Import quality, Mean, US dollar in Canada
Canada: Import quality, Mean, US dollar was 0.8748 in 2014. ▼ Falling
Import quality, Mean, US dollar in Canada, 1963–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Canada recorded 0.8748 for import quality, mean, us dollar in 2014.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import quality, mean, us dollar in Canada peaked at 0.9895 in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.8711, in 2012.
That places Canada 107th out of 166 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9627 | 0.9443 | 0.9893 | 7 |
| 1970s | 0.9424 | 0.9269 | 0.9895 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9286 | 0.8986 | 0.9519 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9476 | 0.9052 | 0.9751 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9212 | 0.8763 | 0.9447 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8761 | 0.8711 | 0.8876 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 104 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.878 compare
- 105 Philippines 0.8762 compare
- 106 Cambodia 0.8757 compare
- 108 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 0.8731 compare
- 109 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.8721 compare
- 110 China (People’s Republic of) 0.872 compare
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- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 99.31 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 98.72 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 85.94 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 99.4 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 82.86 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 1.64 (2024)
- Exports of low carbon technology products, US dollar 23.88 billion (2024)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar 36.79 billion (2024)
- Trade balance in low carbon technology products, US dollar -12.91 billion (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import quality, mean, us dollar in Canada?
- Import quality, mean, us dollar in Canada was 0.8748 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest import quality, mean, us dollar recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9895 in 1979.
- What is the lowest import quality, mean, us dollar recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8711 in 2012.
- How does Canada rank for import quality, mean, us dollar?
- Canada ranks 107th out of 166 countries with data for 2014.
- Is import quality, mean, us dollar rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Import quality, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters (the world frontier). Data can be aggregated at various levels, including by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) up to the 4-digit level, by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) up to the 3-digit level, and by aggregate sectors such as Agriculture, Commodities, and Manufactures.