High income vs Japan: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within over time
- High income
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 36.6% against 9.3% in High income, a difference of 27.3%.
That makes Japan's figure about 3.9 times High income's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
High income ranks 34th and Japan ranks 32nd of 46 groups.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.8% | 10.4% | 8.7% | Japan |
| 1970s | 2.5% | 14.2% | 11.7% | Japan |
| 1980s | 3.4% | 17.5% | 14.0% | Japan |
| 1990s | 5.9% | 22.5% | 16.6% | Japan |
| 2000s | 7.5% | 32.3% | 24.8% | Japan |
| 2010s | 9.5% | 36.6% | 27.1% | Japan |
| 2020s | 9.6% | 37.5% | 27.9% | 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, High income or Japan?
- Japan, at 36.6% against 9.3% in High income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within between High income and Japan?
- 27.3%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do High income and Japan rank globally for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within?
- High income ranks 34th and Japan ranks 32nd of 46 groups.
- 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.