Kuwait - Net barter terms of trade index

Net barter terms of trade index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Net barter terms of trade index (2000 = 100) in Kuwait was 105.42 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 198.03 in 2013 and 88.32 in 2002.

Definition: Net barter terms of trade index is calculated as the percentage ratio of the export unit value indexes to the import unit value indexes, measured relative to the base year 2000. Unit value indexes are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD's estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, interna­tional and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates and calculates unit value indexes at the country level using the current year's trade values as weights.

Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
2000 100.00
2001 89.81
2002 88.32
2003 100.98
2004 119.53
2005 139.69
2006 156.09
2007 159.17
2008 196.36
2009 133.17
2010 161.01
2011 194.41
2012 197.27
2013 198.03
2014 189.88
2015 121.77
2016 104.72
2017 125.83
2018 152.15
2019 141.21
2020 105.42

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes