Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in IDA total
IDA total: Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) was 26.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Manufactures exports in IDA total, 1970–2024
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
In 2024, manufactures exports in IDA total stood at 26.0%.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufactures exports in IDA total peaked at 38.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 10.4%, in 1974.
That places IDA total 35th out of 46 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 11.4% | — |
| 1971 | 10.7% | -6.4% |
| 1972 | 11.0% | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 10.4% | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 10.8% | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 10.9% | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 19.1% | +75.1% |
| 1978 | 19.9% | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 20.8% | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 32.8% | +57.5% |
| 1998 | 32.1% | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 34.6% | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 35.1% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 37.6% | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 36.0% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 36.8% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 35.6% | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 36.9% | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 36.8% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 35.2% | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 32.9% | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 33.5% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 36.3% | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 29.1% | -19.9% |
| 2015 | 38.5% | +32.6% |
| 2016 | 37.7% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 36.5% | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 35.1% | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 26.8% | -23.5% |
| 2020 | 26.8% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 27.2% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 26.7% | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 25.6% | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 26.0% | +1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in IDA total 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +75.1% | 10.9% | 19.1% |
| 1997 | +57.5% | 20.8% | 32.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13.9% | 10.4% | 20.8% | 9 |
| 1990s | 32.4% | 32.1% | 32.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 36.2% | 34.6% | 37.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 34.2% | 26.8% | 38.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.5% | 25.6% | 27.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
More private sector data for IDA total
- Merchandise trade 40.1% (2025)
- Food imports 15.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 56.6% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 720.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 177.73 billion current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 22.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 565.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 141.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 284.71 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1771 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufactures exports in IDA total?
- Manufactures exports in IDA total was 26.0% in 2024, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest manufactures exports recorded in IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 38.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest manufactures exports recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.4% in 1974.
- How does IDA total rank for manufactures exports?
- IDA total ranks 35th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is manufactures exports rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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.
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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.