Merchandise exports to high-income economies in Low income
Low income: Merchandise exports to high-income economies was 44.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Merchandise exports to high-income economies in Low income, 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise exports.
Analysis
Low income recorded 44.0% for merchandise exports to high-income economies in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.7% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise exports to high-income economies in Low income peaked at 87.2% in 1976 and was at its lowest, 40.0%, in 2015.
Low income ranks 47th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Merchandise exports to high-income economies in Low income, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 76.0% | — |
| 1961 | 76.2% | +0.3% |
| 1962 | 75.2% | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 77.2% | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 76.8% | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 76.5% | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 80.7% | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 80.6% | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 80.1% | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 75.2% | -6.1% |
| 1970 | 74.8% | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 79.1% | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 71.2% | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 70.0% | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 71.7% | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 81.2% | +13.2% |
| 1976 | 87.2% | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 85.5% | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 84.3% | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 84.3% | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 86.2% | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 81.1% | -6.0% |
| 1982 | 80.6% | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 82.4% | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 82.6% | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 84.6% | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 83.1% | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 80.1% | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 80.0% | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 79.9% | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 81.0% | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 79.1% | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 79.9% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 77.0% | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 75.7% | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 69.9% | -7.7% |
| 1996 | 69.7% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 69.3% | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 71.8% | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 68.6% | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 60.5% | -11.8% |
| 2001 | 65.4% | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 68.8% | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 60.8% | -11.6% |
| 2004 | 54.4% | -10.5% |
| 2005 | 47.2% | -13.3% |
| 2006 | 58.3% | +23.6% |
| 2007 | 61.8% | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 54.6% | -11.7% |
| 2009 | 49.8% | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 54.4% | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 52.7% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 44.9% | -14.8% |
| 2013 | 44.9% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 41.8% | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 40.0% | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 41.7% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 45.8% | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 41.2% | -10.2% |
| 2019 | 48.1% | +16.9% |
| 2020 | 49.0% | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 48.1% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 54.1% | +12.6% |
| 2023 | 44.0% | -18.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 77.4% | 75.2% | 80.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 78.9% | 70.0% | 87.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 82.1% | 79.9% | 86.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 74.2% | 68.6% | 81.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.2% | 47.2% | 68.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.6% | 40.0% | 54.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.8% | 44.0% | 54.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More private sector data for Low income
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 17.6% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 59.0% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 152.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports 106.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 139.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.166 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 15.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 198.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2373 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise exports to high-income economies in Low income?
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies in Low income was 44.0% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise exports to high-income economies recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 87.2% in 1976.
- What is the lowest merchandise exports to high-income economies recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.0% in 2015.
- How does Low income rank for merchandise exports to high-income economies?
- Low income ranks 47th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise exports to high-income economies rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low 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.