Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) by country
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total...
Countries reporting
204
Highest
58.1%
Syrian Arab Republic
Lowest
0.0%
Micronesia, Federated States of
Median
0.5%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
11,828
What the numbers show
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 58.1% in Syrian Arab Republic; the lowest is 0.0% in Micronesia, Federated States of.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5%, and the mean is 2.2%.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Bahamas (up 240,182.0%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 100.0%).
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syrian Arab Republic | 58.1% | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Cyprus | 28.4% | 2023 | up 234.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Yemen | 21.3% | 2023 | up 1,067.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Lebanon | 21.0% | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 5 | Jordan | 17.7% | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 6 | Egypt | 16.6% | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 7 | Türkiye | 14.2% | 2023 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Sudan | 12.3% | 2023 | up 139.6% | rising |
| 9 | Kuwait | 11.9% | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Bahrain | 10.8% | 2023 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Bahamas | 10.6% | 2023 | up 240,182.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Somalia | 10.1% | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Oman | 9.9% | 2023 | up 344.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Tunisia | 8.7% | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 15 | Greece | 8.6% | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Mauritania | 8.5% | 2023 | up 9,587.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Palestine, State of | 7.3% | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 6.6% | 2023 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 6.6% | 2023 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Tajikistan | 5.9% | 2023 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 5.8% | 2023 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 22 | Kenya | 5.5% | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 23 | Ukraine | 5.5% | 2023 | down 47.2% | rising |
| 24 | Argentina | 5.4% | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 5.2% | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 4.4% | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Spain | 4.4% | 2023 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Malta | 4.3% | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.2% | 2023 | up 4,024.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Algeria | 3.9% | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 3.8% | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 32 | India | 3.6% | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 3.5% | 2023 | up 120.9% | rising |
| 34 | Brazil | 3.5% | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 35 | Armenia | 3.4% | 2023 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Romania | 3.3% | 2023 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 37 | France | 3.0% | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Italy | 2.8% | 2023 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 39 | Benin | 2.6% | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Portugal | 2.6% | 2023 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Uruguay | 2.5% | 2023 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 42 | San Marino | 2.4% | 2023 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Morocco | 2.4% | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 44 | Georgia | 2.4% | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 45 | China | 2.2% | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.2% | 2023 | up 722.4% | volatile |
| 47 | New Zealand | 2.1% | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Malawi | 2.1% | 2023 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Burundi | 2.1% | 2023 | up 6,178.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 2.0% | 2023 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Liberia | 1.8% | 2023 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Pakistan | 1.7% | 2023 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Indonesia | 1.5% | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Republic of Moldova | 1.5% | 2023 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Djibouti | 1.4% | 2023 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Slovenia | 1.4% | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 57 | Colombia | 1.3% | 2023 | up 779.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Serbia | 1.3% | 2023 | up 67.0% | falling |
| 59 | Switzerland | 1.3% | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Croatia | 1.2% | 2023 | down 53.9% | rising |
| 61 | Belgium | 1.2% | 2023 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 62 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.2% | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Comoros | 1.2% | 2023 | up 153.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Rwanda | 1.1% | 2023 | up 8,082.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Finland | 1.1% | 2023 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Ecuador | 1.1% | 2023 | up 180.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Germany | 1.1% | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Denmark | 1.1% | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 69 | Uganda | 1.0% | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.0% | 2023 | up 471.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.0% | 2023 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Sweden | 1.0% | 2023 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Belarus | 1.0% | 2023 | up 120.9% | falling |
| 74 | Lithuania | 0.9% | 2023 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Thailand | 0.9% | 2023 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Senegal | 0.9% | 2023 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.9% | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 78 | Israel | 0.9% | 2023 | up 101.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Malaysia | 0.8% | 2023 | down 40.8% | flat |
| 80 | Netherlands | 0.8% | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 81 | Korea | 0.8% | 2023 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 82 | American Samoa | 0.8% | 2023 | up 340.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Iraq | 0.8% | 2023 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 84 | United States of America | 0.8% | 2023 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Czechia | 0.7% | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 86 | Qatar | 0.7% | 2023 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Poland | 0.7% | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Slovakia | 0.7% | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Curaçao | 0.7% | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Hungary | 0.6% | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.6% | 2023 | up 238.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Mauritius | 0.6% | 2023 | up 274.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Austria | 0.6% | 2023 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Kosovo | 0.5% | 2023 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 94 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.5% | 2023 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 96 | Guatemala | 0.5% | 2023 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Ireland | 0.5% | 2023 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Latvia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Maldives | 0.5% | 2023 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Canada | 0.5% | 2023 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 0.5% | 2023 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Mali | 0.5% | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Luxembourg | 0.4% | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 104 | Japan | 0.4% | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Eritrea | 0.4% | 2023 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Madagascar | 0.4% | 2023 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Australia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Togo | 0.4% | 2023 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4% | 2023 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Dominica | 0.4% | 2023 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 0.4% | 2023 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 112 | South Africa | 0.4% | 2023 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 113 | Montenegro | 0.4% | 2023 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 0.4% | 2023 | up 418.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Mongolia | 0.4% | 2023 | up 550.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 0.3% | 2023 | up 1,565.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Gabon | 0.3% | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Paraguay | 0.3% | 2023 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Viet Nam | 0.3% | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Bangladesh | 0.3% | 2023 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Lesotho | 0.3% | 2023 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Estonia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 123 | Cape Verde | 0.3% | 2023 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 0.3% | 2023 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Sierra Leone | 0.2% | 2023 | up 886.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Singapore | 0.2% | 2023 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Central African Republic | 0.2% | 2023 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Cameroon | 0.2% | 2023 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Norway | 0.2% | 2023 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Ghana | 0.2% | 2023 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Albania | 0.2% | 2023 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.2% | 2023 | up 1,037.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Hong Kong, China | 0.2% | 2023 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2% | 2023 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 135 | North Macedonia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2023 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Niger | 0.1% | 2023 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Cuba | 0.1% | 2023 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Philippines | 0.1% | 2023 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Nigeria | 0.1% | 2023 | up 507.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Chad | 0.1% | 2023 | up 665.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Mexico | 0.1% | 2023 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Burkina Faso | 0.1% | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.1% | 2023 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Bermuda | 0.1% | 2023 | up 328.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Angola | 0.1% | 2023 | up 1,773.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Chile | 0.1% | 2023 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Myanmar | 0.1% | 2023 | up 231.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Peru | 0.1% | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Suriname | 0.1% | 2023 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Honduras | 0.1% | 2023 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Faroe Islands | 0.1% | 2023 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Palau | 0.1% | 2022 | up 627.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.1% | 2023 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2023 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2023 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2021 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2023 | up 60,230.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2023 | up 745.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Libya | 0.0% | 2023 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Cambodia | 0.0% | 2014 | up 231.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Congo | 0.0% | 2023 | up 66.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2023 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 2023 | up 596.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2023 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2023 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | up 7,520.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2017 | up 124.7% | volatile |
| 171 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2023 | up 5,984.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2011 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 173 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2023 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 174 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2023 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2023 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | up 1,928.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0% | 2023 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2023 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2008 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 181 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2023 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0% | 2020 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Macau, China | 0.0% | 2022 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2023 | up 4,126.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2023 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Naoero | 0.0% | 2023 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2023 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Belize | 0.0% | 2022 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Panama | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 193 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0% | 2022 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 195 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 196 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2021 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 197 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2021 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 198 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2002 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 199 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 200 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2023 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 201 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2016 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 202 | Timor-Leste | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 203 | Guam | 0.0% | 2021 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 204 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0% | 2021 | down 86.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 7.5%
- Arab World 5.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 5.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 4.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 4.9%
- Low income 4.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 3.5%
- South Asia 3.3%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 3.3%
- Lower middle income 3.0%
- Other small states 2.8%
- Small states 2.6%
- Caribbean Small States 2.4%
- IBRD only 2.3%
- Low & middle income 2.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 2.3%
- Middle income 2.3%
- Upper middle income 2.2%
- Late-demographic dividend 2.2%
- Europe & Central Asia 2.0%
- IDA only 1.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.8%
- Euro area 1.8%
- World 1.8%
- European Union 1.6%
- IDA total 1.5%
- High income 1.5%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 1.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 1.4%
- OECD members 1.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean 1.3%
- East Asia & Pacific 1.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.3%
- Post-demographic dividend 1.2%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 1.2%
- Least developed countries 1.1%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 1.1%
- Pre-demographic dividend 1.1%
About this data
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa 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.