Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within was 16.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Late-demographic dividend, 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise imports.
Analysis
Late-demographic dividend recorded 16.5% for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in 2023.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 16.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4.6%, in 1975.
Late-demographic dividend ranks 14th 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 imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Late-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.5% | — |
| 1961 | 5.3% | -18.9% |
| 1962 | 6.1% | +15.6% |
| 1963 | 7.6% | +24.3% |
| 1964 | 8.0% | +6.5% |
| 1965 | 8.1% | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 7.3% | -9.6% |
| 1967 | 7.8% | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 8.1% | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 7.9% | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 6.5% | -18.1% |
| 1971 | 5.9% | -9.0% |
| 1972 | 6.3% | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 6.2% | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 5.7% | -8.3% |
| 1975 | 4.6% | -19.8% |
| 1976 | 5.0% | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 5.1% | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 5.4% | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 5.9% | +10.1% |
| 1980 | 5.4% | -8.4% |
| 1981 | 5.5% | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 6.3% | +15.7% |
| 1983 | 5.8% | -8.2% |
| 1984 | 6.5% | +12.1% |
| 1985 | 5.7% | -12.6% |
| 1986 | 5.8% | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 6.5% | +11.6% |
| 1988 | 6.6% | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 7.1% | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 6.9% | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 6.8% | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 6.8% | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 7.0% | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 9.6% | +38.0% |
| 1995 | 10.1% | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 10.5% | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 10.7% | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 10.4% | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 9.9% | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 11.4% | +14.4% |
| 2001 | 10.7% | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 11.6% | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 12.2% | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 12.0% | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 12.7% | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 12.8% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 12.5% | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 12.5% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 13.2% | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 13.5% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 13.6% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 13.3% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 13.4% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 14.5% | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 14.8% | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 14.7% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 14.8% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 15.3% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 16.1% | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 16.4% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 16.8% | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 16.5% | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.3% | 5.3% | 8.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.6% | 4.6% | 6.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.1% | 5.4% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.9% | 6.8% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.1% | 10.7% | 13.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.1% | 13.2% | 15.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.4% | 16.1% | 16.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Late-demographic dividend
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 within in Late-demographic dividend?
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Late-demographic dividend was 16.5% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 16.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.6% in 1975.
- How does Late-demographic dividend rank for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 14th out of 46 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. 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 within region (% 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 within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are 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. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.