Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) was 74.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Manufactures exports in Low & middle income, 1984–2025
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for manufactures exports in Low & middle income is 74.2%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufactures exports in Low & middle income peaked at 74.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 29.7%, in 1985.
That places Low & middle income 11th 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 Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 38.9% | — |
| 1985 | 29.7% | -23.7% |
| 1986 | 34.1% | +15.1% |
| 1987 | 50.5% | +47.8% |
| 1992 | 68.7% | +36.1% |
| 1993 | 70.8% | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 71.8% | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 72.0% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 71.3% | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 70.0% | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 72.1% | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 73.0% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 71.7% | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 72.0% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 72.9% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 73.6% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 73.5% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 73.6% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 71.9% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 72.3% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 70.7% | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 71.7% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 70.1% | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 68.9% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 70.6% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 70.4% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 71.5% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 73.2% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 73.0% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 73.0% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 73.4% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 73.3% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 73.7% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 72.1% | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 71.2% | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 70.9% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 71.0% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 74.2% | +4.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Low & middle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +47.8% | 34.1% | 50.5% |
| 1992 | +36.1% | 50.5% | 68.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 38.3% | 29.7% | 50.5% | 4 |
| 1990s | 71.2% | 68.7% | 73.0% | 8 |
| 2000s | 72.4% | 70.7% | 73.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.7% | 68.9% | 73.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.2% | 70.9% | 74.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More private sector data for Low & middle income
- Merchandise trade 41.5% (2025)
- Food imports 8.4% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 59.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 8.33 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.91 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.5% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 8.84 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.80 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,301 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.213 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufactures exports in Low & middle income?
- Manufactures exports in Low & middle income was 74.2% in 2025, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest manufactures exports recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 74.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest manufactures exports recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.7% in 1985.
- How does Low & middle income rank for manufactures exports?
- Low & middle income ranks 11th out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufactures exports rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle 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.