What is the highest merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

The highest recorded value was 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2022.

What is the lowest merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0811 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1971.

How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp?

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.

Is merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. 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 Statizoid (derived), published as part of Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Name: Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP was 0.2093 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.2093 current US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

up 1.9%

Rank

30th

of 45 groups

All-time high

0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2022

All-time low

0.0811 current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1971

Years of data

1960–2025

Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1960–2025

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current US$ per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

The most recent figure for merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) is 0.2093 current US$ per US$ of GDP, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 21.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0811 current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1971.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.

Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1960 to 2025.
Year	current US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1960	0.1141 current US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1961	0.1039 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.0%
1962	0.1046 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.7%
1963	0.101 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.4%
1964	0.0991 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.9%
1965	0.0955 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.6%
1966	0.0892 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.6%
1967	0.0929 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.2%
1968	0.0877 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.5%
1969	0.0879 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.1%
1970	0.0911 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.7%
1971	0.0811 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-10.9%
1972	0.0829 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.2%
1973	0.0919 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+10.9%
1974	0.1078 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+17.3%
1975	0.0959 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.0%
1976	0.0991 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.3%
1977	0.1081 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.1%
1978	0.0979 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.5%
1979	0.1156 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+18.1%
1980	0.1266 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.5%
1981	0.1216 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.9%
1982	0.1189 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.3%
1983	0.138 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+16.1%
1984	0.1474 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.8%
1985	0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.2%
1986	0.1187 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-16.0%
1987	0.1241 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.5%
1988	0.1309 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.5%
1989	0.1312 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.2%
1990	0.1292 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.6%
1991	0.1178 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.8%
1992	0.1136 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.5%
1993	0.1023 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-10.0%
1994	0.1018 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.4%
1995	0.1147 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.6%
1996	0.1204 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.0%
1997	0.123 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.2%
1998	0.1202 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.3%
1999	0.1432 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+19.1%
2000	0.1566 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.4%
2001	0.1538 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.8%
2002	0.1759 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+14.4%
2003	0.1882 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+7.0%
2004	0.1995 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.0%
2005	0.1968 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.3%
2006	0.1969 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.1%
2007	0.1869 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.1%
2008	0.1872 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.2%
2009	0.1547 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-17.4%
2010	0.1583 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.4%
2011	0.1735 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.6%
2012	0.1753 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.0%
2013	0.1725 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.6%
2014	0.1693 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.8%
2015	0.1728 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.0%
2016	0.1722 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.3%
2017	0.1732 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.6%
2018	0.1946 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.4%
2019	0.1947 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.1%
2020	0.2079 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.7%
2021	0.2263 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.8%
2022	0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.6%
2023	0.2021 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.1%
2024	0.2054 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.6%
2025	0.2093 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.9%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0976 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0877 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1141 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1970s	0.0971 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0811 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1156 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.1299 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1187 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1474 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.1186 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1018 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1432 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.1797 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1538 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1995 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.1757 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1583 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1947 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.2134 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2021 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP	6

Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

27 North Macedonia 0.4741 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
28 Namibia 0.4658 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
29 Zambia 0.461 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
30 Congo 0.4599 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
31 Eswatini 0.4592 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
32 Kuwait 0.4585 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
33 Latvia 0.455 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 250 places →

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)
Manufactures exports 61.3% (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$), annual growth rate 6.06 % change on previous year (2025)
Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 2,233 current US$ per person (2025)

All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →

Frequently asked questions

What is merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: Merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 0.2093 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: The highest recorded value was 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2022.
What is the lowest merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0811 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1971.
How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp?: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
Is merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. 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 Statizoid (derived), published as part of Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit: current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 250 places, 13,939 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 18 August 2026

Merchandise exports (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.