Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia was 18.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise exports.
Analysis
In 2023, merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in east asia in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) stood at 18.8%. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in east asia in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 18.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.9%, in 1974.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 12th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.9% | — |
| 1961 | 11.8% | +33.8% |
| 1962 | 11.6% | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 10.4% | -10.0% |
| 1964 | 11.1% | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 8.5% | -23.1% |
| 1966 | 8.3% | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 7.6% | -8.2% |
| 1968 | 7.5% | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 7.5% | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 5.9% | -21.4% |
| 1971 | 5.9% | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 5.6% | -5.1% |
| 1973 | 4.9% | -11.3% |
| 1974 | 3.9% | -20.1% |
| 1975 | 4.1% | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 4.5% | +10.5% |
| 1977 | 5.2% | +15.3% |
| 1978 | 5.1% | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 5.1% | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 5.3% | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 5.2% | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 5.6% | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 5.2% | -8.4% |
| 1984 | 5.1% | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 5.7% | +12.6% |
| 1986 | 5.1% | -10.1% |
| 1987 | 5.6% | +8.8% |
| 1988 | 5.7% | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 5.9% | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 6.0% | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 6.0% | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 6.2% | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 6.8% | +9.0% |
| 1994 | 7.4% | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 8.1% | +10.3% |
| 1996 | 8.5% | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 8.5% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 8.0% | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 8.3% | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 9.1% | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 9.4% | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 9.9% | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 10.4% | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 10.5% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 10.6% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 10.3% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 10.6% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 11.1% | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 12.1% | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 12.7% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 13.3% | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 13.9% | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 14.6% | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 14.5% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 14.7% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 15.4% | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 16.4% | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 16.9% | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 17.8% | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 17.9% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 18.0% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 18.7% | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 18.8% | +0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | +33.8% | 8.9% | 11.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.3% | 7.5% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.0% | 3.9% | 5.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.4% | 5.1% | 5.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.4% | 6.0% | 8.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.4% | 9.1% | 12.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.0% | 12.7% | 17.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.4% | 17.9% | 18.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- 9 Turkmenistan 63.1% compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of Congo 59.4% compare
- 11 Maldives 56.7% compare
- 12 East Timor 54.6% compare
- 13 Solomon Islands 54.2% compare
- 14 Congo 53.8% compare
- 15 Angola 52.1% compare
More private sector data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Merchandise trade 41.4% (2025)
- Food imports 8.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 53.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.19 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 85.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 5.42 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,528 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in east asia in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in east asia in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 18.8% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in east asia recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 18.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in east asia recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9% in 1974.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in east asia?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 12th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in east asia rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are 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.