Merchandise exports to high-income economies in IDA total
IDA total: Merchandise exports to high-income economies was 55.9% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Merchandise exports to high-income economies in IDA total, 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise exports.
Analysis
IDA total recorded 55.9% for merchandise exports to high-income economies in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise exports to high-income economies in IDA total peaked at 88.0% in 1979 and was at its lowest, 50.7%, in 2018.
That places IDA total 34th out of 47 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Merchandise exports to high-income economies in IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 81.4% | — |
| 1961 | 82.3% | +1.0% |
| 1962 | 81.1% | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 82.3% | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 79.8% | -3.1% |
| 1965 | 79.1% | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 82.8% | +4.6% |
| 1967 | 84.7% | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 84.4% | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 83.5% | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 82.8% | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 83.5% | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 81.7% | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 82.5% | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 85.0% | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 86.0% | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 87.9% | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 87.4% | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 87.1% | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 88.0% | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 80.0% | -9.0% |
| 1981 | 82.7% | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 85.1% | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 84.0% | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 84.8% | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 85.4% | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 84.6% | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 84.4% | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 83.9% | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 83.5% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 83.4% | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 81.3% | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 81.5% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 79.9% | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 79.2% | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 76.2% | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 75.9% | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 76.1% | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 75.2% | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 73.4% | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 68.0% | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 68.4% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 68.1% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 60.9% | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 57.5% | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 55.1% | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 55.3% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 56.5% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 53.9% | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 53.9% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 54.3% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 53.3% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 51.4% | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 51.4% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 52.3% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 52.8% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 54.1% | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 52.8% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 50.7% | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 53.1% | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 55.3% | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 55.1% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 56.7% | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 55.9% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82.1% | 79.1% | 84.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 85.2% | 81.7% | 88.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 83.9% | 80.0% | 85.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 78.2% | 73.4% | 83.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.8% | 53.9% | 68.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.6% | 50.7% | 54.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.7% | 55.1% | 56.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
More private sector data for IDA total
- Merchandise trade 40.1% (2025)
- Food imports 14.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 56.9% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 720.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 20.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 25.7% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 565.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 284.71 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1771 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise exports to high-income economies in IDA total?
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies in IDA total was 55.9% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise exports to high-income economies recorded in IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 88.0% in 1979.
- What is the lowest merchandise exports to high-income economies recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.7% in 2018.
- How does IDA total rank for merchandise exports to high-income economies?
- IDA total ranks 34th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise exports to high-income economies rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA total data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.