Bangladesh vs Lower middle income: Merchandise exports to high-income economies
Merchandise exports to high-income economies over time
- Bangladesh
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 88.5% against 61.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 27.4%.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.4 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 52 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 30th and Lower middle income ranks 28th of 206 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 4 and Lower middle income in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 60.8% | 85.7% | 24.9% | Lower middle income |
| 1980s | 64.9% | 84.4% | 19.5% | Lower middle income |
| 1990s | 88.1% | 79.7% | 8.4% | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 92.3% | 64.3% | 28.1% | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 88.5% | 57.8% | 30.8% | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 89.0% | 58.8% | 30.1% | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise exports to high-income economies, Bangladesh or Lower middle income?
- Bangladesh, at 88.5% against 61.1% in Lower middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise exports to high-income economies between Bangladesh and Lower middle income?
- 27.4%, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Lower middle income?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and Lower middle income rank globally for merchandise exports to high-income economies?
- Bangladesh ranks 30th and Lower middle income ranks 28th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.