Afghanistan: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 0.00487 percentage points from 0.05% in 2018. Since 1984 it is up 0.04 percentage points from 0.00607% in 1984. The World Bank has no value for 3 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2023, Afghanistan's merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) rose 0 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.05% to 0.05%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2022), the average change was −0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.22 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.7 percentage points in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.6 percentage points in 2002. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.01 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 38% of the movement over 9 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, Afghanistan had the 191st highest value of the 197 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Afghanistan in the 2023 ranking

• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 187th of 197: 0.06%
• Brunei Darussalam — 188th of 197: 0.06%
• Lao PDR — 189th of 197: 0.05%
• Eritrea — 191st of 197: 0.04%
• Naoero — 192nd of 197: 0.03%
• Lesotho — 193rd of 197: 0.02%

What this measures

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean 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.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 37 values

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 10.12% (2023)
• Bahrain — 9.88% (2023)
• Djibouti — 1.52% (2023)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 5.07% (2023)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 0.6% (2023)
• Iraq — 3.44% (2023)

More private sector & trade data for Afghanistan

• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$3.61 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$926 million (2025)
• Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 12.88% (2023)
• Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) — 69.93% (2023)
• Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) — 0% (2023)
• Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$438.77 million (2023)
• Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) — 69.93% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Afghanistan's merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)?

0.05% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1984?

It is up 0.04 percentage points from 0.00607% in 1984. The highest value was 0.95% in 2001 and the lowest 0.00305% in 1985.

How does Afghanistan rank?

191st highest of 197 economies with data for 2023.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.MRCH.R3.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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