IDA only - Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in IDA only was 25.29 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 43.87 in 2002 and a minimum value of 23.64 in 1978.

Definition: Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1978 23.64
1997 37.40
1998 38.50
2000 40.22
2001 41.44
2002 43.87
2003 41.82
2004 41.76
2005 41.75
2006 42.55
2007 40.82
2008 43.34
2009 42.90
2010 38.65
2011 38.24
2012 40.21
2013 43.52
2015 42.43
2016 26.49
2017 26.89
2018 30.00
2019 25.29

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports