Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 19.37 percentage points in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 28.05 percentage points in 2007. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.00654 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 65% 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, Korea, Dem. People's Rep. had the 191st highest value of the 191 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 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. in the 2023 ranking

• Bahamas, The — 187th of 191: 0.00832%
• Palau — 188th of 191: 0.00546%
• Marshall Islands — 189th of 191: 0.00219%
• American Samoa — 191st of 191: 0.00000192%

What this measures

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. 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 42 values

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 0.00000192% (2023)
• Australia — 1.12% (2023)
• Brunei Darussalam — 15.39% (2023)
• Cambodia — 0.27% (2021)
• China — 8.82% (2023)
• Fiji — 0.25% (2017)
• French Polynesia — 0.25% (2023)
• Hong Kong SAR, China

More private sector & trade data for Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$2.87 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$611 million (2025)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.18% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 2.72% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 97.1% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.76% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Korea, Dem. People's Rep.'s merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)?

0.00052% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1981?

It is down 1.9 percentage points from 1.9% in 1981. The highest value was 28.06% in 2006 and the lowest 0.00052% in 2023.

How does Korea, Dem. People's Rep. rank?

191st highest of 191 economies with data for 2023.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.MRCH.AL.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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