Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) was 35.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Manufactures exports in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1963–2024
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
In 2024, manufactures exports in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) stood at 35.4%.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufactures exports in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 40.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.8%, in 1963.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 31st of 46 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), year by year
| Year | % of merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 5.8% | — |
| 1966 | 11.7% | +102.4% |
| 1968 | 14.0% | +19.9% |
| 1969 | 15.2% | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 15.4% | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 16.7% | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 19.7% | +17.9% |
| 1973 | 17.4% | -11.7% |
| 1974 | 14.5% | -16.3% |
| 1975 | 14.0% | -3.9% |
| 1976 | 15.9% | +13.9% |
| 1977 | 16.0% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 31.7% | +97.5% |
| 1998 | 35.2% | +11.2% |
| 1999 | 33.5% | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 25.5% | -23.9% |
| 2001 | 25.9% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 26.2% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 32.9% | +25.6% |
| 2004 | 25.4% | -22.7% |
| 2005 | 33.4% | +31.4% |
| 2006 | 24.4% | -26.8% |
| 2007 | 27.9% | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 29.0% | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 30.0% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 26.1% | -13.0% |
| 2011 | 25.6% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 31.0% | +21.0% |
| 2013 | 28.1% | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 29.9% | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 32.5% | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 29.5% | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 36.9% | +24.8% |
| 2021 | 40.2% | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 38.1% | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 35.0% | -8.1% |
| 2024 | 35.4% | +1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +102.4% | 5.8% | 11.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.7% | 5.8% | 15.2% | 4 |
| 1970s | 16.2% | 14.0% | 19.7% | 8 |
| 1990s | 33.5% | 31.7% | 35.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 28.1% | 24.4% | 33.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.0% | 25.6% | 36.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 37.2% | 35.0% | 40.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
More private sector data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
- Merchandise trade 49.0% (2025)
- Food imports 18.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 572.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 144.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 464.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 148.79 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 620.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2197 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufactures exports in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- Manufactures exports in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 35.4% in 2024, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest manufactures exports recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- The highest recorded value was 40.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest manufactures exports recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8% in 1963.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for manufactures exports?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 31st out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is manufactures exports rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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.