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

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.

World Bank code: TX.VAL.MRCH.RS.ZS • Data available for 205 countries • Latest year: 2023

In , Cuba led Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) at 4.05.

The world median across 205 reporting countries was 0.00.

What this measures: 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.

How "Trade & Finance" indicators are measured

Trade and finance indicators are sourced from customs declarations, balance-of-payments statistics, and central bank reporting. Exports and imports are usually reported FOB (free on board) for exports and CIF (cost, insurance, freight) for imports, which means global exports and global imports rarely sum to zero. Foreign direct investment data can be volatile year-over-year because of one-off cross-border acquisitions.

Distribution — 2023

Reporting
205 countries
Median
0.00
Mean
0.08
25th percentile
0.00
75th percentile
0.01
Range
0.00 – 4.05

World at a Glance — 2023

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 0.00ASAustralia: 0.00AUBrunei Darussalam: 0.00BNCambodia: 0.00KHChina: 0.10CNFiji: 0.00FJFrench Polynesia: 0.00PFGuam: 0.00GUHong Kong SAR, China: 0.00HKIndonesia: 0.01IDJapan: 0.01JPKiribati: 0.00KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 2.35KPKorea, Rep.: 0.01KRLao PDR: 0.00LAMacao SAR, China: 0.00MOMalaysia: 0.00MYMarshall Islands: 0.00MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 0.00FMMongolia: 0.00MNMyanmar: 0.01MMNauru: 0.00NRNew Caledonia: 0.00NCNew Zealand: 0.00NZPalau: 0.00PWPapua New Guinea: 0.00PGPhilippines: 0.00PHSamoa: 0.00WSSingapore: 0.00SGSolomon Islands: 0.00SBThailand: 0.01THTimor-Leste: 0.00TLTonga: 0.00TOTuvalu: 0.04TVVanuatu: 0.00VUViet Nam: 0.00VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 0.00ALArmenia: 0.00AMAustria: 0.00ATAzerbaijan: 0.00AZBelarus: 0.00BYBelgium: 0.01BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 0.00BABulgaria: 0.01BGCroatia: 0.00HRCyprus: 0.01CYCzechia: 0.00CZDenmark: 0.01DKEstonia: 0.00EEFaroe Islands: 0.00FOFinland: 0.00FIFrance: 0.01FRGeorgia: 0.00GEGermany: 0.01DEGibraltar: 0.00GIGreece: 0.00GRGreenland: 0.00GLHungary: 0.00HUIceland: 0.00ISIreland: 0.00IEItaly: 0.02ITKazakhstan: 0.00KZKosovo: 0.00XKKyrgyz Republic: 0.00KGLatvia: 0.00LVLithuania: 0.00LTLuxembourg: 0.00LUMoldova: 0.00MDMontenegro: 0.00MENetherlands: 0.00NLNorth Macedonia: 0.00MKNorway: 0.00NOPoland: 0.00PLPortugal: 0.04PTRomania: 0.00RORussian Federation: 0.17RUSan Marino: 0.00SMSerbia: 0.00RSSlovak Republic: 0.00SKSlovenia: 0.00SISpain: 0.04ESSweden: 0.00SESwitzerland: 0.00CHTajikistan: 0.00TJTurkiye: 0.15TRTurkmenistan: 0.00TMUkraine: 0.00UAUnited Kingdom: 0.00GBUzbekistan: 0.00UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 0.00AGArgentina: 0.40ARAruba: 3.09AWBahamas, The: 0.00BSBarbados: 0.00BBBelize: 0.00BZBolivia: 0.05BOBrazil: 0.34BRChile: 0.09CLColombia: 1.38COCosta Rica: 0.08CRCuba: 4.05CUCuracao: 0.35CWDominica: 0.00DMDominican Republic: 0.11DOEcuador: 0.17ECEl Salvador: 0.07SVGrenada: 0.07GDGuatemala: 0.06GTGuyana: 0.65GYHaiti: 0.00HTHonduras: 0.04HNJamaica: 0.00JMMexico: 0.04MXNicaragua: 0.01NIPanama: 0.22PAParaguay: 0.12PYPeru: 0.21PESint Maarten (Dutch part): 0.00SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 0.00KNSt. Lucia: 0.00LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.00VCSuriname: 0.00SRTrinidad and Tobago: 0.06TTUruguay: 0.66UYVenezuela, RB: 0.00VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 0.00AFAlgeria: 0.00DZBahrain: 0.00BHDjibouti: 0.00DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 0.01EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 0.07IRIraq: 0.00IQIsrael: 0.00ILJordan: 0.00JOKuwait: 0.01KWLebanon: 0.12LBLibya: 0.00LYMalta: 0.01MTMorocco: 0.00MAOman: 0.00OMPakistan: 0.01PKQatar: 0.00QASaudi Arabia: 0.00SASyrian Arab Republic: 0.00SYTunisia: 0.00TNUnited Arab Emirates: 0.00AEWest Bank and Gaza: 0.00PSYemen, Rep.: 0.00YENorth AmericaBermuda: 0.00BMCanada: 0.03CAUnited States: 0.12USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 0.02BDBhutan: 0.00BTIndia: 0.04INMaldives: 0.00MVNepal: 0.00NPSri Lanka: 0.01LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 0.00AOBenin: 0.00BJBotswana: 0.00BWBurkina Faso: 0.00BFBurundi: 0.00BICabo Verde: 0.00CVCameroon: 0.00CMCentral African Republic: 0.00CFChad: 0.00TDComoros: 0.00KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 0.00CDCongo, Rep.: 0.00CGCote d'Ivoire: 0.00CIEquatorial Guinea: 0.00GQEritrea: 0.03EREswatini: 0.00SZEthiopia: 0.00ETGabon: 0.00GAGambia, The: 0.00GMGhana: 0.00GHGuinea: 0.00GNGuinea-Bissau: 0.00GWKenya: 0.01KELesotho: 0.00LSLiberia: 0.00LRMadagascar: 0.00MGMalawi: 0.00MWMali: 0.00MLMauritania: 0.00MRMauritius: 0.00MUMozambique: 0.00MZNamibia: 0.00NANiger: 0.00NENigeria: 0.00NGRwanda: 0.00RWSao Tome and Principe: 0.00STSenegal: 0.01SNSeychelles: 0.00SCSierra Leone: 0.00SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 0.00SOSouth Africa: 0.01ZASouth Sudan: 0.00SSSudan: 0.00SDTanzania: 0.00TZTogo: 0.00TGUganda: 0.00UGZambia: 0.00ZMZimbabwe: 0.00ZW

Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.

Highest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
1 Cuba Latin America & Caribbean 4.05
2 Aruba Latin America & Caribbean 3.09
3 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. East Asia & Pacific 2.35
4 Colombia Latin America & Caribbean 1.38
5 Uruguay Latin America & Caribbean 0.66
6 Guyana Latin America & Caribbean 0.65
7 Argentina Latin America & Caribbean 0.40
8 Curacao Latin America & Caribbean 0.35
9 Brazil Latin America & Caribbean 0.34
10 Panama Latin America & Caribbean 0.22

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 74 0.08
Upper middle income 54 0.14
Lower middle income 50 0.01
Low income 25 0.10
Not classified 2 0.00

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 36 0.07
Europe & Central Asia 53 0.01
Latin America & Caribbean 36 0.34
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 0.01
North America 3 0.05
South Asia 6 0.01
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 0.00

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
1 Zimbabwe 0.00
2 Algeria 0.00
3 American Samoa 0.00
4 Antigua and Barbuda 0.00
5 Armenia 0.00
6 Azerbaijan 0.00
7 Bahamas, The 0.00
8 Bahrain 0.00
9 Belize 0.00
10 Benin 0.00
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Source: World Bank Open Data (TX.VAL.MRCH.RS.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.