Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in IBRD only
IBRD only: Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) was 74.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Manufactures exports in IBRD only, 1984–2025
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
In 2025, manufactures exports in IBRD only stood at 74.7%. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufactures exports in IBRD only peaked at 74.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 29.5%, in 1985.
That places IBRD only 9th out of 46 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in IBRD only, year by year
| Year | % of merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 39.8% | — |
| 1985 | 29.5% | -25.9% |
| 1986 | 34.0% | +15.2% |
| 1987 | 50.7% | +49.4% |
| 1992 | 67.7% | +33.4% |
| 1993 | 70.1% | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 71.2% | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 71.8% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 68.9% | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 67.7% | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 70.1% | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 70.8% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 69.7% | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 70.1% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 70.7% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 71.4% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 70.7% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 70.3% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 69.1% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 69.8% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 68.2% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 69.0% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 67.6% | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 66.5% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 68.1% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 67.8% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 69.0% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 70.8% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 70.9% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 70.9% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 71.1% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 71.3% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 71.6% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 70.2% | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 72.4% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 72.3% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 72.1% | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 74.7% | +3.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in IBRD only changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +49.4% | 34.0% | 50.7% |
| 1992 | +33.4% | 50.7% | 67.7% |
| 1985 | -25.9% | 39.8% | 29.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 38.5% | 29.5% | 50.7% | 4 |
| 1990s | 69.8% | 67.7% | 71.8% | 8 |
| 2000s | 69.9% | 68.2% | 71.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.4% | 66.5% | 71.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.2% | 70.2% | 74.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IBRD only
More private sector data for IBRD only
- Merchandise trade 42.3% (2025)
- Food imports 8.4% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 61.3% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 8.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.99 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 9.47 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 2.00 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,891 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2199 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufactures exports in IBRD only?
- Manufactures exports in IBRD only was 74.7% in 2025, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest manufactures exports recorded in IBRD only?
- The highest recorded value was 74.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest manufactures exports recorded in IBRD only?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.5% in 1985.
- How does IBRD only rank for manufactures exports?
- IBRD only ranks 9th out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufactures exports rising or falling in IBRD only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IBRD only data come from?
- The figures come from Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as part of Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 38 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of 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.