Papua New Guinea vs Samoa: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual

Papua New Guinea
0.0%
in 2023
Samoa
0.0%
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
145th
Samoa rank
145th

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
00.10.20.30.4196419932023

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0% against 0.0% in Samoa, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Samoa ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 145th and Samoa ranks 145th of 206 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Samoa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
1970s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.0% -0.0% 0.0% Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Papua New Guinea
2010s -0.0% -0.0% 0.0% Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual, Papua New Guinea or Samoa?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.0% against 0.0% in Samoa as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual between Papua New Guinea and Samoa?
0.0%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Samoa?
56 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and Samoa rank globally for merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual?
Papua New Guinea ranks 145th and Samoa ranks 145th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
Unit
% of total merchandise imports
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
253 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

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.