Merchandise exports to high-income economies in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Merchandise exports to high-income economies was 64.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Merchandise exports to high-income economies in Low & middle income, 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise exports.
Analysis
Low & middle income recorded 64.0% for merchandise exports to high-income economies in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise exports to high-income economies in Low & middle income peaked at 88.0% in 1963 and was at its lowest, 64.0%, in 2023.
Low & middle income ranks 22nd of 47 groups on this measure, 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 Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 87.1% | — |
| 1961 | 87.5% | +0.5% |
| 1962 | 87.6% | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 88.0% | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 84.9% | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 84.5% | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 86.0% | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 87.4% | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 86.8% | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 86.9% | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 86.8% | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 86.0% | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 85.7% | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 85.9% | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 86.0% | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 84.8% | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 87.5% | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 86.5% | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 86.4% | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 87.5% | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 86.1% | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 81.9% | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 82.5% | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 83.3% | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 83.5% | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 83.6% | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 84.3% | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 84.6% | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 83.9% | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 85.3% | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 85.5% | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 86.3% | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 85.1% | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 84.0% | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 83.7% | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 82.4% | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 82.5% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 82.2% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 82.3% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 83.5% | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 80.9% | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 80.3% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 79.8% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 78.9% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 78.1% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 77.2% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 76.2% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 74.0% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 72.2% | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 70.6% | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 69.4% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 68.3% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 67.5% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 67.0% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 67.2% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 68.0% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 68.2% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 66.8% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 66.1% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 65.7% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 66.4% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 65.2% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 64.7% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 64.0% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86.7% | 84.5% | 88.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 86.3% | 84.8% | 87.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 83.9% | 81.9% | 86.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 83.7% | 82.2% | 86.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.8% | 70.6% | 80.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.4% | 65.7% | 69.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.1% | 64.0% | 66.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More private sector data for Low & middle income
- Merchandise trade 41.5% (2025)
- Food imports 8.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.33 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.84 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,301 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.213 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.48 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise exports to high-income economies in Low & middle income?
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies in Low & middle income was 64.0% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise exports to high-income economies recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 88.0% in 1963.
- What is the lowest merchandise exports to high-income economies recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.0% in 2023.
- How does Low & middle income rank for merchandise exports to high-income economies?
- Low & middle income ranks 22nd out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise exports to high-income economies rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.