Qatar - 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 Qatar was 42.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 42.98 in 2020, while its lowest value was 8.63 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.

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Year Value
1972 20.69
1973 10.10
1976 14.93
1978 14.17
1979 15.39
1980 19.39
1981 12.18
1982 12.18
1983 12.18
1984 12.18
1985 12.18
1986 8.63
1987 12.79
1988 18.81
1989 14.88
1990 16.74
1991 15.61
1992 15.07
1993 13.54
1994 11.51
1995 13.82
1996 12.30
1997 12.15
1998 11.43
1999 11.52
2000 9.39
2001 11.33
2002 11.19
2003 9.31
2004 13.60
2005 12.01
2006 12.80
2007 14.65
2008 10.71
2009 18.90
2010 20.67
2011 21.64
2012 25.27
2013 24.97
2014 28.81
2015 30.82
2016 34.11
2017 35.89
2018 37.49
2019 37.65
2020 42.98

Development Relevance: Although global integration has increased, low- and middle-income economies still face trade barriers when accessing other markets.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data on exports and imports are from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Direction of Trade database and should be broadly consistent with data from other sources, such as the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. All high-income economies and major low- and middle-income economies report trade data to the IMF on a timely basis, covering about 85 percent of trade for recent years. Trade data for less timely reporters and for countries that do not report are estimated using reports of trading partner countries. Therefore, data on trade between developing and high-income economies should be generally complete. But trade flows between many low- and middle-income economies - particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa - are not well recorded, and the value of trade among low- and middle-income economies may be understated.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports