Manufactures exports in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Manufactures exports was 61.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Manufactures exports in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1962–2025
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 61.3% for manufactures exports in 2025. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 23.4% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufactures exports in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 61.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 8.8%, in 1962.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th of 46 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Manufactures exports in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 8.8% | — |
| 1963 | 9.2% | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 10.4% | +13.9% |
| 1965 | 10.9% | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 12.3% | +12.7% |
| 1967 | 13.0% | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 13.8% | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 16.8% | +22.4% |
| 1970 | 21.0% | +24.5% |
| 1971 | 24.2% | +15.3% |
| 1972 | 24.4% | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 28.4% | +16.1% |
| 1974 | 27.8% | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 24.5% | -11.7% |
| 1976 | 23.3% | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 22.7% | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 24.7% | +8.9% |
| 1979 | 23.3% | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 18.9% | -18.9% |
| 1981 | 18.9% | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 18.1% | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 23.6% | +30.7% |
| 1984 | 25.0% | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 27.4% | +9.6% |
| 1986 | 37.4% | +36.6% |
| 1987 | 35.2% | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 47.2% | +34.2% |
| 1990 | 42.4% | -10.3% |
| 1991 | 46.9% | +10.6% |
| 1992 | 54.1% | +15.5% |
| 1993 | 56.1% | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 56.2% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 55.9% | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 55.3% | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 56.9% | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 60.4% | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 59.5% | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 59.3% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 59.3% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 58.8% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 57.0% | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 56.8% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 55.7% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 54.2% | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 54.3% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 51.5% | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 50.4% | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 49.5% | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 46.5% | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 48.0% | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 49.2% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 51.9% | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 54.8% | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 54.7% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 53.9% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 52.3% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 51.7% | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 50.0% | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 48.7% | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 49.4% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 49.9% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 49.7% | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 61.3% | +23.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufactures exports in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +36.6% | 27.4% | 37.4% |
| 1989 | +34.2% | 35.2% | 47.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.9% | 8.8% | 16.8% | 8 |
| 1970s | 24.4% | 21.0% | 28.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 28.0% | 18.1% | 47.2% | 9 |
| 1990s | 54.4% | 42.4% | 60.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.7% | 50.4% | 59.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.2% | 46.5% | 54.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.5% | 48.7% | 61.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 17 North Macedonia 80.6% compare
- 18 Japan 80.6% compare
- 19 Luxembourg 80.4% compare
- 20 Hungary 80.4% compare
- 21 Turks and Caicos Islands 80.0% compare
- 22 Romania 79.3% compare
- 23 Italy 79.2% compare
More private sector data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Merchandise trade 43.4% (2025)
- Food imports 8.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 74.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.40 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 1.37 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,178 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2093 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 2,233 current US$ per person (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufactures exports in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Manufactures exports in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 61.3% in 2025, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest manufactures exports recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 61.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest manufactures exports recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8% in 1962.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for manufactures exports?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufactures exports rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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.