North America - 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 North America was 2.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.61 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.53 in 1980.

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.

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Year Value
1960 1.79
1961 1.87
1962 1.81
1963 1.95
1964 1.71
1965 1.67
1966 1.39
1967 1.19
1968 1.03
1969 1.02
1970 0.86
1971 0.81
1972 0.79
1973 0.68
1974 0.62
1975 0.61
1976 0.65
1977 0.58
1978 0.61
1979 0.58
1980 0.53
1981 0.56
1982 0.67
1983 0.88
1984 0.87
1985 0.80
1986 0.79
1987 0.83
1988 0.85
1989 0.88
1990 0.87
1991 0.92
1992 1.06
1993 1.13
1994 1.15
1995 1.15
1996 1.16
1997 1.24
1998 1.33
1999 1.30
2000 1.32
2001 1.33
2002 1.44
2003 1.45
2004 1.45
2005 1.50
2006 1.55
2007 1.56
2008 1.55
2009 1.75
2010 1.86
2011 1.91
2012 2.03
2013 2.11
2014 2.18
2015 2.33
2016 2.42
2017 2.37
2018 2.42
2019 2.61
2020 2.52

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports