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

Key figures

Over five years it is down 0.1 percentage points from 0.11% in 2018. Since 2006 it is down 0.01 percentage points from 0.02% in 2006. The World Bank has no value for 7 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.11 percentage points in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.17 percentage points in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

In 2023, Marshall Islands had the 204th highest value of the 203 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 Marshall Islands in the 2023 ranking

• Palau — 200th of 203: 0.08%
• Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 201st of 203: 0.07%
• Tuvalu — 202nd of 203: 0.01%

What this measures

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.

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

All 11 values

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

• American Samoa — 0.18% (2023)
• Australia — 2.75% (2023)
• Brunei Darussalam — 1.25% (2023)
• Cambodia — 0.84% (2023)
• China — 0.96% (2023)
• Fiji — 3.19% (2023)
• French Polynesia — 1.25% (2023)

More private sector & trade data for Marshall Islands

• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 59.42% (2025)
• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$111 million (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$72 million (2025)
• Import unit value index (2015 = 100) — 121.2 (2025)
• Export unit value index (2015 = 100) — 119.3 (2025)
• International tourism, number of arrivals — 6,100 (2019)
• International tourism, receipts (current US$) — US$20.1 million (2018)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 76.45% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

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Questions people ask

What is Marshall Islands's merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)?

0.01% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2006?

It is down 0.01 percentage points from 0.02% in 2006. The highest value was 0.22% in 2019 and the lowest 0.000149% in 2011.

How does Marshall Islands rank?

204th highest of 203 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.R5.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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