Zimbabwe - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Zimbabwe was 139.93 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 191.37 in 2011 and 28.19 in 1980.

Definition: Import volume indexes are derived from UNCTAD's volume index series and are the ratio of the import value indexes to the corresponding unit value indexes. Unit value indexes are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD’s estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, interna­tional and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates and calculates unit value indexes at the country level using the current year’s trade values as weights. For economies for which UNCTAD does not publish data, the import volume indexes (lines 73) in the IMF's International Financial Statistics are used.

Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

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Year Value
1980 28.19
1981 31.60
1982 34.54
1983 32.43
1984 33.13
1985 30.56
1986 31.28
1987 30.78
1988 31.10
1989 43.30
1990 50.55
1991 61.48
1992 79.49
1993 67.38
1994 83.66
1995 95.47
1996 92.74
1997 111.10
1998 129.29
1999 114.07
2000 100.00
2001 94.58
2002 95.26
2003 84.87
2004 97.01
2005 90.49
2006 72.76
2007 96.01
2008 51.23
2009 169.90
2010 147.84
2011 191.37
2012 168.64
2013 178.71
2014 153.81
2015 179.36
2016 166.35
2017 150.52
2018 175.06
2019 135.44
2020 139.93

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes