World - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in World was 71.37 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 76.18 in 1998 and a minimum value of 50.26 in 1963.

Definition: Manufactures comprise the commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (nonferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

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Year Value
1962 51.50
1963 50.26
1964 50.86
1965 52.08
1966 53.63
1967 55.36
1968 57.40
1969 59.17
1970 59.91
1971 61.55
1972 61.94
1973 60.58
1974 54.72
1975 56.10
1976 56.48
1977 57.05
1978 60.40
1979 58.51
1980 55.18
1981 55.56
1982 57.74
1983 58.97
1984 61.17
1985 61.09
1986 66.57
1987 70.60
1990 69.51
1991 70.83
1992 72.98
1993 74.00
1994 74.72
1995 74.72
1996 73.86
1997 74.00
1998 76.18
1999 75.82
2000 72.70
2001 73.50
2002 74.09
2003 73.54
2004 72.58
2005 70.70
2006 68.87
2007 69.03
2008 65.82
2009 67.97
2010 67.12
2011 64.36
2012 63.87
2013 64.00
2014 65.95
2015 70.15
2016 71.53
2017 70.49
2018 69.51
2019 69.92
2020 71.37

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports