El Salvador vs Japan: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within over time
- El Salvador
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 36.6% against 35.0% in El Salvador, a difference of 1.6%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 34th and Japan ranks 32nd of 203 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 4 and Japan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.3% | 10.4% | 13.8% | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 28.8% | 14.2% | 14.6% | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 34.9% | 17.5% | 17.5% | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 29.7% | 22.5% | 7.2% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 31.3% | 32.3% | 1.0% | Japan |
| 2010s | 32.9% | 36.6% | 3.7% | Japan |
| 2020s | 34.7% | 37.5% | 2.7% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within, El Salvador or Japan?
- Japan, at 36.6% against 35.0% in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within between El Salvador and Japan?
- 1.6%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Japan rank globally for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within?
- El Salvador ranks 34th and Japan ranks 32nd of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within 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 within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are 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. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.