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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 Philippines was 1.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.66 in 1981, while its lowest value was 1.18 in 1960.

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	1.18
1961	2.65
1962	3.03
1963	3.58
1964	4.80
1965	4.09
1966	3.37
1967	4.94
1968	3.58
1969	3.63
1970	3.45
1971	4.44
1972	7.48
1973	10.31
1974	17.14
1975	16.43
1976	15.82
1977	15.63
1978	12.71
1979	14.75
1980	20.49
1981	20.66
1982	18.11
1983	18.56
1984	15.05
1985	11.20
1986	9.20
1987	11.60
1988	7.16
1989	6.89
1990	10.44
1991	8.34
1992	9.00
1993	7.11
1994	6.11
1995	7.42
1996	6.12
1997	4.64
1998	3.76
1999	4.54
2000	6.81
2001	5.91
2002	5.29
2003	5.16
2004	3.56
2005	5.74
2006	6.71
2007	9.34
2008	11.31
2009	6.85
2010	7.96
2011	8.99
2012	10.09
2013	8.45
2014	7.43
2015	5.18
2016	3.28
2017	3.85
2018	4.89
2019	2.96
2020	1.88

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Philippines was 90,654,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 119,329,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 661,000,000 in 1962.

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	715,000,000
1961	1,006,000,000
1962	661,000,000
1963	687,000,000
1964	869,000,000
1965	894,000,000
1966	959,000,000
1967	1,180,000,000
1968	1,290,000,000
1969	1,265,000,000
1970	1,236,000,000
1971	1,325,000,000
1972	1,418,000,000
1973	1,800,000,000
1974	3,471,000,000
1975	3,756,000,000
1976	3,942,000,000
1977	4,270,000,000
1978	5,144,000,000
1979	6,613,000,000
1980	8,291,000,000
1981	8,478,000,000
1982	8,272,000,000
1983	7,976,000,000
1984	6,432,000,000
1985	5,455,000,000
1986	5,261,000,000
1987	7,187,000,000
1988	8,731,000,000
1989	11,171,000,000
1990	13,004,000,000
1991	12,862,000,000
1992	15,497,000,000
1993	18,688,000,000
1994	22,641,000,000
1995	28,341,000,000
1996	34,126,000,000
1997	38,622,000,000
1998	31,496,000,000
1999	32,568,000,000
2000	37,027,000,000
2001	34,921,000,000
2002	41,092,000,000
2003	42,576,000,000
2004	46,102,000,000
2005	49,487,000,000
2006	54,078,000,000
2007	57,996,000,000
2008	60,420,000,000
2009	45,878,000,000
2010	58,468,000,000
2011	63,693,000,000
2012	65,350,000,000
2013	65,705,000,000
2014	68,705,000,000
2015	74,751,000,000
2016	89,435,000,000
2017	101,901,000,000
2018	119,329,000,000
2019	117,374,000,000
2020	90,654,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Philippines was 48.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 94.22 in 1973, while its lowest value was 48.81 in 2020.

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	90.89
1961	89.51
1962	90.32
1963	86.93
1964	88.93
1965	85.71
1966	87.91
1967	89.32
1968	91.34
1969	90.53
1970	90.32
1971	89.09
1972	91.74
1973	94.22
1974	94.00
1975	89.95
1976	86.91
1977	84.30
1978	85.30
1979	86.92
1980	87.22
1981	88.37
1982	89.43
1983	88.40
1984	82.78
1985	78.94
1986	84.04
1987	85.36
1988	83.98
1989	84.13
1990	85.76
1991	85.62
1992	87.19
1993	88.62
1994	87.45
1995	83.90
1996	80.84
1997	83.77
1998	82.48
1999	82.53
2000	84.09
2001	82.26
2002	81.68
2003	79.46
2004	77.35
2005	77.32
2006	75.15
2007	77.40
2008	73.36
2009	68.97
2010	68.53
2011	67.03
2012	68.37
2013	66.15
2014	63.22
2015	62.26
2016	54.17
2017	56.63
2018	55.99
2019	49.35
2020	48.81

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 Philippines was 4.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 6.95 in 2011, while its lowest value was 1.83 in 1973.

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	3.32
1961	3.08
1962	4.05
1963	3.58
1964	3.74
1965	4.79
1966	4.99
1967	3.41
1968	2.54
1969	3.85
1970	3.54
1971	3.48
1972	3.29
1973	1.83
1974	2.49
1975	3.51
1976	4.74
1977	6.85
1978	6.89
1979	5.52
1980	4.59
1981	3.06
1982	3.21
1983	4.37
1984	2.11
1985	2.90
1986	5.21
1987	4.83
1988	5.63
1989	6.81
1990	5.29
1991	4.97
1992	4.52
1993	3.62
1994	3.63
1995	3.84
1996	4.35
1997	4.69
1998	3.53
1999	3.92
2000	4.01
2001	4.63
2002	4.23
2003	5.21
2004	5.20
2005	5.27
2006	5.98
2007	3.12
2008	3.89
2009	4.75
2010	3.91
2011	6.95
2012	4.89
2013	5.42
2014	4.87
2015	3.97
2016	3.69
2017	4.20
2018	4.67
2019	4.66
2020	4.70

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 Philippines was 41.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 41.86 in 2019, while its lowest value was 2.26 in 1974.

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	3.38
1961	6.30
1962	4.18
1963	7.78
1964	5.76
1965	8.17
1966	5.51
1967	5.48
1968	4.87
1969	4.12
1970	4.88
1971	5.89
1972	3.53
1973	2.98
1974	2.26
1975	5.66
1976	7.51
1977	7.71
1978	7.02
1979	6.50
1980	7.23
1981	7.83
1982	6.55
1983	6.03
1984	13.33
1985	17.37
1986	9.74
1987	8.57
1988	9.07
1989	7.86
1990	7.70
1991	8.10
1992	6.82
1993	6.54
1994	6.70
1995	8.72
1996	6.34
1997	10.27
1998	13.40
1999	12.45
2000	11.18
2001	12.40
2002	13.19
2003	15.30
2004	17.42
2005	17.39
2006	18.85
2007	19.44
2008	22.72
2009	26.25
2010	27.55
2011	26.01
2012	26.74
2013	28.21
2014	31.91
2015	33.76
2016	36.17
2017	39.16
2018	39.34
2019	41.86
2020	41.42

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 Philippines was 1.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 2.77 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1974.

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
1963	0.01
1964	0.01
1965	0.02
1970	0.02
1973	0.04
1974	0.00
1975	0.01
1976	0.01
1977	0.01
1978	0.11
1979	0.01
1980	0.02
1981	0.03
1982	0.04
1983	0.06
1984	0.02
1985	0.06
1986	0.09
1987	0.09
1988	0.12
1989	0.09
1990	0.08
1991	0.12
1992	0.26
1993	0.17
1994	0.32
1995	0.33
1997	0.17
1998	0.08
1999	0.11
2000	0.28
2001	0.31
2002	0.36
2003	1.33
2004	1.18
2005	0.96
2006	0.56
2007	0.30
2008	0.45
2009	1.17
2010	0.98
2011	2.77
2012	1.89
2013	2.51
2014	1.85
2015	0.88
2016	0.67
2017	0.86
2018	1.66
2019	1.37
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 Philippines was 1.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.81 in 1989, while its lowest value was 0.11 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
1960	0.75
1961	0.43
1962	1.90
1963	1.40
1964	0.90
1965	1.06
1966	1.47
1967	0.68
1968	1.13
1969	1.06
1970	0.56
1971	0.25
1972	0.44
1973	0.11
1974	0.55
1975	0.99
1976	1.18
1977	1.34
1978	1.64
1979	1.37
1980	1.53
1981	2.72
1982	2.78
1983	2.43
1984	1.35
1985	1.19
1986	1.91
1987	1.55
1988	1.89
1989	2.81
1990	2.27
1991	1.88
1992	1.46
1993	1.37
1994	1.58
1995	1.56
1996	0.94
1997	1.00
1998	0.64
1999	0.65
2000	0.60
2001	0.89
2002	0.96
2003	1.08
2004	1.26
2005	1.22
2006	1.07
2007	1.33
2008	1.42
2009	1.68
2010	1.11
2011	1.20
2012	0.96
2013	1.12
2014	1.21
2015	0.94
2016	1.03
2017	1.12
2018	1.06
2019	1.33
2020	1.26

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 Philippines was 0.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 4.66 in 1977, while its lowest value was 0.00 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
1961	0.01
1962	0.51
1963	0.77
1964	2.12
1965	2.98
1966	2.97
1967	2.44
1968	1.06
1969	2.43
1970	2.61
1971	3.06
1972	2.58
1973	1.06
1974	1.30
1975	1.89
1976	2.53
1977	4.66
1978	4.66
1979	3.61
1980	2.50
1981	0.00
1982	0.01
1983	0.70
1984	0.46
1985	1.21
1986	2.28
1987	1.89
1988	1.80
1989	2.61
1990	1.22
1991	1.58
1992	1.29
1993	0.57
1994	0.36
1995	0.55
1996	0.83
1997	2.26
1998	1.92
1999	2.29
2000	2.35
2001	2.40
2002	1.45
2003	1.82
2004	1.95
2005	2.17
2006	3.34
2007	0.38
2008	0.58
2009	0.36
2010	0.29
2011	1.44
2012	0.67
2013	0.36
2014	0.04
2015	0.03
2016	0.04
2017	0.18
2018	0.07
2019	0.03
2020	0.03

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 Philippines was 1.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.58 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.13 in 1982.

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	0.87
1961	0.64
1962	0.36
1963	0.37
1964	0.47
1965	0.34
1966	0.25
1967	0.28
1968	0.34
1969	0.36
1970	0.26
1971	0.14
1972	0.21
1973	0.30
1974	0.29
1975	0.47
1976	0.71
1977	0.66
1978	0.34
1979	0.24
1980	0.36
1981	0.17
1982	0.13
1983	0.81
1984	0.18
1985	0.29
1986	0.57
1987	0.31
1988	0.74
1989	0.49
1990	1.14
1991	0.85
1992	0.84
1993	0.84
1994	0.83
1995	0.80
1996	2.58
1997	0.78
1998	0.59
1999	0.51
2000	0.57
2001	0.84
2002	1.28
2003	0.87
2004	0.70
2005	0.81
2006	0.92
2007	0.98
2008	1.30
2009	1.34
2010	1.38
2011	1.27
2012	1.24
2013	1.27
2014	1.65
2015	1.98
2016	1.84
2017	1.95
2018	1.74
2019	1.80
2020	1.86

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 Philippines was 0.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.00 in 1961, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1971.

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	1.70
1961	2.00
1962	1.28
1963	1.02
1964	0.24
1965	0.39
1966	0.29
1970	0.08
1971	0.03
1972	0.06
1973	0.32
1974	0.34
1975	0.16
1976	0.31
1977	0.17
1978	0.13
1979	0.29
1980	0.17
1981	0.15
1982	0.26
1983	0.37
1984	0.09
1985	0.14
1986	0.36
1987	1.00
1988	1.07
1989	0.81
1990	0.58
1991	0.52
1992	0.67
1993	0.68
1994	0.54
1995	0.59
1997	0.49
1998	0.29
1999	0.35
2000	0.22
2001	0.20
2002	0.18
2003	0.12
2004	0.12
2005	0.12
2006	0.09
2007	0.12
2008	0.14
2009	0.20
2010	0.15
2011	0.26
2012	0.14
2013	0.16
2014	0.13
2015	0.13
2016	0.11
2017	0.10
2018	0.15
2019	0.13
2020	0.22

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Philippines was 5.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 8.48 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2012.

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	2.41
1961	1.11
1962	1.45
1963	1.71
1964	1.56
1965	1.33
1966	1.60
1967	1.79
1968	1.25
1969	1.50
1970	1.26
1971	1.54
1972	1.44
1973	0.97
1974	1.26
1975	0.88
1976	0.84
1977	1.14
1978	0.79
1979	1.05
1980	0.96
1981	0.74
1982	0.82
1983	1.21
1984	1.78
1985	0.78
1986	1.01
1987	1.23
1988	1.32
1989	1.20
1990	1.25
1991	1.31
1992	1.47
1993	1.22
1994	2.21
1995	3.55
1996	8.48
1997	1.27
1998	0.59
1999	1.10
2000	0.72
2001	0.71
2002	0.90
2003	0.03
2004	0.02
2005	0.02
2006	0.02
2007	0.04
2008	0.02
2009	0.03
2010	0.01
2011	0.01
2012	0.00
2013	0.22
2014	0.01
2015	0.02
2016	5.96
2017	0.00
2018	0.00
2019	4.12
2020	5.07

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Philippines was $94,802,170,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $120,767,000,000 in 2019 and $646,700,000 in 1962.

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	$654,400,000
1961	$675,900,000
1962	$646,700,000
1963	$676,400,000
1964	$857,500,000
1965	$879,800,000
1966	$956,600,000
1967	$1,170,600,000
1968	$1,277,800,000
1969	$1,258,650,000
1970	$1,204,600,000
1971	$1,327,900,000
1972	$1,363,700,000
1973	$1,789,700,000
1974	$3,443,500,000
1975	$3,702,800,000
1976	$3,951,940,000
1977	$4,269,720,000
1978	$5,143,230,000
1979	$6,612,840,000
1980	$8,294,850,000
1981	$8,477,290,000
1982	$8,262,460,000
1983	$7,863,020,000
1984	$6,262,140,000
1985	$5,351,430,000
1986	$5,211,810,000
1987	$6,936,820,000
1988	$8,661,760,000
1989	$11,171,040,000
1990	$12,993,800,000
1991	$12,945,710,000
1992	$14,568,650,000
1993	$17,642,440,000
1994	$22,544,310,000
1995	$28,296,840,000
1996	$31,867,000,000
1997	$39,141,490,000
1998	$29,531,240,000
1999	$30,752,990,000
2000	$34,490,870,000
2001	$33,057,160,000
2002	$35,426,070,000
2003	$37,505,120,000
2004	$44,039,210,000
2005	$47,414,770,000
2006	$51,532,590,000
2007	$55,513,740,000
2008	$60,419,670,000
2009	$45,877,700,000
2010	$60,192,960,000
2011	$66,158,710,000
2012	$67,885,900,000
2013	$68,014,230,000
2014	$70,976,080,000
2015	$73,354,530,000
2016	$91,427,510,000
2017	$92,838,700,000
2018	$108,929,000,000
2019	$120,767,000,000
2020	$94,802,170,000

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 Philippines was 41.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 41.86 in 2019, while its lowest value was 2.26 in 1974.

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	3.38
1961	6.30
1962	4.18
1963	7.78
1964	5.76
1965	8.17
1966	5.51
1967	5.48
1968	4.87
1969	4.12
1970	4.88
1971	5.89
1972	3.53
1973	2.98
1974	2.26
1975	5.66
1976	7.51
1977	7.71
1978	7.02
1979	6.50
1980	7.23
1981	7.83
1982	6.55
1983	6.03
1984	13.33
1985	17.37
1986	9.74
1987	8.57
1988	9.07
1989	7.86
1990	7.70
1991	8.10
1992	6.82
1993	6.54
1994	6.70
1995	8.72
1996	6.34
1997	10.27
1998	13.40
1999	12.45
2000	11.18
2001	12.40
2002	13.19
2003	15.30
2004	17.42
2005	17.39
2006	18.85
2007	19.44
2008	22.72
2009	26.25
2010	27.55
2011	26.01
2012	26.74
2013	28.21
2014	31.91
2015	33.76
2016	36.17
2017	39.16
2018	39.34
2019	41.86
2020	41.42

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports