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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Small states was 1.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 15.85 in 1968, while its lowest value was 1.11 in 2017.

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 14.03
1961 14.49
1962 13.77
1963 13.11
1964 13.49
1965 13.76
1966 13.73
1967 15.49
1968 15.85
1969 14.26
1970 12.37
1971 10.25
1972 8.84
1973 6.23
1974 6.57
1975 5.49
1976 5.19
1977 5.52
1978 5.64
1979 7.12
1980 6.32
1981 5.70
1982 6.72
1983 7.66
1984 6.67
1985 6.91
1986 5.71
1987 4.86
1988 5.84
1989 6.09
1990 6.34
1991 6.75
1992 4.77
1993 5.58
1994 3.90
1995 4.10
1996 4.10
1997 3.30
1998 2.32
1999 2.47
2000 7.38
2001 6.07
2002 6.29
2003 5.50
2004 5.41
2005 6.35
2006 6.30
2007 5.93
2008 6.93
2009 6.02
2010 6.21
2011 1.66
2012 4.00
2013 1.82
2014 1.56
2015 1.59
2016 2.31
2017 1.11
2018 1.40
2019 1.12
2020 1.66

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports