Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within was 18.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Upper middle income, 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise imports.
Analysis
Upper middle income recorded 18.5% for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Upper middle income peaked at 18.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.2%, in 1961.
That places Upper middle income 10th 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 Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.2% | — |
| 1961 | 5.2% | -1.0% |
| 1962 | 6.1% | +19.0% |
| 1963 | 6.9% | +12.3% |
| 1964 | 7.9% | +14.7% |
| 1965 | 9.4% | +19.2% |
| 1966 | 7.3% | -22.5% |
| 1967 | 7.4% | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 7.5% | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 7.7% | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 7.8% | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 7.2% | -7.0% |
| 1972 | 7.2% | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 6.7% | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 5.7% | -14.8% |
| 1975 | 5.5% | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 5.6% | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 5.9% | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 5.8% | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 6.7% | +15.5% |
| 1980 | 6.4% | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 5.7% | -10.9% |
| 1982 | 6.4% | +13.1% |
| 1983 | 5.9% | -7.8% |
| 1984 | 6.8% | +14.9% |
| 1985 | 6.4% | -6.3% |
| 1986 | 6.4% | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 7.0% | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 7.0% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 7.2% | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 6.7% | -6.0% |
| 1991 | 6.9% | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 7.5% | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 7.5% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 8.3% | +10.2% |
| 1995 | 9.3% | +12.2% |
| 1996 | 9.3% | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 9.7% | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 9.6% | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 9.3% | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 10.0% | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 10.3% | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 11.0% | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 11.9% | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 12.3% | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 12.9% | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 13.3% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 14.0% | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 14.1% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 14.5% | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 14.7% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 14.4% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 14.6% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 14.5% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 14.8% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 15.9% | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 16.7% | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 16.7% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 16.9% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 17.5% | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 18.2% | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 18.6% | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 18.7% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 18.5% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.1% | 5.2% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.4% | 5.5% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.5% | 5.7% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.4% | 6.7% | 9.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.4% | 10.0% | 14.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.7% | 14.4% | 17.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.5% | 18.2% | 18.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
More private sector data for Upper middle income
- Merchandise trade 42.8% (2025)
- Food imports 8.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 6.62 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 75.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 7.67 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,493 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2289 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.45 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Upper middle income?
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within in Upper middle income was 18.5% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 18.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.2% in 1961.
- How does Upper middle income rank for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within?
- Upper middle income ranks 10th out of 46 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper 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 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.