Middle income vs Zambia: Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP

Middle income
0.2138 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Zambia
0.461 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Middle income rank
28th
Zambia rank
29th

Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Middle income
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.461 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2138 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle income, a difference of 0.2472 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Zambia's figure about 2.2 times Middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Zambia ahead.

Middle income ranks 28th and Zambia ranks 29th of 45 groups.

Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle income Zambia Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5167 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4259 current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
1970s 0.1159 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4451 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3292 current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
1980s 0.1396 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3057 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1661 current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
1990s 0.1639 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.284 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1201 current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
2000s 0.242 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2577 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0157 current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
2010s 0.2121 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3411 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.129 current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia
2020s 0.2094 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4366 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2271 current US$ per US$ of GDP Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp, Middle income or Zambia?
Zambia, at 0.461 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2138 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp between Middle income and Zambia?
0.2472 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and Zambia?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Middle income and Zambia rank globally for merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Middle income ranks 28th and Zambia ranks 29th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
250 places, 13,939 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Merchandise exports (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.