Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Low income
Low income: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region was 19.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Low income, 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Low income is 19.9%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and down 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Low income peaked at 37.8% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 1976.
That places Low income 11th out of 46 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Low income, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 10.7% | — |
| 1961 | 9.8% | -8.4% |
| 1962 | 11.9% | +21.0% |
| 1963 | 13.0% | +9.9% |
| 1964 | 12.0% | -7.6% |
| 1965 | 12.9% | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 10.6% | -18.0% |
| 1967 | 11.5% | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 13.3% | +15.8% |
| 1969 | 18.4% | +38.6% |
| 1970 | 18.2% | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 11.2% | -38.5% |
| 1972 | 19.8% | +76.9% |
| 1973 | 21.7% | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 21.5% | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 9.3% | -56.6% |
| 1976 | 6.1% | -35.1% |
| 1977 | 6.3% | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 8.5% | +35.9% |
| 1979 | 9.7% | +13.3% |
| 1980 | 8.5% | -12.4% |
| 1981 | 12.3% | +44.9% |
| 1982 | 13.9% | +13.2% |
| 1983 | 11.5% | -17.2% |
| 1984 | 11.1% | -3.9% |
| 1985 | 9.7% | -12.5% |
| 1986 | 11.8% | +22.1% |
| 1987 | 14.0% | +18.0% |
| 1988 | 11.8% | -15.5% |
| 1989 | 11.2% | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 8.7% | -21.9% |
| 1991 | 12.1% | +38.2% |
| 1992 | 12.2% | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 14.4% | +18.2% |
| 1994 | 14.9% | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 11.4% | -23.8% |
| 1996 | 8.7% | -23.5% |
| 1997 | 8.9% | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 9.2% | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 7.5% | -19.0% |
| 2000 | 19.1% | +155.1% |
| 2001 | 15.7% | -17.8% |
| 2002 | 15.9% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 19.6% | +23.0% |
| 2004 | 22.6% | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 21.4% | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 21.3% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 23.9% | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 33.0% | +38.3% |
| 2009 | 36.6% | +10.9% |
| 2010 | 31.8% | -13.3% |
| 2011 | 30.1% | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 30.8% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 29.2% | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 32.0% | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 37.8% | +18.2% |
| 2016 | 33.1% | -12.6% |
| 2017 | 28.1% | -15.1% |
| 2018 | 28.3% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 25.3% | -10.9% |
| 2020 | 23.3% | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 24.6% | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 18.8% | -23.9% |
| 2023 | 19.9% | +5.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Low 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +155.1% | 7.5% | 19.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.4% | 9.8% | 18.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 13.2% | 6.1% | 21.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.6% | 8.5% | 14.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.8% | 7.5% | 14.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.9% | 15.7% | 36.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.7% | 25.3% | 37.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.6% | 18.8% | 24.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More private sector data for Low income
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 17.6% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 59.0% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 152.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports 106.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 139.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.166 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 15.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 198.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2373 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Low income?
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Low income was 19.9% 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 Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 37.8% in 2015.
- What is the lowest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 1976.
- How does Low income rank for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region?
- Low income ranks 11th out of 46 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low 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 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.