Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East was 24.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise imports.
Analysis
In 2023, merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in east in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) stood at 24.5%. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 39.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in east in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 24.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.9%, in 1986.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 15th of 47 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 imports from low- and middle-income economies in East in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7.6% | — |
| 1961 | 8.5% | +11.8% |
| 1962 | 9.8% | +16.3% |
| 1963 | 11.0% | +11.5% |
| 1964 | 12.0% | +9.9% |
| 1965 | 12.1% | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 7.1% | -41.5% |
| 1967 | 8.7% | +23.0% |
| 1968 | 8.4% | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 7.8% | -7.7% |
| 1970 | 7.0% | -10.5% |
| 1971 | 6.3% | -10.0% |
| 1972 | 6.5% | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 6.7% | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 6.4% | -5.4% |
| 1975 | 7.2% | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 7.5% | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 8.0% | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 6.4% | -20.2% |
| 1979 | 6.4% | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 6.3% | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 6.2% | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 7.0% | +12.4% |
| 1983 | 6.2% | -10.7% |
| 1984 | 6.8% | +9.2% |
| 1985 | 6.3% | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 5.9% | -6.1% |
| 1987 | 7.1% | +19.0% |
| 1988 | 7.0% | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 6.9% | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 6.8% | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 7.0% | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 7.0% | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 6.7% | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 7.5% | +11.7% |
| 1995 | 8.7% | +17.0% |
| 1996 | 8.5% | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 9.4% | +9.6% |
| 1998 | 10.7% | +14.2% |
| 1999 | 11.3% | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 12.0% | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 12.1% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 13.5% | +11.6% |
| 2003 | 14.3% | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 14.6% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 15.4% | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 15.9% | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 16.7% | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 16.1% | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 16.8% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 17.2% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 17.2% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 17.7% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 17.6% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 18.3% | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 20.9% | +13.9% |
| 2016 | 21.8% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 21.5% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 21.3% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 22.7% | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 23.2% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 23.5% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 24.3% | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 24.5% | +1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | -41.5% | 12.1% | 7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.3% | 7.1% | 12.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.8% | 6.3% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.6% | 5.9% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.4% | 6.7% | 11.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.7% | 12.0% | 16.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.6% | 17.2% | 22.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.9% | 23.2% | 24.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- 12 Kyrgyzstan 43.9% compare
- 13 Mongolia 43.7% compare
- 14 Indonesia 41.1% compare
- 15 Australia 40.0% compare
- 16 Bangladesh 39.9% compare
- 17 Thailand 39.3% compare
- 18 Papua New Guinea 39.2% compare
More private sector data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Merchandise trade 41.4% (2025)
- Food imports 8.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 53.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.19 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 85.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 5.42 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,528 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in east in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in east in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 24.5% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in east recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 24.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in east recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.9% in 1986.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in east?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 15th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in east rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.