Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries): Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in was 1.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise exports.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 1.2% for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in in 2023. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 11.6% on the previous year and up 54.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 1.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1962.
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 38th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom 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 in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.3% | — |
| 1961 | 0.2% | -32.2% |
| 1962 | 0.1% | -35.9% |
| 1963 | 0.4% | +154.7% |
| 1964 | 0.4% | +12.3% |
| 1965 | 0.7% | +63.6% |
| 1966 | 0.4% | -44.2% |
| 1967 | 0.5% | +18.2% |
| 1968 | 0.5% | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 0.6% | +40.5% |
| 1970 | 0.3% | -56.6% |
| 1971 | 0.2% | -26.7% |
| 1972 | 0.2% | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 0.2% | +25.8% |
| 1974 | 0.3% | +21.8% |
| 1975 | 0.6% | +110.1% |
| 1976 | 0.5% | -16.0% |
| 1977 | 0.8% | +68.3% |
| 1978 | 0.7% | -11.1% |
| 1979 | 0.6% | -14.3% |
| 1980 | 0.9% | +39.3% |
| 1981 | 1.0% | +16.4% |
| 1982 | 0.9% | -13.9% |
| 1983 | 1.0% | +11.4% |
| 1984 | 0.7% | -27.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8% | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 1.0% | +27.1% |
| 1987 | 0.9% | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 0.9% | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.9% | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 0.8% | -7.8% |
| 1991 | 0.9% | +12.2% |
| 1992 | 0.5% | -42.2% |
| 1993 | 0.7% | +28.4% |
| 1994 | 0.5% | -29.0% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | -12.2% |
| 1996 | 0.6% | +48.5% |
| 1997 | 0.5% | -16.8% |
| 1998 | 0.7% | +44.8% |
| 1999 | 0.8% | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | -23.5% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | -13.2% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | -7.4% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | +18.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | +35.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | -20.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | +23.9% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | +13.9% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 1.1% | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 1.2% | +11.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +154.7% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
More private sector data for Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Merchandise trade 47.8% (2025)
- Food imports 9.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.78 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.3% (2021)
- Manufactures exports 49.6% (2021)
- Merchandise exports 1.60 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,468 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2266 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 2.64 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) was 1.2% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1962.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in?
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 38th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 Sub-Saharan Africa (% 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 Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan 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.