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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 Malaysia was 4.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 8.51 in 1980, while its lowest value was 0.56 in 1994.

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
1967	4.02
1968	3.89
1969	3.80
1970	3.05
1971	3.13
1972	2.96
1973	2.41
1974	5.06
1975	7.04
1976	7.14
1977	6.44
1978	5.91
1979	7.32
1980	8.51
1981	7.49
1982	4.73
1983	4.90
1984	4.06
1985	3.88
1986	2.10
1987	2.06
1988	1.66
1989	1.20
1990	1.09
1991	0.83
1992	0.79
1993	0.81
1994	0.56
1995	0.57
1996	0.65
1997	0.77
1998	0.84
1999	1.05
2000	1.92
2001	2.29
2002	1.58
2003	2.11
2004	2.19
2005	3.01
2006	3.81
2007	3.30
2008	4.45
2009	3.30
2010	3.63
2011	4.54
2012	5.27
2013	4.85
2014	5.48
2015	4.27
2016	3.87
2017	3.84
2018	4.79
2019	5.12
2020	4.89

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Malaysia was 189,856,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 217,602,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 910,000,000 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	910,000,000
1961	920,000,000
1962	998,000,000
1963	1,043,000,000
1964	1,047,000,000
1965	1,096,000,000
1966	1,104,000,000
1967	1,086,000,000
1968	1,160,000,000
1969	1,178,000,000
1970	1,401,000,000
1971	1,447,000,000
1972	1,611,000,000
1973	2,450,000,000
1974	4,114,000,000
1975	3,566,000,000
1976	3,824,000,000
1977	4,542,000,000
1978	5,909,000,000
1979	7,849,000,000
1980	10,779,000,000
1981	11,550,000,000
1982	12,418,000,000
1983	13,262,000,000
1984	14,051,000,000
1985	12,253,000,000
1986	10,806,000,000
1987	12,681,000,000
1988	16,507,000,000
1989	22,480,000,000
1990	29,258,000,000
1991	36,649,000,000
1992	39,856,000,000
1993	45,650,000,000
1994	59,600,000,000
1995	77,691,000,000
1996	78,418,000,000
1997	79,029,000,000
1998	58,272,000,000
1999	65,389,000,000
2000	81,963,000,000
2001	73,744,000,000
2002	79,761,000,000
2003	83,299,000,000
2004	105,166,000,000
2005	114,324,000,000
2006	130,441,000,000
2007	146,170,000,000
2008	156,348,000,000
2009	123,757,000,000
2010	164,622,000,000
2011	187,473,000,000
2012	196,393,000,000
2013	205,897,000,000
2014	208,851,000,000
2015	175,971,000,000
2016	168,684,000,000
2017	195,417,000,000
2018	217,602,000,000
2019	204,998,000,000
2020	189,856,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Malaysia was 57.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 89.08 in 1991, while its lowest value was 53.78 in 2016.

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
1967	78.40
1968	77.31
1969	77.54
1970	79.66
1971	82.60
1972	81.31
1973	76.82
1974	82.31
1975	83.64
1976	84.74
1977	83.46
1978	84.67
1979	86.88
1980	87.68
1981	87.85
1982	88.01
1983	87.90
1984	87.45
1985	87.25
1986	86.83
1987	86.46
1988	86.09
1989	86.73
1990	89.01
1991	89.08
1992	88.08
1993	88.49
1994	88.39
1995	88.41
1996	86.24
1997	84.91
1998	83.66
1999	83.09
2000	81.83
2001	79.90
2002	76.78
2003	75.24
2004	72.89
2005	71.25
2006	70.14
2007	68.05
2008	66.97
2009	65.27
2010	64.22
2011	63.95
2012	61.89
2013	60.38
2014	60.22
2015	58.58
2016	53.78
2017	54.75
2018	58.44
2019	57.81
2020	57.39

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 Malaysia was 8.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 8.70 in 2014, while its lowest value was 2.26 in 1968.

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.

See also:

Year	Value
1967	2.97
1968	2.26
1969	2.76
1970	3.80
1971	3.39
1972	3.75
1973	3.01
1974	3.08
1975	2.36
1976	3.39
1977	4.78
1978	3.92
1979	3.07
1980	3.31
1981	3.30
1982	2.70
1983	3.45
1984	2.45
1985	2.45
1986	2.51
1987	2.59
1988	3.53
1989	3.54
1990	3.28
1991	2.81
1992	2.75
1993	2.76
1994	2.71
1995	2.86
1996	3.52
1997	3.80
1998	2.70
1999	2.89
2000	2.60
2001	3.57
2002	3.08
2003	3.09
2004	3.99
2005	3.94
2006	4.34
2007	5.09
2008	5.87
2009	6.32
2010	6.80
2011	7.32
2012	7.43
2013	8.02
2014	8.70
2015	6.87
2016	6.87
2017	7.83
2018	7.70
2019	7.69
2020	8.18

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 Malaysia was 34.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 34.60 in 2016, while its lowest value was 6.40 in 1990.

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
1967	16.87
1968	18.90
1969	18.13
1970	14.81
1971	11.94
1972	12.88
1973	13.52
1974	11.51
1975	12.24
1976	10.10
1977	10.05
1978	9.99
1979	8.47
1980	7.57
1981	7.71
1982	8.16
1983	7.44
1984	8.83
1985	9.06
1986	9.49
1987	9.44
1988	8.97
1989	8.33
1990	6.40
1991	6.80
1992	7.64
1993	7.43
1994	7.32
1995	7.30
1996	8.87
1997	10.11
1998	12.36
1999	12.73
2000	13.67
2001	15.32
2002	18.73
2003	21.33
2004	22.91
2005	24.67
2006	24.96
2007	25.81
2008	26.09
2009	28.20
2010	28.32
2011	28.24
2012	29.83
2013	30.54
2014	29.97
2015	33.40
2016	34.60
2017	33.98
2018	33.64
2019	34.15
2020	34.12

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 Malaysia was 0.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 1.27 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1971.

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.

See also:

Year	Value
1967	0.02
1968	0.02
1969	0.02
1970	0.02
1971	0.01
1972	0.01
1973	0.08
1974	0.16
1975	0.06
1976	0.11
1977	0.06
1978	0.08
1979	0.08
1980	0.01
1981	0.04
1982	0.03
1983	0.02
1984	0.04
1985	0.05
1986	0.03
1987	0.05
1988	0.04
1989	0.05
1990	0.05
1991	0.09
1992	0.12
1993	0.15
1994	0.46
1995	0.45
1996	0.65
1997	0.81
1998	0.37
1999	0.58
2000	0.34
2001	0.30
2002	0.40
2003	0.36
2004	0.57
2005	0.56
2006	0.30
2007	0.35
2008	0.55
2009	0.48
2010	0.55
2011	0.51
2012	0.48
2013	0.81
2014	1.27
2015	0.86
2016	0.86
2017	0.71
2018	0.88
2019	0.90
2020	0.86

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 Malaysia was 2.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 3.48 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.35 in 1968.

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
1967	0.56
1968	0.35
1969	0.56
1970	1.66
1971	1.14
1972	1.73
1973	0.69
1974	0.83
1975	0.36
1976	0.48
1977	1.00
1978	0.89
1979	0.90
1980	0.62
1981	0.89
1982	0.95
1983	1.16
1984	0.92
1985	0.83
1986	0.99
1987	1.13
1988	1.51
1989	1.42
1990	1.55
1991	1.17
1992	1.05
1993	0.98
1994	0.79
1995	0.93
1996	0.99
1997	1.13
1998	0.79
1999	0.76
2000	0.63
2001	1.02
2002	0.87
2003	1.00
2004	1.04
2005	1.35
2006	1.53
2007	1.62
2008	1.50
2009	2.20
2010	2.50
2011	2.55
2012	2.71
2013	2.89
2014	3.48
2015	2.01
2016	2.19
2017	2.05
2018	1.81
2019	1.80
2020	2.21

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 Malaysia was 0.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 1.84 in 1977, while its lowest value was 0.07 in 1973.

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
1967	0.26
1968	0.12
1969	0.12
1970	0.12
1971	0.10
1972	0.10
1973	0.07
1974	0.08
1975	0.11
1976	0.67
1977	1.84
1978	1.25
1979	0.43
1980	1.05
1981	0.97
1982	0.53
1983	0.82
1984	0.08
1985	0.14
1986	0.24
1987	0.10
1988	0.17
1989	0.24
1990	0.28
1991	0.12
1992	0.13
1993	0.23
1994	0.13
1995	0.13
1996	0.14
1997	0.14
1998	0.19
1999	0.19
2000	0.26
2001	0.68
2002	0.57
2003	0.46
2004	0.52
2005	0.46
2006	0.64
2007	0.51
2008	0.71
2009	0.42
2010	0.62
2011	0.48
2012	0.75
2013	0.48
2014	0.63
2015	0.42
2016	0.31
2017	0.53
2018	0.72
2019	0.48
2020	0.43

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 Malaysia was 3.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 3.45 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.84 in 1995.

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
1967	1.84
1968	1.61
1969	1.83
1970	1.82
1971	1.98
1972	1.67
1973	1.90
1974	1.72
1975	1.49
1976	1.71
1977	1.40
1978	1.35
1979	1.18
1980	1.15
1981	1.07
1982	0.85
1983	0.97
1984	0.96
1985	1.01
1986	0.98
1987	0.94
1988	1.12
1989	1.29
1990	0.89
1991	0.94
1992	1.09
1993	1.04
1994	0.84
1995	0.84
1996	1.05
1997	1.06
1998	0.88
1999	0.90
2000	0.97
2001	1.14
2002	0.91
2003	0.90
2004	1.31
2005	1.05
2006	1.10
2007	1.50
2008	2.12
2009	1.98
2010	1.66
2011	2.03
2012	2.15
2013	2.72
2014	2.14
2015	2.48
2016	2.63
2017	3.45
2018	3.25
2019	3.13
2020	3.40

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 Malaysia was 1.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 1.75 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.16 in 1968.

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
1967	0.30
1968	0.16
1969	0.23
1970	0.17
1971	0.16
1972	0.23
1973	0.26
1974	0.29
1975	0.35
1976	0.42
1977	0.48
1978	0.35
1979	0.49
1980	0.47
1981	0.34
1982	0.34
1983	0.48
1984	0.45
1985	0.41
1986	0.27
1987	0.36
1988	0.69
1989	0.54
1990	0.51
1991	0.49
1992	0.37
1993	0.36
1994	0.49
1995	0.50
1996	0.68
1997	0.66
1998	0.47
1999	0.45
2000	0.39
2001	0.43
2002	0.32
2003	0.38
2004	0.55
2005	0.52
2006	0.78
2007	1.12
2008	0.99
2009	1.24
2010	1.46
2011	1.75
2012	1.34
2013	1.13
2014	1.18
2015	1.11
2016	0.88
2017	1.09
2018	1.05
2019	1.37
2020	1.28

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Malaysia was 0.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 6.65 in 1973, while its lowest value was 0.14 in 2005.

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
1967	1.75
1968	1.53
1969	1.58
1970	1.73
1971	2.07
1972	2.05
1973	6.65
1974	3.10
1975	1.76
1976	1.77
1977	1.71
1978	1.43
1979	1.59
1980	1.45
1981	1.14
1982	1.13
1983	1.20
1984	1.28
1985	1.24
1986	1.17
1987	1.52
1988	1.42
1989	1.40
1990	1.32
1991	1.32
1992	1.53
1993	1.32
1994	1.58
1995	1.44
1996	1.38
1997	1.19
1998	1.28
1999	1.28
2000	1.90
2001	1.21
2002	1.41
2003	0.34
2004	0.21
2005	0.14
2006	0.56
2007	1.05
2008	1.07
2009	0.21
2010	0.67
2011	0.49
2012	0.84
2013	1.05
2014	1.11
2015	1.15
2016	4.76
2017	3.43
2018	0.22
2019	0.35
2020	0.31

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Malaysia was $190,321,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 53 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $217,909,000,000 in 2018 and $1,084,050,000 in 1967.

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
1967	$1,084,050,000
1968	$1,151,100,000
1969	$1,168,930,000
1970	$1,398,820,000
1971	$1,443,720,000
1972	$1,600,290,000
1973	$2,508,870,000
1974	$4,160,800,000
1975	$3,535,970,000
1976	$3,838,520,000
1977	$4,553,950,000
1978	$5,935,670,000
1979	$7,848,110,000
1980	$10,832,150,000
1981	$11,590,550,000
1982	$12,418,910,000
1983	$13,246,180,000
1984	$14,067,470,000
1985	$12,310,350,000
1986	$10,835,910,000
1987	$12,710,230,000
1988	$16,569,090,000
1989	$22,590,050,000
1990	$29,172,760,000
1991	$36,753,520,000
1992	$39,934,430,000
1993	$45,627,880,000
1994	$59,561,620,000
1995	$77,632,740,000
1996	$78,457,070,000
1997	$79,059,380,000
1998	$58,337,690,000
1999	$65,501,650,000
2000	$82,205,160,000
2001	$73,360,510,000
2002	$79,514,700,000
2003	$82,743,370,000
2004	$104,307,000,000
2005	$113,609,000,000
2006	$130,476,000,000
2007	$146,982,000,000
2008	$156,896,000,000
2009	$123,826,000,000
2010	$164,735,000,000
2011	$187,640,000,000
2012	$196,592,000,000
2013	$206,118,000,000
2014	$208,961,000,000
2015	$175,977,000,000
2016	$168,371,000,000
2017	$195,079,000,000
2018	$217,909,000,000
2019	$204,835,000,000
2020	$190,321,000,000

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 Malaysia was 34.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 34.60 in 2016, while its lowest value was 6.40 in 1990.

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
1967	16.87
1968	18.90
1969	18.13
1970	14.81
1971	11.94
1972	12.88
1973	13.52
1974	11.51
1975	12.24
1976	10.10
1977	10.05
1978	9.99
1979	8.47
1980	7.57
1981	7.71
1982	8.16
1983	7.44
1984	8.83
1985	9.06
1986	9.49
1987	9.44
1988	8.97
1989	8.33
1990	6.40
1991	6.80
1992	7.64
1993	7.43
1994	7.32
1995	7.30
1996	8.87
1997	10.11
1998	12.36
1999	12.73
2000	13.67
2001	15.32
2002	18.73
2003	21.33
2004	22.91
2005	24.67
2006	24.96
2007	25.81
2008	26.09
2009	28.20
2010	28.32
2011	28.24
2012	29.83
2013	30.54
2014	29.97
2015	33.40
2016	34.60
2017	33.98
2018	33.64
2019	34.15
2020	34.12

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports