Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Pre-demographic dividend
Pre-demographic dividend: Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) was 5.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Manufactures exports in Pre-demographic dividend, 1963–2024
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
Pre-demographic dividend recorded 5.1% for manufactures exports in 2024.
The figure is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufactures exports in Pre-demographic dividend peaked at 12.8% in 1972 and was at its lowest, 4.7%, in 1963.
Pre-demographic dividend ranks 46th of 46 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Pre-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 4.7% | — |
| 1972 | 12.8% | +169.6% |
| 1973 | 11.6% | -9.4% |
| 1974 | 9.8% | -15.7% |
| 1975 | 8.3% | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 10.9% | +30.9% |
| 2000 | 5.7% | -47.9% |
| 2001 | 6.2% | +9.7% |
| 2002 | 7.7% | +23.1% |
| 2006 | 6.1% | -21.1% |
| 2007 | 6.0% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 7.4% | +23.2% |
| 2009 | 7.4% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 7.6% | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 5.6% | -26.8% |
| 2012 | 5.4% | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 7.4% | +36.2% |
| 2014 | 7.9% | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 10.7% | +34.4% |
| 2016 | 9.1% | -15.2% |
| 2017 | 10.8% | +18.7% |
| 2018 | 10.9% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 10.4% | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 9.4% | -10.1% |
| 2021 | 7.0% | -25.1% |
| 2022 | 5.7% | -18.2% |
| 2023 | 5.5% | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 5.1% | -7.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Pre-demographic dividend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +169.6% | 4.7% | 12.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 1 |
| 1970s | 10.7% | 8.3% | 12.8% | 5 |
| 2000s | 6.7% | 5.7% | 7.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 8.6% | 5.4% | 10.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.6% | 5.1% | 9.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pre-demographic dividend
More private sector data for Pre-demographic dividend
- Merchandise trade 45.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 373.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 117.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 383.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 47.67 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 338.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2303 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufactures exports in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Manufactures exports in Pre-demographic dividend was 5.1% in 2024, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest manufactures exports recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 12.8% in 1972.
- What is the lowest manufactures exports recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.7% in 1963.
- How does Pre-demographic dividend rank for manufactures exports?
- Pre-demographic dividend ranks 46th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is manufactures exports rising or falling in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pre-demographic dividend 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.