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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 Jordan was 23.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 36.82 in 2011, while its lowest value was 16.21 in 1977.

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	26.11
1961	19.06
1962	18.96
1963	21.97
1964	17.78
1965	18.24
1966	19.72
1967	18.97
1968	17.62
1969	21.27
1970	19.69
1971	22.69
1972	17.19
1973	20.03
1974	16.87
1975	19.75
1976	16.46
1977	16.21
1978	18.78
1979	22.13
1980	24.33
1981	23.06
1982	25.45
1983	24.00
1984	23.98
1985	25.70
1986	23.76
1987	26.40
1988	25.45
1989	27.84
1990	25.79
1991	19.95
1992	20.85
1993	19.87
1994	21.85
1995	23.17
1996	24.07
1997	23.46
1998	19.19
1999	21.53
2000	23.43
2001	23.56
2002	25.29
2003	27.37
2004	30.51
2005	33.67
2006	35.59
2007	33.53
2008	33.17
2009	32.04
2010	34.84
2011	36.82
2012	35.64
2013	30.72
2014	30.05
2015	25.56
2016	22.59
2017	24.06
2018	26.75
2019	25.84
2020	23.62

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Jordan was 17,011,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22,930,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 117,000,000 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	120,000,000
1961	117,000,000
1962	128,000,000
1963	143,000,000
1964	150,000,000
1965	157,000,000
1966	191,000,000
1967	154,000,000
1968	159,000,000
1969	190,000,000
1970	184,000,000
1971	215,000,000
1972	274,000,000
1973	330,000,000
1974	488,000,000
1975	732,000,000
1976	1,006,000,000
1977	1,381,000,000
1978	1,504,000,000
1979	1,963,000,000
1980	2,402,000,000
1981	3,165,000,000
1982	3,240,000,000
1983	3,036,000,000
1984	2,784,000,000
1985	2,733,000,000
1986	2,432,000,000
1987	2,710,000,000
1988	2,732,000,000
1989	2,126,000,000
1990	2,600,000,000
1991	2,508,000,000
1992	3,255,000,000
1993	3,539,000,000
1994	3,381,000,000
1995	3,697,000,000
1996	4,293,000,000
1997	4,102,000,000
1998	3,828,000,000
1999	3,717,000,000
2000	4,597,000,000
2001	4,871,000,000
2002	5,076,000,000
2003	5,743,000,000
2004	8,179,000,000
2005	10,498,000,000
2006	11,548,000,000
2007	13,681,000,000
2008	16,995,000,000
2009	14,236,000,000
2010	15,564,000,000
2011	18,930,000,000
2012	20,752,000,000
2013	21,549,000,000
2014	22,930,000,000
2015	20,475,000,000
2016	19,324,000,000
2017	20,498,000,000
2018	20,310,000,000
2019	19,170,000,000
2020	17,011,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Jordan was 57.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 85.11 in 1981, while its lowest value was 50.26 in 1973.

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	61.55
1961	63.69
1962	66.35
1963	61.23
1964	66.98
1965	63.52
1966	62.56
1967	61.46
1968	58.59
1969	59.03
1970	60.51
1971	62.36
1972	60.30
1973	50.26
1974	52.85
1975	66.37
1976	69.51
1977	74.88
1978	72.51
1979	77.82
1980	83.24
1981	85.11
1982	79.41
1983	77.83
1984	80.20
1985	75.09
1986	68.24
1987	66.29
1988	68.11
1989	59.24
1990	65.10
1991	56.52
1992	59.31
1993	61.98
1994	60.14
1995	59.32
1996	60.77
1997	62.66
1998	64.62
1999	65.84
2000	61.44
2001	57.90
2002	58.12
2003	63.84
2004	67.46
2005	69.25
2006	68.32
2007	65.91
2008	62.56
2009	61.51
2010	62.96
2011	64.41
2012	60.82
2013	62.57
2014	63.06
2015	63.49
2016	61.50
2017	62.08
2018	61.08
2019	56.18
2020	57.25

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 Jordan was 35.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 36.91 in 2019, while its lowest value was 4.25 in 1960.

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	4.25
1961	7.81
1962	9.48
1963	7.09
1964	6.55
1965	6.89
1966	8.64
1967	8.04
1968	8.31
1969	7.53
1970	8.56
1971	7.48
1972	9.15
1973	6.77
1974	8.26
1975	4.84
1976	8.91
1977	5.72
1978	6.06
1979	9.23
1980	5.98
1981	6.45
1982	5.88
1983	5.29
1984	6.81
1985	7.30
1986	9.06
1987	8.03
1988	9.36
1989	6.86
1990	11.05
1991	16.18
1992	18.71
1993	16.97
1994	18.00
1995	18.39
1996	15.87
1997	18.14
1998	19.95
1999	16.61
2000	17.63
2001	19.74
2002	20.72
2003	22.85
2004	24.07
2005	23.17
2006	23.81
2007	25.22
2008	28.89
2009	27.55
2010	27.00
2011	26.55
2012	30.69
2013	29.15
2014	32.06
2015	31.01
2016	32.70
2017	32.48
2018	33.96
2019	36.91
2020	35.05

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 Jordan was 19.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.28 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.77 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	0.92
1961	0.77
1962	1.11
1963	1.42
1964	1.54
1965	2.42
1966	3.57
1967	2.83
1968	2.96
1969	2.68
1970	2.55
1971	2.75
1972	4.22
1973	2.31
1974	3.24
1975	1.45
1976	1.64
1977	2.03
1978	1.85
1979	1.84
1980	1.62
1981	1.53
1982	1.77
1983	1.34
1984	1.94
1985	1.92
1986	2.54
1987	2.55
1988	2.95
1989	2.64
1990	3.51
1991	4.35
1992	5.85
1993	5.75
1994	7.33
1995	7.43
1996	6.14
1997	7.37
1998	6.82
1999	6.77
2000	7.08
2001	7.80
2002	10.22
2003	11.70
2004	12.77
2005	12.25
2006	13.42
2007	12.70
2008	13.49
2009	13.76
2010	13.84
2011	12.24
2012	12.04
2013	12.95
2014	13.63
2015	16.24
2016	17.29
2017	16.44
2018	16.67
2019	19.18
2020	19.28

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 Jordan was 5.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 11.08 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.66 in 1967.

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	1.42
1961	4.29
1962	4.11
1963	2.69
1964	1.80
1965	1.79
1966	0.92
1967	0.66
1968	1.01
1969	1.45
1970	1.89
1971	1.16
1972	0.83
1973	1.23
1974	2.04
1975	2.13
1976	2.34
1977	1.69
1978	2.47
1979	2.74
1980	2.21
1981	3.06
1982	3.57
1983	3.53
1984	3.78
1985	4.10
1986	4.39
1987	4.83
1988	3.96
1989	3.16
1990	3.57
1991	3.75
1992	7.27
1993	5.91
1994	6.28
1995	5.39
1996	4.97
1997	3.98
1998	6.01
1999	4.15
2000	5.03
2001	5.63
2002	4.78
2003	5.33
2004	6.24
2005	6.69
2006	6.14
2007	7.80
2008	9.59
2009	8.30
2010	7.05
2011	8.00
2012	11.08
2013	6.69
2014	8.93
2015	6.03
2016	5.70
2017	5.22
2018	6.50
2019	6.89
2020	5.88

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 Jordan was 5.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 5.28 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.06 in 1974.

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
1962	0.47
1963	0.35
1964	0.53
1965	0.45
1966	0.32
1967	0.79
1968	0.63
1969	0.43
1970	0.67
1971	0.43
1972	1.66
1973	0.68
1974	0.06
1975	0.08
1976	0.53
1977	0.51
1978	0.37
1979	1.49
1980	0.09
1981	0.16
1984	0.22
1985	0.42
1986	0.20
1987	0.06
1988	0.39
1990	0.42
1991	0.98
1992	1.77
1993	2.05
1994	1.70
1995	2.83
1996	1.98
1997	3.38
1998	3.42
1999	2.66
2000	2.68
2001	3.02
2002	2.62
2003	2.93
2004	1.94
2005	1.72
2006	1.68
2007	1.60
2008	2.08
2009	2.39
2010	2.57
2011	2.66
2012	3.11
2013	3.33
2014	3.02
2015	3.78
2016	4.24
2017	4.84
2018	5.26
2019	5.02
2020	5.28

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 Jordan was 6.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 21.57 in 1989, while its lowest value was 2.85 in 1984.

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	20.93
1961	15.62
1962	15.40
1963	18.00
1964	13.50
1965	14.60
1966	15.40
1967	14.62
1968	13.85
1969	16.99
1970	15.38
1971	15.88
1972	13.08
1973	16.51
1974	14.11
1975	10.51
1976	7.96
1977	7.68
1978	9.18
1979	7.94
1980	6.08
1981	4.01
1982	3.35
1983	3.28
1984	2.85
1985	9.21
1986	14.88
1987	14.78
1988	14.68
1989	21.57
1990	18.84
1991	17.24
1992	18.45
1993	17.14
1994	17.73
1995	17.85
1996	19.34
1997	17.99
1998	13.14
1999	15.34
2000	17.98
2001	17.96
2002	19.90
2003	12.66
2004	8.20
2005	7.37
2006	7.57
2007	8.61
2008	8.51
2009	10.92
2010	9.85
2011	8.77
2012	7.86
2013	7.77
2014	4.33
2015	4.86
2016	5.08
2017	4.93
2018	4.37
2019	5.86
2020	6.12

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 Jordan was 3.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.82 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.42 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	1.33
1961	2.06
1962	2.05
1963	1.35
1964	1.87
1965	1.79
1966	2.81
1967	2.64
1968	2.64
1969	2.14
1970	2.78
1971	1.82
1972	1.69
1973	1.60
1974	2.11
1975	0.88
1976	4.13
1977	1.22
1978	1.13
1979	1.00
1980	0.67
1981	0.51
1982	0.42
1983	0.42
1984	0.60
1985	0.62
1986	1.10
1987	0.48
1988	1.47
1989	1.05
1990	2.02
1991	3.73
1992	2.08
1993	2.29
1994	2.25
1995	2.39
1996	2.19
1997	2.47
1998	2.46
1999	2.18
2000	2.05
2001	2.30
2002	2.35
2003	2.12
2004	2.32
2005	1.82
2006	1.93
2007	2.55
2008	3.29
2009	2.51
2010	2.91
2011	3.07
2012	3.89
2013	5.57
2014	5.82
2015	3.26
2016	2.78
2017	2.99
2018	3.37
2019	5.08
2020	3.57

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 Jordan was 1.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.37 in 1991, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1983.

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	0.58
1961	0.69
1962	1.74
1963	1.28
1964	0.80
1965	0.45
1966	1.03
1967	1.12
1968	1.07
1969	0.83
1970	0.67
1971	1.31
1972	0.76
1973	0.95
1974	0.81
1975	0.29
1976	0.26
1977	0.27
1978	0.25
1979	2.16
1980	1.39
1981	1.19
1982	0.12
1983	0.00
1984	0.26
1985	0.24
1986	0.83
1987	0.11
1988	0.59
1989	0.02
1990	1.53
1991	3.37
1992	1.75
1993	0.96
1994	0.44
1995	0.34
1996	0.59
1997	0.94
1998	1.24
1999	0.85
2000	0.79
2001	1.00
2002	0.76
2003	0.76
2004	0.79
2005	0.69
2006	0.63
2007	0.56
2008	0.45
2009	0.59
2010	0.63
2011	0.58
2012	0.56
2013	0.61
2014	0.66
2015	1.70
2016	2.68
2017	2.99
2018	2.16
2019	0.75
2020	1.04

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Jordan was 1.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 26.46 in 1973, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 2009.

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	13.26
1961	12.88
1962	8.77
1963	13.68
1964	12.97
1965	14.99
1966	13.40
1967	15.88
1968	19.26
1969	16.45
1970	15.56
1971	14.28
1972	17.47
1973	26.46
1974	24.78
1975	18.29
1976	13.63
1977	11.72
1978	12.25
1979	5.01
1980	4.70
1981	4.43
1982	11.35
1983	13.60
1984	10.14
1985	8.40
1986	7.83
1987	10.89
1988	7.85
1989	12.32
1990	5.01
1991	10.06
1992	3.53
1993	3.92
1994	4.13
1995	4.44
1996	4.01
1997	1.21
1998	2.29
1999	2.21
2000	2.95
2001	4.40
2002	1.27
2003	0.65
2004	0.27
2005	0.21
2006	0.30
2007	0.25
2008	0.03
2009	0.03
2010	0.19
2011	0.27
2012	0.63
2013	0.52
2014	0.55
2015	0.64
2016	0.72
2017	0.51
2018	0.58
2019	1.05
2020	1.58

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Jordan was $17,010,950,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $22,914,300,000 in 2014 and $116,500,000 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	$119,900,000
1961	$116,500,000
1962	$126,600,000
1963	$141,100,000
1964	$149,600,000
1965	$156,800,000
1966	$185,100,000
1967	$151,800,000
1968	$158,900,000
1969	$189,950,000
1970	$183,730,000
1971	$205,150,000
1972	$266,800,000
1973	$330,790,000
1974	$488,120,000
1975	$732,590,000
1976	$1,021,930,000
1977	$1,381,040,000
1978	$1,498,760,000
1979	$1,948,020,000
1980	$2,373,230,000
1981	$3,186,540,000
1982	$3,139,270,000
1983	$3,002,030,000
1984	$2,767,600,000
1985	$2,720,950,000
1986	$2,423,296,000
1987	$2,679,172,000
1988	$2,777,940,000
1989	$2,110,530,000
1990	$2,581,088,000
1991	$2,617,649,000
1992	$3,258,367,000
1993	$3,622,523,000
1994	$3,428,356,000
1995	$3,721,187,000
1996	$4,316,424,000
1997	$4,069,026,000
1998	$3,808,829,000
1999	$3,666,037,000
2000	$4,597,187,000
2001	$4,871,386,000
2002	$5,020,447,000
2003	$5,743,313,000
2004	$8,163,668,000
2005	$10,492,390,000
2006	$11,547,490,000
2007	$13,531,080,000
2008	$16,994,810,000
2009	$14,235,550,000
2010	$15,562,950,000
2011	$18,926,760,000
2012	$20,791,050,000
2013	$22,049,720,000
2014	$22,914,300,000
2015	$20,466,180,000
2016	$16,715,500,000
2017	$20,316,530,000
2018	$20,266,200,000
2019	$19,336,760,000
2020	$17,010,950,000

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 Jordan was 6.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 21.57 in 1989, while its lowest value was 2.85 in 1984.

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	20.93
1961	15.62
1962	15.40
1963	18.00
1964	13.50
1965	14.60
1966	15.40
1967	14.62
1968	13.85
1969	16.99
1970	15.38
1971	15.88
1972	13.08
1973	16.51
1974	14.11
1975	10.51
1976	7.96
1977	7.68
1978	9.18
1979	7.94
1980	6.08
1981	4.01
1982	3.35
1983	3.28
1984	2.85
1985	9.21
1986	14.88
1987	14.78
1988	14.68
1989	21.57
1990	18.84
1991	17.24
1992	18.45
1993	17.14
1994	17.73
1995	17.85
1996	19.34
1997	17.99
1998	13.14
1999	15.34
2000	17.98
2001	17.96
2002	19.90
2003	12.66
2004	8.20
2005	7.37
2006	7.57
2007	8.61
2008	8.51
2009	10.92
2010	9.85
2011	8.77
2012	7.86
2013	7.77
2014	4.33
2015	4.86
2016	5.08
2017	4.93
2018	4.37
2019	5.86
2020	6.12

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports