Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in was 3.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in in Low & middle income, 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise imports.
Analysis
Low & middle income recorded 3.3% for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in in Low & middle income peaked at 4.5% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 1962.
Low & middle income ranks 19th 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 Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.6% | — |
| 1961 | 1.4% | -14.2% |
| 1962 | 1.4% | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 1.5% | +10.6% |
| 1964 | 2.7% | +78.3% |
| 1965 | 2.6% | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 2.2% | -13.4% |
| 1967 | 2.0% | -9.7% |
| 1968 | 2.5% | +24.5% |
| 1969 | 2.8% | +10.4% |
| 1970 | 2.8% | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 2.6% | -8.3% |
| 1972 | 2.7% | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 2.5% | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 2.0% | -18.6% |
| 1975 | 1.7% | -14.5% |
| 1976 | 1.7% | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 1.9% | +9.6% |
| 1978 | 1.6% | -15.8% |
| 1979 | 1.7% | +10.5% |
| 1980 | 1.9% | +9.9% |
| 1981 | 1.9% | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 1.7% | -14.6% |
| 1983 | 1.6% | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 2.0% | +24.1% |
| 1985 | 2.2% | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 1.8% | -15.5% |
| 1987 | 1.8% | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 1.7% | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 1.9% | +14.7% |
| 1990 | 2.0% | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 1.7% | -14.1% |
| 1992 | 1.6% | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 1.5% | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 1.6% | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 1.7% | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 1.9% | +13.8% |
| 1997 | 2.0% | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 1.8% | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 2.2% | +19.3% |
| 2000 | 2.5% | +13.4% |
| 2001 | 2.4% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 2.5% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2.6% | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 2.9% | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 3.0% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 3.2% | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 3.3% | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | +9.9% |
| 2009 | 3.6% | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 3.7% | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 4.2% | +12.6% |
| 2012 | 4.4% | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 4.5% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 4.5% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 3.5% | -22.6% |
| 2016 | 3.3% | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 3.6% | +10.4% |
| 2018 | 3.9% | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 3.6% | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 3.3% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 3.4% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 3.3% | -1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in in Low & middle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +78.3% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.1% | 1.6% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.0% | 2.4% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 3.3% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
- 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
- 22 Cote d'Ivoire 19.5% compare
More private sector data for Low & middle income
- Merchandise trade 41.5% (2025)
- Food imports 8.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.33 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.84 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,301 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.213 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.48 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in in Low & middle income?
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in in Low & middle income was 3.3% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 4.5% in 2014.
- What is the lowest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 1962.
- How does Low & middle income rank for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in?
- Low & middle income ranks 19th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle 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 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.