Middle income vs Zambia: Merchandise trade
Merchandise trade over time
- Middle income
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 91.7% against 41.5% in Middle income, a difference of 50.2%.
That makes Zambia's figure about 2.2 times Middle income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.
Middle income ranks 35th and Zambia ranks 33rd of 47 groups.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle income | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.4% | 79.6% | 61.3% | Zambia |
| 1970s | 23.4% | 71.8% | 48.4% | Zambia |
| 1980s | 28.7% | 60.4% | 31.7% | Zambia |
| 1990s | 33.8% | 52.7% | 18.9% | Zambia |
| 2000s | 47.3% | 53.8% | 6.5% | Zambia |
| 2010s | 42.2% | 67.6% | 25.4% | Zambia |
| 2020s | 40.9% | 80.1% | 39.1% | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise trade, Middle income or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 91.7% against 41.5% in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in merchandise trade between Middle income and Zambia?
- 50.2%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and Zambia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Middle income and Zambia rank globally for merchandise trade?
- Middle income ranks 35th and Zambia ranks 33rd of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Trade Organization (WTO), published as Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.