Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in was 3.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in in Late-demographic dividend, 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise imports.
Analysis
Late-demographic dividend recorded 3.4% for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in in 2023.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 3.8% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1960.
Late-demographic dividend ranks 18th 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 in Late-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.6% | — |
| 1961 | 0.6% | +13.8% |
| 1962 | 0.6% | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 0.6% | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.6% | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 0.8% | +24.4% |
| 1966 | 0.8% | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 0.8% | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 0.8% | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 1.0% | +29.1% |
| 1970 | 1.1% | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 1.4% | +35.5% |
| 1972 | 1.4% | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 2.2% | +50.9% |
| 1974 | 1.6% | -25.3% |
| 1975 | 1.8% | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 1.8% | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 2.2% | +22.5% |
| 1978 | 1.8% | -18.0% |
| 1979 | 1.8% | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 2.0% | +11.7% |
| 1981 | 1.8% | -9.9% |
| 1982 | 1.2% | -31.9% |
| 1983 | 1.4% | +15.1% |
| 1984 | 2.8% | +92.4% |
| 1985 | 3.0% | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 1.7% | -42.4% |
| 1987 | 1.3% | -24.8% |
| 1988 | 1.2% | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 1.1% | -7.5% |
| 1990 | 1.2% | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 1.2% | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 1.0% | -14.2% |
| 1993 | 0.9% | -10.1% |
| 1994 | 0.9% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.9% | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 1.0% | +11.2% |
| 1997 | 1.2% | +15.8% |
| 1998 | 0.9% | -23.1% |
| 1999 | 1.1% | +17.5% |
| 2000 | 1.4% | +34.2% |
| 2001 | 1.4% | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 1.3% | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 1.4% | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 1.9% | +32.0% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 2.2% | +12.3% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 2.7% | +19.2% |
| 2009 | 2.4% | -11.7% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | +15.2% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | +20.6% |
| 2012 | 3.6% | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 3.7% | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 3.8% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | -33.9% |
| 2016 | 2.5% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 2.8% | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 3.0% | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 3.2% | +8.4% |
| 2023 | 3.4% | +4.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in in Late-demographic dividend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +92.4% | 1.4% | 2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.7% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 1.1% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 2.5% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Late-demographic dividend
- 15 Central African Republic 31.6% compare
- 16 Burkina Faso 27.7% compare
- 17 Uganda 26.9% compare
- 18 Mozambique 26.5% compare
- 19 Rwanda 24.2% compare
- 20 Chad 20.4% compare
- 21 Democratic Republic of Congo 19.6% compare
More private sector data for Late-demographic dividend
- Merchandise trade 43.3% (2025)
- Food imports 8.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 6.71 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 76.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,560 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2603 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.18 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in in Late-demographic dividend?
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in in Late-demographic dividend was 3.4% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 3.8% in 2014.
- What is the lowest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1960.
- How does Late-demographic dividend rank for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 18th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Late-demographic dividend 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 Sub-Saharan Africa (% 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 Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa 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.