Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in IDA total
IDA total: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within was 22.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in IDA 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 total stood at 22.1%.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in IDA total peaked at 22.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.2%, in 1962.
That places IDA total 7th out of 46 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
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 total, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.7% | — |
| 1961 | 6.3% | -5.4% |
| 1962 | 6.2% | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 7.1% | +15.0% |
| 1964 | 10.8% | +51.2% |
| 1965 | 10.6% | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 9.5% | -10.2% |
| 1967 | 9.0% | -6.1% |
| 1968 | 11.2% | +24.6% |
| 1969 | 10.8% | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 10.4% | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 9.6% | -8.1% |
| 1972 | 9.9% | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 10.3% | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 9.7% | -5.8% |
| 1975 | 7.6% | -20.9% |
| 1976 | 6.8% | -11.5% |
| 1977 | 6.7% | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 6.4% | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 7.6% | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 10.6% | +39.4% |
| 1981 | 8.9% | -16.8% |
| 1982 | 9.9% | +12.2% |
| 1983 | 10.4% | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 11.8% | +14.0% |
| 1985 | 10.7% | -10.0% |
| 1986 | 9.4% | -11.9% |
| 1987 | 9.6% | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 8.7% | -9.5% |
| 1989 | 10.5% | +20.5% |
| 1990 | 11.0% | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 10.2% | -7.4% |
| 1992 | 11.1% | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 12.8% | +14.9% |
| 1994 | 14.5% | +13.8% |
| 1995 | 16.0% | +10.1% |
| 1996 | 17.2% | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 17.1% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 16.7% | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 17.1% | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 19.0% | +11.3% |
| 2001 | 17.7% | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 17.9% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 18.1% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 19.1% | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 19.6% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 18.8% | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 17.8% | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 16.6% | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 16.9% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 17.7% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 19.8% | +11.7% |
| 2012 | 20.4% | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 20.3% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 19.9% | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 20.5% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 20.9% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 21.5% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 22.5% | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 22.1% | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 22.8% | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 21.8% | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 21.5% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 22.1% | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.8% | 6.2% | 11.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 8.5% | 6.4% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.1% | 8.7% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.4% | 10.2% | 17.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.2% | 16.6% | 19.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.6% | 17.7% | 22.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.1% | 21.5% | 22.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
More private sector data for IDA total
- Merchandise trade 40.1% (2025)
- Food imports 14.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 56.9% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 720.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 20.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 25.7% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 565.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 284.71 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1771 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in IDA total?
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in IDA total was 22.1% 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 total?
- The highest recorded value was 22.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2% in 1962.
- How does IDA total rank for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within?
- IDA total ranks 7th out of 46 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA 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.