Lower middle income vs Portugal: Merchandise exports to high-income economies
Merchandise exports to high-income economies over time
- Lower middle income
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 88.4% against 61.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 27.3%.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.4 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 28th and Portugal ranks 31st of 47 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84.6% | 66.9% | 17.7% | Lower middle income |
| 1970s | 85.2% | 81.3% | 3.9% | Lower middle income |
| 1980s | 84.4% | 89.2% | 4.8% | Portugal |
| 1990s | 79.7% | 93.2% | 13.5% | Portugal |
| 2000s | 64.3% | 90.6% | 26.4% | Portugal |
| 2010s | 57.8% | 84.5% | 26.7% | Portugal |
| 2020s | 58.8% | 88.9% | 30.0% | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise exports to high-income economies, Lower middle income or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 88.4% against 61.1% in Lower middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise exports to high-income economies between Lower middle income and Portugal?
- 27.3%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Portugal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Lower middle income and Portugal rank globally for merchandise exports to high-income economies?
- Lower middle income ranks 28th and Portugal ranks 31st of 47 groups.
- 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.