Lithuania - 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 Lithuania was 21.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 51.32 in 1994, while its lowest value was 0.81 in 1992.

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
1992 0.81
1993 31.78
1994 51.32
1995 43.81
1996 33.89
1997 34.29
1998 29.87
1999 29.16
2000 35.48
2001 34.72
2002 31.00
2003 32.47
2004 31.42
2005 35.59
2006 32.50
2007 27.05
2008 38.68
2009 37.99
2010 40.89
2011 40.46
2012 39.94
2013 36.95
2014 31.39
2015 27.92
2016 23.94
2017 24.11
2018 25.37
2019 25.66
2020 21.44

Development Relevance: Although global integration has increased, low- and middle-income economies still face trade barriers when accessing other markets.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data on exports and imports are from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Direction of Trade database and should be broadly consistent with data from other sources, such as the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. All high-income economies and major low- and middle-income economies report trade data to the IMF on a timely basis, covering about 85 percent of trade for recent years. Trade data for less timely reporters and for countries that do not report are estimated using reports of trading partner countries. Therefore, data on trade between developing and high-income economies should be generally complete. But trade flows between many low- and middle-income economies - particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa - are not well recorded, and the value of trade among low- and middle-income economies may be understated.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports