Lower middle income vs Madagascar: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside over time
- Lower middle income
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 45.7% against 35.2% in Lower middle income, a difference of 10.5%.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.3 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Madagascar ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 17th and Madagascar ranks 17th of 47 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 3 and Madagascar in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.7% | 5.9% | 1.7% | Lower middle income |
| 1970s | 8.8% | 8.2% | 0.7% | Lower middle income |
| 1980s | 9.8% | 9.4% | 0.4% | Lower middle income |
| 1990s | 12.8% | 19.9% | 7.1% | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 22.5% | 34.5% | 12.0% | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 33.7% | 40.2% | 6.6% | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 36.7% | 50.0% | 13.3% | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside, Lower middle income or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 45.7% against 35.2% in Lower middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside between Lower middle income and Madagascar?
- 10.5%, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Madagascar?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Lower middle income and Madagascar rank globally for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside?
- Lower middle income ranks 17th and Madagascar ranks 17th of 47 groups.
- 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.
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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.