Lao PDR - 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 Lao PDR was 89.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 92.55 in 2019, while its lowest value was 13.74 in 1960.

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.

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Year Value
1960 13.74
1961 40.36
1962 49.59
1963 40.28
1964 38.17
1965 36.81
1967 42.32
1968 33.05
1969 36.52
1970 31.87
1971 35.25
1972 55.09
1973 47.97
1974 49.44
1981 42.00
1982 48.37
1983 49.44
1984 47.44
1985 40.48
1986 55.10
1987 55.27
1988 59.97
1989 60.72
1990 71.62
1991 65.26
1992 70.29
1993 47.60
1994 55.95
1995 57.07
1996 52.49
1997 89.95
1998 79.96
1999 81.83
2000 79.65
2001 83.06
2002 81.58
2003 84.59
2004 80.10
2005 84.05
2006 87.97
2007 85.67
2008 86.48
2009 84.54
2010 87.01
2011 84.10
2012 86.09
2013 89.07
2014 87.64
2015 88.16
2016 90.82
2017 90.65
2018 89.34
2019 92.55
2020 89.51

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports