Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in was 4.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in in Low & middle 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 in Low & middle income stood at 4.0%.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in in Low & middle income peaked at 4.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 1994.
That places Low & middle income 22nd out of 47 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.7% | — |
| 1961 | 2.0% | +19.9% |
| 1962 | 2.1% | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 2.0% | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 3.4% | +66.6% |
| 1965 | 3.6% | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 2.9% | -19.1% |
| 1967 | 2.5% | -13.7% |
| 1968 | 3.0% | +17.4% |
| 1969 | 2.8% | -7.0% |
| 1970 | 3.0% | +8.0% |
| 1971 | 3.1% | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 3.2% | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 2.9% | -10.1% |
| 1974 | 2.6% | -10.1% |
| 1975 | 2.3% | -11.4% |
| 1976 | 1.8% | -19.5% |
| 1977 | 2.0% | +10.7% |
| 1978 | 2.1% | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 1.8% | -12.0% |
| 1980 | 1.9% | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 2.5% | +31.1% |
| 1982 | 2.2% | -12.8% |
| 1983 | 1.9% | -12.0% |
| 1984 | 2.0% | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 2.0% | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 1.9% | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 2.0% | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 2.1% | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 1.5% | -27.4% |
| 1990 | 1.8% | +15.8% |
| 1991 | 1.6% | -10.8% |
| 1992 | 1.7% | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 1.6% | -9.4% |
| 1994 | 1.5% | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 1.7% | +14.4% |
| 1996 | 1.7% | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 1.6% | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 2.1% | +31.7% |
| 1999 | 2.0% | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 2.3% | +16.0% |
| 2001 | 2.3% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 2.5% | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 2.9% | +17.4% |
| 2004 | 3.1% | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 3.2% | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 3.2% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 3.4% | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 3.6% | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 3.9% | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 4.0% | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 4.3% | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 4.3% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 4.3% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 4.4% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 4.4% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 3.9% | -10.1% |
| 2017 | 3.7% | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 3.7% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 3.8% | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 3.7% | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 3.7% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 4.0% | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 4.0% | -0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in in Low & middle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +66.6% | 2.0% | 3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.6% | 1.7% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.5% | 1.8% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.0% | 1.5% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.7% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.0% | 2.3% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.1% | 3.7% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.8% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More private sector data for Low & middle income
- Merchandise trade 41.5% (2025)
- Food imports 8.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.33 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.84 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,301 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.213 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.48 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in in Low & middle income?
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in in Low & middle income was 4.0% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 4.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 1994.
- How does Low & middle income rank for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in?
- Low & middle income ranks 22nd out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle 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 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.