Bangladesh vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside over time
- Bangladesh
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 50.6% against 36.4% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 14.2%.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 11th of 206 countries.
Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.2% | 8.7% | 1.5% | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 12.6% | 8.9% | 3.7% | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 16.7% | 12.0% | 4.7% | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 27.1% | 23.4% | 3.7% | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 43.3% | 32.6% | 10.7% | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 48.3% | 37.6% | 10.7% | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside, Bangladesh or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Bangladesh, at 50.6% against 36.4% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside between Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 14.2%, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside?
- Bangladesh ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 11th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from 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 imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.