Gabon vs Lower middle income: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region

Gabon
47.8%
in 2023
Lower middle income
26.1%
in 2023
Gabon rank
18th
Lower middle income rank
17th

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region over time

  • Gabon
  • Lower middle income
01020304050196019912023

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 47.8% against 26.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 21.7%.

That makes Gabon's figure about 1.8 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lower middle income ahead.

Gabon ranks 18th and Lower middle income ranks 17th of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 3 and Lower middle income in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gabon Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 1.4% 7.5% 6.1% Lower middle income
1970s 7.5% 6.5% 1.0% Gabon
1980s 7.6% 6.2% 1.4% Gabon
1990s 7.1% 8.9% 1.8% Lower middle income
2000s 13.2% 21.8% 8.7% Lower middle income
2010s 26.7% 27.5% 0.7% Lower middle income
2020s 46.1% 27.2% 19.0% Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region, Gabon or Lower middle income?
Gabon, at 47.8% against 26.1% in Lower middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region between Gabon and Lower middle income?
21.7%, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Lower middle income?
64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Gabon and Lower middle income rank globally for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region?
Gabon ranks 18th and Lower middle income ranks 17th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Gabon vs Lower middle income: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region. Statizoid, drawing on Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/merchandise-exports-to-low-and-middle-income-economies-outside-region-percent-of-total/gabon/lower-middle-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/merchandise-exports-to-low-and-middle-income-economies-outside-region-percent-of-total/gabon/lower-middle-income/">Gabon vs Lower middle income: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
Unit
% of total merchandise exports
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
253 places, 12,864 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions 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.