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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 Mexico was 0.282 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.667 in 1974, while its lowest value was 0.004 in 1970.

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	0.025
1961	0.035
1962	0.018
1963	0.016
1964	0.007
1970	0.004
1971	0.084
1972	0.110
1973	0.176
1974	0.667
1975	0.222
1976	0.116
1977	0.016
1978	0.276
1979	0.189
1980	0.020
1981	0.099
1982	0.253
1983	0.115
1984	0.229
1985	0.157
1986	0.186
1987	0.218
1988	0.195
1989	0.143
1990	0.114
1991	0.056
1992	0.061
1993	0.077
1994	0.081
1995	0.088
1996	0.178
1997	0.183
1998	0.238
1999	0.236
2000	0.301
2001	0.294
2002	0.238
2003	0.220
2004	0.243
2005	0.325
2006	0.294
2007	0.457
2008	0.526
2009	0.316
2010	0.377
2011	0.525
2012	0.404
2013	0.357
2014	0.294
2015	0.173
2016	0.216
2017	0.266
2018	0.297
2019	0.286
2020	0.282

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Mexico was 393,248,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 476,546,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 1,139,000,000 in 1961.

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	1,186,000,000
1961	1,139,000,000
1962	1,143,000,000
1963	1,240,000,000
1964	1,493,000,000
1965	1,560,000,000
1966	1,605,000,000
1967	1,748,000,000
1968	1,960,000,000
1969	2,080,000,000
1970	2,461,000,000
1971	2,407,000,000
1972	2,718,000,000
1973	3,814,000,000
1974	6,057,000,000
1975	6,580,000,000
1976	6,028,000,000
1977	5,489,000,000
1978	8,109,000,000
1979	12,086,000,000
1980	22,144,000,000
1981	28,462,000,000
1982	17,742,000,000
1983	12,476,000,000
1984	16,691,000,000
1985	19,116,000,000
1986	17,573,000,000
1987	19,697,000,000
1988	29,402,000,000
1989	36,400,000,000
1990	43,548,000,000
1991	51,725,000,000
1992	64,213,000,000
1993	67,547,000,000
1994	81,986,000,000
1995	74,427,000,000
1996	91,979,000,000
1997	113,121,000,000
1998	129,072,000,000
1999	146,084,000,000
2000	179,464,000,000
2001	173,039,000,000
2002	173,087,000,000
2003	175,039,000,000
2004	202,260,000,000
2005	228,240,000,000
2006	263,476,000,000
2007	290,246,000,000
2008	318,304,000,000
2009	241,515,000,000
2010	310,205,000,000
2011	361,068,000,000
2012	380,477,000,000
2013	390,965,000,000
2014	411,581,000,000
2015	405,282,000,000
2016	397,522,000,000
2017	432,179,000,000
2018	476,546,000,000
2019	467,342,000,000
2020	393,248,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Mexico was 68.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 98.39 in 1960, while its lowest value was 68.62 in 2020.

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	98.39
1961	98.34
1962	98.28
1963	97.44
1964	97.14
1965	96.95
1966	96.42
1967	96.49
1968	96.50
1969	95.51
1970	95.72
1971	94.31
1972	92.94
1973	90.87
1974	92.16
1975	90.31
1976	92.09
1977	93.45
1978	93.62
1979	92.35
1980	86.25
1981	88.37
1982	89.14
1983	85.04
1984	86.06
1985	90.52
1986	92.35
1987	93.74
1988	93.29
1989	90.79
1990	92.42
1991	94.23
1992	94.19
1993	94.08
1994	93.85
1995	95.13
1996	94.79
1997	94.11
1998	94.01
1999	94.03
2000	93.43
2001	91.54
2002	89.43
2003	86.51
2004	83.42
2005	82.32
2006	80.87
2007	80.35
2008	80.06
2009	77.36
2010	75.62
2011	76.05
2012	76.02
2013	74.93
2014	74.00
2015	72.58
2016	71.64
2017	71.95
2018	71.35
2019	70.31
2020	68.62

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 Mexico was 28.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 28.49 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.21 in 1965.

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
1960	0.26
1961	0.27
1962	0.29
1963	0.86
1964	0.27
1965	0.21
1966	0.61
1967	0.50
1968	0.46
1969	0.60
1970	0.30
1971	0.43
1972	0.52
1973	1.60
1974	1.43
1975	1.17
1976	0.84
1977	0.48
1978	0.92
1979	1.02
1980	0.80
1981	1.00
1982	1.13
1983	0.88
1984	0.94
1985	1.09
1986	1.24
1987	1.51
1988	1.75
1989	1.57
1990	1.66
1991	0.64
1992	0.93
1993	1.79
1994	2.04
1995	2.22
1996	2.49
1997	3.09
1998	3.46
1999	3.37
2000	4.30
2001	5.76
2002	7.24
2003	9.45
2004	11.79
2005	12.68
2006	14.37
2007	15.31
2008	16.10
2009	18.97
2010	20.71
2011	20.44
2012	20.59
2013	21.58
2014	22.71
2015	24.74
2016	25.62
2017	25.32
2018	25.89
2019	26.87
2020	28.49

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 Mexico was 26.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 26.31 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.01 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.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	0.01
1961	0.02
1962	0.07
1963	0.21
1964	0.03
1965	0.01
1966	0.34
1967	0.28
1968	0.22
1969	0.32
1970	0.03
1971	0.06
1972	0.14
1973	0.68
1974	0.70
1975	0.20
1976	0.24
1977	0.28
1978	0.44
1979	0.49
1980	0.50
1981	0.62
1982	0.63
1983	0.58
1984	0.48
1985	0.64
1986	0.68
1987	0.86
1988	1.14
1989	1.08
1990	1.09
1991	0.37
1992	0.64
1993	1.44
1994	1.61
1995	1.87
1996	2.15
1997	2.68
1998	2.98
1999	2.83
2000	3.45
2001	4.81
2002	6.35
2003	8.53
2004	10.54
2005	11.39
2006	12.97
2007	13.94
2008	14.40
2009	17.55
2010	19.01
2011	18.51
2012	18.70
2013	19.77
2014	20.67
2015	22.66
2016	23.47
2017	22.99
2018	23.35
2019	24.58
2020	26.31

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 Mexico was 0.542 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 0.750 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.003 in 1980.

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
1966	0.019
1974	0.031
1978	0.009
1980	0.003
1981	0.007
1983	0.011
1984	0.007
1985	0.004
1986	0.009
1987	0.035
1988	0.052
1989	0.014
1990	0.016
1991	0.034
1992	0.034
1993	0.046
1994	0.074
1995	0.039
1996	0.050
1997	0.034
1998	0.045
1999	0.140
2000	0.313
2001	0.281
2002	0.290
2003	0.272
2004	0.453
2005	0.491
2006	0.526
2007	0.360
2008	0.468
2009	0.384
2010	0.515
2011	0.577
2012	0.552
2013	0.540
2014	0.626
2015	0.641
2016	0.625
2017	0.631
2018	0.750
2019	0.628
2020	0.542

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 Mexico was 2.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.52 in 1975, while its lowest value was 0.35 in 1961.

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	0.39
1961	0.35
1962	0.44
1963	0.77
1964	0.98
1965	1.64
1966	1.74
1967	1.64
1968	1.78
1969	1.96
1970	2.12
1971	2.61
1972	2.77
1973	2.59
1974	2.38
1975	5.52
1976	3.77
1977	4.32
1978	3.60
1979	4.22
1980	4.82
1981	4.89
1982	4.27
1983	2.68
1984	4.10
1985	3.95
1986	3.03
1987	2.32
1988	3.14
1989	2.77
1990	3.12
1991	3.12
1992	2.95
1993	2.88
1994	2.71
1995	1.57
1996	1.65
1997	1.52
1998	1.53
1999	1.53
2000	1.71
2001	2.12
2002	2.66
2003	3.32
2004	3.97
2005	4.22
2006	4.02
2007	3.64
2008	3.34
2009	3.29
2010	3.26
2011	3.22
2012	3.17
2013	3.31
2014	3.11
2015	2.51
2016	2.56
2017	2.55
2018	2.60
2019	2.67
2020	2.75

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 Mexico was 0.127 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.543 in 1974, while its lowest value was 0.004 in 1970.

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	0.025
1961	0.035
1962	0.018
1963	0.016
1964	0.007
1969	0.005
1970	0.004
1971	0.080
1972	0.107
1973	0.144
1974	0.543
1975	0.318
1976	0.051
1977	0.018
1978	0.283
1979	0.185
1980	0.024
1981	0.106
1982	0.196
1983	0.120
1984	0.180
1985	0.162
1986	0.194
1987	0.219
1988	0.197
1989	0.174
1990	0.142
1991	0.091
1992	0.091
1993	0.104
1994	0.103
1995	0.090
1996	0.106
1997	0.140
1998	0.186
1999	0.183
2000	0.163
2001	0.158
2002	0.116
2003	0.105
2004	0.101
2005	0.154
2006	0.142
2007	0.228
2008	0.290
2009	0.117
2010	0.150
2011	0.173
2012	0.135
2013	0.115
2014	0.084
2015	0.086
2016	0.105
2017	0.147
2018	0.132
2019	0.119
2020	0.127

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 Mexico was 1.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.35 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.08 in 1974.

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	0.17
1961	0.18
1962	0.17
1963	0.15
1964	0.21
1965	0.17
1966	0.22
1967	0.18
1968	0.20
1969	0.21
1970	0.16
1971	0.17
1972	0.15
1973	0.09
1974	0.08
1975	0.13
1976	0.08
1977	0.11
1978	0.10
1979	0.16
1980	0.16
1981	0.15
1982	0.22
1983	0.08
1984	0.09
1985	0.12
1986	0.25
1987	0.12
1988	0.13
1989	0.12
1990	0.18
1991	0.13
1992	0.16
1993	0.19
1994	0.24
1995	0.22
1996	0.18
1997	0.23
1998	0.24
1999	0.21
2000	0.22
2001	0.30
2002	0.36
2003	0.42
2004	0.54
2005	0.53
2006	0.54
2007	0.53
2008	0.56
2009	0.63
2010	0.72
2011	0.82
2012	0.93
2013	0.89
2014	1.07
2015	1.18
2016	1.28
2017	1.35
2018	1.29
2019	1.31
2020	1.28

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 Mexico was 0.218 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.679 in 1973, while its lowest value was 0.003 in 1995.

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	0.059
1961	0.044
1962	0.035
1963	0.478
1964	0.027
1965	0.026
1966	0.037
1967	0.034
1968	0.046
1969	0.072
1970	0.107
1971	0.120
1972	0.121
1973	0.679
1974	0.083
1975	0.520
1976	0.467
1977	0.069
1978	0.099
1979	0.185
1980	0.112
1981	0.115
1982	0.085
1983	0.093
1984	0.178
1985	0.162
1986	0.102
1987	0.280
1988	0.226
1989	0.178
1990	0.232
1991	0.019
1992	0.010
1993	0.006
1994	0.005
1995	0.003
1996	0.003
1997	0.003
1998	0.004
1999	0.003
2000	0.148
2001	0.210
2002	0.125
2003	0.128
2004	0.156
2005	0.111
2006	0.188
2007	0.251
2008	0.382
2009	0.289
2010	0.311
2011	0.356
2012	0.267
2013	0.261
2014	0.258
2015	0.164
2016	0.149
2017	0.200
2018	0.374
2019	0.233
2020	0.218

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Mexico was 0.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 11.41 in 1983, while its lowest value was 0.15 in 2020.

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	0.96
1961	1.04
1962	0.99
1963	0.93
1964	1.61
1965	1.20
1966	1.23
1967	1.37
1968	1.26
1969	1.93
1970	1.86
1971	2.66
1972	3.78
1973	4.95
1974	4.02
1975	3.00
1976	3.29
1977	1.75
1978	1.85
1979	2.42
1980	8.13
1981	5.74
1982	5.46
1983	11.41
1984	8.91
1985	4.43
1986	3.38
1987	2.43
1988	1.82
1989	4.87
1990	2.80
1991	2.01
1992	1.92
1993	1.24
1994	1.40
1995	1.09
1996	1.08
1997	1.28
1998	1.00
1999	1.07
2000	0.57
2001	0.58
2002	0.67
2003	0.71
2004	0.82
2005	0.78
2006	0.75
2007	0.71
2008	0.50
2009	0.38
2010	0.41
2011	0.29
2012	0.22
2013	0.18
2014	0.19
2015	0.18
2016	0.17
2017	0.18
2018	0.15
2019	0.16
2020	0.15

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Mexico was $405,965,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $492,161,000,000 in 2018 and $1,136,200,000 in 1961.

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	$1,183,100,000
1961	$1,136,200,000
1962	$1,139,000,000
1963	$1,234,700,000
1964	$1,486,500,000
1965	$1,553,000,000
1966	$1,604,100,000
1967	$1,748,000,000
1968	$1,959,100,000
1969	$2,076,800,000
1970	$2,329,800,000
1971	$2,252,200,000
1972	$2,719,500,000
1973	$3,811,700,000
1974	$6,057,200,000
1975	$6,581,400,000
1976	$6,035,700,000
1977	$5,485,900,000
1978	$7,559,900,000
1979	$12,085,900,000
1980	$19,455,900,000
1981	$24,127,700,000
1982	$15,071,700,000
1983	$9,020,000,000
1984	$11,360,300,000
1985	$14,788,400,000
1986	$12,659,040,000
1987	$14,033,800,000
1988	$21,519,890,000
1989	$25,076,840,000
1990	$33,021,240,000
1991	$54,857,380,000
1992	$68,343,300,000
1993	$71,903,960,000
1994	$87,283,800,000
1995	$79,699,690,000
1996	$98,419,090,000
1997	$120,789,000,000
1998	$137,709,000,000
1999	$156,172,000,000
2000	$184,919,000,000
2001	$178,494,000,000
2002	$178,786,000,000
2003	$180,771,000,000
2004	$208,607,000,000
2005	$235,113,000,000
2006	$271,365,000,000
2007	$298,768,000,000
2008	$327,080,000,000
2009	$248,428,000,000
2010	$319,571,000,000
2011	$371,893,000,000
2012	$392,997,000,000
2013	$404,083,000,000
2014	$423,983,000,000
2015	$418,969,000,000
2016	$410,313,000,000
2017	$445,618,000,000
2018	$492,161,000,000
2019	$482,556,000,000
2020	$405,965,000,000

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 Mexico was 2.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.52 in 1975, while its lowest value was 0.35 in 1961.

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	0.39
1961	0.35
1962	0.44
1963	0.77
1964	0.98
1965	1.64
1966	1.74
1967	1.64
1968	1.78
1969	1.96
1970	2.12
1971	2.61
1972	2.77
1973	2.59
1974	2.38
1975	5.52
1976	3.77
1977	4.32
1978	3.60
1979	4.22
1980	4.82
1981	4.89
1982	4.27
1983	2.68
1984	4.10
1985	3.95
1986	3.03
1987	2.32
1988	3.14
1989	2.77
1990	3.12
1991	3.12
1992	2.95
1993	2.88
1994	2.71
1995	1.57
1996	1.65
1997	1.52
1998	1.53
1999	1.53
2000	1.71
2001	2.12
2002	2.66
2003	3.32
2004	3.97
2005	4.22
2006	4.02
2007	3.64
2008	3.34
2009	3.29
2010	3.26
2011	3.22
2012	3.17
2013	3.31
2014	3.11
2015	2.51
2016	2.56
2017	2.55
2018	2.60
2019	2.67
2020	2.75

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports