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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 Nicaragua was 0.104 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 0.280 in 1988, while its lowest value was 0.001 in 1977.

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	0.147
1969	0.003
1970	0.008
1971	0.005
1972	0.008
1973	0.006
1974	0.004
1975	0.006
1976	0.002
1977	0.001
1979	0.004
1988	0.280
1989	0.254
2003	0.017
2004	0.007
2005	0.010
2006	0.009
2007	0.018
2008	0.015
2009	0.014
2010	0.042
2011	0.107
2012	0.090
2013	0.097
2014	0.079
2015	0.104

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Nicaragua was 6,545,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,708,000,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 71,000,000 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	72,000,000
1961	71,000,000
1962	93,000,000
1963	111,000,000
1964	137,000,000
1965	160,000,000
1966	182,000,000
1967	204,000,000
1968	185,000,000
1969	177,000,000
1970	199,000,000
1971	210,000,000
1972	218,000,000
1973	327,000,000
1974	562,000,000
1975	517,000,000
1976	532,000,000
1977	762,000,000
1978	596,000,000
1979	360,000,000
1980	887,000,000
1981	999,000,000
1982	776,000,000
1983	826,000,000
1984	848,000,000
1985	964,000,000
1986	857,000,000
1987	827,000,000
1988	805,000,000
1989	615,000,000
1990	638,000,000
1991	751,000,000
1992	855,000,000
1993	744,000,000
1994	867,000,000
1995	975,000,000
1996	1,154,000,000
1997	1,450,000,000
1998	1,492,000,000
1999	1,862,000,000
2000	1,802,000,000
2001	1,805,000,000
2002	1,853,000,000
2003	2,027,000,000
2004	2,457,000,000
2005	2,956,000,000
2006	3,404,000,000
2007	3,989,000,000
2008	4,731,000,000
2009	3,929,000,000
2010	4,792,000,000
2011	6,355,000,000
2012	6,778,000,000
2013	6,688,000,000
2014	6,946,000,000
2015	7,060,000,000
2016	5,827,000,000
2017	7,708,000,000
2018	7,351,000,000
2019	6,986,000,000
2020	6,545,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Nicaragua was 33.74 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 82.84 in 1960, while its lowest value was 28.02 in 2013.

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	82.84
1961	81.05
1962	81.02
1963	80.85
1964	78.77
1965	76.97
1966	72.00
1967	71.56
1968	65.47
1969	66.32
1970	64.54
1971	62.89
1972	61.69
1973	61.21
1974	65.31
1975	60.62
1976	57.14
1977	60.96
1978	58.70
1979	45.25
1980	43.34
1981	47.80
1982	43.43
1983	40.62
1984	43.96
1985	30.74
1986	41.42
1987	42.32
1988	39.88
1989	41.73
1990	45.94
1991	48.04
1992	46.64
1993	47.28
1994	47.03
1995	56.37
1996	60.73
1997	58.08
1998	52.09
1999	52.73
2000	45.89
2001	45.53
2002	46.32
2003	45.14
2004	39.57
2005	36.48
2006	36.77
2007	36.24
2008	34.88
2009	34.71
2010	35.23
2011	29.25
2012	31.76
2013	28.02
2014	31.24
2015	35.10
2016	31.36
2017	33.75
2018	35.66
2019	37.39
2020	33.74

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 Nicaragua was 17.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 22.64 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.05 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
1960	0.28
1961	0.67
1962	0.92
1963	0.90
1964	0.58
1965	0.69
1966	0.61
1967	0.44
1968	0.05
1969	0.43
1970	0.15
1971	0.08
1972	0.13
1973	0.28
1974	0.31
1975	0.15
1976	0.14
1977	0.58
1978	0.55
1979	0.62
1980	0.45
1981	0.29
1982	1.14
1983	0.98
1984	2.07
1985	4.23
1986	3.61
1987	3.43
1988	4.54
1989	1.72
1990	1.99
1991	3.58
1992	2.83
1993	2.12
1994	2.26
1995	2.14
1996	1.48
1997	0.51
1998	0.49
1999	0.41
2003	8.18
2004	9.06
2005	9.54
2006	10.82
2007	11.08
2008	12.95
2009	12.11
2010	13.08
2011	13.64
2012	14.83
2013	16.55
2014	21.91
2015	22.64
2016	20.96
2017	18.13
2018	15.97
2019	16.36
2020	17.66

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 Nicaragua was 13.97 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 18.87 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1984.

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
1969	0.05
1970	0.06
1971	0.02
1972	0.06
1973	0.19
1974	0.25
1975	0.05
1976	0.10
1977	0.27
1978	0.21
1979	0.16
1980	0.11
1981	0.18
1982	0.04
1983	0.02
1984	0.00
1985	1.13
1986	0.98
1987	0.87
1988	1.33
1989	0.30
1990	1.99
1991	3.58
1992	2.83
1993	2.12
1994	2.26
1995	2.14
1996	1.48
1997	0.51
1998	0.49
1999	0.41
2003	5.96
2004	6.69
2005	6.99
2006	8.71
2007	9.15
2008	9.69
2009	9.24
2010	10.94
2011	10.64
2012	11.70
2013	13.54
2014	18.87
2015	18.86
2016	17.59
2017	15.24
2018	12.57
2019	12.93
2020	13.97

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 Nicaragua was 1.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 3.10 in 1985, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1973.

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
1973	0.00
1981	0.06
1982	0.81
1983	0.97
1984	2.07
1985	3.10
1986	2.63
1987	2.53
1988	2.31
1989	0.79
2003	1.55
2004	1.68
2005	1.74
2006	1.30
2007	0.92
2008	1.08
2009	1.34
2010	0.79
2011	1.51
2012	1.61
2013	1.35
2014	0.94
2015	1.30
2016	0.80
2017	0.80
2018	1.20
2019	1.29
2020	1.33

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 Nicaragua was 44.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 45.26 in 2006, while its lowest value was 6.47 in 1960.

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	6.47
1961	6.99
1962	7.76
1963	8.85
1964	12.98
1965	15.61
1966	20.02
1967	23.08
1968	27.93
1969	25.99
1970	27.96
1971	28.25
1972	31.16
1973	31.54
1974	26.87
1975	25.23
1976	30.26
1977	24.93
1978	26.84
1979	33.75
1980	37.14
1981	39.30
1982	40.89
1983	43.35
1984	30.67
1985	28.31
1986	15.90
1987	16.81
1988	15.91
1989	21.70
1990	22.11
1991	25.14
1992	30.75
1993	32.43
1994	27.09
1995	28.88
1996	30.93
1997	32.19
1998	35.99
1999	34.36
2000	32.78
2001	33.31
2002	32.87
2003	36.86
2004	38.56
2005	42.03
2006	45.26
2007	44.63
2008	36.62
2009	35.58
2010	35.35
2011	34.97
2012	33.25
2013	36.47
2014	38.37
2015	41.26
2016	39.34
2017	40.51
2018	41.66
2019	42.32
2020	44.08

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 Nicaragua was 0.013 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 0.399 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.001 in 1978.

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	0.147
1969	0.003
1970	0.008
1971	0.005
1972	0.008
1973	0.006
1974	0.004
1975	0.006
1976	0.002
1977	0.001
1978	0.001
1979	0.003
1988	0.280
1989	0.254
2003	0.012
2004	0.005
2005	0.008
2006	0.007
2007	0.009
2008	0.012
2009	0.010
2010	0.014
2011	0.399
2012	0.148
2013	0.012
2014	0.015
2015	0.013

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 Nicaragua was 2.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.57 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1976.

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	0.28
1961	0.67
1962	0.92
1963	0.90
1964	0.58
1965	0.62
1966	0.55
1967	0.25
1968	0.05
1969	0.36
1970	0.06
1971	0.05
1972	0.05
1973	0.06
1974	0.03
1975	0.07
1976	0.02
1977	0.12
1978	0.04
1979	0.45
1980	0.33
1981	0.04
1982	0.06
1987	0.04
1988	0.62
1989	0.37
2003	0.63
2004	0.68
2005	0.80
2006	0.79
2007	0.98
2008	2.13
2009	1.50
2010	1.31
2011	1.07
2012	1.33
2013	1.59
2014	1.76
2015	2.27
2016	2.57
2017	2.09
2018	2.21
2019	2.14
2020	2.36

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 Nicaragua was 0.199 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.323 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1983.

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
1965	0.062
1966	0.055
1967	0.049
1969	0.020
1970	0.017
1971	0.006
1972	0.012
1973	0.020
1974	0.029
1975	0.024
1976	0.022
1977	0.195
1978	0.298
1979	0.013
1980	0.007
1981	0.004
1982	0.235
1983	0.000
2003	0.027
2004	0.010
2005	0.007
2006	0.016
2007	0.013
2008	0.032
2009	0.022
2010	0.032
2011	0.031
2012	0.032
2013	0.058
2014	0.323
2015	0.199

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Nicaragua was 4.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 39.67 in 1988, while its lowest value was 1.00 in 2015.

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	10.41
1961	11.29
1962	10.31
1963	9.39
1964	7.66
1965	6.74
1966	7.37
1967	4.91
1968	6.55
1969	7.26
1970	7.36
1971	8.78
1972	7.02
1973	6.98
1974	7.51
1975	13.99
1976	12.46
1977	13.54
1978	13.91
1979	20.38
1980	19.07
1981	12.61
1982	14.54
1983	15.05
1984	23.30
1985	36.72
1986	39.06
1987	37.43
1988	39.67
1989	34.85
1990	29.96
1991	23.24
1992	19.78
1993	18.17
1994	23.62
1995	12.61
1996	6.86
1997	9.22
1998	11.43
1999	12.49
2000	21.32
2001	21.17
2002	20.81
2003	9.82
2004	12.80
2005	11.95
2006	7.15
2007	8.05
2008	15.55
2009	17.60
2010	16.34
2011	22.13
2012	20.16
2013	18.96
2014	8.48
2015	1.00
2016	8.34
2017	7.62
2018	6.71
2019	3.93
2020	4.53

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Nicaragua was $4,768,394,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $6,081,900,000 in 2017 and $71,100,000 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	$71,100,000
1961	$74,400,000
1962	$98,000,000
1963	$110,700,000
1964	$137,100,000
1965	$160,200,000
1966	$181,800,000
1967	$203,600,000
1968	$183,300,000
1969	$176,888,000
1970	$198,885,000
1971	$210,801,000
1972	$218,450,000
1973	$326,863,000
1974	$560,417,000
1975	$516,776,000
1976	$532,129,000
1977	$762,013,000
1978	$593,239,000
1979	$360,000,000
1980	$881,882,000
1981	$994,222,000
1982	$774,881,000
1983	$806,252,000
1984	$825,883,000
1985	$1,066,509,000
1986	$774,499,000
1987	$781,599,700
1988	$805,354,000
1989	$605,789,000
1990	$666,727,000
1991	$751,320,000
1992	$893,289,000
1993	$753,400,000
1994	$866,500,000
1995	$975,200,000
1996	$1,153,700,000
1997	$1,449,800,000
1998	$1,491,700,000
1999	$1,861,700,000
2000	$1,778,872,000
2001	$1,736,018,000
2002	$1,661,110,000
2003	$1,878,529,000
2004	$2,206,118,000
2005	$2,622,941,000
2006	$3,007,482,000
2007	$3,660,629,000
2008	$4,336,385,000
2009	$3,472,722,000
2010	$4,185,076,000
2011	$5,132,335,000
2012	$5,853,545,000
2013	$5,613,900,000
2014	$5,378,962,000
2015	$5,511,313,000
2016	$5,887,215,000
2017	$6,081,900,000
2018	$5,220,011,000
2019	$4,680,612,000
2020	$4,768,394,000

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 Nicaragua was 44.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 45.26 in 2006, while its lowest value was 6.47 in 1960.

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	6.47
1961	6.99
1962	7.76
1963	8.85
1964	12.98
1965	15.61
1966	20.02
1967	23.08
1968	27.93
1969	25.99
1970	27.96
1971	28.25
1972	31.16
1973	31.54
1974	26.87
1975	25.23
1976	30.26
1977	24.93
1978	26.84
1979	33.75
1980	37.14
1981	39.30
1982	40.89
1983	43.35
1984	30.67
1985	28.31
1986	15.90
1987	16.81
1988	15.91
1989	21.70
1990	22.11
1991	25.14
1992	30.75
1993	32.43
1994	27.09
1995	28.88
1996	30.93
1997	32.19
1998	35.99
1999	34.36
2000	32.78
2001	33.31
2002	32.87
2003	36.86
2004	38.56
2005	42.03
2006	45.26
2007	44.63
2008	36.62
2009	35.58
2010	35.35
2011	34.97
2012	33.25
2013	36.47
2014	38.37
2015	41.26
2016	39.34
2017	40.51
2018	41.66
2019	42.32
2020	44.08

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports