Malta vs North America: Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)
Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Malta
- North America
How they compare
Malta currently reports 79.8% against 51.8% in North America, a difference of 28.0%.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.5 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 23rd and North America ranks 24th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 6 and North America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69.0% | 60.8% | 8.2% | Malta |
| 1970s | 87.7% | 62.6% | 25.1% | Malta |
| 1980s | 92.9% | 65.7% | 27.3% | Malta |
| 1990s | 96.9% | 74.6% | 22.4% | Malta |
| 2000s | 92.6% | 72.7% | 19.9% | Malta |
| 2010s | 56.1% | 58.8% | 2.7% | North America |
| 2020s | 80.6% | 53.5% | 27.1% | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufactures exports, Malta or North America?
- Malta, at 79.8% against 51.8% in North America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in manufactures exports between Malta and North America?
- 28.0%, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and North America?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Malta and North America rank globally for manufactures exports?
- Malta ranks 23rd and North America ranks 24th 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.