Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in IDA only
IDA only: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region was 23.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in IDA only, 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise exports.
Analysis
IDA only recorded 23.1% for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in 2023.
The figure is up 5.8% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in IDA only peaked at 31.4% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 8.2%, in 1985.
That places IDA only 4th out of 46 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
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 IDA only, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 9.6% | — |
| 1961 | 9.6% | -0.0% |
| 1962 | 9.8% | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 10.4% | +6.5% |
| 1964 | 10.6% | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 10.8% | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 8.9% | -17.8% |
| 1967 | 9.4% | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 10.3% | +9.3% |
| 1969 | 11.1% | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 11.6% | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 10.6% | -8.9% |
| 1972 | 14.3% | +35.3% |
| 1973 | 15.1% | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 15.1% | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 10.3% | -31.6% |
| 1976 | 8.3% | -19.3% |
| 1977 | 8.4% | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 9.7% | +15.5% |
| 1979 | 9.5% | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 9.7% | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 10.7% | +9.7% |
| 1982 | 10.4% | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 9.9% | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 8.9% | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 8.2% | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 8.3% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 9.3% | +12.2% |
| 1988 | 8.2% | -11.2% |
| 1989 | 9.0% | +9.5% |
| 1990 | 8.4% | -6.4% |
| 1991 | 10.4% | +23.8% |
| 1992 | 11.9% | +13.6% |
| 1993 | 12.3% | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 13.4% | +8.8% |
| 1995 | 12.6% | -5.9% |
| 1996 | 11.9% | -5.5% |
| 1997 | 10.8% | -9.3% |
| 1998 | 11.5% | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 10.7% | -7.0% |
| 2000 | 17.4% | +61.9% |
| 2001 | 16.3% | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 16.7% | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 19.1% | +14.5% |
| 2004 | 22.4% | +17.4% |
| 2005 | 22.9% | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 23.2% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 24.4% | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 30.3% | +24.2% |
| 2009 | 31.4% | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 28.5% | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 28.0% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 26.4% | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 26.9% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 27.3% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 26.8% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 25.2% | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 24.6% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 25.7% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 25.3% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 24.7% | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 25.2% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 21.8% | -13.2% |
| 2023 | 23.1% | +5.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in IDA only 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +61.9% | 10.7% | 17.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.1% | 8.9% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 11.3% | 8.3% | 15.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.3% | 8.2% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.4% | 8.4% | 13.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.4% | 16.3% | 31.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.5% | 24.6% | 28.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.7% | 21.8% | 25.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA only
More private sector data for IDA only
- Merchandise trade 44.3% (2025)
- Food imports 17.2% (2021)
- Manufactures imports 62.7% (2021)
- Merchandise imports 484.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.6% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 31.7% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 374.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 289.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1948 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 15.35 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in IDA only?
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in IDA only was 23.1% 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 IDA only?
- The highest recorded value was 31.4% in 2009.
- What is the lowest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region recorded in IDA only?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2% in 1985.
- How does IDA only rank for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region?
- IDA only ranks 4th out of 46 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region rising or falling in IDA only?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA only 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.