Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region was 13.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Early-demographic dividend, 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 within region in Early-demographic dividend stood at 13.4%.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 13.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 1980.
That places Early-demographic dividend 26th out of 46 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 within region in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7.8% | — |
| 1961 | 7.4% | -5.0% |
| 1962 | 7.6% | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 7.1% | -5.7% |
| 1964 | 7.9% | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 8.3% | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 6.7% | -18.7% |
| 1967 | 5.9% | -12.6% |
| 1968 | 6.1% | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 6.7% | +9.4% |
| 1970 | 6.2% | -6.6% |
| 1971 | 5.5% | -12.1% |
| 1972 | 6.0% | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 6.3% | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 5.0% | -21.0% |
| 1975 | 5.3% | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 4.9% | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 5.1% | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 5.1% | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 4.5% | -11.8% |
| 1980 | 4.0% | -10.3% |
| 1981 | 4.7% | +17.0% |
| 1982 | 5.2% | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 5.3% | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 5.5% | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 5.7% | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 5.7% | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 4.9% | -14.2% |
| 1988 | 5.9% | +19.3% |
| 1989 | 6.2% | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 6.2% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 6.0% | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 6.0% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 7.3% | +21.2% |
| 1994 | 8.4% | +14.6% |
| 1995 | 9.3% | +10.5% |
| 1996 | 8.6% | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 8.5% | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 9.3% | +9.6% |
| 1999 | 7.7% | -17.2% |
| 2000 | 7.8% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 8.0% | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 8.5% | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 8.3% | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 8.9% | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 8.7% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 9.0% | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 9.9% | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 10.4% | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 11.6% | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 11.6% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 11.1% | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 11.0% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 11.5% | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 11.6% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 11.6% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 11.9% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 11.9% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 12.5% | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 13.2% | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 13.8% | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 13.4% | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 13.4% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.1% | 5.9% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.4% | 4.5% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.3% | 4.0% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.7% | 6.0% | 9.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.1% | 7.8% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 11.0% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.5% | 13.2% | 13.8% | 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 within region in Early-demographic dividend?
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Early-demographic dividend was 13.4% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 13.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 1980.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 26th out of 46 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 within 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 within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region 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. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.