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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 Peru was 0.335 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.884 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.001 in 1990.

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.

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Year	Value
1960	0.027
1961	0.021
1962	0.019
1963	0.036
1964	0.017
1965	0.014
1966	0.012
1967	0.012
1969	0.005
1970	0.002
1971	0.015
1972	0.010
1973	0.002
1974	0.054
1975	0.002
1979	0.001
1982	0.003
1983	0.001
1984	0.053
1985	0.005
1986	0.014
1987	0.096
1989	0.052
1990	0.001
1991	0.013
1992	0.006
1993	0.046
1994	0.185
1995	0.074
1996	0.009
1997	0.040
1998	0.114
1999	0.176
2000	0.154
2001	0.238
2002	0.103
2003	0.083
2004	0.154
2005	0.357
2006	0.131
2007	0.132
2008	0.445
2009	0.248
2010	0.295
2011	0.390
2012	0.496
2013	0.470
2014	0.571
2015	0.557
2016	0.884
2017	0.676
2018	0.670
2019	0.347
2020	0.335

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Peru was 36,129,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 43,670,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 379,000,000 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	379,000,000
1961	469,000,000
1962	537,000,000
1963	557,000,000
1964	579,000,000
1965	730,000,000
1966	829,000,000
1967	825,000,000
1968	646,000,000
1969	613,000,000
1970	623,000,000
1971	763,000,000
1972	796,000,000
1973	1,019,000,000
1974	1,531,000,000
1975	2,550,000,000
1976	2,037,000,000
1977	1,911,000,000
1978	1,175,000,000
1979	1,820,000,000
1980	2,573,000,000
1981	3,160,000,000
1982	2,940,000,000
1983	2,234,000,000
1984	1,881,000,000
1985	1,767,000,000
1986	2,391,000,000
1987	3,003,000,000
1988	3,109,000,000
1989	2,009,000,000
1990	2,634,000,000
1991	2,813,000,000
1992	3,964,000,000
1993	4,231,000,000
1994	5,626,000,000
1995	7,584,000,000
1996	7,947,000,000
1997	8,558,000,000
1998	8,220,000,000
1999	6,823,000,000
2000	7,415,000,000
2001	7,316,000,000
2002	7,493,000,000
2003	8,414,000,000
2004	10,101,000,000
2005	12,502,000,000
2006	15,312,000,000
2007	20,368,000,000
2008	29,953,000,000
2009	21,814,000,000
2010	30,030,000,000
2011	37,747,000,000
2012	42,545,000,000
2013	43,670,000,000
2014	42,346,000,000
2015	37,924,000,000
2016	36,254,000,000
2017	39,885,000,000
2018	43,262,000,000
2019	42,284,000,000
2020	36,129,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Peru was 46.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.20 in 1961, while its lowest value was 43.78 in 2019.

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.

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Year	Value
1960	86.35
1961	87.20
1962	85.45
1963	84.41
1964	85.68
1965	84.14
1966	84.10
1967	84.09
1968	79.07
1969	77.76
1970	80.27
1971	83.68
1972	81.33
1973	79.89
1974	80.24
1975	76.01
1976	71.50
1977	68.58
1978	76.20
1979	65.79
1980	65.01
1981	70.29
1982	81.70
1983	82.08
1984	75.01
1985	75.75
1986	74.07
1987	70.87
1988	72.69
1989	64.24
1990	61.03
1991	61.97
1992	64.96
1993	65.61
1994	68.26
1995	65.84
1996	70.39
1997	74.08
1998	75.62
1999	74.41
2000	60.05
2001	59.73
2002	69.73
2003	72.30
2004	72.77
2005	47.30
2006	45.15
2007	45.30
2008	47.14
2009	48.91
2010	47.73
2011	47.40
2012	46.40
2013	47.77
2014	48.96
2015	48.87
2016	47.44
2017	46.54
2018	45.31
2019	43.78
2020	46.95

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 Peru was 30.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 33.31 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.57 in 1976.

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.

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Year	Value
1960	2.12
1961	1.92
1962	1.73
1963	2.08
1964	1.49
1965	1.59
1966	1.35
1967	1.44
1968	2.32
1969	2.03
1970	1.38
1971	1.16
1972	1.01
1973	0.69
1974	0.81
1975	1.51
1976	0.57
1977	0.98
1978	1.82
1979	0.87
1980	0.92
1981	0.71
1982	0.86
1983	0.76
1984	0.72
1985	0.82
1986	1.03
1987	1.42
1988	0.57
1989	1.76
1990	1.28
1991	2.64
1992	2.67
1993	3.80
1994	3.35
1995	4.34
1996	2.48
1997	2.48
1998	3.02
1999	3.26
2000	7.98
2001	10.30
2002	5.31
2003	5.81
2004	5.34
2005	16.43
2006	16.79
2007	20.91
2008	22.07
2009	23.29
2010	25.76
2011	26.62
2012	27.79
2013	28.86
2014	29.41
2015	31.21
2016	31.08
2017	30.22
2018	30.94
2019	33.31
2020	30.51

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 Peru was 22.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 28.38 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1980.

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	0.43
1961	0.26
1962	0.15
1963	0.16
1964	0.19
1965	0.32
1966	0.26
1967	0.37
1968	1.17
1969	1.07
1970	0.51
1971	0.41
1972	0.36
1973	0.32
1974	0.29
1975	0.75
1976	0.24
1977	0.39
1978	0.81
1979	0.06
1980	0.03
1981	0.06
1982	0.10
1983	0.08
1984	0.41
1985	0.11
1986	0.90
1987	0.97
1988	0.16
1989	1.32
1990	0.88
1991	1.98
1992	2.25
1993	3.21
1994	2.05
1995	2.96
1996	1.65
1997	1.89
1998	1.85
1999	2.15
2000	5.46
2001	6.79
2002	4.00
2003	4.11
2004	4.10
2005	10.67
2006	12.38
2007	14.05
2008	15.74
2009	17.00
2010	19.39
2011	19.39
2012	20.86
2013	22.04
2014	24.24
2015	26.51
2016	26.83
2017	25.93
2018	26.49
2019	28.38
2020	22.41

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 Peru was 1.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 2.40 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1990.

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.

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Year	Value
1964	0.02
1969	0.05
1971	0.01
1973	0.01
1974	0.04
1975	0.02
1976	0.08
1977	0.05
1978	0.13
1979	0.02
1980	0.05
1981	0.01
1982	0.02
1983	0.02
1984	0.05
1985	0.01
1986	0.05
1987	0.07
1988	0.02
1989	0.06
1990	0.01
1991	0.02
1992	0.01
1993	0.07
1994	0.40
1995	0.78
1996	0.24
1997	0.11
1998	0.46
1999	0.27
2000	0.75
2001	0.82
2002	0.28
2003	0.48
2004	0.29
2005	1.24
2006	0.98
2007	0.96
2008	1.11
2009	1.44
2010	1.40
2011	2.40
2012	1.61
2013	1.64
2014	1.51
2015	1.55
2016	1.26
2017	1.22
2018	1.57
2019	1.43
2020	1.86

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 Peru was 21.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 34.51 in 2006, while its lowest value was 6.89 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	7.05
1961	6.89
1962	8.38
1963	10.43
1964	9.24
1965	9.97
1966	10.25
1967	9.82
1968	13.90
1969	14.87
1970	14.16
1971	11.58
1972	13.08
1973	14.68
1974	13.55
1975	12.65
1976	19.18
1977	19.37
1978	10.35
1979	8.89
1980	8.06
1981	9.99
1982	15.33
1983	14.24
1984	18.98
1985	19.48
1986	20.83
1987	16.28
1988	21.94
1989	20.28
1990	20.87
1991	30.00
1992	26.41
1993	25.44
1994	23.81
1995	23.47
1996	20.19
1997	17.62
1998	16.61
1999	16.80
2000	23.87
2001	25.02
2002	19.22
2003	18.63
2004	19.51
2005	31.95
2006	34.51
2007	32.64
2008	29.62
2009	26.55
2010	26.05
2011	25.41
2012	25.19
2013	23.01
2014	21.42
2015	19.69
2016	21.19
2017	22.86
2018	22.79
2019	22.03
2020	21.65

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 Peru was 0.055 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.288 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.001 in 1981.

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	0.054
1961	0.043
1962	0.037
1963	0.054
1964	0.035
1965	0.027
1966	0.024
1967	0.037
1968	0.016
1969	0.161
1970	0.015
1971	0.016
1972	0.021
1973	0.007
1974	0.071
1975	0.001
1977	0.010
1978	0.006
1979	0.003
1980	0.005
1981	0.001
1982	0.002
1983	0.002
1984	0.054
1985	0.005
1986	0.008
1987	0.095
1989	0.052
1991	0.018
1992	0.016
1993	0.041
1994	0.092
1995	0.056
1996	0.008
1997	0.037
1998	0.036
1999	0.083
2000	0.116
2001	0.094
2002	0.079
2003	0.072
2004	0.069
2005	0.080
2006	0.074
2007	0.288
2008	0.251
2009	0.122
2010	0.123
2011	0.071
2012	0.117
2013	0.100
2014	0.081
2015	0.126
2016	0.210
2017	0.252
2018	0.122
2019	0.094
2020	0.055

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 Peru was 2.46 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.69 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1989.

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	1.55
1961	1.54
1962	1.45
1963	1.74
1964	1.11
1965	1.14
1966	0.95
1967	0.96
1968	1.02
1969	0.53
1970	0.64
1971	0.54
1972	0.47
1973	0.22
1974	0.14
1975	0.40
1976	0.09
1977	0.09
1978	0.06
1979	0.27
1980	0.40
1981	0.04
1982	0.11
1983	0.08
1984	0.14
1985	0.08
1986	0.05
1987	0.06
1988	0.06
1989	0.03
1990	0.08
1991	0.26
1992	0.15
1993	0.27
1994	0.42
1995	0.30
1996	0.40
1997	0.25
1998	0.41
1999	0.52
2000	0.49
2001	0.68
2002	0.68
2003	0.58
2004	0.62
2005	1.14
2006	1.05
2007	1.33
2008	1.77
2009	1.55
2010	1.75
2011	1.68
2012	1.87
2013	1.80
2014	2.15
2015	2.69
2016	2.52
2017	2.34
2018	2.44
2019	2.50
2020	2.46

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 Peru was 3.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 4.28 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1986.

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	0.08
1961	0.09
1962	0.09
1963	0.13
1964	0.14
1965	0.11
1966	0.11
1967	0.07
1968	0.11
1969	0.21
1970	0.21
1971	0.19
1972	0.16
1973	0.14
1974	0.27
1975	0.34
1976	0.15
1977	0.43
1978	0.81
1979	0.52
1980	0.44
1981	0.59
1982	0.62
1983	0.58
1984	0.08
1985	0.61
1986	0.01
1987	0.23
1988	0.33
1989	0.29
1990	0.31
1991	0.36
1992	0.24
1993	0.22
1994	0.38
1995	0.23
1996	0.18
1997	0.18
1998	0.27
1999	0.24
2000	1.17
2001	1.92
2002	0.27
2003	0.57
2004	0.27
2005	3.30
2006	2.30
2007	4.28
2008	3.20
2009	3.17
2010	3.10
2011	3.07
2012	3.33
2013	3.28
2014	1.42
2015	0.33
2016	0.26
2017	0.47
2018	0.31
2019	0.91
2020	3.73

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Peru was 0.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 26.01 in 1980, while its lowest value was 0.21 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	4.48
1961	3.99
1962	4.43
1963	3.07
1964	3.59
1965	4.29
1966	4.30
1967	4.65
1968	4.71
1969	5.34
1970	4.19
1971	3.58
1972	4.57
1973	4.74
1974	5.40
1975	9.82
1976	8.75
1977	11.08
1978	11.62
1979	24.44
1980	26.01
1981	19.01
1982	2.12
1983	2.92
1984	5.29
1985	3.95
1986	4.08
1987	11.43
1988	4.79
1989	13.73
1990	16.82
1991	5.39
1992	5.96
1993	5.14
1994	4.58
1995	6.35
1996	6.94
1997	5.83
1998	4.75
1999	5.53
2000	8.10
2001	4.94
2002	5.74
2003	3.26
2004	2.38
2005	4.32
2006	3.55
2007	1.16
2008	1.17
2009	1.26
2010	0.46
2011	0.57
2012	0.62
2013	0.36
2014	0.21
2015	0.24
2016	0.29
2017	0.38
2018	0.96
2019	0.88
2020	0.89

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Peru was $37,810,590,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $46,290,020,000 in 2013 and $373,000,000 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	$373,000,000
1961	$468,600,000
1962	$536,700,000
1963	$556,900,000
1964	$578,800,000
1965	$728,900,000
1966	$817,200,000
1967	$813,400,000
1968	$630,100,000
1969	$601,770,000
1970	$618,880,000
1971	$752,660,000
1972	$797,600,000
1973	$1,025,720,000
1974	$1,531,590,000
1975	$2,416,430,000
1976	$1,921,810,000
1977	$1,758,130,000
1978	$1,419,950,000
1979	$1,852,080,000
1980	$2,871,350,000
1981	$3,765,840,000
1982	$3,301,430,000
1983	$2,238,480,000
1984	$1,641,600,000
1985	$1,566,220,000
1986	$1,914,960,000
1987	$3,374,770,000
1988	$2,320,040,000
1989	$2,520,100,000
1990	$3,171,894,000
1991	$2,723,502,000
1992	$4,118,420,000
1993	$4,409,346,000
1994	$6,121,102,000
1995	$8,292,162,000
1996	$8,385,054,000
1997	$9,011,397,000
1998	$8,758,662,000
1999	$7,323,230,000
2000	$7,691,545,000
2001	$7,574,789,000
2002	$7,774,438,000
2003	$8,636,734,000
2004	$10,251,610,000
2005	$12,664,370,000
2006	$15,591,290,000
2007	$20,582,980,000
2008	$29,920,650,000
2009	$23,175,910,000
2010	$31,933,040,000
2011	$40,290,780,000
2012	$45,098,670,000
2013	$46,290,020,000
2014	$44,886,800,000
2015	$40,176,780,000
2016	$37,694,340,000
2017	$41,861,620,000
2018	$45,697,170,000
2019	$44,470,220,000
2020	$37,810,590,000

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 Peru was 21.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 34.51 in 2006, while its lowest value was 6.89 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	7.05
1961	6.89
1962	8.38
1963	10.43
1964	9.24
1965	9.97
1966	10.25
1967	9.82
1968	13.90
1969	14.87
1970	14.16
1971	11.58
1972	13.08
1973	14.68
1974	13.55
1975	12.65
1976	19.18
1977	19.37
1978	10.35
1979	8.89
1980	8.06
1981	9.99
1982	15.33
1983	14.24
1984	18.98
1985	19.48
1986	20.83
1987	16.28
1988	21.94
1989	20.28
1990	20.87
1991	30.00
1992	26.41
1993	25.44
1994	23.81
1995	23.47
1996	20.19
1997	17.62
1998	16.61
1999	16.80
2000	23.87
2001	25.02
2002	19.22
2003	18.63
2004	19.51
2005	31.95
2006	34.51
2007	32.64
2008	29.62
2009	26.55
2010	26.05
2011	25.41
2012	25.19
2013	23.01
2014	21.42
2015	19.69
2016	21.19
2017	22.86
2018	22.79
2019	22.03
2020	21.65

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports