Low income - Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports)
The value for Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports) in Low income was 1.19 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.55 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.96 in 2008.
Definition: Agricultural raw materials comprise SITC section 2 (crude materials except fuels) excluding divisions 22, 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap).
Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 1.37 |
| 2002 | 1.55 |
| 2003 | 1.47 |
| 2004 | 1.49 |
| 2005 | 1.35 |
| 2007 | 1.03 |
| 2008 | 0.96 |
| 2010 | 0.97 |
| 2018 | 1.18 |
| 2019 | 1.19 |
Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.
Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.
Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.
Classification
Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators
Sub-Topic: Imports
