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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 Niger was 2.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 64.97 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.30 in 1985.

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	3.68
1963	1.78
1964	3.38
1965	3.76
1966	2.00
1967	1.10
1968	0.97
1969	1.93
1970	1.19
1971	1.39
1972	3.60
1973	2.61
1974	5.47
1975	7.84
1976	6.01
1977	1.00
1978	0.70
1979	2.13
1980	1.16
1981	6.98
1982	2.37
1983	1.34
1984	1.12
1985	0.30
1986	0.78
1987	0.53
1988	0.96
1989	2.20
1990	2.17
1991	4.25
1992	3.99
1993	1.81
1994	1.42
1995	1.23
1996	1.65
1997	1.70
1998	2.09
1999	2.88
2000	64.97
2001	4.43
2002	6.68
2003	5.87
2004	5.12
2005	5.80
2006	2.86
2007	2.22
2008	2.27
2009	2.49
2010	1.27
2011	1.91
2012	2.94
2013	3.12
2014	2.69
2015	1.88
2016	2.99
2017	4.10
2018	3.19
2019	2.03
2020	2.15

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Niger was 2,378,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,476,000,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 13,000,000 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	13,000,000
1961	19,000,000
1962	27,000,000
1963	23,000,000
1964	34,000,000
1965	38,000,000
1966	45,000,000
1967	46,000,000
1968	41,000,000
1969	48,000,000
1970	58,000,000
1971	54,000,000
1972	66,000,000
1973	86,000,000
1974	97,000,000
1975	101,000,000
1976	126,000,000
1977	197,000,000
1978	305,000,000
1979	461,000,000
1980	594,000,000
1981	510,000,000
1982	466,000,000
1983	324,000,000
1984	288,000,000
1985	369,000,000
1986	368,000,000
1987	311,000,000
1988	387,000,000
1989	363,000,000
1990	388,000,000
1991	355,000,000
1992	479,000,000
1993	375,000,000
1994	328,000,000
1995	374,000,000
1996	448,000,000
1997	374,000,000
1998	471,000,000
1999	410,000,000
2000	395,000,000
2001	412,000,000
2002	468,000,000
2003	622,000,000
2004	750,000,000
2005	943,000,000
2006	949,000,000
2007	1,149,000,000
2008	1,696,000,000
2009	2,200,000,000
2010	2,476,000,000
2011	2,190,000,000
2012	1,900,000,000
2013	2,018,000,000
2014	2,190,000,000
2015	1,976,000,000
2016	1,715,000,000
2017	1,952,000,000
2018	2,281,000,000
2019	2,326,000,000
2020	2,378,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Niger was 38.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 100.00 in 1961, while its lowest value was 31.85 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	59.56
1961	100.00
1962	63.74
1963	64.44
1964	74.77
1965	72.58
1966	71.33
1967	73.19
1968	71.25
1969	68.12
1970	67.87
1971	64.83
1972	71.03
1973	73.69
1974	68.00
1975	60.87
1976	66.41
1977	71.52
1978	62.39
1979	73.45
1980	66.50
1981	54.01
1982	58.48
1983	50.46
1984	45.75
1985	56.03
1986	54.16
1987	55.32
1988	64.63
1989	57.01
1990	57.76
1991	53.95
1992	52.32
1993	53.85
1994	49.80
1995	49.92
1996	47.86
1997	56.39
1998	54.97
1999	46.97
2000	80.73
2001	45.22
2002	43.15
2003	41.47
2004	48.59
2005	37.44
2006	42.65
2007	51.69
2008	45.11
2009	37.58
2010	35.51
2011	46.34
2012	39.14
2013	31.85
2014	36.82
2015	48.41
2016	50.34
2017	43.69
2018	41.54
2019	34.60
2020	38.29

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 Niger was 47.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 51.91 in 2010, while its lowest value was 2.55 in 1977.

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	4.41
1963	3.56
1964	5.85
1965	9.95
1966	8.44
1967	7.69
1968	5.40
1969	5.21
1970	5.24
1971	4.09
1972	5.80
1973	5.99
1974	8.08
1975	10.55
1976	8.98
1977	2.55
1978	3.51
1979	4.51
1980	6.14
1981	16.30
1982	10.62
1983	5.09
1984	10.19
1985	10.80
1986	8.20
1987	7.28
1988	7.65
1989	7.79
1990	7.42
1991	8.23
1992	9.89
1993	8.73
1994	7.82
1995	8.25
1996	13.26
1997	16.19
1998	15.76
1999	19.19
2000	5.60
2001	18.69
2002	24.17
2003	24.19
2004	20.79
2005	28.48
2006	29.79
2007	22.18
2008	33.36
2009	44.81
2010	51.91
2011	37.67
2012	40.58
2013	45.69
2014	40.88
2015	36.38
2016	33.40
2017	37.12
2018	41.64
2019	51.09
2020	47.81

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 Niger was 41.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 47.28 in 2010, while its lowest value was 1.24 in 1979.

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
1963	1.33
1964	1.85
1965	5.11
1966	5.56
1967	5.93
1968	4.41
1969	2.78
1970	2.95
1971	2.62
1972	1.70
1973	2.23
1974	1.73
1975	1.85
1976	2.92
1977	1.46
1978	2.24
1979	1.24
1980	1.73
1981	3.46
1982	6.04
1983	1.38
1984	4.57
1985	5.78
1986	2.84
1987	3.82
1988	3.32
1989	3.84
1990	2.67
1991	1.82
1992	2.92
1993	4.05
1994	2.98
1995	2.24
1996	4.67
1997	9.41
1998	6.55
1999	9.69
2000	3.48
2001	8.11
2002	12.11
2003	11.75
2004	11.26
2005	12.54
2006	16.15
2007	10.37
2008	21.00
2009	36.66
2010	47.28
2011	30.24
2012	26.28
2013	29.80
2014	29.27
2015	27.74
2016	25.57
2017	27.23
2018	32.17
2019	44.91
2020	41.62

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 Niger was 3.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 3.54 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1979.

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
1974	0.01
1979	0.00
1980	0.04
1981	0.05
1982	0.05
1991	0.03
1992	0.08
1993	0.06
1994	0.23
1995	0.09
1996	0.10
1997	0.25
1998	0.61
1999	0.32
2000	0.23
2001	0.33
2002	0.83
2003	0.60
2004	0.52
2005	0.89
2006	1.29
2007	1.60
2008	1.67
2009	0.88
2010	0.83
2011	1.23
2012	0.75
2013	1.22
2014	1.48
2015	0.79
2016	0.94
2017	1.62
2018	2.43
2019	2.50
2020	3.54

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 Niger was 0.14 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 4.15 in 2003, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1973.

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
1966	0.22
1973	0.03
1974	0.04
1979	0.24
1980	2.02
1981	0.50
1982	1.17
1983	1.30
1984	1.84
1985	1.72
1986	2.81
1987	0.52
1988	0.34
1989	0.20
1990	0.14
1991	0.27
1992	0.46
1993	0.30
1994	0.46
1995	0.65
1996	2.32
1997	1.21
1998	0.96
1999	1.53
2000	0.10
2001	1.24
2002	2.32
2003	4.15
2004	3.66
2005	4.05
2006	3.72
2007	3.41
2008	3.20
2009	2.18
2010	1.42
2011	2.09
2012	3.49
2013	2.78
2014	3.18
2015	1.85
2016	1.14
2017	1.65
2018	1.28
2019	0.79
2020	0.14

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 Niger was 1.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 7.91 in 1975, while its lowest value was 0.30 in 1985.

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	3.68
1963	1.78
1964	3.38
1965	3.76
1966	2.00
1967	1.10
1968	0.97
1969	1.93
1970	1.19
1971	1.39
1972	3.62
1973	3.39
1974	5.98
1975	7.91
1976	6.06
1977	1.00
1978	0.70
1979	2.09
1980	1.11
1981	6.95
1982	2.34
1983	1.34
1984	1.12
1985	0.30
1986	0.65
1987	0.51
1988	0.81
1989	1.47
1990	1.65
1991	3.92
1992	3.57
1993	1.44
1994	1.01
1995	0.97
1996	1.30
1997	1.38
1998	1.79
1999	2.38
2000	0.60
2001	2.28
2002	3.27
2003	3.99
2004	3.26
2005	3.14
2006	2.08
2007	1.65
2008	1.87
2009	2.11
2010	1.31
2011	1.42
2012	2.28
2013	2.30
2014	1.83
2015	1.37
2016	1.66
2017	3.14
2018	2.46
2019	1.44
2020	1.36

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 Niger was 1.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 9.59 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1968.

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	0.74
1963	0.44
1964	0.62
1965	1.08
1966	0.67
1967	0.66
1968	0.03
1969	0.50
1970	1.09
1971	0.08
1972	0.47
1973	0.35
1974	0.32
1975	0.79
1977	0.10
1978	0.57
1979	0.94
1980	1.25
1981	5.33
1982	1.01
1983	1.07
1984	2.65
1985	3.00
1986	1.89
1987	2.43
1988	3.18
1989	2.28
1990	2.96
1991	2.20
1992	2.87
1993	2.87
1994	3.13
1995	4.30
1996	4.87
1997	3.95
1998	5.85
1999	5.27
2000	1.19
2001	6.72
2002	5.63
2003	3.70
2004	2.09
2005	7.87
2006	6.54
2007	5.15
2008	5.61
2009	2.99
2010	1.06
2011	2.69
2012	7.78
2013	9.59
2014	5.12
2015	4.63
2016	4.09
2017	3.47
2018	3.29
2019	1.45
2020	1.16

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 Niger was 13.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 38.91 in 1983, while its lowest value was 3.95 in 1975.

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	30.88
1962	8.42
1963	21.33
1964	14.46
1965	11.83
1966	11.11
1967	14.95
1968	14.80
1969	13.36
1970	13.29
1971	11.87
1972	14.22
1973	13.81
1974	18.65
1975	3.95
1976	14.95
1977	19.45
1978	27.43
1979	14.48
1980	17.34
1981	20.93
1982	25.24
1983	38.91
1984	22.74
1985	16.47
1986	31.32
1987	32.19
1988	20.76
1989	25.14
1990	26.11
1991	27.47
1992	30.89
1993	29.03
1994	27.02
1995	26.29
1996	25.67
1997	27.05
1998	26.82
1999	30.95
2000	13.17
2001	35.04
2002	32.27
2003	34.26
2004	30.58
2005	32.77
2006	25.76
2007	24.72
2008	20.12
2009	16.01
2010	12.02
2011	15.55
2012	19.73
2013	21.63
2014	17.80
2015	14.55
2016	15.97
2017	18.64
2018	16.67
2019	14.18
2020	13.77

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Niger was 0.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 27.84 in 1962, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1961.

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	5.15
1961	0.00
1962	27.84
1963	10.67
1964	4.92
1965	5.65
1966	9.11
1967	4.18
1968	8.54
1969	13.31
1970	13.60
1971	19.22
1972	8.95
1973	6.51
1974	5.27
1975	24.63
1976	9.65
1977	6.48
1978	6.68
1979	7.56
1980	10.01
1981	8.76
1982	5.66
1983	5.54
1984	21.32
1985	16.70
1986	6.32
1987	5.21
1988	6.97
1989	10.05
1990	8.71
1991	10.35
1992	6.90
1993	8.39
1994	15.36
1995	15.54
1996	13.21
1997	0.38
1998	2.46
1999	2.88
2000	0.50
2001	1.05
2002	0.41
2003	0.08
2004	0.04
2005	1.31
2006	1.80
2007	1.41
2008	1.41
2009	1.60
2010	0.56
2011	0.44
2012	0.55
2013	0.83
2014	4.50
2015	0.66
2016	0.28
2017	0.55
2018	0.15
2019	0.13
2020	0.13

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Niger was $3,598,377,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $3,598,377,000 in 2020 and $600,000 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	$13,600,000
1961	$600,000
1962	$27,300,000
1963	$22,500,000
1964	$32,500,000
1965	$37,200,000
1966	$45,000,000
1967	$45,500,000
1968	$39,804,000
1969	$49,022,000
1970	$58,366,000
1971	$53,909,000
1972	$68,366,000
1973	$86,287,000
1974	$98,880,000
1975	$101,638,000
1976	$126,271,000
1977	$195,873,000
1978	$305,707,000
1979	$466,703,000
1980	$617,615,000
1981	$534,625,000
1982	$466,236,000
1983	$323,599,000
1984	$311,474,600
1985	$368,648,600
1986	$368,342,000
1987	$310,734,200
1988	$386,760,700
1989	$363,068,900
1990	$388,779,600
1991	$355,308,600
1992	$306,345,000
1993	$308,635,400
1994	$225,271,900
1995	$299,658,400
1996	$289,415,100
1997	$294,495,500
1998	$362,604,200
1999	$315,332,600
2000	$773,341,600
2001	$324,995,000
2002	$395,359,100
2003	$490,770,100
2004	$532,572,900
2005	$736,163,100
2006	$860,519,900
2007	$955,860,200
2008	$1,208,424,000
2009	$1,627,375,000
2010	$2,272,707,000
2011	$1,917,488,000
2012	$1,688,285,000
2013	$1,715,497,000
2014	$2,152,456,000
2015	$2,461,363,000
2016	$1,867,546,000
2017	$1,776,618,000
2018	$2,663,475,000
2019	$3,541,011,000
2020	$3,598,377,000

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 Niger was 13.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 38.91 in 1983, while its lowest value was 3.95 in 1975.

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	30.88
1962	8.42
1963	21.33
1964	14.46
1965	11.83
1966	11.11
1967	14.95
1968	14.80
1969	13.36
1970	13.29
1971	11.87
1972	14.22
1973	13.81
1974	18.65
1975	3.95
1976	14.95
1977	19.45
1978	27.43
1979	14.48
1980	17.34
1981	20.93
1982	25.24
1983	38.91
1984	22.74
1985	16.47
1986	31.32
1987	32.19
1988	20.76
1989	25.14
1990	26.11
1991	27.47
1992	30.89
1993	29.03
1994	27.02
1995	26.29
1996	25.67
1997	27.05
1998	26.82
1999	30.95
2000	13.17
2001	35.04
2002	32.27
2003	34.26
2004	30.58
2005	32.77
2006	25.76
2007	24.72
2008	20.12
2009	16.01
2010	12.02
2011	15.55
2012	19.73
2013	21.63
2014	17.80
2015	14.55
2016	15.97
2017	18.64
2018	16.67
2019	14.18
2020	13.77

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports