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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 Lebanon was 16.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.44 in 1963, while its lowest value was 5.15 in 1983.

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	19.04
1961	15.23
1963	23.44
1964	23.07
1965	21.62
1966	20.58
1967	20.23
1968	19.79
1969	15.67
1970	13.23
1971	10.35
1972	11.59
1973	10.74
1981	14.65
1982	7.46
1983	5.15
1984	8.42
1985	8.10
1986	5.23
1987	6.10
1988	6.37
1989	11.24
1990	16.84
1991	12.65
1992	13.56
1993	11.21
1994	10.79
1995	6.18
1996	8.37
1997	9.27
1998	8.52
1999	8.99
2000	12.13
2001	12.78
2002	10.74
2003	12.83
2004	14.30
2005	14.13
2006	15.35
2007	14.91
2008	13.45
2009	11.52
2010	13.00
2011	16.76
2012	14.25
2013	12.37
2014	11.49
2015	11.57
2016	14.11
2017	12.55
2018	13.65
2019	13.97
2020	16.07

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Lebanon was 11,355,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22,081,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 255,000,000 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	255,000,000
1961	316,000,000
1962	349,000,000
1963	424,000,000
1964	512,000,000
1965	548,000,000
1966	611,000,000
1967	552,000,000
1968	596,000,000
1969	585,000,000
1970	659,000,000
1971	731,000,000
1972	924,000,000
1973	1,286,000,000
1974	2,355,000,000
1975	2,048,000,000
1976	612,000,000
1977	1,539,000,000
1978	1,922,000,000
1979	2,700,000,000
1980	3,650,000,000
1981	3,499,000,000
1982	3,391,000,000
1983	3,661,000,000
1984	2,948,000,000
1985	2,203,000,000
1986	2,203,000,000
1987	1,880,000,000
1988	2,457,000,000
1989	2,235,000,000
1990	2,525,000,000
1991	3,743,000,000
1992	4,202,000,000
1993	4,821,000,000
1994	5,933,000,000
1995	7,278,000,000
1996	7,540,000,000
1997	7,467,000,000
1998	7,070,000,000
1999	6,207,000,000
2000	6,230,000,000
2001	7,380,000,000
2002	6,560,000,000
2003	7,315,000,000
2004	9,609,000,000
2005	9,633,000,000
2006	9,647,000,000
2007	12,251,000,000
2008	16,754,000,000
2009	16,574,000,000
2010	18,460,000,000
2011	20,750,000,000
2012	21,945,000,000
2013	22,024,000,000
2014	22,081,000,000
2015	18,965,000,000
2016	19,368,000,000
2017	19,911,000,000
2018	20,396,000,000
2019	19,641,000,000
2020	11,355,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Lebanon was 61.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 88.18 in 1982, while its lowest value was 61.03 in 2013.

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	66.82
1961	66.01
1963	65.81
1964	64.97
1965	66.17
1966	66.64
1967	65.54
1968	66.23
1969	69.31
1970	70.94
1971	72.42
1972	73.53
1973	78.58
1981	86.96
1982	88.18
1983	87.42
1984	84.29
1985	81.73
1986	80.54
1987	75.71
1988	81.50
1989	75.81
1990	73.83
1991	73.47
1992	74.87
1993	76.64
1994	75.94
1995	75.97
1996	70.22
1997	76.64
1998	76.36
1999	74.53
2000	71.72
2001	68.94
2002	69.23
2003	67.20
2004	66.12
2005	66.79
2006	68.22
2007	65.54
2008	66.21
2009	65.56
2010	63.16
2011	63.04
2012	65.61
2013	61.03
2014	62.32
2015	63.00
2016	61.21
2017	62.30
2018	62.17
2019	61.84
2020	61.86

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 Lebanon was 31.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 32.62 in 2013, while its lowest value was 4.79 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.

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Year	Value
1960	4.79
1961	8.07
1963	6.73
1964	6.94
1965	6.76
1966	7.74
1967	9.83
1968	7.79
1969	8.63
1970	8.89
1971	10.07
1972	8.43
1973	8.52
1981	7.53
1982	6.34
1983	6.59
1984	7.78
1985	9.31
1986	11.83
1987	14.28
1988	7.26
1989	8.39
1990	7.03
1991	8.85
1992	6.61
1993	9.77
1994	10.93
1995	15.54
1996	14.80
1997	15.61
1998	17.34
1999	17.67
2000	19.15
2001	23.42
2002	23.30
2003	24.42
2004	25.93
2005	25.49
2006	23.69
2007	26.29
2008	27.46
2009	27.35
2010	29.60
2011	27.56
2012	26.95
2013	32.62
2014	31.24
2015	31.34
2016	31.31
2017	30.83
2018	31.48
2019	31.84
2020	31.19

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 Lebanon was 8.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 14.18 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.78 in 1963.

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
1963	0.78
1964	1.18
1965	1.12
1966	1.75
1967	1.94
1968	1.64
1969	2.17
1970	1.86
1971	1.55
1972	1.57
1973	1.44
1981	3.04
1982	1.15
1983	1.08
1984	1.05
1985	1.15
1986	1.53
1987	1.85
1988	2.64
1989	2.92
1990	2.79
1991	3.64
1992	3.55
1993	3.65
1994	3.83
1995	4.95
1996	4.91
1997	6.60
1998	7.33
1999	7.79
2000	7.90
2001	9.22
2002	9.83
2003	10.06
2004	10.35
2005	10.39
2006	10.53
2007	11.39
2008	11.37
2009	11.72
2010	11.89
2011	10.36
2012	10.43
2013	12.91
2014	14.03
2015	14.18
2016	13.75
2017	12.39
2018	13.11
2019	11.18
2020	8.67

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 Lebanon was 15.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 15.51 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.24 in 1992.

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.

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Year	Value
1960	3.70
1961	6.71
1963	3.86
1964	3.60
1965	3.41
1966	3.36
1967	4.22
1968	2.79
1969	2.63
1970	3.09
1971	3.99
1972	2.58
1973	2.76
1981	2.36
1982	3.63
1983	3.71
1984	3.83
1985	4.60
1986	7.31
1987	9.05
1988	1.70
1989	3.77
1990	2.21
1991	2.65
1992	0.24
1993	3.33
1994	4.44
1995	6.99
1996	6.62
1997	5.66
1998	6.79
1999	6.57
2000	7.77
2001	11.16
2002	9.88
2003	10.83
2004	11.66
2005	10.56
2006	8.03
2007	8.97
2008	11.04
2009	9.54
2010	11.11
2011	10.16
2012	9.81
2013	12.89
2014	9.66
2015	9.99
2016	9.82
2017	10.99
2018	10.39
2019	14.66
2020	15.51

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 Lebanon was 3.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.70 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.42 in 1960.

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	0.42
1961	0.45
1963	0.70
1964	0.93
1965	1.04
1966	0.81
1967	0.92
1968	1.03
1969	1.53
1970	1.41
1971	1.95
1972	1.42
1973	1.93
1981	1.26
1982	1.05
1983	1.22
1984	2.34
1985	2.94
1986	2.45
1987	2.67
1988	2.20
1989	1.09
1990	1.25
1991	1.57
1992	1.53
1993	1.86
1994	1.75
1995	2.18
1996	1.79
1997	1.72
1998	1.66
1999	1.63
2000	1.83
2001	1.45
2002	1.77
2003	1.65
2004	1.88
2005	2.38
2006	3.11
2007	3.25
2008	2.66
2009	3.00
2010	2.50
2011	2.57
2012	2.29
2013	2.51
2014	3.21
2015	3.07
2016	3.06
2017	3.19
2018	3.38
2019	2.84
2020	3.70

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 Lebanon was 6.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.40 in 1963, while its lowest value was 1.15 in 1987.

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	12.09
1961	9.75
1963	19.40
1964	19.31
1965	19.23
1966	18.21
1967	17.42
1968	17.45
1969	13.44
1970	11.82
1971	8.65
1972	9.93
1973	7.72
1981	2.00
1982	1.69
1983	1.48
1984	1.22
1985	1.71
1986	1.26
1987	1.15
1988	3.11
1989	8.22
1990	13.43
1991	11.64
1992	12.86
1993	10.38
1994	10.00
1995	3.97
1996	6.57
1997	7.00
1998	5.68
1999	5.96
2000	7.89
2001	7.63
2002	7.24
2003	8.36
2004	7.85
2005	7.43
2006	8.00
2007	8.15
2008	6.32
2009	6.19
2010	6.63
2011	9.17
2012	7.36
2013	6.27
2014	6.20
2015	5.36
2016	7.44
2017	6.84
2018	6.32
2019	6.22
2020	6.77

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 Lebanon was 1.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.88 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.18 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	0.26
1961	0.60
1963	0.54
1964	0.51
1965	0.57
1966	0.73
1967	1.41
1968	1.17
1969	1.23
1970	1.21
1971	1.34
1972	1.04
1973	0.85
1981	0.34
1982	0.24
1983	0.18
1984	0.24
1985	0.34
1986	0.31
1987	0.36
1988	0.42
1989	0.28
1990	0.44
1991	0.68
1992	0.52
1993	0.41
1994	0.43
1995	0.54
1996	0.79
1997	0.83
1998	0.94
1999	1.02
2000	1.30
2001	1.26
2002	1.45
2003	1.50
2004	1.52
2005	1.83
2006	1.55
2007	1.81
2008	1.69
2009	2.26
2010	1.94
2011	2.88
2012	2.23
2013	2.32
2014	2.41
2015	2.24
2016	1.87
2017	2.01
2018	2.25
2019	2.17
2020	1.68

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 Lebanon was 1.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.81 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.22 in 1986.

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	0.42
1961	0.30
1963	0.85
1964	0.72
1965	0.61
1966	1.09
1967	1.34
1968	1.16
1969	1.07
1970	1.33
1971	1.24
1972	1.83
1973	1.55
1981	0.53
1982	0.26
1983	0.39
1984	0.33
1985	0.28
1986	0.22
1987	0.35
1988	0.30
1989	0.33
1990	0.33
1991	0.31
1992	0.76
1993	0.51
1994	0.47
1995	0.89
1996	0.70
1997	0.80
1998	0.62
1999	0.65
2000	0.34
2001	0.33
2002	0.37
2003	0.38
2004	0.52
2005	0.33
2006	0.47
2007	0.88
2008	0.70
2009	0.83
2010	2.16
2011	1.60
2012	2.18
2013	2.00
2014	1.93
2015	1.86
2016	2.81
2017	2.24
2018	2.34
2019	0.98
2020	1.64

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Lebanon was 0.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 16.30 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2008.

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	16.30
1961	16.16
1963	8.05
1964	8.77
1965	7.84
1966	7.42
1967	7.22
1968	8.54
1969	8.62
1970	8.35
1971	8.86
1972	8.11
1973	5.18
1981	3.51
1982	3.79
1983	4.51
1984	6.71
1985	7.25
1986	6.37
1987	8.86
1988	8.13
1989	7.57
1990	5.71
1991	6.04
1992	5.67
1993	3.22
1994	3.13
1995	4.52
1996	8.41
1997	0.76
1998	0.62
1999	1.84
2000	1.24
2001	0.01
2002	0.23
2003	0.03
2004	0.10
2005	0.29
2006	0.09
2007	0.02
2008	0.00
2009	0.90
2010	0.61
2011	0.23
2012	0.09
2013	0.09
2014	0.24
2015	0.30
2016	0.04
2017	0.03
2018	0.03
2019	0.09
2020	0.18

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Lebanon was $11,207,440,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $22,799,500,000 in 2013 and $311,000,000 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	$311,000,000
1961	$332,200,000
1963	$386,100,000
1964	$430,800,000
1965	$489,800,000
1966	$532,600,000
1967	$452,770,000
1968	$507,760,000
1969	$502,810,000
1970	$534,710,000
1971	$645,870,000
1972	$859,810,000
1973	$1,252,660,000
1981	$3,706,728,000
1982	$3,377,275,000
1983	$3,593,439,000
1984	$2,950,134,000
1985	$2,065,691,000
1986	$2,046,243,000
1987	$1,820,689,000
1988	$2,370,993,000
1989	$2,245,548,000
1990	$2,515,288,000
1991	$3,751,775,000
1992	$4,119,586,000
1993	$4,587,003,000
1994	$5,539,375,000
1995	$6,769,173,000
1996	$7,559,498,000
1997	$7,456,718,000
1998	$7,059,834,000
1999	$6,206,050,000
2000	$6,200,560,000
2001	$7,261,602,000
2002	$6,394,885,000
2003	$7,080,350,000
2004	$9,268,417,000
2005	$9,243,209,000
2006	$9,295,006,000
2007	$11,618,030,000
2008	$15,950,930,000
2009	$16,202,410,000
2010	$17,933,150,000
2011	$20,865,920,000
2012	$22,695,410,000
2013	$22,799,500,000
2014	$22,072,990,000
2015	$18,948,100,000
2016	$19,361,010,000
2017	$19,895,840,000
2018	$20,377,710,000
2019	$19,619,870,000
2020	$11,207,440,000

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 Lebanon was 6.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.40 in 1963, while its lowest value was 1.15 in 1987.

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	12.09
1961	9.75
1963	19.40
1964	19.31
1965	19.23
1966	18.21
1967	17.42
1968	17.45
1969	13.44
1970	11.82
1971	8.65
1972	9.93
1973	7.72
1981	2.00
1982	1.69
1983	1.48
1984	1.22
1985	1.71
1986	1.26
1987	1.15
1988	3.11
1989	8.22
1990	13.43
1991	11.64
1992	12.86
1993	10.38
1994	10.00
1995	3.97
1996	6.57
1997	7.00
1998	5.68
1999	5.96
2000	7.89
2001	7.63
2002	7.24
2003	8.36
2004	7.85
2005	7.43
2006	8.00
2007	8.15
2008	6.32
2009	6.19
2010	6.63
2011	9.17
2012	7.36
2013	6.27
2014	6.20
2015	5.36
2016	7.44
2017	6.84
2018	6.32
2019	6.22
2020	6.77

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports