Lower middle income vs Singapore: Manufactures imports
Manufactures imports over time
- Lower middle income
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 70.9% against 51.4% in Lower middle income, a difference of 19.5%.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.4 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 44th and Singapore ranks 42nd of 47 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 2 and Singapore in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61.6% | 42.7% | 18.9% | Lower middle income |
| 1970s | 58.9% | 56.1% | 2.7% | Lower middle income |
| 1980s | 55.8% | 57.8% | 2.0% | Singapore |
| 1990s | 57.7% | 82.2% | 24.5% | Singapore |
| 2000s | 55.3% | 69.3% | 14.0% | Singapore |
| 2010s | 54.6% | 63.9% | 9.3% | Singapore |
| 2020s | 53.2% | 70.7% | 17.5% | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufactures imports, Lower middle income or Singapore?
- Singapore, at 70.9% against 51.4% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in manufactures imports between Lower middle income and Singapore?
- 19.5%, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Singapore?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Lower middle income and Singapore rank globally for manufactures imports?
- Lower middle income ranks 44th and Singapore ranks 42nd 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.