Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) was 77.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Manufactures exports in Upper middle income, 1984–2025
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
Upper middle income recorded 77.0% for manufactures exports in 2025.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufactures exports in Upper middle income peaked at 77.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 28.2%, in 1985.
Upper middle income ranks 6th of 46 groups on this measure, 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 Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | % of merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 39.1% | — |
| 1985 | 28.2% | -27.9% |
| 1986 | 32.8% | +16.2% |
| 1987 | 50.7% | +54.9% |
| 1992 | 69.3% | +36.7% |
| 1993 | 71.8% | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 73.0% | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 73.8% | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 74.0% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 72.2% | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 74.3% | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 75.3% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 74.0% | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 74.6% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 75.4% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 76.3% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 75.5% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 75.8% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 74.9% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 75.8% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 74.5% | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 75.3% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 73.9% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 72.7% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 74.7% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 74.3% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 74.8% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 76.3% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 75.9% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 76.2% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 76.7% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 76.9% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 77.2% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 75.5% | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 74.8% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 74.5% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 74.1% | -0.5% |
| 2025 | 77.0% | +3.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Upper 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 | +54.9% | 32.8% | 50.7% |
| 1992 | +36.7% | 50.7% | 69.3% |
| 1985 | -27.9% | 39.1% | 28.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 37.7% | 28.2% | 50.7% | 4 |
| 1990s | 73.0% | 69.3% | 75.3% | 8 |
| 2000s | 75.2% | 74.0% | 76.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.2% | 72.7% | 76.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.5% | 74.1% | 77.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
More private sector data for Upper middle income
- Merchandise trade 42.8% (2025)
- Food imports 8.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 61.3% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 6.62 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.45 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 7.67 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.18 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,493 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2289 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufactures exports in Upper middle income?
- Manufactures exports in Upper middle income was 77.0% in 2025, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest manufactures exports recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 77.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest manufactures exports recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.2% in 1985.
- How does Upper middle income rank for manufactures exports?
- Upper middle income ranks 6th out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufactures exports rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper 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.