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| World indicators on the environment | World Energy Statistics - Time Series | Economic inequality | 
World merchandise imports by region and selected
    economies, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995-1998  | 
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Annual percentage change  | 
  |||||||||||||||||||||
Value  | 
    Share  | 
    Value  | 
    Volume  | 
  ||||||||||||||||||
1980  | 
    1985  | 
    1990  | 
    1995  | 
    1996  | 
    1997  | 
    1998  | 
    1980  | 
    1997  | 
    1996  | 
    1997  | 
    1998  | 
    1996  | 
    1997  | 
    1998  | 
  |||||||
World a, e  | 
    2073.00  | 
    2008.00  | 
    3538.00  | 
    5209.00  | 
    I  | 
    5515.00  | 
    5691.00  | 
    5615.00  | 
    100.00  | 
    100.00  | 
    5  | 
    3  | 
    -1  | 
    6.2  | 
    9.5  | 
    4.0  | 
  |||||
North America  | 
    320.21  | 
    433.84  | 
    641.36  | 
    940.40  | 
    998.37  | 
    1101.04  | 
    1151.70  | 
    15.45  | 
    20.51  | 
    6  | 
    10  | 
    5  | 
    5.6  | 
    13.2  | 
    10.4  | 
  ||||||
Canada  | 
    62.54  | 
    80.64  | 
    123.24  | 
    168.43  | 
    175.16  | 
    200.93  | 
    206.23  | 
    3.02  | 
    3.67  | 
    4  | 
    15  | 
    3  | 
    5.3  | 
    18.7  | 
    4.4  | 
  ||||||
United States  | 
    256.98  | 
    352.46  | 
    516.99  | 
    770.85  | 
    822.03  | 
    899.02  | 
    944.35  | 
    12.40  | 
    16.82  | 
    7  | 
    9  | 
    5  | 
    5.6  | 
    12.1  | 
    11.8  | 
  ||||||
Latin America  | 
    122.10  | 
    82.90  | 
    126.00  | 
    248.20  | 
    272.20  | 
    323.70  | 
    340.30  | 
    5.89  | 
    6.06  | 
    12  | 
    19  | 
    5  | 
    10.9  | 
    22.2  | 
    9.4  | 
  ||||||
Antigua and Barbuda  | 
    0.11  | 
    0.11  | 
    0.21  | 
    0.26  | 
    0.28  | 
    0.30  | 
    ...  | 
    0.01  | 
    0.00  | 
    6  | 
    9  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Argentina  | 
    10.54  | 
    3.81  | 
    4.08  | 
    20.12  | 
    23.76  | 
    30.45  | 
    31.40  | 
    0.51  | 
    0.56  | 
    18  | 
    28  | 
    3  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Bahamas  | 
    5.52  | 
    1.21  | 
    1.74  | 
    2.05  | 
    2.10  | 
    2.20  | 
    2.23  | 
    0.27  | 
    0.04  | 
    2  | 
    5  | 
    1  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Barbados  | 
    0.52  | 
    0.61  | 
    0.70  | 
    0.76  | 
    0.83  | 
    0.99  | 
    1.02  | 
    0.03  | 
    0.02  | 
    9  | 
    19  | 
    3  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Belize  | 
    0.15  | 
    0.13  | 
    0.21  | 
    0.26  | 
    0.26  | 
    0.29  | 
    ...  | 
    0.01  | 
    0.00  | 
    -1  | 
    12  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Bolivia  | 
    0.67  | 
    0.69  | 
    0.69  | 
    1.42  | 
    1.64  | 
    1.85  | 
    1.98  | 
    0.03  | 
    0.04  | 
    15  | 
    13  | 
    7  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Brazil  | 
    24.96  | 
    14.33  | 
    22.52  | 
    53.78  | 
    56.95  | 
    65.01  | 
    60.98  | 
    1.20  | 
    1.09  | 
    6  | 
    14  | 
    -6  | 
    5.1  | 
    18.9  | 
    -0.2  | 
  ||||||
Chile  | 
    5.80  | 
    3.07  | 
    7.68  | 
    15.91  | 
    17.83  | 
    19.66  | 
    18.83  | 
    0.28  | 
    0.34  | 
    12  | 
    10  | 
    -4  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Colombia  | 
    4.74  | 
    4.14  | 
    5.59  | 
    13.85  | 
    13.68  | 
    15.38  | 
    14.64  | 
    0.23  | 
    0.26  | 
    -1  | 
    12  | 
    -5  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Costa Rica  | 
    1.54  | 
    1.10  | 
    1.99  | 
    3.25  | 
    4.30  | 
    4.92  | 
    6.23  | 
    0.07  | 
    0.11  | 
    7  | 
    15  | 
    27  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Cuba  | 
    6.51  | 
    7.98  | 
    4.60  | 
    2.83  | 
    3.21  | 
    3.38  | 
    3.58  | 
    0.31  | 
    0.06  | 
    13  | 
    5  | 
    6  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Dominica  | 
    0.05  | 
    0.06  | 
    0.12  | 
    0.12  | 
    0.13  | 
    0.12  | 
    ...  | 
    0.00  | 
    0.00  | 
    10  | 
    -4  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Dominican Republic  | 
    1.64  | 
    1.49  | 
    2.06  | 
    2.98  | 
    3.69  | 
    4.12  | 
    4.72  | 
    0.08  | 
    0.08  | 
    24  | 
    12  | 
    14  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Ecuador  | 
    2.25  | 
    1.77  | 
    1.86  | 
    4.15  | 
    3.93  | 
    4.95  | 
    5.50  | 
    0.11  | 
    0.10  | 
    -5  | 
    26  | 
    11  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
El Salvador  | 
    0.97  | 
    0.96  | 
    1.26  | 
    2.85  | 
    2.67  | 
    2.97  | 
    3.11  | 
    0.05  | 
    0.06  | 
    -6  | 
    11  | 
    5  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Grenada  | 
    0.05  | 
    0.07  | 
    0.11  | 
    0.13  | 
    0.15  | 
    0.17  | 
    ...  | 
    0.00  | 
    0.00  | 
    17  | 
    9  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Guatemala  | 
    1.60  | 
    1.18  | 
    1.65  | 
    3.29  | 
    3.15  | 
    3.85  | 
    4.62  | 
    0.08  | 
    0.08  | 
    -4  | 
    22  | 
    20  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Guyana  | 
    0.37  | 
    0.23  | 
    0.31  | 
    0.53  | 
    0.60  | 
    0.63  | 
    0.57  | 
    0.02  | 
    0.01  | 
    13  | 
    6  | 
    -10  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Haiti  | 
    0.38  | 
    0.44  | 
    0.33  | 
    0.65  | 
    0.67  | 
    0.65  | 
    0.80  | 
    0.02  | 
    0.01  | 
    2  | 
    -3  | 
    23  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Honduras  | 
    1.01  | 
    0.89  | 
    0.94  | 
    1.64  | 
    1.84  | 
    2.15  | 
    2.50  | 
    0.05  | 
    0.04  | 
    12  | 
    17  | 
    16  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Jamaica  | 
    1.10  | 
    1.11  | 
    1.86  | 
    2.76  | 
    2.93  | 
    3.03  | 
    3.00  | 
    0.05  | 
    0.05  | 
    6  | 
    3  | 
    -1  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Mexico  | 
    21.21  | 
    17.81  | 
    40.31  | 
    73.07  | 
    91.66  | 
    113.08  | 
    128.97  | 
    1.02  | 
    2.30  | 
    25  | 
    23  | 
    14  | 
    22.5  | 
    26.1  | 
    17.2  | 
  ||||||
Netherlands Antilles  | 
    5.68  | 
    2.26  | 
    2.15  | 
    1.42  | 
    1.46  | 
    1.40  | 
    1.48  | 
    0.27  | 
    0.03  | 
    3  | 
    -5  | 
    6  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Nicaragua  | 
    0.89  | 
    0.96  | 
    0.64  | 
    0.96  | 
    1.14  | 
    1.53  | 
    1.55  | 
    0.04  | 
    0.03  | 
    19  | 
    34  | 
    1  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Panama  | 
    1.45  | 
    1.39  | 
    1.54  | 
    2.51  | 
    2.78  | 
    3.00  | 
    3.40  | 
    0.07  | 
    0.06  | 
    11  | 
    8  | 
    13  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Paraguay  | 
    0.62  | 
    0.50  | 
    1.35  | 
    3.14  | 
    3.20  | 
    3.40  | 
    2.96  | 
    0.03  | 
    0.05  | 
    2  | 
    6  | 
    -13  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Peru  | 
    2.50  | 
    1.84  | 
    3.47  | 
    9.22  | 
    9.47  | 
    10.26  | 
    9.84  | 
    0.12  | 
    0.18  | 
    3  | 
    8  | 
    -4  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
St. Kitts and Nevis  | 
    0.05  | 
    0.05  | 
    0.12  | 
    0.15  | 
    0.16  | 
    0.16  | 
    ...  | 
    0.00  | 
    0.00  | 
    3  | 
    2  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
St. Lucia  | 
    0.12  | 
    0.13  | 
    0.27  | 
    0.31  | 
    0.31  | 
    0.33  | 
    0.33  | 
    0.01  | 
    0.01  | 
    2  | 
    6  | 
    -2  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
St. Vincent and the Grenadines  | 
    0.06  | 
    0.08  | 
    0.14  | 
    0.14  | 
    0.13  | 
    0.18  | 
    0.19  | 
    0.00  | 
    0.00  | 
    -3  | 
    38  | 
    7  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Suriname  | 
    0.50  | 
    0.30  | 
    0.47  | 
    0.58  | 
    0.59  | 
    0.59  | 
    0.60  | 
    0.02  | 
    0.01  | 
    1  | 
    0  | 
    2  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Trinidad and Tobago  | 
    3.18  | 
    1.53  | 
    1.26  | 
    1.72  | 
    2.20  | 
    3.03  | 
    3.18  | 
    0.15  | 
    0.06  | 
    28  | 
    37  | 
    5  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Uruguay  | 
    1.68  | 
    0.71  | 
    1.34  | 
    2.87  | 
    3.32  | 
    3.72  | 
    3.81  | 
    0.08  | 
    0.07  | 
    16  | 
    12  | 
    2  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Venezuela  | 
    11.83  | 
    8.11  | 
    7.34  | 
    12.65  | 
    9.88  | 
    14.61  | 
    15.73  | 
    0.57  | 
    0.28  | 
    -22  | 
    48  | 
    8  | 
    -20.3  | 
    52.4  | 
    11.6  | 
  ||||||
Western Europe  | 
    925.56  | 
    795.41  | 
    1700.34  | 
    2208.96  | 
    2282.02  | 
    2256.56  | 
    2367.46  | 
    44.65  | 
    42.17  | 
    3  | 
    -1  | 
    5  | 
    5.6  | 
    7.9  | 
    7.5  | 
  ||||||
Austria  | 
    24.44  | 
    20.99  | 
    49.15  | 
    66.26  | 
    67.33  | 
    64.75  | 
    68.16  | 
    1.18  | 
    1.21  | 
    2  | 
    -4  | 
    5  | 
    2.0  | 
    4.7  | 
    6.9  | 
  ||||||
Belgium-Luxembourg  | 
    71.86  | 
    56.18  | 
    119.70  | 
    156.68  | 
    161.30  | 
    155.85  | 
    166.52  | 
    3.47  | 
    2.97  | 
    3  | 
    -3  | 
    3  | 
    6.2  | 
    4.1  | 
    10.6  | 
  ||||||
Croatia  | 
    -  | 
    -  | 
    -  | 
    7.51  | 
    7.79  | 
    9.10  | 
    8.38  | 
    -  | 
    0.15  | 
    4  | 
    17  | 
    -8  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Denmark  | 
    19.34  | 
    18.25  | 
    33.33  | 
    45.56  | 
    44.98  | 
    44.44  | 
    45.86  | 
    0.93  | 
    0.82  | 
    -1  | 
    -1  | 
    3  | 
    1.5  | 
    8.8  | 
    8.6  | 
  ||||||
Finland  | 
    15.64  | 
    13.23  | 
    27.00  | 
    29.44  | 
    30.70  | 
    30.67  | 
    32.24  | 
    0.75  | 
    0.57  | 
    4  | 
    0  | 
    5  | 
    7.8  | 
    9.9  | 
    9.0  | 
  ||||||
France  | 
    134.87  | 
    108.25  | 
    234.44  | 
    276.30  | 
    282.37  | 
    270.67  | 
    286.27  | 
    6.51  | 
    5.10  | 
    1  | 
    -4  | 
    6  | 
    2.4  | 
    7.7  | 
    5.9  | 
  ||||||
Germany b  | 
    188.00  | 
    158.49  | 
    355.69  | 
    463.49  | 
    458.81  | 
    445.29  | 
    466.62  | 
    9.07  | 
    8.31  | 
    -1  | 
    -3  | 
    5  | 
    4.4  | 
    7.7  | 
    7.6  | 
  ||||||
Greece  | 
    10.55  | 
    10.13  | 
    19.78  | 
    25.93  | 
    28.42  | 
    25.21  | 
    25.80  | 
    0.51  | 
    0.46  | 
    10  | 
    -11  | 
    2  | 
    12.4  | 
    -1.0  | 
    5.0  | 
  ||||||
Iceland  | 
    1.00  | 
    0.91  | 
    1.68  | 
    1.76  | 
    2.03  | 
    1.99  | 
    2.46  | 
    0.05  | 
    0.04  | 
    16  | 
    -2  | 
    23  | 
    11.0  | 
    3.3  | 
    27.3  | 
  ||||||
Ireland  | 
    11.15  | 
    10.02  | 
    20.67  | 
    33.06  | 
    35.89  | 
    39.24  | 
    44.28  | 
    0.54  | 
    0.79  | 
    9  | 
    9  | 
    13  | 
    10.0  | 
    14.9  | 
    17.0  | 
  ||||||
Italy  | 
    100.74  | 
    87.69  | 
    181.97  | 
    206.06  | 
    208.24  | 
    209.96  | 
    215.58  | 
    4.86  | 
    3.84  | 
    1  | 
    1  | 
    3  | 
    -4.1  | 
    10.9  | 
    7.8  | 
  ||||||
Malta  | 
    0.94  | 
    0.76  | 
    1.96  | 
    2.89  | 
    2.80  | 
    2.56  | 
    2.67  | 
    0.05  | 
    0.05  | 
    -3  | 
    -9  | 
    5  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Netherlands  | 
    78.04  | 
    65.20  | 
    126.10  | 
    177.58  | 
    182.91  | 
    177.81  | 
    184.16  | 
    3.76  | 
    3.28  | 
    3  | 
    -3  | 
    4  | 
    5.3  | 
    7.0  | 
    7.8  | 
  ||||||
Norway  | 
    16.93  | 
    15.56  | 
    27.23  | 
    32.97  | 
    35.62  | 
    35.71  | 
    36.19  | 
    0.82  | 
    0.64  | 
    8  | 
    0  | 
    1  | 
    10.0  | 
    6.5  | 
    7.1  | 
  ||||||
Portugal  | 
    9.31  | 
    7.65  | 
    25.26  | 
    32.36  | 
    35.19  | 
    33.52  | 
    34.09  | 
    0.45  | 
    0.61  | 
    9  | 
    -5  | 
    2  | 
    5.1  | 
    5.8  | 
    14.0  | 
  ||||||
Slovenia  | 
    -  | 
    -  | 
    -  | 
    9.49  | 
    9.42  | 
    9.36  | 
    10.10  | 
    -  | 
    0.18  | 
    -1  | 
    -1  | 
    8  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
  ||||||
Spain  | 
    34.08  | 
    29.96  | 
    87.72  | 
    114.83  | 
    121.87  | 
    122.71  | 
    132.79  | 
    1.64  | 
    2.37  | 
    6  | 
    1  | 
    8  | 
    7.5  | 
    12.3  | 
    13.0  | 
  ||||||
Sweden  | 
    33.44  | 
    28.55  | 
    54.26  | 
    64.56  | 
    66.91  | 
    65.63  | 
    68.20  | 
    1.61  | 
    1.21  | 
    4  | 
    -2  | 
    4  | 
    2.5  | 
    11.0  | 
    10.0  | 
  ||||||
Switzerland  | 
    36.34  | 
    30.70  | 
    69.68  | 
    80.15  | 
    79.26  | 
    75.96  | 
    80.16  | 
    1.75  | 
    1.43  | 
    -1  | 
    -4  | 
    6  | 
    1.5  | 
    6.4  | 
    8.1  | 
  ||||||
Turkey  | 
    7.91  | 
    11.34  | 
    22.30  | 
    35.71  | 
    43.63  | 
    48.59  | 
    45.37  | 
    0.38  | 
    0.81  | 
    22  | 
    11  | 
    -7  | 
    29.3  | 
    23.6  | 
    -2.4  | 
  ||||||
United Kingdom  | 
    115.55  | 
    108.96  | 
    222.98  | 
    265.21  | 
    287.53  | 
    308.33  | 
    315.20  | 
    5.57  | 
    5.61  | 
    8  | 
    7  | 
    2  | 
    9.8  | 
    8.7  | 
    7.4  | 
  ||||||
Yugoslavia, former  | 
    15.08  | 
    12.21  | 
    18.87  | 
    -  | 
    -  | 
    -  | 
    -  | 
    0.73  | 
    -  | 
    -  | 
    -  | 
    -  | 
    -  | 
    -  | 
    -  | 
  ||||||
European Union (15)  | 
    847.00  | 
    723.55  | 
    1558.04  | 
    2034.52  | 
    2093.04  | 
    2063.57  | 
    2172.41  | 
    40.86  | 
    38.70  | 
    3  | 
    -1  | 
    5  | 
    5.2  | 
    7.7  | 
    7.7  | 
  ||||||
of which extra-imports  | 
    390.61  | 
    305.20  | 
    576.51  | 
    735.50  | 
    767.08  | 
    764.97  | 
    800.66  | 
    18.84  | 
    14.26  | 
    4  | 
    0  | 
    5  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
    ...  | 
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Memorandum items  | 
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Country groupings excluding significant double counting  | 
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World  | 
    2067.00  | 
    1994.00  | 
    3484.00  | 
    5065.00  | 
    5362.00  | 
    5530.00  | 
    5465.00  | 
    100.00  | 
    100.00  | 
    5  | 
    3  | 
    -1  | 
    6.2  | 
    9.6  | 
    4.2  | 
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Developed economies  | 
    1410.25  | 
    1378.25  | 
    2603.30  | 
    3531.50  | 
    3667.70  | 
    3730.40  | 
    3830.50  | 
    68.25  | 
    70.12  | 
    4  | 
    2  | 
    3  | 
    5.4  | 
    8.7  | 
    7.3  | 
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Developing economies  | 
    502.60  | 
    468.10  | 
    767.20  | 
    1378.30  | 
    I  | 
    1464.00  | 
    1553.30  | 
    1392.70  | 
    24.32  | 
    25.48  | 
    6  | 
    6  | 
    -10  | 
    6.5  | 
    11.1  | 
    -3.7  | 
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Transition economies  | 
    153.95  | 
    148.10  | 
    113.70  | 
    155.00  | 
    I  | 
    229.95  | 
    I  | 
    246.02  | 
    241.64  | 
    7.45  | 
    4.42  | 
    17  | 
    7  | 
    -2  | 
    16.2  | 
    17.1  | 
    10.1  | 
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Asia  | 
    345.35  | 
    375.90  | 
    708.80  | 
    1257.70  | 
    1316.40  | 
    1321.40  | 
    1086.40  | 
    16.71  | 
    19.89  | 
    5  | 
    0  | 
    -18  | 
    5.8  | 
    5.9  | 
    -8.0  | 
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a Includes significant imports for re-export. b Figures for 1980 and 1985 refer to the former Federal Republic of Germany. c Imports are valued f.o.b. d Includes significant imports for re-export. Re-export figures are given in export worksheet. e Includes the intra-trade of the Baltic States and the CIS beginning with 1996.  | 
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Sources: see Notes  | 
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