Lower middle income vs New Zealand: Manufactures imports
Manufactures imports over time
- Lower middle income
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 70.7% against 51.4% in Lower middle income, a difference of 19.3%.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.4 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 54 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 44th and New Zealand ranks 43rd of 47 groups.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60.7% | 74.7% | 14.0% | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 58.9% | 73.7% | 14.9% | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 55.8% | 73.4% | 17.6% | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 57.7% | 81.4% | 23.7% | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 55.3% | 75.4% | 20.1% | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 54.6% | 72.1% | 17.4% | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 53.2% | 73.1% | 20.0% | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufactures imports, Lower middle income or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 70.7% against 51.4% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in manufactures imports between Lower middle income and New Zealand?
- 19.3%, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and New Zealand?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
- How do Lower middle income and New Zealand rank globally for manufactures imports?
- Lower middle income ranks 44th and New Zealand ranks 43rd of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports). 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 imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a 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.