Italy vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)
Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Italy
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
How they compare
Italy currently reports 78.5% against 53.0% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 25.5%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.5 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 25th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 22nd of 196 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78.2% | 11.9% | 66.3% | Italy |
| 1970s | 82.9% | 24.4% | 58.5% | Italy |
| 1980s | 85.4% | 28.0% | 57.4% | Italy |
| 1990s | 88.6% | 54.4% | 34.2% | Italy |
| 2000s | 85.9% | 55.7% | 30.2% | Italy |
| 2010s | 82.2% | 51.2% | 30.9% | Italy |
| 2020s | 79.5% | 50.1% | 29.4% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufactures exports, Italy or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Italy, at 78.5% against 53.0% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in manufactures exports between Italy and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 25.5%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for manufactures exports?
- Italy ranks 25th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 22nd of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.