Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Sierra Leone: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
34.4%
in 2023
Sierra Leone
77.8%
in 2023
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
6th
Sierra Leone rank
6th

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

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 77.8% against 34.4% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 43.4%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 2.3 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 6th and Sierra Leone ranks 6th of 47 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 10.9% 0.1% 10.9% Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1970s 7.0% 1.0% 6.0% Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1980s 14.5% 0.1% 14.4% Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 19.0% 15.0% 4.0% Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 34.3% 54.0% 19.6% Sierra Leone
2020s 36.9% 68.1% 31.2% Sierra Leone

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, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 77.8% against 34.4% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sierra Leone?
43.4%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sierra Leone?
37 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2023.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sierra Leone rank globally for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 6th and Sierra Leone ranks 6th of 47 groups.
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.

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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.