Japan - Merchandise imports

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 Japan was 8.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 28.93 in 1980, while its lowest value was 7.01 in 1970.

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 10.12
1961 8.65
1962 9.60
1963 10.03
1964 9.69
1965 10.72
1966 9.26
1967 8.49
1968 9.05
1969 7.71
1970 7.01
1971 8.24
1972 8.32
1973 7.73
1974 18.00
1975 19.83
1976 21.99
1977 22.89
1978 20.68
1979 22.57
1980 28.93
1981 28.86
1982 27.03
1983 23.60
1984 22.13
1985 21.19
1986 13.56
1987 12.41
1988 9.76
1989 9.93
1990 11.69
1991 11.12
1992 11.36
1993 10.17
1994 9.00
1995 8.40
1996 9.01
1997 10.15
1998 8.14
1999 8.80
2000 11.56
2001 11.25
2002 10.69
2003 11.47
2004 12.20
2005 15.21
2006 17.61
2007 17.01
2008 20.32
2009 15.36
2010 15.71
2011 17.65
2012 18.44
2013 18.65
2014 17.82
2015 11.75
2016 9.26
2017 10.39
2018 12.04
2019 11.09
2020 8.22

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Japan was 635,460,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 885,843,000,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 4,491,000,000 in 1960.

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 4,491,000,000
1961 5,810,000,000
1962 5,636,000,000
1963 6,736,000,000
1964 7,938,000,000
1965 8,169,000,000
1966 9,523,000,000
1967 11,663,000,000
1968 12,988,000,000
1969 15,023,000,000
1970 18,881,000,000
1971 19,712,000,000
1972 23,863,000,000
1973 38,389,000,000
1974 61,948,000,000
1975 57,860,000,000
1976 64,895,000,000
1977 71,340,000,000
1978 79,922,000,000
1979 109,831,000,000
1980 141,296,000,000
1981 142,866,000,000
1982 131,499,000,000
1983 126,437,000,000
1984 136,176,000,000
1985 130,488,000,000
1986 127,553,000,000
1987 151,033,000,000
1988 187,378,000,000
1989 209,715,000,000
1990 235,368,000,000
1991 236,999,000,000
1992 233,246,000,000
1993 241,624,000,000
1994 275,235,000,000
1995 335,882,000,000
1996 349,152,000,000
1997 338,754,000,000
1998 280,484,000,000
1999 309,995,000,000
2000 379,511,000,000
2001 349,089,000,000
2002 337,194,000,000
2003 382,930,000,000
2004 454,542,000,000
2005 515,866,000,000
2006 579,064,000,000
2007 622,243,000,000
2008 762,534,000,000
2009 551,981,000,000
2010 694,059,000,000
2011 855,380,000,000
2012 885,843,000,000
2013 833,166,000,000
2014 812,208,000,000
2015 648,117,000,000
2016 607,728,000,000
2017 672,096,000,000
2018 748,488,000,000
2019 720,957,000,000
2020 635,460,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Japan was 52.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 73.58 in 1990, while its lowest value was 52.16 in 2016.

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 71.90
1961 73.29
1962 71.70
1963 70.65
1964 68.69
1965 66.83
1966 63.88
1967 63.53
1968 63.61
1969 63.14
1970 65.37
1971 64.54
1972 64.87
1973 65.83
1974 64.58
1975 65.48
1976 68.43
1977 67.96
1978 69.35
1979 68.03
1980 66.95
1981 70.37
1982 69.82
1983 69.52
1984 70.16
1985 69.23
1986 71.12
1987 71.83
1988 73.03
1989 73.16
1990 73.58
1991 72.54
1992 71.96
1993 70.06
1994 68.88
1995 68.70
1996 67.60
1997 67.24
1998 67.56
1999 66.05
2000 64.57
2001 62.99
2002 61.19
2003 59.35
2004 58.17
2005 58.44
2006 58.67
2007 57.16
2008 58.03
2009 56.56
2010 54.86
2011 55.36
2012 55.79
2013 55.06
2014 54.64
2015 52.31
2016 52.16
2017 53.05
2018 55.06
2019 54.90
2020 52.26

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 Japan was 47.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.82 in 2016, while its lowest value was 22.18 in 1961.

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 24.48
1961 22.18
1962 24.12
1963 25.23
1964 26.97
1965 28.85
1966 31.73
1967 31.07
1968 31.41
1969 32.57
1970 30.96
1971 32.08
1972 31.58
1973 30.50
1974 32.34
1975 31.92
1976 29.25
1977 29.53
1978 28.22
1979 29.60
1980 30.82
1981 27.22
1982 27.98
1983 28.43
1984 27.98
1985 28.84
1986 26.37
1987 25.65
1988 24.35
1989 24.25
1990 23.93
1991 25.15
1992 27.14
1993 29.13
1994 30.26
1995 30.37
1996 31.59
1997 32.61
1998 32.31
1999 33.79
2000 35.34
2001 36.92
2002 38.76
2003 40.59
2004 41.77
2005 41.49
2006 41.26
2007 42.74
2008 41.94
2009 43.42
2010 45.12
2011 44.63
2012 44.17
2013 44.86
2014 45.31
2015 47.66
2016 47.82
2017 46.92
2018 44.93
2019 45.09
2020 47.72

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 Japan was 40.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 40.34 in 2020, while its lowest value was 6.81 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 8.50
1961 6.81
1962 7.95
1963 8.35
1964 9.26
1965 10.54
1966 13.85
1967 12.07
1968 11.10
1969 11.67
1970 11.23
1971 12.14
1972 12.65
1973 14.54
1974 14.72
1975 13.45
1976 13.58
1977 14.35
1978 14.54
1979 16.67
1980 17.66
1981 17.41
1982 17.85
1983 17.04
1984 18.01
1985 18.36
1986 15.98
1987 16.50
1988 16.12
1989 16.27
1990 16.11
1991 18.00
1992 19.65
1993 21.57
1994 22.69
1995 23.05
1996 24.45
1997 25.33
1998 25.55
1999 26.91
2000 28.28
2001 30.27
2002 31.88
2003 33.25
2004 33.88
2005 33.53
2006 32.78
2007 33.09
2008 31.40
2009 34.75
2010 35.06
2011 34.57
2012 34.37
2013 34.52
2014 35.38
2015 38.76
2016 39.86
2017 38.66
2018 36.91
2019 37.39
2020 40.34

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 Japan was 2.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.31 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1980.

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 0.09
1961 0.09
1962 0.08
1963 0.08
1964 0.13
1965 0.12
1966 0.24
1967 0.36
1968 0.27
1969 0.18
1970 0.20
1971 0.17
1972 0.15
1973 0.12
1974 0.09
1975 0.11
1976 0.11
1977 0.09
1978 0.08
1979 0.06
1980 0.04
1981 0.05
1982 0.05
1983 0.06
1984 0.09
1985 0.07
1986 0.10
1987 0.15
1988 0.18
1989 0.14
1990 0.13
1991 0.15
1992 1.14
1993 1.32
1994 1.42
1995 1.59
1996 1.30
1997 1.36
1998 1.19
1999 1.35
2000 1.34
2001 1.25
2002 1.13
2003 1.27
2004 1.43
2005 1.38
2006 1.34
2007 1.92
2008 2.02
2009 1.84
2010 2.55
2011 2.42
2012 2.57
2013 3.08
2014 3.31
2015 2.81
2016 2.21
2017 2.51
2018 2.58
2019 2.43
2020 2.16

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 Japan was 2.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 7.73 in 1961, while its lowest value was 1.68 in 2003.

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 7.02
1961 7.73
1962 7.16
1963 6.94
1964 7.03
1965 6.75
1966 6.05
1967 5.40
1968 5.50
1969 6.17
1970 5.91
1971 5.41
1972 5.06
1973 4.20
1974 3.57
1975 3.73
1976 3.12
1977 3.66
1978 3.12
1979 3.19
1980 2.98
1981 3.47
1982 3.57
1983 4.08
1984 4.22
1985 3.90
1986 3.92
1987 3.32
1988 3.38
1989 3.10
1990 2.96
1991 2.88
1992 2.44
1993 2.28
1994 2.34
1995 2.26
1996 2.25
1997 2.29
1998 2.21
1999 2.02
2000 1.94
2001 1.81
2002 1.84
2003 1.68
2004 1.75
2005 1.77
2006 1.91
2007 2.21
2008 2.29
2009 2.34
2010 2.66
2011 2.64
2012 2.62
2013 2.69
2014 2.43
2015 2.63
2016 2.76
2017 2.75
2018 2.59
2019 2.78
2020 2.80

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 Japan was 0.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 9.96 in 1975, while its lowest value was 0.21 in 2020.

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 2.88
1961 2.25
1962 2.65
1963 3.17
1964 3.73
1965 4.60
1966 4.97
1967 5.28
1968 5.60
1969 5.90
1970 5.80
1971 7.34
1972 6.65
1973 5.36
1974 9.04
1975 9.96
1976 8.28
1977 7.40
1978 6.57
1979 5.81
1980 6.76
1981 2.95
1982 3.19
1983 4.05
1984 2.59
1985 3.06
1986 2.35
1987 1.88
1988 1.50
1989 1.70
1990 2.13
1991 1.49
1992 1.39
1993 1.32
1994 1.26
1995 1.12
1996 1.24
1997 1.35
1998 1.13
1999 1.49
2000 1.78
2001 1.65
2002 1.63
2003 2.13
2004 2.20
2005 2.27
2006 2.27
2007 2.61
2008 3.10
2009 2.20
2010 2.38
2011 2.24
2012 1.53
2013 1.53
2014 1.35
2015 0.91
2016 0.88
2017 0.82
2018 0.77
2019 0.42
2020 0.21

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 Japan was 1.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.45 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.69 in 2004.

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 3.45
1961 2.74
1962 3.01
1963 3.44
1964 2.92
1965 2.83
1966 2.63
1967 2.68
1968 2.82
1969 2.50
1970 2.40
1971 2.32
1972 2.34
1973 2.04
1974 1.26
1975 1.36
1976 1.49
1977 1.38
1978 1.36
1979 1.27
1980 0.94
1981 0.97
1982 1.13
1983 1.21
1984 1.13
1985 1.34
1986 1.44
1987 1.47
1988 1.37
1989 1.31
1990 1.20
1991 1.29
1992 1.19
1993 1.26
1994 1.27
1995 1.16
1996 1.10
1997 1.06
1998 1.01
1999 0.91
2000 0.86
2001 0.79
2002 0.75
2003 0.69
2004 0.69
2005 0.72
2006 0.82
2007 0.77
2008 0.80
2009 0.80
2010 0.96
2011 0.95
2012 0.95
2013 1.05
2014 1.06
2015 1.00
2016 1.06
2017 1.08
2018 1.01
2019 1.04
2020 1.03

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 Japan was 1.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 6.15 in 1969, while its lowest value was 1.03 in 2019.

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 2.54
1961 2.57
1962 3.27
1963 3.25
1964 3.90
1965 4.01
1966 4.00
1967 5.29
1968 6.13
1969 6.15
1970 5.42
1971 4.69
1972 4.74
1973 4.24
1974 3.67
1975 3.30
1976 2.68
1977 2.64
1978 2.55
1979 2.60
1980 2.44
1981 2.38
1982 2.19
1983 1.99
1984 1.94
1985 2.11
1986 2.58
1987 2.33
1988 1.81
1989 1.73
1990 1.39
1991 1.34
1992 1.32
1993 1.37
1994 1.28
1995 1.20
1996 1.24
1997 1.23
1998 1.21
1999 1.12
2000 1.14
2001 1.15
2002 1.53
2003 1.57
2004 1.81
2005 1.82
2006 2.14
2007 2.13
2008 2.33
2009 1.49
2010 1.50
2011 1.81
2012 2.13
2013 2.00
2014 1.78
2015 1.55
2016 1.05
2017 1.11
2018 1.07
2019 1.03
2020 1.19

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Japan was 0.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.39 in 1967, while its lowest value was 0.01 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 3.62
1961 4.53
1962 4.18
1963 4.11
1964 4.34
1965 4.32
1966 4.40
1967 5.39
1968 4.98
1969 4.29
1970 3.66
1971 3.38
1972 3.55
1973 3.67
1974 3.08
1975 2.59
1976 2.32
1977 2.52
1978 2.43
1979 2.37
1980 2.23
1981 2.41
1982 2.20
1983 2.05
1984 1.86
1985 1.92
1986 2.52
1987 2.53
1988 2.62
1989 2.59
1990 2.49
1991 2.31
1992 0.90
1993 0.81
1994 0.86
1995 0.93
1996 0.81
1997 0.15
1998 0.13
1999 0.16
2000 0.09
2001 0.09
2002 0.05
2003 0.06
2004 0.06
2005 0.07
2006 0.07
2007 0.10
2008 0.03
2009 0.02
2010 0.02
2011 0.01
2012 0.04
2013 0.07
2014 0.04
2015 0.03
2016 0.02
2017 0.03
2018 0.01
2019 0.01
2020 0.02

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Japan was $631,195,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $886,036,000,000 in 2012 and $4,163,200,000 in 1960.

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 $4,163,200,000
1961 $5,481,400,000
1962 $5,307,300,000
1963 $6,370,200,000
1964 $7,537,000,000
1965 $7,777,500,000
1966 $9,422,700,000
1967 $11,569,600,000
1968 $12,893,000,000
1969 $14,937,400,000
1970 $18,782,000,000
1971 $19,617,000,000
1972 $23,809,800,000
1973 $38,364,200,000
1974 $62,037,300,000
1975 $57,848,600,000
1976 $64,891,400,000
1977 $71,325,200,000
1978 $79,900,200,000
1979 $109,837,000,000
1980 $141,281,000,000
1981 $142,869,000,000
1982 $131,560,000,000
1983 $126,516,000,000
1984 $136,141,000,000
1985 $130,518,000,000
1986 $127,657,000,000
1987 $150,900,000,000
1988 $187,485,000,000
1989 $209,636,000,000
1990 $235,333,000,000
1991 $236,657,000,000
1992 $232,907,000,000
1993 $241,712,000,000
1994 $274,322,000,000
1995 $336,139,000,000
1996 $349,664,000,000
1997 $338,709,000,000
1998 $280,867,000,000
1999 $310,774,000,000
2000 $379,581,000,000
2001 $349,092,000,000
2002 $337,180,000,000
2003 $382,964,000,000
2004 $454,823,000,000
2005 $515,218,000,000
2006 $578,746,000,000
2007 $621,915,000,000
2008 $762,590,000,000
2009 $551,960,000,000
2010 $694,052,000,000
2011 $854,998,000,000
2012 $886,036,000,000
2013 $832,343,000,000
2014 $812,222,000,000
2015 $647,990,000,000
2016 $606,871,000,000
2017 $671,183,000,000
2018 $748,335,000,000
2019 $720,803,000,000
2020 $631,195,000,000

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports