Japan vs Lower middle income: Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)
Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Japan
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Japan currently reports 80.6% against 52.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 28.5%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.5 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 59 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 20th and Lower middle income ranks 23rd of 196 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91.0% | 29.2% | 61.8% | Japan |
| 1970s | 94.1% | 33.3% | 60.8% | Japan |
| 1980s | 96.0% | 40.7% | 55.2% | Japan |
| 1990s | 94.9% | 58.0% | 37.0% | Japan |
| 2000s | 91.4% | 53.5% | 37.9% | Japan |
| 2010s | 87.5% | 48.9% | 38.7% | Japan |
| 2020s | 83.6% | 48.6% | 35.0% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufactures exports, Japan or Lower middle income?
- Japan, at 80.6% against 52.1% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in manufactures exports between Japan and Lower middle income?
- 28.5%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Lower middle income?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Lower middle income rank globally for manufactures exports?
- Japan ranks 20th and Lower middle income ranks 23rd 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.