Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region was 20.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region 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 outside region in Low & middle income stood at 20.1%. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region in Low & middle income peaked at 20.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.6%, in 1969.
Low & middle income ranks 28th of 47 groups on this measure, 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 outside region in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.0% | — |
| 1961 | 5.7% | -5.0% |
| 1962 | 5.5% | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 5.1% | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 7.0% | +36.4% |
| 1965 | 6.9% | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 6.4% | -7.0% |
| 1967 | 5.8% | -9.4% |
| 1968 | 5.7% | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 4.6% | -18.3% |
| 1970 | 5.0% | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 5.8% | +16.1% |
| 1972 | 5.3% | -8.4% |
| 1973 | 5.1% | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 5.9% | +14.4% |
| 1975 | 6.6% | +12.7% |
| 1976 | 4.8% | -27.9% |
| 1977 | 5.5% | +15.1% |
| 1978 | 5.9% | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 5.2% | -11.6% |
| 1980 | 6.1% | +18.0% |
| 1981 | 10.0% | +64.0% |
| 1982 | 9.8% | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 10.2% | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 9.7% | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 9.8% | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 8.6% | -12.2% |
| 1987 | 8.7% | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 8.9% | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 7.3% | -17.8% |
| 1990 | 7.2% | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 6.1% | -15.3% |
| 1992 | 6.4% | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 6.6% | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 6.3% | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 7.1% | +13.0% |
| 1996 | 7.1% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 7.3% | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 7.2% | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 7.3% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 9.1% | +24.2% |
| 2001 | 9.5% | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 9.9% | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 10.5% | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 10.5% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 11.4% | +8.8% |
| 2006 | 12.5% | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 13.9% | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 15.2% | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 16.2% | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 17.2% | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 18.1% | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 18.6% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 18.8% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 18.8% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 17.8% | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 17.6% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 18.5% | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 19.1% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 18.9% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 18.0% | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 19.1% | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 19.4% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 20.1% | +3.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +64.0% | 6.1% | 10.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.9% | 4.6% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.5% | 4.8% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.9% | 6.1% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.9% | 6.1% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.9% | 9.1% | 16.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.3% | 17.2% | 19.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.1% | 18.0% | 20.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
- 25 Chile 43.6% compare
- 26 Gibraltar 42.6% compare
- 27 Peru 42.0% compare
- 28 Mozambique 41.6% compare
- 29 Saudi Arabia 40.5% compare
- 30 Kuwait 39.5% compare
- 31 United States 38.9% compare
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 outside region in Low & middle income?
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region in Low & middle income was 20.1% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 20.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.6% in 1969.
- How does Low & middle income rank for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region?
- Low & middle income ranks 28th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. 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 outside region (% 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 outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed 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.