Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Low income
Low income: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within was 22.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Low 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 within in Low income stood at 22.6%.
That represents a change of up 15.4% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Low income peaked at 24.8% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 1962.
That places Low income 6th out of 46 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Low income, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.9% | — |
| 1961 | 8.5% | -3.8% |
| 1962 | 7.3% | -14.4% |
| 1963 | 9.4% | +29.5% |
| 1964 | 11.0% | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 10.9% | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 11.1% | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 10.2% | -8.2% |
| 1968 | 13.0% | +27.5% |
| 1969 | 13.1% | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 14.3% | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 13.8% | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 12.8% | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 14.4% | +12.1% |
| 1974 | 14.4% | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 12.4% | -13.8% |
| 1976 | 9.8% | -21.1% |
| 1977 | 11.0% | +12.6% |
| 1978 | 13.6% | +23.5% |
| 1979 | 16.2% | +18.6% |
| 1980 | 17.2% | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 19.1% | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 21.8% | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 22.0% | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 24.8% | +12.4% |
| 1985 | 20.8% | -15.9% |
| 1986 | 16.1% | -22.5% |
| 1987 | 15.7% | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 14.3% | -8.4% |
| 1989 | 16.0% | +11.5% |
| 1990 | 12.3% | -22.9% |
| 1991 | 12.1% | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 13.1% | +8.5% |
| 1993 | 13.8% | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 13.6% | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 14.3% | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 17.0% | +19.3% |
| 1997 | 18.5% | +8.6% |
| 1998 | 14.8% | -20.0% |
| 1999 | 18.1% | +22.5% |
| 2000 | 15.4% | -14.9% |
| 2001 | 11.9% | -22.5% |
| 2002 | 14.1% | +18.5% |
| 2003 | 16.7% | +18.1% |
| 2004 | 17.5% | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 20.8% | +18.9% |
| 2006 | 19.5% | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 16.3% | -16.2% |
| 2008 | 15.2% | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 15.7% | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 15.5% | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 19.7% | +26.9% |
| 2012 | 20.6% | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 22.4% | +8.8% |
| 2014 | 22.1% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 20.2% | -8.6% |
| 2016 | 21.4% | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 21.3% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 22.4% | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 23.0% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 23.1% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 20.3% | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 19.6% | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 22.6% | +15.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.4% | 7.3% | 13.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 13.3% | 9.8% | 16.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.8% | 14.3% | 24.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.8% | 12.1% | 18.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.3% | 11.9% | 20.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.9% | 15.5% | 23.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.4% | 19.6% | 23.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More private sector data for Low income
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 17.6% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 59.0% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 152.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports 106.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 139.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.166 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 15.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 198.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2373 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Low income?
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Low income was 22.6% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 24.8% in 1984.
- What is the lowest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 1962.
- How does Low income rank for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within?
- Low income ranks 6th out of 46 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low 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 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.