1986	12.32
1987	7.36
1988	7.50
1989	9.78
1990	9.52
1991	9.86
1992	7.99
1993	8.21
1994	7.37
1995	5.86
1996	5.83
1997	6.47
1998	4.77
1999	5.49
2000	7.04
2001	6.26
2002	6.33
2003	3.47
2004	6.35
2005	7.29
2006	11.06
2007	11.10
2008	12.55
2009	15.11
2010	15.99
2011	16.25
2012	16.91
2013	16.31
2014	13.68
2015	9.48
2016	1.64
2017	0.73
2018	0.19
2019	0.26
2020	0.22

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Jamaica was $5,581,836,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $8,397,386,000 in 2008 and $210,400,000 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	$216,100,000
1961	$210,400,000
1962	$222,900,000
1963	$225,300,000
1964	$281,700,000
1965	$294,800,000
1966	$321,300,000
1967	$348,400,000
1968	$383,000,000
1969	$442,112,000
1970	$525,267,000
1971	$556,407,000
1972	$610,710,000
1973	$664,473,000
1974	$935,857,000
1975	$1,123,997,000
1976	$933,315,000
1977	$862,458,000
1978	$984,195,000
1979	$1,001,974,000
1980	$1,178,062,000
1981	$1,472,577,000
1982	$1,381,082,000
1983	$1,280,902,000
1984	$1,183,312,000
1985	$1,143,555,000
1986	$969,084,000
1987	$1,234,253,000
1988	$1,449,346,000
1989	$1,826,131,000
1990	$1,866,519,000
1991	$1,797,768,000
1992	$1,854,826,000
1993	$2,203,822,000
1994	$2,185,329,000
1995	$2,891,027,000
1996	$2,927,013,000
1997	$3,069,439,000
1998	$2,991,782,000
1999	$2,952,333,000
2000	$3,307,175,000
2001	$3,402,443,000
2002	$3,566,318,000
2003	$3,672,206,000
2004	$3,952,868,000
2005	$4,991,872,000
2006	$5,747,202,000
2007	$6,367,893,000
2008	$8,397,386,000
2009	$5,090,627,000
2010	$5,223,446,000
2011	$6,359,716,000
2012	$6,297,080,000
2013	$6,128,200,000
2014	$5,781,956,000
2015	$4,997,720,000
2016	$4,621,954,000
2017	$5,537,652,000
2018	$6,125,431,000
2019	$6,352,072,000
2020	$5,581,836,000

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 Jamaica was 20.74 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.74 in 2020, while its lowest value was 1.64 in 1968.

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	3.29
1961	2.61
1962	2.33
1963	2.66
1964	2.56
1965	2.75
1966	1.96
1967	2.12
1968	1.64
1969	1.90
1970	2.48
1971	2.63
1972	4.28
1973	3.87
1974	5.10
1975	5.72
1976	4.61
1977	3.96
1978	5.24
1979	3.80
1980	5.16
1981	5.20
1982	4.29
1983	7.98
1984	6.38
1985	7.33
1986	8.28
1987	10.05
1988	8.06
1989	7.09
1990	11.17
1991	6.26
1992	10.42
1993	5.90
1994	6.45
1995	5.15
1996	6.56
1997	7.61
1998	7.63
1999	8.62
2000	10.33
2001	11.00
2002	11.88
2003	13.14
2004	14.77
2005	12.45
2006	11.04
2007	11.16
2008	9.47
2009	10.73
2010	11.50
2011	14.88
2012	13.82
2013	13.25
2014	10.61
2015	12.03
2016	16.60
2017	16.61
2018	17.07
2019	16.82
2020	20.74

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports