Afghanistan - Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Afghanistan was 18.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 27.60 in 2005, while its lowest value was 5.31 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

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Year Value
1964 9.19
1965 6.96
1967 6.93
1968 11.63
1969 12.16
1970 14.61
1971 10.32
1973 19.43
1974 14.87
1975 14.52
1976 11.10
1977 9.10
1978 11.99
1979 6.53
1980 7.17
1981 5.31
1982 11.61
1983 10.04
1984 10.91
1985 8.49
1986 8.05
1987 7.89
1988 13.05
1989 11.94
1990 14.53
1991 6.91
1992 14.30
1993 10.74
1994 12.85
1995 10.23
1996 6.59
1997 9.70
1998 15.00
1999 24.84
2000 16.75
2001 15.78
2002 23.97
2003 25.31
2004 26.91
2005 27.60
2006 27.34
2007 25.93
2008 19.43
2009 12.35
2010 13.75
2011 15.32
2012 16.08
2013 10.88
2014 18.62
2015 19.17
2016 19.36
2017 20.08
2018 19.55
2019 21.71
2020 18.80

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports