Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & was 2.5% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & in Early-demographic dividend, 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise exports.
Analysis
Early-demographic dividend recorded 2.5% for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in europe & in 2023. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.1% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in europe & in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 2.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1971.
That places Early-demographic dividend 29th out of 47 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.2% | — |
| 1961 | 0.2% | -7.5% |
| 1962 | 0.2% | +13.2% |
| 1963 | 0.2% | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 0.2% | -8.7% |
| 1965 | 0.2% | +26.0% |
| 1966 | 0.3% | +40.5% |
| 1967 | 0.2% | -23.3% |
| 1968 | 0.2% | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 0.2% | -8.8% |
| 1970 | 0.2% | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 0.2% | -15.0% |
| 1972 | 0.4% | +144.8% |
| 1973 | 0.4% | -6.8% |
| 1974 | 0.4% | +11.2% |
| 1975 | 0.2% | -47.9% |
| 1976 | 0.3% | +44.0% |
| 1977 | 0.3% | -10.8% |
| 1978 | 0.4% | +26.7% |
| 1979 | 0.3% | -20.1% |
| 1980 | 0.4% | +33.7% |
| 1981 | 0.7% | +82.1% |
| 1982 | 0.9% | +30.1% |
| 1983 | 1.1% | +18.1% |
| 1984 | 1.3% | +21.1% |
| 1985 | 1.4% | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 0.7% | -46.3% |
| 1987 | 1.1% | +47.5% |
| 1988 | 0.7% | -37.9% |
| 1989 | 0.6% | -15.1% |
| 1990 | 1.0% | +77.8% |
| 1991 | 1.0% | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 1.2% | +22.2% |
| 1993 | 1.6% | +34.0% |
| 1994 | 1.7% | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 2.0% | +17.3% |
| 1996 | 1.8% | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 1.7% | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 1.4% | -15.3% |
| 1999 | 1.3% | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 1.3% | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 1.5% | +13.6% |
| 2002 | 1.6% | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 1.5% | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 1.7% | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 1.7% | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | +12.4% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | +14.4% |
| 2008 | 2.3% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 1.8% | -19.7% |
| 2010 | 2.2% | +17.9% |
| 2011 | 2.1% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 2.3% | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | -9.7% |
| 2016 | 2.0% | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 2.2% | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 2.1% | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 2.4% | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 2.4% | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 2.5% | +7.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & in Early-demographic dividend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +144.8% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.5% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
More private sector data for Early-demographic dividend
- Merchandise trade 41.4% (2025)
- Food imports 9.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 62.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.69 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 55.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.12 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 867.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1901 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.37 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in europe & in Early-demographic dividend?
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in europe & in Early-demographic dividend was 2.5% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in europe & recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 2.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in europe & recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1971.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in europe &?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 29th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in europe & rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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 Europe & Central Asia (% 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 Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia 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.