Solomon Islands: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Solomon Islands' merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) fell 0 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.000018% to 0.0000112%).

Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2020), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.27 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below 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 0.81 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.51 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 23% of the movement over 10 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

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Solomon Islands in the 2021 ranking

• Botswana — 1st of 4: 0.02%
• Naoero — 2nd of 4: 0.00437%
• Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 3rd of 4: 0.00163%

What this measures

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa 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 20 values

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 0.00000192% (2023)
• Australia — 0.28% (2023)
• Brunei Darussalam — 2.23% (2022)
• China — 1.87% (2023)
• Fiji — 0.03% (2017)
• French Polynesia — 0.25% (2023)

More private sector & trade data for Solomon Islands

• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$790 million (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$677 million (2025)
• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 83.85% (2025)
• Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) — 4.19% (2024)
• Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) — 44.76% (2024)
• Commercial service imports (current US$) — US$219.27 million (2024)
• Transport services (% of commercial service imports) — 32.84% (2024)
• Commercial service exports (current US$) — US$122.73 million (2024)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

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Questions people ask

What is Solomon Islands's merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)?

0.0000112% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1996?

It is down 0.000415 percentage points from 0.000426% in 1996. The highest value was 0.81% in 2003 and the lowest 0.00000603% in 2011.

Is the latest change in merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) unusual for Solomon Islands?

In 2021, Solomon Islands' merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) fell 0 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.000018% to 0.0000112%). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2020), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.27 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.MRCH.R4.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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