Malawi - Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Malawi was 0.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 20.33 in 1987, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1997.

Definition: 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.

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

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Year Value
1964 4.37
1965 0.73
1966 13.32
1967 15.25
1968 17.92
1969 16.92
1970 15.79
1971 0.69
1972 0.83
1973 1.32
1974 4.29
1975 4.47
1976 2.91
1977 2.91
1978 2.94
1979 3.67
1980 4.67
1981 6.25
1982 5.92
1983 5.66
1984 6.53
1985 0.60
1986 0.90
1987 20.33
1988 6.07
1989 5.80
1990 6.79
1991 7.17
1992 7.13
1993 11.36
1994 11.39
1995 0.38
1996 0.58
1997 0.03
1998 0.04
1999 0.04
2000 1.72
2001 1.89
2002 2.02
2003 1.90
2004 1.64
2005 1.25
2006 1.16
2007 0.88
2008 0.62
2009 0.36
2010 0.51
2011 0.57
2012 0.32
2013 0.36
2014 0.37
2015 0.34
2016 0.30
2017 0.15
2018 0.35
2019 0.20
2020 0.18

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports