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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 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.

World Bank code: TX.VAL.MRCH.R6.ZS • Data available for 205 countries • Latest year: 2023

In , Eswatini led Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) at 90.44.

The world median across 197 reporting countries was 1.21.

What this measures: 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.

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
197 countries
Median
1.21
Mean
8.21
25th percentile
0.36
75th percentile
6.89
Range
0.00 – 90.44

World at a Glance — 2023

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

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 19.72ASAustralia: 0.61AUChina: 3.95CNGuam: 1.61GUHong Kong SAR, China: 0.47HKIndonesia: 1.70IDJapan: 1.21JPKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 17.61KPKorea, Rep.: 1.44KRLao PDR: 0.01LAMacao SAR, China: 0.01MOMalaysia: 1.80MYMarshall Islands: 17.27MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 5.07FMMongolia: 0.01MNMyanmar: 0.17MMNauru: 0.24NRNew Caledonia: 1.41NCNew Zealand: 0.93NZPalau: 0.52PWPapua New Guinea: 0.01PGPhilippines: 0.21PHSingapore: 1.59SGSolomon Islands: 2.11SBThailand: 1.99THTimor-Leste: 0.96TLTuvalu: 0.63TVViet Nam: 0.67VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 0.05ALArmenia: 0.00AMAustria: 0.69ATAzerbaijan: 0.01AZBelarus: 0.11BYBelgium: 2.61BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 0.24BABulgaria: 0.71BGCroatia: 0.33HRCyprus: 9.01CYCzechia: 0.37CZDenmark: 0.86DKEstonia: 0.56EEFaroe Islands: 4.99FOFinland: 1.09FIFrance: 1.75FRGeorgia: 0.59GEGermany: 0.98DEGibraltar: 37.06GIGreece: 1.31GRGreenland: 0.02GLHungary: 0.27HUIceland: 1.06ISIreland: 0.61IEItaly: 1.03ITKazakhstan: 0.90KZKosovo: 0.42XKKyrgyz Republic: 0.15KGLatvia: 2.43LVLithuania: 1.90LTLuxembourg: 0.87LUMoldova: 0.31MDMontenegro: 0.10MENetherlands: 1.45NLNorth Macedonia: 1.46MKNorway: 1.02NOPoland: 0.73PLPortugal: 3.50PTRomania: 0.37RORussian Federation: 1.52RUSan Marino: 0.36SMSerbia: 0.47RSSlovak Republic: 0.28SKSlovenia: 0.24SISpain: 1.21ESSweden: 0.90SESwitzerland: 0.33CHTajikistan: 3.91TJTurkiye: 2.88TRTurkmenistan: 0.35TMUkraine: 0.68UAUnited Kingdom: 1.57GBUzbekistan: 0.03UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 1.52AGArgentina: 1.46ARAruba: 0.00AWBahamas, The: 37.05BSBarbados: 0.03BBBelize: 0.02BZBolivia: 0.04BOBrazil: 1.85BRChile: 0.49CLColombia: 0.64COCosta Rica: 0.08CRCuba: 0.27CUCuracao: 0.54CWDominica: 70.61DMDominican Republic: 0.04DOEcuador: 0.25ECEl Salvador: 0.02SVGrenada: 1.22GDGuatemala: 0.24GTGuyana: 0.06GYHaiti: 0.12HTHonduras: 0.07HNJamaica: 1.37JMMexico: 0.10MXNicaragua: 0.88NIPanama: 0.00PAParaguay: 1.02PYPeru: 0.54PESint Maarten (Dutch part): 0.12SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 0.20KNSt. Lucia: 0.53LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.19VCSuriname: 0.23SRTrinidad and Tobago: 0.42TTUruguay: 1.69UYVenezuela, RB: 1.21VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 0.08AFAlgeria: 1.23DZBahrain: 1.69BHDjibouti: 85.59DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 7.83EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 0.83IRIraq: 0.03IQIsrael: 0.87ILJordan: 1.16JOKuwait: 1.08KWLebanon: 11.25LBLibya: 0.14LYMalta: 6.41MTMorocco: 5.55MAOman: 15.57OMPakistan: 5.34PKQatar: 0.81QASaudi Arabia: 2.64SASyrian Arab Republic: 0.40SYTunisia: 2.68TNUnited Arab Emirates: 7.04AEWest Bank and Gaza: 0.03PSYemen, Rep.: 52.53YENorth AmericaBermuda: 27.63BMCanada: 0.38CAUnited States: 0.89USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 0.68BDBhutan: 0.01BTIndia: 8.97INMaldives: 0.95MVNepal: 0.13NPSri Lanka: 1.84LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 5.45AOBenin: 16.40BJBotswana: 15.53BWBurkina Faso: 14.86BFBurundi: 42.58BICabo Verde: 9.23CVCameroon: 12.43CMCentral African Republic: 6.42CFChad: 0.27TDComoros: 21.36KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 20.61CDCongo, Rep.: 4.68CGCote d'Ivoire: 26.43CIEquatorial Guinea: 3.48GQEritrea: 8.38EREswatini: 90.44SZEthiopia: 10.06ETGabon: 9.58GAGambia, The: 2.47GMGhana: 20.66GHGuinea: 28.26GNGuinea-Bissau: 2.03GWKenya: 39.77KELesotho: 40.92LSLiberia: 16.53LRMadagascar: 5.75MGMalawi: 36.75MWMali: 57.10MLMauritania: 6.89MRMauritius: 24.61MUMozambique: 19.68MZNamibia: 55.35NANiger: 31.67NENigeria: 10.21NGRwanda: 60.05RWSao Tome and Principe: 3.04STSenegal: 45.19SNSeychelles: 2.42SCSierra Leone: 8.49SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 0.67SOSouth Africa: 28.31ZASouth Sudan: 0.61SSSudan: 0.99SDTanzania: 36.21TZTogo: 48.86TGUganda: 36.87UGZambia: 29.54ZMZimbabwe: 41.70ZW

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Highest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
1 Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa 90.44
2 Djibouti Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 85.59
3 Dominica Latin America & Caribbean 70.61
4 Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa 60.05
5 Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 57.10
6 Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa 55.35
7 Yemen, Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 52.53
8 Togo Sub-Saharan Africa 48.86
9 Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa 45.19
10 Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa 42.58

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 72 3.10
Upper middle income 51 4.13
Lower middle income 47 14.48
Low income 25 19.69
Not classified 2 5.63

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 28 3.00
Europe & Central Asia 53 1.82
Latin America & Caribbean 36 3.48
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 9.17
North America 3 9.63
South Asia 6 2.10
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 22.08

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
1 Aruba 0.00
2 Panama 0.00
3 Armenia 0.00
4 Macao SAR, China 0.01
5 Azerbaijan 0.01
6 Papua New Guinea 0.01
7 Bhutan 0.01
8 Mongolia 0.01
9 Lao PDR 0.01
10 Greenland 0.02
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Source: World Bank Open Data (TX.VAL.MRCH.R6.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.