Belgium vs Lower middle income: Merchandise exports to high-income economies
Merchandise exports to high-income economies over time
- Belgium
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 88.7% against 61.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 27.6%.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.5 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 27 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.
Belgium ranks 27th and Lower middle income ranks 28th of 206 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92.3% | 77.6% | 14.7% | Belgium |
| 2000s | 91.8% | 64.3% | 27.5% | Belgium |
| 2010s | 87.6% | 57.8% | 29.9% | Belgium |
| 2020s | 88.7% | 58.8% | 29.8% | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise exports to high-income economies, Belgium or Lower middle income?
- Belgium, at 88.7% against 61.1% in Lower middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise exports to high-income economies between Belgium and Lower middle income?
- 27.6%, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Lower middle income?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2023.
- How do Belgium and Lower middle income rank globally for merchandise exports to high-income economies?
- Belgium ranks 27th 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.