Korea vs Middle income: Manufactures exports
Manufactures exports over time
- Korea
- Middle income
How they compare
Korea currently reports 87.3% against 72.8% in Middle income, a difference of 14.5%.
That makes Korea's figure about 1.2 times Middle income's.
Across all 37 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.
Korea ranks 9th and Middle income ranks 10th of 196 countries.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 91.7% | 38.3% | 53.4% | Korea |
| 1990s | 90.1% | 71.4% | 18.7% | Korea |
| 2000s | 89.9% | 72.8% | 17.1% | Korea |
| 2010s | 87.4% | 72.3% | 15.1% | Korea |
| 2020s | 87.1% | 73.0% | 14.1% | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufactures exports, Korea or Middle income?
- Korea, at 87.3% against 72.8% in Middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in manufactures exports between Korea and Middle income?
- 14.5%, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Middle income?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
- How do Korea and Middle income rank globally for manufactures exports?
- Korea ranks 9th and Middle income ranks 10th 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.