Low income - Merchandise exports

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in Low income was 24.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 30.99 in 2008, while its lowest value was 4.36 in 1987.

Definition: Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 10.98
1961 8.71
1962 9.16
1963 6.94
1964 6.94
1965 6.91
1966 6.05
1967 6.03
1968 5.22
1969 5.12
1970 4.86
1971 6.32
1972 5.77
1973 5.60
1974 5.77
1975 7.13
1976 6.00
1977 6.29
1978 7.22
1979 5.51
1980 6.97
1981 9.64
1982 9.77
1983 6.60
1984 6.94
1985 5.25
1986 4.61
1987 4.36
1988 5.24
1989 8.04
1990 9.45
1991 9.76
1992 10.64
1993 11.91
1994 13.10
1995 11.75
1996 6.71
1997 7.83
1998 12.83
1999 11.28
2000 12.84
2001 12.77
2002 15.80
2003 14.33
2004 16.51
2005 9.42
2006 14.30
2007 23.45
2008 30.99
2009 30.85
2010 24.37
2011 14.12
2012 15.89
2013 12.96
2014 13.43
2015 13.46
2016 14.89
2017 16.67
2018 14.16
2019 21.90
2020 24.23

Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Low income was 60,398,540,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 73,044,090,000 in 2011 and a minimum value of 1,591,864,000 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1,780,374,000
1961 1,591,864,000
1962 1,750,120,000
1963 2,068,958,000
1964 2,029,394,000
1965 2,053,830,000
1966 2,262,122,000
1967 2,295,868,000
1968 2,582,125,000
1969 2,860,235,000
1970 3,229,110,000
1971 3,143,001,000
1972 3,607,294,000
1973 4,531,227,000
1974 6,049,781,000
1975 5,590,142,000
1976 6,497,784,000
1977 7,532,263,000
1978 7,305,353,000
1979 9,746,676,000
1980 11,810,980,000
1981 10,733,560,000
1982 10,318,840,000
1983 10,422,520,000
1984 10,810,520,000
1985 9,881,675,000
1986 10,339,150,000
1987 10,104,000,000
1988 11,410,150,000
1989 13,413,210,000
1990 15,273,040,000
1991 13,070,100,000
1992 11,117,280,000
1993 11,517,490,000
1994 11,946,520,000
1995 15,325,350,000
1996 16,582,540,000
1997 16,474,760,000
1998 13,706,370,000
1999 14,710,630,000
2000 18,779,960,000
2001 19,309,310,000
2002 21,367,980,000
2003 23,440,530,000
2004 31,049,850,000
2005 37,872,620,000
2006 45,213,000,000
2007 51,734,810,000
2008 65,082,590,000
2009 51,514,960,000
2010 65,954,520,000
2011 73,044,090,000
2012 59,681,370,000
2013 59,090,120,000
2014 61,693,090,000
2015 47,859,710,000
2016 44,532,110,000
2017 57,366,560,000
2018 65,481,740,000
2019 58,509,550,000
2020 60,398,540,000

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) in Low income was 47.46 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 71.36 in 1976, while its lowest value was 39.56 in 2018.

Definition: Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 65.51
1961 67.48
1962 64.73
1963 62.34
1964 61.23
1965 59.47
1966 62.15
1967 62.92
1968 57.31
1969 59.41
1970 59.88
1971 67.75
1972 60.36
1973 59.74
1974 60.56
1975 59.78
1976 71.36
1977 70.85
1978 64.74
1979 62.81
1980 61.82
1981 66.09
1982 70.20
1983 67.37
1984 68.09
1985 68.17
1986 63.81
1987 63.79
1988 62.98
1989 58.51
1990 64.49
1991 62.21
1992 66.56
1993 61.83
1994 63.08
1995 59.51
1996 46.96
1997 53.17
1998 70.38
1999 66.92
2000 59.14
2001 61.89
2002 62.72
2003 58.99
2004 51.17
2005 46.04
2006 53.26
2007 56.32
2008 50.30
2009 47.35
2010 52.13
2011 51.65
2012 44.73
2013 43.02
2014 41.81
2015 42.59
2016 41.25
2017 44.44
2018 39.56
2019 47.07
2020 47.46

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) in Low income was 29.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 31.65 in 2018, while its lowest value was 3.61 in 1986.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 11.25
1961 12.37
1962 12.07
1963 8.09
1964 8.83
1965 8.32
1966 6.76
1967 6.20
1968 4.72
1969 4.96
1970 5.62
1971 8.54
1972 7.88
1973 7.02
1974 5.32
1975 6.62
1976 5.42
1977 6.67
1978 5.41
1979 4.45
1980 3.81
1981 5.13
1982 4.59
1983 4.81
1984 5.01
1985 4.63
1986 3.61
1987 4.37
1988 6.33
1989 6.42
1990 8.37
1991 7.96
1992 7.37
1993 15.24
1994 9.13
1995 17.37
1996 17.18
1997 16.95
1998 18.14
1999 23.27
2000 20.35
2001 18.34
2002 17.56
2003 20.14
2004 25.14
2005 27.61
2006 20.18
2007 14.14
2008 13.37
2009 13.72
2010 14.21
2011 18.61
2012 24.11
2013 24.35
2014 25.23
2015 23.72
2016 22.55
2017 24.49
2018 31.65
2019 28.20
2020 29.01

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in Low income was 18.48 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.12 in 2014, while its lowest value was 1.27 in 1967.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1.78
1961 2.88
1962 1.41
1963 2.94
1964 3.00
1965 3.41
1966 2.03
1967 1.27
1968 1.59
1969 1.49
1970 1.70
1971 2.56
1972 2.58
1973 3.65
1974 2.40
1975 2.29
1976 2.62
1977 3.01
1978 2.75
1979 2.55
1980 1.66
1981 4.81
1982 5.40
1983 4.96
1984 4.69
1985 4.73
1986 4.86
1987 4.87
1988 5.84
1989 3.94
1990 3.53
1991 3.76
1992 3.62
1993 5.56
1994 4.40
1995 7.65
1996 7.79
1997 9.32
1998 8.36
1999 12.46
2000 9.93
2001 8.82
2002 9.35
2003 13.06
2004 15.57
2005 21.99
2006 11.96
2007 6.13
2008 7.61
2009 7.38
2010 7.06
2011 15.04
2012 21.32
2013 22.07
2014 23.12
2015 18.82
2016 18.70
2017 16.17
2018 20.04
2019 17.07
2020 18.48

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Low income was 2.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 8.06 in 1993, while its lowest value was 0.14 in 1980.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.32
1961 0.31
1962 1.32
1963 0.34
1964 0.41
1965 0.34
1966 0.46
1967 0.53
1968 0.42
1969 0.42
1970 0.66
1971 0.69
1972 0.54
1973 0.29
1974 0.20
1975 0.21
1976 0.38
1977 0.42
1978 0.18
1979 0.23
1980 0.14
1981 0.18
1982 0.25
1983 0.21
1984 0.35
1985 0.49
1986 0.28
1987 0.25
1988 0.47
1989 0.56
1990 1.44
1991 2.06
1992 1.42
1993 8.06
1994 2.35
1995 4.54
1996 4.35
1997 3.60
1998 3.52
1999 3.73
2000 5.68
2001 4.92
2002 4.98
2003 4.27
2004 6.18
2005 1.17
2006 1.69
2007 3.47
2008 3.14
2009 2.17
2010 3.31
2011 1.40
2012 1.09
2013 0.98
2014 0.99
2015 1.67
2016 1.51
2017 1.29
2018 2.24
2019 1.52
2020 2.07

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) in Low income was 0.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.67 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1979.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.04
1961 0.12
1962 0.05
1963 0.11
1964 0.08
1965 0.05
1966 0.08
1967 0.09
1968 0.05
1969 0.09
1970 0.11
1971 0.11
1972 0.05
1973 0.08
1974 0.13
1975 0.79
1976 0.06
1977 0.19
1978 0.11
1979 0.00
1980 0.07
1981 0.11
1982 0.24
1983 0.26
1984 0.12
1985 0.12
1986 0.10
1987 0.46
1988 0.98
1989 0.67
1990 0.45
1991 0.65
1992 0.66
1993 1.31
1994 0.97
1995 2.51
1996 2.67
1997 1.66
1998 1.90
1999 1.75
2000 1.27
2001 0.89
2002 0.36
2003 0.45
2004 0.45
2005 0.55
2006 0.56
2007 0.63
2008 0.35
2009 0.42
2010 0.58
2011 0.80
2012 0.49
2013 0.41
2014 0.35
2015 0.33
2016 0.28
2017 0.22
2018 0.36
2019 0.30
2020 0.18

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Low income was 3.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 22.07 in 2009, while its lowest value was 2.22 in 1986.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 8.30
1961 6.47
1962 7.04
1963 4.78
1964 4.87
1965 4.82
1966 4.05
1967 4.17
1968 3.67
1969 3.42
1970 3.11
1971 3.83
1972 3.71
1973 3.47
1974 3.60
1975 4.09
1976 2.91
1977 3.03
1978 3.19
1979 3.34
1980 3.13
1981 4.03
1982 4.12
1983 4.17
1984 4.09
1985 2.35
1986 2.22
1987 2.65
1988 3.54
1989 5.28
1990 5.85
1991 6.27
1992 6.20
1993 6.72
1994 7.51
1995 6.53
1996 3.30
1997 4.33
1998 6.30
1999 4.48
2000 4.10
2001 4.85
2002 4.98
2003 6.75
2004 9.26
2005 3.20
2006 6.23
2007 12.96
2008 21.81
2009 22.07
2010 16.39
2011 5.69
2012 4.40
2013 2.64
2014 2.34
2015 2.67
2016 2.55
2017 2.97
2018 2.52
2019 3.51
2020 3.70

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Low income was 6.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 8.65 in 2017, while its lowest value was 1.08 in 1984.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 7.10
1961 6.99
1962 7.22
1963 3.94
1964 4.78
1965 3.80
1966 3.25
1967 3.47
1968 2.72
1969 2.52
1970 2.40
1971 3.32
1972 4.10
1973 2.34
1974 1.92
1975 1.67
1976 1.73
1977 2.14
1978 1.96
1979 1.48
1980 1.36
1981 1.64
1982 1.30
1983 1.11
1984 1.08
1985 1.22
1986 1.82
1987 2.08
1988 1.27
1989 1.37
1990 1.43
1991 1.51
1992 1.81
1993 1.62
1994 1.54
1995 1.54
1996 1.35
1997 1.25
1998 2.44
1999 3.65
2000 3.05
2001 2.90
2002 2.69
2003 2.77
2004 2.63
2005 4.14
2006 5.43
2007 2.28
2008 1.92
2009 3.14
2010 3.49
2011 3.67
2012 4.55
2013 4.54
2014 4.14
2015 6.82
2016 6.47
2017 8.65
2018 8.55
2019 7.65
2020 6.29

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Low income was 20.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.66 in 2017, while its lowest value was 2.51 in 1989.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 2.95
1961 4.20
1962 5.22
1963 6.38
1964 5.09
1965 5.67
1966 4.83
1967 5.46
1968 5.48
1969 11.19
1970 11.47
1971 7.37
1972 13.39
1973 15.33
1974 14.23
1975 4.27
1976 2.65
1977 3.03
1978 3.92
1979 4.13
1980 4.29
1981 4.32
1982 5.05
1983 3.69
1984 3.56
1985 3.25
1986 2.97
1987 4.28
1988 3.03
1989 2.51
1990 2.73
1991 2.99
1992 3.99
1993 4.61
1994 4.61
1995 4.07
1996 3.64
1997 3.49
1998 4.33
1999 4.56
2000 10.54
2001 10.08
2002 9.35
2003 9.22
2004 10.25
2005 12.83
2006 12.01
2007 8.64
2008 7.19
2009 8.49
2010 7.99
2011 14.80
2012 17.17
2013 19.00
2014 20.33
2015 20.90
2016 23.14
2017 23.66
2018 22.48
2019 21.94
2020 20.99

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in Low income was 0.83 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 29.94 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.83 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 14.01
1961 11.54
1962 12.99
1963 19.17
1964 20.55
1965 22.44
1966 23.15
1967 22.09
1968 28.76
1969 21.46
1970 20.68
1971 14.37
1972 15.29
1973 15.11
1974 16.94
1975 26.89
1976 18.28
1977 17.32
1978 23.15
1979 25.46
1980 27.53
1981 18.82
1982 13.44
1983 18.22
1984 18.02
1985 19.66
1986 23.94
1987 21.62
1988 21.88
1989 27.17
1990 20.07
1991 20.55
1992 15.74
1993 10.30
1994 15.53
1995 13.66
1996 29.94
1997 23.17
1998 2.77
1999 2.44
2000 6.29
2001 5.65
2002 5.58
2003 4.48
2004 4.50
2005 10.07
2006 8.86
2007 9.57
2008 7.68
2009 8.99
2010 9.05
2011 6.96
2012 6.25
2013 7.35
2014 6.92
2015 6.20
2016 6.10
2017 2.60
2018 4.25
2019 0.93
2020 0.83

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Low income was 60,062,050,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 116,798,000,000 in 2008 and 819,600,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current US$.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 819,600,000
1961 891,200,000
1962 934,301,000
1963 1,500,818,000
1964 1,572,439,000
1965 1,494,511,000
1966 1,899,395,000
1967 1,857,836,000
1968 2,119,989,000
1969 2,440,953,000
1970 2,714,965,000
1971 2,035,225,000
1972 3,105,571,000
1973 3,880,210,000
1974 5,125,911,000
1975 4,710,925,000
1976 5,064,366,000
1977 6,132,798,000
1978 5,705,984,000
1979 7,163,060,000
1980 8,462,844,000
1981 8,781,740,000
1982 7,963,413,000
1983 8,093,041,000
1984 8,215,910,000
1985 7,352,061,000
1986 7,530,908,000
1987 7,927,549,000
1988 8,181,647,000
1989 10,247,490,000
1990 14,862,230,000
1991 10,952,600,000
1992 10,662,530,000
1993 9,898,984,000
1994 11,477,870,000
1995 14,117,570,000
1996 18,439,350,000
1997 17,744,450,000
1998 12,257,110,000
1999 12,989,180,000
2000 42,558,540,000
2001 44,107,030,000
2002 52,376,460,000
2003 49,868,520,000
2004 53,875,080,000
2005 44,496,890,000
2006 49,221,140,000
2007 97,507,890,000
2008 116,798,000,000
2009 84,390,860,000
2010 103,905,000,000
2011 72,691,200,000
2012 51,344,410,000
2013 62,587,340,000
2014 61,456,710,000
2015 44,548,010,000
2016 46,441,020,000
2017 45,374,820,000
2018 52,512,730,000
2019 55,638,120,000
2020 60,062,050,000

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) in Low income was 22.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 30.09 in 2016, while its lowest value was 4.94 in 1976.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 9.24
1961 8.62
1962 10.20
1963 10.39
1964 9.39
1965 9.77
1966 7.94
1967 8.79
1968 9.22
1969 14.18
1970 13.82
1971 9.34
1972 16.48
1973 18.14
1974 17.17
1975 6.71
1976 4.94
1977 5.16
1978 6.70
1979 7.28
1980 6.84
1981 9.96
1982 11.76
1983 9.59
1984 8.88
1985 7.53
1986 8.64
1987 10.22
1988 8.81
1989 7.91
1990 7.07
1991 9.28
1992 10.34
1993 12.63
1994 12.26
1995 9.46
1996 5.92
1997 6.71
1998 8.71
1999 7.37
2000 14.21
2001 14.12
2002 14.15
2003 16.39
2004 19.20
2005 16.27
2006 17.70
2007 19.97
2008 28.65
2009 29.95
2010 24.61
2011 22.78
2012 24.91
2013 25.28
2014 26.04
2015 27.49
2016 30.09
2017 28.47
2018 24.54
2019 23.80
2020 22.70

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports