Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in IDA & IBRD total
IDA & IBRD total: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within was 16.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in IDA & IBRD total, 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise imports.
Analysis
In 2023, merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in IDA & IBRD total stood at 16.4%. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in IDA & IBRD total peaked at 16.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 1961.
That places IDA & IBRD total 15th out of 46 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in IDA & IBRD total, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.1% | — |
| 1961 | 5.0% | -1.9% |
| 1962 | 5.4% | +7.9% |
| 1963 | 6.4% | +18.6% |
| 1964 | 8.0% | +24.2% |
| 1965 | 8.6% | +7.8% |
| 1966 | 7.2% | -16.7% |
| 1967 | 7.2% | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 7.8% | +9.0% |
| 1969 | 8.1% | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 7.7% | -5.2% |
| 1971 | 7.3% | -5.8% |
| 1972 | 7.5% | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 7.3% | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 6.7% | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 5.9% | -12.2% |
| 1976 | 5.9% | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 6.1% | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 5.9% | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 6.9% | +15.5% |
| 1980 | 6.8% | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 6.1% | -9.9% |
| 1982 | 6.7% | +10.3% |
| 1983 | 6.5% | -4.3% |
| 1984 | 7.2% | +11.8% |
| 1985 | 6.7% | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 6.5% | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 7.1% | +9.0% |
| 1988 | 7.0% | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 7.5% | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 7.2% | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 7.3% | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 7.7% | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 8.0% | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 9.9% | +24.0% |
| 1995 | 10.8% | +9.2% |
| 1996 | 10.8% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 10.9% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 10.5% | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 10.1% | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 11.4% | +12.7% |
| 2001 | 11.3% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 11.8% | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 12.5% | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 12.7% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 13.2% | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 13.1% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 13.6% | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 13.4% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 13.5% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 13.5% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 13.8% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 13.6% | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 13.7% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 14.5% | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 15.0% | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 14.9% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 15.1% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 15.5% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 16.3% | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 16.4% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 16.4% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 16.4% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.9% | 5.0% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.7% | 5.9% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.8% | 6.1% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.3% | 7.2% | 10.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.6% | 11.3% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.3% | 13.5% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.4% | 16.3% | 16.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA & IBRD total
- 12 Myanmar 61.3% compare
- 13 Solomon Islands 55.6% compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 55.1% compare
- 15 Brunei Darussalam 52.3% compare
- 16 Nicaragua 50.8% compare
- 17 Hong Kong, China 49.6% compare
- 18 Philippines 47.5% compare
More private sector data for IDA & IBRD total
- Merchandise trade 42.2% (2025)
- Food imports 9.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 9.47 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 71.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 10.03 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,434 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2169 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.09 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in IDA & IBRD total?
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in IDA & IBRD total was 16.4% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within recorded in IDA & IBRD total?
- The highest recorded value was 16.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within recorded in IDA & IBRD total?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 1961.
- How does IDA & IBRD total rank for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within?
- IDA & IBRD total ranks 15th out of 46 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within rising or falling in IDA & IBRD total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA & IBRD total data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.