Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Jamaica
Jamaica: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region was 5.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica stood at 5.4%. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.2% on the previous year and up 103.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Jamaica peaked at 5.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1960.
That places Jamaica 147th out of 203 countries 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 Jamaica, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.2% | — |
| 1961 | 0.5% | +146.1% |
| 1962 | 1.5% | +224.8% |
| 1963 | 0.3% | -83.7% |
| 1964 | 0.6% | +125.3% |
| 1965 | 1.4% | +146.7% |
| 1966 | 1.3% | -7.6% |
| 1967 | 1.2% | -6.4% |
| 1968 | 1.3% | +10.2% |
| 1969 | 0.8% | -37.1% |
| 1970 | 1.5% | +81.0% |
| 1971 | 1.8% | +17.5% |
| 1972 | 1.8% | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 2.0% | +14.4% |
| 1974 | 1.5% | -24.6% |
| 1975 | 1.5% | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 1.9% | +26.1% |
| 1977 | 2.2% | +12.9% |
| 1978 | 2.3% | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 2.1% | -8.0% |
| 1980 | 1.5% | -29.8% |
| 1981 | 2.1% | +39.6% |
| 1982 | 4.9% | +134.6% |
| 1983 | 4.2% | -15.9% |
| 1984 | 4.4% | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 3.3% | -26.4% |
| 1986 | 3.0% | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 3.2% | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 2.3% | -27.7% |
| 1989 | 3.6% | +57.6% |
| 1990 | 3.2% | -13.1% |
| 1991 | 3.3% | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 2.0% | -38.5% |
| 1993 | 2.1% | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 3.6% | +70.8% |
| 1995 | 2.6% | -27.9% |
| 1996 | 2.5% | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 3.5% | +39.6% |
| 1998 | 2.0% | -43.4% |
| 1999 | 2.2% | +11.5% |
| 2000 | 2.6% | +19.9% |
| 2001 | 2.7% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 2.8% | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 2.9% | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 2.1% | -27.3% |
| 2005 | 2.3% | +9.9% |
| 2006 | 1.9% | -20.8% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | -18.9% |
| 2008 | 1.8% | +21.7% |
| 2009 | 3.3% | +80.0% |
| 2010 | 2.8% | -14.2% |
| 2011 | 2.8% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 3.1% | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 2.7% | -15.3% |
| 2014 | 3.7% | +39.8% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | -28.0% |
| 2016 | 4.4% | +63.1% |
| 2017 | 3.9% | -9.9% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | -27.1% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 3.7% | +23.3% |
| 2021 | 4.2% | +12.9% |
| 2022 | 5.0% | +18.0% |
| 2023 | 5.4% | +9.2% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 5.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.5%, 35% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 5.4% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14.5%, 38% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Jamaica 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +224.8% | 0.5% | 1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9% | 0.2% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.9% | 1.5% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.3% | 1.5% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.7% | 2.0% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.4% | 1.5% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 2.7% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6% | 3.7% | 5.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More private sector data for Jamaica
- Merchandise trade 41.3% (2025)
- Food imports 20.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 3.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 1.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 595.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0744 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Jamaica?
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Jamaica was 5.4% 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 5.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1960.
- How does Jamaica rank for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region?
- Jamaica ranks 147th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.