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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 Mozambique was 10.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.73 in 1981, while its lowest value was 0.25 in 2000.

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	0.65
1961	0.63
1962	6.05
1963	5.79
1964	5.78
1965	5.39
1966	5.71
1967	5.54
1968	6.01
1969	5.43
1970	4.41
1971	7.20
1972	6.73
1973	4.95
1974	5.56
1975	7.52
1977	11.25
1981	20.73
1982	17.66
1983	6.63
1984	9.75
1985	7.32
1986	14.26
1987	9.91
1988	8.74
1989	9.12
1990	11.59
1991	0.62
1992	1.29
1993	0.44
1994	0.97
1995	0.70
1996	1.55
1997	1.35
1998	5.36
1999	0.59
2000	0.25
2001	1.34
2002	0.88
2003	1.64
2004	1.47
2005	1.79
2006	2.10
2007	4.16
2008	2.68
2009	3.49
2010	2.10
2011	11.51
2012	14.66
2013	17.02
2014	15.22
2015	9.92
2016	7.95
2017	10.93
2018	11.59
2019	11.79
2020	10.58

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Mozambique was 6,471,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,099,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 127,000,000 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	127,000,000
1961	129,000,000
1962	136,000,000
1963	142,000,000
1964	156,000,000
1965	173,000,000
1966	208,000,000
1967	199,000,000
1968	234,000,000
1969	261,000,000
1970	324,000,000
1971	341,000,000
1972	330,000,000
1973	466,000,000
1974	462,000,000
1975	411,000,000
1976	300,000,000
1977	321,000,000
1978	523,000,000
1979	568,000,000
1980	800,000,000
1981	801,000,000
1982	836,000,000
1983	636,000,000
1984	540,000,000
1985	424,000,000
1986	543,000,000
1987	642,000,000
1988	736,000,000
1989	808,000,000
1990	878,000,000
1991	899,000,000
1992	855,000,000
1993	955,000,000
1994	1,019,000,000
1995	704,000,000
1996	759,000,000
1997	739,000,000
1998	790,000,000
1999	1,139,000,000
2000	1,158,000,000
2001	1,063,000,000
2002	1,543,000,000
2003	1,753,000,000
2004	2,035,000,000
2005	2,408,000,000
2006	2,869,000,000
2007	3,050,000,000
2008	4,008,000,000
2009	3,764,000,000
2010	4,600,000,000
2011	6,312,000,000
2012	8,688,000,000
2013	10,099,000,000
2014	8,747,000,000
2015	8,334,000,000
2016	5,206,000,000
2017	5,745,000,000
2018	6,944,000,000
2019	7,428,000,000
2020	6,471,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Mozambique was 48.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 79.70 in 1961, while its lowest value was 20.28 in 1999.

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	78.05
1961	79.70
1962	75.11
1963	76.83
1964	73.39
1965	75.28
1966	74.14
1967	75.41
1968	75.49
1969	73.58
1970	74.66
1971	73.64
1972	73.99
1973	70.29
1974	71.78
1975	65.33
1977	61.76
1981	70.04
1982	58.06
1983	66.63
1984	63.61
1985	70.60
1986	70.41
1987	74.27
1988	71.54
1989	70.21
1990	70.94
1991	72.83
1992	55.08
1993	51.10
1994	45.29
1995	48.44
1996	41.15
1997	28.06
1998	37.06
1999	20.28
2000	28.67
2001	32.06
2002	28.21
2003	35.73
2004	32.11
2005	30.89
2006	32.37
2007	35.80
2008	41.93
2009	39.77
2010	40.21
2011	45.05
2012	47.55
2013	50.23
2014	45.29
2015	42.83
2016	44.67
2017	42.48
2018	42.87
2019	41.32
2020	48.54

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 Mozambique was 25.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 36.48 in 1982, while its lowest value was 2.79 in 1993.

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	3.07
1961	4.04
1962	7.89
1963	7.02
1964	7.84
1965	7.99
1966	7.58
1967	6.03
1968	7.34
1969	7.18
1970	5.45
1971	7.17
1972	7.33
1973	5.72
1974	3.49
1975	8.07
1977	11.59
1981	21.99
1982	36.48
1983	26.93
1984	29.27
1985	17.03
1986	15.10
1987	14.12
1988	18.40
1989	19.06
1990	16.38
1991	3.77
1992	3.50
1993	2.79
1994	7.40
1995	7.32
1996	8.33
1997	6.98
1998	11.21
1999	7.07
2000	7.38
2001	9.88
2002	7.27
2003	9.81
2004	10.82
2005	13.38
2006	11.49
2007	15.52
2008	15.52
2009	20.71
2010	15.76
2011	18.61
2012	18.54
2013	15.92
2014	19.64
2015	23.46
2016	22.44
2017	25.30
2018	27.67
2019	27.26
2020	25.64

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 Mozambique was 16.97 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 16.97 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.12 in 1972.

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
1961	0.32
1962	0.23
1963	0.22
1964	0.26
1965	0.23
1966	0.19
1967	0.20
1969	0.16
1970	0.15
1971	0.13
1972	0.12
1973	0.27
1974	0.36
1975	0.27
1977	0.28
1981	4.51
1982	3.72
1983	6.95
1984	15.63
1985	11.18
1986	11.29
1987	12.46
1988	14.39
1989	16.04
1990	13.35
1991	1.31
1992	1.74
1993	0.92
1994	3.61
1995	1.70
1996	1.45
1997	2.63
1998	3.84
1999	2.84
2000	3.04
2001	3.20
2002	2.08
2003	3.96
2004	5.01
2005	6.40
2006	5.82
2007	7.34
2008	8.94
2009	10.51
2010	6.79
2011	10.61
2012	8.82
2013	10.02
2014	12.34
2015	16.20
2016	11.92
2017	13.32
2018	15.82
2019	16.52
2020	16.97

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 Mozambique was 2.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 2.08 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1970.

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
1970	0.00
1975	0.26
1986	0.05
1987	0.11
1992	0.01
1995	0.02
1996	0.03
1998	0.11
1999	0.01
2000	0.40
2001	0.05
2002	0.05
2003	0.08
2004	0.18
2005	0.09
2006	0.16
2007	0.25
2008	0.32
2009	0.36
2010	0.61
2011	0.58
2012	0.84
2013	0.48
2014	1.18
2015	1.14
2016	1.49
2017	1.10
2018	2.08
2019	1.68
2020	2.00

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 Mozambique was 1.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 15.40 in 1983, while its lowest value was 0.04 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
1960	0.08
1963	0.07
1964	0.64
1965	1.62
1966	0.43
1967	0.05
1968	0.04
1969	0.36
1970	0.11
1971	0.13
1972	0.44
1973	0.55
1974	0.60
1975	0.55
1977	1.22
1981	5.44
1982	14.30
1983	15.40
1984	5.65
1985	1.39
1986	1.46
1987	0.46
1988	2.02
1989	0.81
1990	1.63
1991	0.15
1992	0.16
1993	0.25
1994	0.85
1995	1.31
1996	1.95
1997	1.00
1998	0.81
1999	0.58
2000	0.60
2001	1.35
2002	0.39
2003	0.95
2004	1.97
2005	2.19
2006	1.15
2007	2.14
2008	1.71
2009	1.63
2010	0.74
2011	1.33
2012	5.04
2013	1.32
2014	1.32
2015	1.09
2016	1.36
2017	1.37
2018	1.27
2019	1.30
2020	1.22

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 Mozambique was 0.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 13.34 in 1982, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 2007.

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	2.50
1961	2.78
1962	6.51
1963	5.94
1964	6.30
1965	5.73
1966	6.53
1967	5.69
1968	6.78
1969	6.08
1970	5.01
1971	6.80
1972	6.56
1973	4.64
1974	2.34
1975	6.71
1977	9.50
1981	4.81
1982	13.34
1983	2.12
1984	5.69
1985	0.53
1986	0.37
1987	0.07
1988	0.02
1989	0.03
1990	0.01
1996	0.11
2007	0.01
2009	0.24
2010	0.59
2011	0.35
2012	0.16
2013	0.19
2014	0.27
2015	0.18
2016	0.39
2017	0.58
2018	0.30
2019	0.24
2020	0.19

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 Mozambique was 5.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 8.94 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.10 in 1967.

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	0.48
1961	0.95
1962	1.15
1963	0.80
1964	0.64
1965	0.41
1966	0.43
1967	0.10
1968	0.52
1969	0.58
1970	0.18
1971	0.11
1972	0.21
1973	0.26
1974	0.20
1975	0.28
1977	0.58
1981	7.23
1982	5.13
1983	2.47
1984	2.29
1985	3.93
1986	1.93
1987	1.02
1988	1.97
1989	2.19
1990	1.38
1991	2.30
1992	1.59
1993	1.63
1994	2.93
1995	4.29
1996	4.79
1997	3.35
1998	6.45
1999	3.63
2000	3.34
2001	5.29
2002	4.75
2003	4.82
2004	3.66
2005	4.70
2006	4.36
2007	5.77
2008	4.56
2009	7.97
2010	7.03
2011	5.74
2012	3.68
2013	3.91
2014	4.53
2015	4.85
2016	7.28
2017	8.94
2018	8.20
2019	7.53
2020	5.27

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 Mozambique was 25.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 62.54 in 1997, while its lowest value was 4.05 in 1982.

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	14.69
1961	13.24
1962	14.85
1963	14.19
1964	16.84
1965	14.88
1966	15.88
1967	16.51
1968	14.29
1969	17.58
1970	17.97
1971	17.29
1972	17.09
1973	22.48
1974	22.08
1975	24.53
1977	19.92
1981	6.51
1982	4.05
1983	5.71
1984	4.70
1985	6.10
1986	11.03
1987	8.70
1988	7.91
1989	8.89
1990	11.12
1991	12.83
1992	36.46
1993	38.66
1994	39.15
1995	35.59
1996	40.75
1997	62.54
1998	43.53
1999	29.79
2000	51.71
2001	42.37
2002	31.66
2003	38.49
2004	44.77
2005	46.88
2006	39.40
2007	34.67
2008	31.22
2009	37.52
2010	37.60
2011	36.07
2012	33.67
2013	33.63
2014	34.92
2015	33.19
2016	32.51
2017	32.03
2018	29.05
2019	31.21
2020	25.64

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Mozambique was 0.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 42.87 in 1999, while its lowest value was 0.15 in 2014.

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	4.20
1961	3.01
1962	2.14
1963	1.96
1964	1.93
1965	1.85
1966	2.40
1967	2.04
1968	2.88
1969	1.66
1970	1.92
1971	1.90
1972	1.60
1973	1.51
1974	2.65
1975	2.07
1977	6.72
1981	1.45
1982	1.40
1983	0.74
1984	2.42
1985	6.27
1986	3.46
1987	2.90
1988	2.15
1989	1.84
1990	1.57
1991	10.58
1992	4.95
1993	7.44
1994	8.16
1995	8.65
1996	9.77
1997	2.42
1998	8.21
1999	42.87
2000	12.25
2001	15.69
2002	32.86
2003	15.97
2004	12.30
2005	8.85
2006	16.74
2007	14.02
2008	11.33
2009	2.00
2010	6.43
2011	0.27
2012	0.24
2013	0.22
2014	0.15
2015	0.53
2016	0.37
2017	0.18
2018	0.41
2019	0.20
2020	0.18

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Mozambique was $7,843,225,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $10,501,560,000 in 2013 and $123,900,000 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	$123,900,000
1961	$126,100,000
1962	$130,600,000
1963	$138,100,000
1964	$155,600,000
1965	$172,700,000
1966	$208,400,000
1967	$200,500,000
1968	$233,000,000
1969	$260,525,000
1970	$325,622,000
1971	$335,365,000
1972	$327,211,000
1973	$464,321,000
1974	$466,977,000
1975	$410,371,000
1977	$277,697,000
1981	$746,474,300
1982	$759,490,600
1983	$627,864,000
1984	$484,136,500
1985	$425,220,000
1986	$478,380,000
1987	$719,805,000
1988	$782,907,300
1989	$759,424,500
1990	$912,951,100
1991	$725,000,000
1992	$884,500,400
1993	$1,095,100,000
1994	$1,261,604,000
1995	$746,880,000
1996	$791,922,000
1997	$1,096,234,000
1998	$817,400,000
1999	$1,199,900,000
2000	$1,046,503,000
2001	$1,063,629,000
2002	$1,269,877,000
2003	$1,812,935,000
2004	$2,034,751,000
2005	$2,466,849,000
2006	$2,914,082,000
2007	$3,092,590,000
2008	$4,008,237,000
2009	$3,764,435,000
2010	$3,569,539,000
2011	$6,321,439,000
2012	$6,197,311,000
2013	$10,501,560,000
2014	$8,861,276,000
2015	$7,925,649,000
2016	$5,305,825,000
2017	$5,709,064,000
2018	$6,790,289,000
2019	$7,646,460,000
2020	$7,843,225,000

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 Mozambique was 25.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 62.54 in 1997, while its lowest value was 4.05 in 1982.

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	14.69
1961	13.24
1962	14.85
1963	14.19
1964	16.84
1965	14.88
1966	15.88
1967	16.51
1968	14.29
1969	17.58
1970	17.97
1971	17.29
1972	17.09
1973	22.48
1974	22.08
1975	24.53
1977	19.92
1981	6.51
1982	4.05
1983	5.71
1984	4.70
1985	6.10
1986	11.03
1987	8.70
1988	7.91
1989	8.89
1990	11.12
1991	12.83
1992	36.46
1993	38.66
1994	39.15
1995	35.59
1996	40.75
1997	62.54
1998	43.53
1999	29.79
2000	51.71
2001	42.37
2002	31.66
2003	38.49
2004	44.77
2005	46.88
2006	39.40
2007	34.67
2008	31.22
2009	37.52
2010	37.60
2011	36.07
2012	33.67
2013	33.63
2014	34.92
2015	33.19
2016	32.51
2017	32.03
2018	29.05
2019	31.21
2020	25.64

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports