Malawi - Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Malawi was 6.19 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.75 in 2014 and a minimum value of 1.17 in 1966.

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
1966 1.17
1967 1.22
1968 2.12
1969 2.85
1970 3.16
1971 2.23
1972 2.11
1973 2.73
1974 4.38
1975 4.72
1976 3.35
1977 3.61
1978 3.79
1979 3.66
1980 6.37
1981 7.62
1982 5.40
1983 3.78
1984 2.68
1985 4.90
1986 4.20
1987 5.34
1990 5.10
1991 3.39
1994 11.01
1995 7.34
1996 8.67
1997 8.66
1998 6.87
1999 8.67
2000 7.45
2001 10.20
2002 11.81
2003 11.51
2004 15.43
2005 16.44
2006 13.52
2007 10.55
2008 10.04
2009 8.55
2010 8.97
2011 10.25
2012 6.70
2013 7.98
2014 18.75
2015 15.36
2016 13.22
2017 8.27
2018 6.55
2019 6.70
2020 6.19

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