Lower middle income vs Portugal: Merchandise imports from high-income economies
Merchandise imports from high-income economies over time
- Lower middle income
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 82.5% against 55.4% in Lower middle income, a difference of 27.1%.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.5 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 31st and Portugal ranks 33rd of 47 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86.7% | 73.5% | 13.2% | Lower middle income |
| 1970s | 84.8% | 78.4% | 6.4% | Lower middle income |
| 1980s | 84.2% | 81.7% | 2.5% | Lower middle income |
| 1990s | 77.5% | 88.1% | 10.6% | Portugal |
| 2000s | 64.7% | 86.7% | 22.0% | Portugal |
| 2010s | 55.2% | 82.8% | 27.6% | Portugal |
| 2020s | 53.4% | 82.5% | 29.0% | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise imports from high-income economies, Lower middle income or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 82.5% against 55.4% in Lower middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise imports from high-income economies between Lower middle income and Portugal?
- 27.1%, 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 imports from high-income economies?
- Lower middle income ranks 31st and Portugal ranks 33rd of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.