Trade & Finance

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

Name: Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) by Country
Creator: World Bank
License: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses#cc-by

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.

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

In 2023, Sint Maarten (Dutch part) led Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) at 97.77.

The world median across 205 reporting countries was 65.68.

What this measures: 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.

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: 65.68
Mean: 60.91
25th percentile: 43.90
75th percentile: 82.37
Range: 0.12 – 97.77

World at a Glance — 2023

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

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

Highest Values — 2023

#	Country	Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
1	Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Latin America & Caribbean	97.77
2	Greenland Europe & Central Asia	96.96
3	Sao Tome and Principe Sub-Saharan Africa	96.73
4	Seychelles Sub-Saharan Africa	95.78
5	Iceland Europe & Central Asia	95.24
6	Samoa East Asia & Pacific	95.05
7	Curacao Latin America & Caribbean	94.29
8	Norway Europe & Central Asia	93.93
9	Mexico Latin America & Caribbean	93.89
10	Macao SAR, China East Asia & Pacific	93.78

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Antigua and Barbuda +3,045.9%
Turkmenistan +109.8%
Benin +88.1%
Uganda +57.1%
Niger +52.2%

Largest decreases

Gambia, The -99.3%
Yemen, Rep. -98.3%
Dominica -69.0%
Russian Federation -50.1%
Eritrea -42.9%

By Income Group — Average

Income group	Countries	Mean
High income	74	72.45
Upper middle income	54	62.20
Lower middle income	50	50.76
Low income	25	43.89
Not classified	2	65.98

By Region — Average

Region	Countries	Mean
East Asia & Pacific	36	54.40
Europe & Central Asia	53	75.43
Latin America & Caribbean	36	65.14
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	23	55.11
North America	3	74.50
South Asia	6	48.77
Sub-Saharan Africa	48	50.04

Lowest Values — 2023

#	Country	Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
1	Yemen, Rep.	0.12
2	Gambia, The	0.15
3	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	2.81
4	Bhutan	3.23
5	Mongolia	7.57
6	Eswatini	8.99
7	Turkmenistan	9.51
8	Djibouti	9.76
9	Benin	11.55
10	Eritrea	11.89

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Source: World Bank Open Data (TX.VAL.MRCH.HI.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.