Korea vs Low & middle income: Manufactures exports
Manufactures exports over time
- Korea
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Korea currently reports 87.3% against 72.6% in Low & middle income, a difference of 14.7%.
That makes Korea's figure about 1.2 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 37 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.
Korea ranks 9th and Low & middle income ranks 12th of 196 countries.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 91.7% | 38.3% | 53.4% | Korea |
| 1990s | 90.1% | 71.2% | 18.9% | Korea |
| 2000s | 89.9% | 72.5% | 17.4% | Korea |
| 2010s | 87.4% | 72.0% | 15.4% | Korea |
| 2020s | 87.1% | 72.8% | 14.4% | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufactures exports, Korea or Low & middle income?
- Korea, at 87.3% against 72.6% in Low & middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in manufactures exports between Korea and Low & middle income?
- 14.7%, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Low & middle income?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
- How do Korea and Low & middle income rank globally for manufactures exports?
- Korea ranks 9th and Low & middle income ranks 12th 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.