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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 Senegal was 6.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 10.95 in 1979, while its lowest value was 0.44 in 1975.

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	4.35
1961	3.47
1962	3.11
1963	2.97
1964	4.85
1965	4.33
1966	2.65
1967	1.47
1968	4.57
1969	3.51
1970	2.89
1971	2.79
1972	4.70
1973	3.27
1974	6.49
1975	0.44
1976	0.79
1977	8.65
1978	10.17
1979	10.95
1980	10.59
1981	8.52
1982	9.32
1983	5.10
1984	8.38
1985	6.92
1986	6.00
1987	1.72
1988	0.87
1989	1.45
1990	0.77
1991	0.97
1992	0.95
1993	1.10
1994	1.50
1995	0.78
1996	1.30
1997	2.91
1998	1.61
1999	2.14
2000	2.38
2001	2.92
2002	3.44
2003	3.66
2004	4.34
2005	5.15
2006	4.19
2007	3.95
2008	5.06
2009	4.32
2010	4.51
2011	3.95
2012	4.27
2013	5.11
2014	5.29
2015	5.91
2016	7.16
2017	5.90
2018	5.26
2019	5.32
2020	6.93

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Senegal was 7,812,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,143,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 160,000,000 in 1966.

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	172,000,000
1961	163,000,000
1962	162,000,000
1963	171,000,000
1964	177,000,000
1965	163,000,000
1966	160,000,000
1967	165,000,000
1968	186,000,000
1969	194,000,000
1970	194,000,000
1971	219,000,000
1972	280,000,000
1973	361,000,000
1974	498,000,000
1975	583,000,000
1976	636,000,000
1977	764,000,000
1978	755,000,000
1979	931,000,000
1980	1,052,000,000
1981	1,076,000,000
1982	992,000,000
1983	1,025,000,000
1984	981,000,000
1985	826,000,000
1986	961,000,000
1987	1,024,000,000
1988	1,080,000,000
1989	1,221,000,000
1990	1,219,000,000
1991	1,173,000,000
1992	1,034,000,000
1993	1,087,000,000
1994	1,022,000,000
1995	1,412,000,000
1996	1,436,000,000
1997	1,335,000,000
1998	1,455,000,000
1999	1,564,000,000
2000	1,519,000,000
2001	1,730,000,000
2002	1,958,000,000
2003	2,391,000,000
2004	2,839,000,000
2005	3,498,000,000
2006	3,671,000,000
2007	4,871,000,000
2008	6,528,000,000
2009	4,713,000,000
2010	4,782,000,000
2011	5,909,000,000
2012	6,434,000,000
2013	6,552,000,000
2014	6,555,000,000
2015	5,595,000,000
2016	5,478,000,000
2017	6,729,000,000
2018	8,071,000,000
2019	8,143,000,000
2020	7,812,000,000

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

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Senegal was 53.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 83.12 in 1960, while its lowest value was 41.88 in 2018.

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	83.12
1961	79.51
1962	81.35
1963	77.80
1964	78.43
1965	71.86
1966	72.97
1967	62.92
1968	64.86
1969	67.23
1970	72.97
1971	70.78
1972	74.22
1973	70.82
1974	61.87
1975	65.04
1976	69.69
1977	69.40
1978	69.76
1979	68.01
1980	62.79
1981	66.14
1982	64.69
1983	56.77
1984	53.98
1985	59.57
1986	54.69
1987	60.74
1988	66.25
1989	62.20
1990	64.65
1991	64.62
1992	65.79
1993	67.66
1994	73.73
1995	64.18
1996	66.87
1997	64.35
1998	66.09
1999	66.96
2000	61.86
2001	63.28
2002	63.08
2003	56.75
2004	55.23
2005	55.02
2006	62.05
2007	53.95
2008	49.19
2009	51.78
2010	52.72
2011	52.17
2012	49.95
2013	53.11
2014	54.36
2015	53.64
2016	51.15
2017	45.76
2018	41.88
2019	55.31
2020	53.70

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 Senegal was 34.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 38.02 in 2018, while its lowest value was 4.12 in 1975.

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	10.09
1961	11.03
1962	8.94
1963	12.58
1964	15.78
1965	16.91
1966	12.13
1967	17.19
1968	20.91
1969	10.66
1970	8.60
1971	10.37
1972	12.25
1973	15.99
1974	21.47
1975	4.12
1976	5.61
1977	16.55
1978	16.84
1979	21.49
1980	22.44
1981	20.60
1982	16.26
1983	16.89
1984	20.99
1985	17.64
1986	13.01
1987	8.61
1988	12.30
1989	10.94
1990	9.48
1991	9.94
1992	12.73
1993	14.20
1994	11.55
1995	17.66
1996	19.31
1997	18.28
1998	16.75
1999	18.94
2000	17.94
2001	19.58
2002	20.97
2003	22.91
2004	24.89
2005	26.04
2006	25.99
2007	30.68
2008	30.82
2009	33.29
2010	31.84
2011	30.85
2012	30.31
2013	29.98
2014	31.53
2015	31.85
2016	35.07
2017	36.69
2018	38.02
2019	34.23
2020	34.85

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 Senegal was 12.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 17.46 in 2009, while its lowest value was 1.49 in 1975.

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	5.57
1961	7.38
1962	5.76
1963	8.37
1964	10.52
1965	11.54
1966	8.39
1967	13.69
1968	8.53
1969	5.54
1970	4.75
1971	3.98
1972	6.43
1973	8.97
1974	6.75
1975	1.49
1976	2.30
1977	4.24
1978	3.01
1979	7.55
1980	8.09
1981	9.07
1982	10.48
1983	11.22
1984	9.78
1985	5.36
1986	5.93
1987	3.15
1988	5.00
1989	5.53
1990	5.94
1991	6.52
1992	7.14
1993	8.68
1994	7.14
1995	7.77
1996	7.51
1997	8.53
1998	8.82
1999	10.72
2000	11.85
2001	12.88
2002	11.99
2003	11.69
2004	12.11
2005	10.71
2006	11.29
2007	12.62
2008	14.11
2009	17.46
2010	14.59
2011	13.67
2012	9.16
2013	11.20
2014	11.34
2015	13.04
2016	13.31
2017	13.93
2018	15.15
2019	13.73
2020	12.75

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 Senegal was 9.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 10.42 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.02 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
1968	0.06
1971	0.05
1972	0.04
1973	0.03
1974	0.04
1979	0.02
1980	0.03
1981	0.11
1982	0.12
1983	0.10
1984	0.08
1985	0.39
1986	0.12
1987	0.57
1988	0.31
1989	0.18
1990	0.17
1991	0.16
1992	0.90
1993	1.20
1994	1.16
1995	0.24
1996	0.61
1997	0.62
1998	0.54
1999	0.71
2000	0.73
2001	0.94
2002	1.28
2003	1.87
2004	3.18
2005	2.69
2006	3.05
2007	3.84
2008	3.84
2009	3.01
2010	5.76
2011	6.13
2012	7.40
2013	6.30
2014	8.24
2015	6.39
2016	5.90
2017	7.10
2018	10.29
2019	10.42
2020	9.89

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 Senegal was 3.74 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 7.89 in 1974, while its lowest value was 0.06 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	0.06
1963	1.19
1964	0.06
1965	0.85
1966	0.97
1967	1.98
1968	7.75
1969	1.53
1970	0.69
1971	3.40
1972	1.29
1973	1.96
1974	7.89
1975	0.16
1976	0.77
1977	3.17
1978	2.40
1979	2.05
1980	3.49
1981	2.78
1982	1.99
1983	1.36
1984	2.48
1985	5.52
1986	0.58
1987	1.17
1988	1.93
1989	1.43
1990	1.26
1991	1.62
1992	1.60
1993	2.23
1994	1.80
1995	4.54
1996	3.27
1997	2.31
1998	2.69
1999	2.05
2000	1.52
2001	2.41
2002	3.17
2003	4.80
2004	5.01
2005	6.20
2006	5.52
2007	6.71
2008	6.11
2009	6.33
2010	5.29
2011	5.45
2012	4.40
2013	3.94
2014	3.61
2015	2.92
2016	3.80
2017	4.53
2018	3.53
2019	3.08
2020	3.74

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 Senegal was 3.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 9.96 in 1979, while its lowest value was 0.43 in 1975.

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	4.35
1961	3.47
1962	3.11
1963	2.97
1964	4.91
1965	4.33
1966	2.65
1967	1.45
1968	4.52
1969	3.51
1970	2.89
1971	2.78
1972	4.44
1973	3.02
1974	4.27
1975	0.43
1976	0.79
1977	8.08
1978	8.62
1979	9.96
1980	9.42
1981	5.66
1982	3.27
1983	3.95
1984	8.23
1985	5.06
1986	5.11
1987	1.57
1988	0.61
1989	0.99
1990	0.47
1991	0.63
1992	0.82
1993	1.13
1994	1.07
1995	0.64
1996	1.08
1997	2.64
1998	1.34
1999	1.90
2000	2.03
2001	2.08
2002	2.25
2003	2.22
2004	2.85
2005	3.56
2006	3.39
2007	3.68
2008	3.54
2009	3.72
2010	3.02
2011	3.36
2012	2.65
2013	2.73
2014	2.49
2015	3.32
2016	4.07
2017	3.72
2018	3.06
2019	2.95
2020	3.56

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 Senegal was 4.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 7.99 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.06 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	0.12
1961	0.19
1962	0.06
1963	0.06
1964	0.29
1965	0.18
1966	0.13
1967	0.06
1968	0.06
1969	0.08
1970	0.28
1971	0.16
1972	0.06
1973	2.01
1974	2.52
1975	2.04
1976	1.75
1977	1.06
1978	2.81
1979	1.92
1980	1.39
1981	2.98
1982	0.39
1983	0.26
1984	0.42
1985	1.32
1986	1.28
1987	2.15
1988	4.45
1989	2.83
1990	1.65
1991	1.02
1992	2.27
1993	0.94
1994	0.37
1995	4.47
1996	6.85
1997	4.17
1998	3.35
1999	3.56
2000	1.82
2001	1.27
2002	2.27
2003	2.32
2004	1.74
2005	2.87
2006	2.73
2007	3.82
2008	3.21
2009	2.77
2010	3.18
2011	2.25
2012	6.70
2013	5.80
2014	5.85
2015	6.19
2016	7.99
2017	7.42
2018	5.99
2019	4.05
2020	4.90

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 Senegal was 11.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.71 in 1990, while its lowest value was 1.10 in 1960.

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	1.10
1961	1.20
1962	1.55
1963	2.14
1964	3.16
1965	6.53
1966	1.94
1967	8.29
1968	10.82
1969	2.21
1970	1.41
1971	4.56
1972	10.70
1973	10.55
1974	10.17
1975	10.23
1976	7.92
1977	7.64
1978	6.54
1979	7.09
1980	11.00
1981	7.61
1982	13.54
1983	6.49
1984	8.69
1985	9.96
1986	15.28
1987	10.75
1988	14.55
1989	19.81
1990	20.71
1991	19.90
1992	16.10
1993	13.31
1994	9.39
1995	13.45
1996	10.18
1997	11.11
1998	11.00
1999	12.29
2000	20.11
2001	16.90
2002	15.77
2003	20.13
2004	19.78
2005	18.82
2006	11.77
2007	15.34
2008	19.83
2009	14.47
2010	15.17
2011	16.66
2012	18.72
2013	16.76
2014	13.98
2015	14.26
2016	13.52
2017	14.18
2018	15.10
2019	10.08
2020	11.21

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Senegal was 0.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.61 in 1975, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 2007.

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	5.68
1961	8.26
1962	8.16
1963	7.48
1964	2.63
1965	4.70
1966	12.97
1967	11.60
1968	3.40
1969	19.90
1970	17.01
1971	14.28
1972	2.82
1973	2.64
1974	6.49
1975	20.61
1976	16.78
1977	6.41
1978	6.86
1979	3.41
1980	3.77
1981	5.66
1982	5.51
1983	19.84
1984	16.34
1985	12.83
1986	17.02
1987	19.90
1988	6.90
1989	7.04
1990	5.16
1991	5.55
1992	5.38
1993	4.83
1994	5.34
1995	4.72
1996	3.64
1997	6.27
1998	6.17
1999	1.81
2000	0.08
2001	0.24
2002	0.18
2003	0.21
2004	0.10
2005	0.12
2006	0.19
2007	0.04
2008	0.16
2009	0.46
2010	0.27
2011	0.32
2012	1.02
2013	0.15
2014	0.13
2015	0.25
2016	0.26
2017	3.37
2018	5.00
2019	0.39
2020	0.25

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Senegal was $7,815,772,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $8,147,950,000 in 2019 and $154,400,000 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	$172,400,000
1961	$158,600,000
1962	$154,400,000
1963	$168,500,000
1964	$171,100,000
1965	$163,800,000
1966	$155,000,000
1967	$168,577,000
1968	$179,300,000
1969	$207,583,000
1970	$190,701,000
1971	$218,009,000
1972	$277,671,000
1973	$361,547,000
1974	$496,810,000
1975	$581,457,000
1976	$583,438,000
1977	$763,218,000
1978	$751,366,000
1979	$930,743,000
1980	$1,051,703,000
1981	$1,075,829,000
1982	$991,830,000
1983	$1,111,972,000
1984	$1,074,157,000
1985	$931,056,800
1986	$1,100,730,000
1987	$1,175,622,000
1988	$1,079,652,000
1989	$1,322,488,000
1990	$1,387,254,000
1991	$1,155,108,000
1992	$1,258,259,000
1993	$1,052,586,000
1994	$884,081,200
1995	$1,255,577,000
1996	$1,324,181,000
1997	$1,210,395,000
1998	$1,536,839,000
1999	$1,607,506,000
2000	$1,395,181,000
2001	$1,638,349,000
2002	$1,858,425,000
2003	$2,250,638,000
2004	$2,723,434,000
2005	$3,088,116,000
2006	$3,335,652,000
2007	$4,331,581,000
2008	$5,587,132,000
2009	$4,274,061,000
2010	$4,371,753,000
2011	$5,324,902,000
2012	$5,800,764,000
2013	$6,065,731,000
2014	$6,048,667,000
2015	$5,233,414,000
2016	$5,480,071,000
2017	$6,015,668,000
2018	$7,087,667,000
2019	$8,147,950,000
2020	$7,815,772,000

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 Senegal was 11.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.71 in 1990, while its lowest value was 1.10 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	1.10
1961	1.20
1962	1.55
1963	2.14
1964	3.16
1965	6.53
1966	1.94
1967	8.29
1968	10.82
1969	2.21
1970	1.41
1971	4.56
1972	10.70
1973	10.55
1974	10.17
1975	10.23
1976	7.92
1977	7.64
1978	6.54
1979	7.09
1980	11.00
1981	7.61
1982	13.54
1983	6.49
1984	8.69
1985	9.96
1986	15.28
1987	10.75
1988	14.55
1989	19.81
1990	20.71
1991	19.90
1992	16.10
1993	13.31
1994	9.39
1995	13.45
1996	10.18
1997	11.11
1998	11.00
1999	12.29
2000	20.11
2001	16.90
2002	15.77
2003	20.13
2004	19.78
2005	18.82
2006	11.77
2007	15.34
2008	19.83
2009	14.47
2010	15.17
2011	16.66
2012	18.72
2013	16.76
2014	13.98
2015	14.26
2016	13.52
2017	14.18
2018	15.10
2019	10.08
2020	11.21

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports