Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Small states
Small states: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region was 14.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Small states, 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 Small states stood at 14.7%.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Small states peaked at 15.9% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.8%, in 1965.
Small states ranks 24th of 46 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 within region in Small states, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3.3% | — |
| 1961 | 3.2% | -3.7% |
| 1962 | 2.9% | -7.0% |
| 1963 | 2.4% | -18.4% |
| 1964 | 2.1% | -11.2% |
| 1965 | 1.8% | -16.6% |
| 1966 | 2.0% | +15.2% |
| 1967 | 10.5% | +413.0% |
| 1968 | 11.0% | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 10.7% | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 3.4% | -68.4% |
| 1971 | 11.1% | +227.1% |
| 1972 | 6.7% | -39.0% |
| 1973 | 5.2% | -22.2% |
| 1974 | 4.8% | -7.6% |
| 1975 | 4.6% | -5.2% |
| 1976 | 4.2% | -7.5% |
| 1977 | 4.0% | -6.4% |
| 1978 | 4.2% | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 5.2% | +23.6% |
| 1980 | 6.5% | +26.2% |
| 1981 | 6.1% | -6.7% |
| 1982 | 5.7% | -5.5% |
| 1983 | 4.9% | -14.8% |
| 1984 | 5.3% | +8.2% |
| 1985 | 6.3% | +18.6% |
| 1986 | 4.2% | -32.6% |
| 1987 | 6.6% | +55.6% |
| 1988 | 6.0% | -9.1% |
| 1989 | 6.3% | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 6.9% | +10.3% |
| 1991 | 7.3% | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 8.3% | +15.1% |
| 1993 | 9.7% | +16.6% |
| 1994 | 9.7% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 9.8% | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 9.6% | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 10.4% | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 9.0% | -13.4% |
| 1999 | 10.8% | +19.8% |
| 2000 | 13.0% | +20.5% |
| 2001 | 14.2% | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 14.7% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 13.1% | -10.5% |
| 2004 | 12.2% | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 13.0% | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 14.6% | +12.5% |
| 2007 | 14.4% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 15.8% | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | -15.7% |
| 2010 | 13.4% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 14.5% | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 12.9% | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 15.9% | +22.8% |
| 2014 | 14.1% | -11.3% |
| 2015 | 14.8% | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 14.0% | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 12.5% | -10.9% |
| 2019 | 14.1% | +12.4% |
| 2020 | 14.1% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 14.8% | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 14.7% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 14.7% | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Small states 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +413.0% | 2.0% | 10.5% |
| 1971 | +227.1% | 3.4% | 11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.0% | 1.8% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.3% | 3.4% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.8% | 4.2% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.2% | 6.9% | 10.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.8% | 12.2% | 15.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.0% | 12.5% | 15.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.6% | 14.1% | 14.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Small states
More private sector data for Small states
- Merchandise trade 70.4% (2025)
- Food imports 16.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 141.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 43.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 100.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,958 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2991 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 2.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Small states?
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region in Small states was 14.7% 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 Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 15.9% in 2013.
- What is the lowest merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8% in 1965.
- How does Small states rank for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region?
- Small states ranks 24th out of 46 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small states 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.