South Africa - 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 South Africa was 22.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 29.36 in 2014, while its lowest value was 2.08 in 1978.

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 3.72
1961 2.73
1962 2.40
1963 2.84
1964 9.87
1965 10.80
1966 6.99
1967 6.91
1968 7.25
1969 6.72
1970 6.71
1971 6.95
1972 6.23
1973 5.82
1974 5.34
1975 3.61
1976 2.51
1977 2.78
1978 2.08
1979 2.16
1980 2.54
1981 5.34
1982 5.47
1983 5.15
1984 4.28
1985 4.08
1986 3.62
1987 4.16
1988 2.73
1989 5.36
1990 5.43
1991 6.02
1992 9.40
1993 9.84
1994 11.20
1995 11.89
1996 12.32
1997 13.14
1998 12.24
1999 14.36
2000 17.00
2001 11.11
2002 12.38
2003 12.66
2004 11.90
2005 12.49
2006 13.23
2007 13.66
2008 15.93
2009 18.10
2010 24.61
2011 23.61
2012 26.74
2013 27.50
2014 29.36
2015 27.88
2016 27.56
2017 25.31
2018 25.47
2019 25.68
2020 22.50

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports