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Countries Ranked by Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Showing every country with available data for 2023 • World Bank: TX.VAL.MRCH.R6.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in sub-saharan africa (% of total merchandise exports) data for 2023, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 197 countries reporting, the median value is 1.21, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

American Samoa

19.72

Europe & Central Asia

Gibraltar

37.06

Latin America & Caribbean

Dominica

70.61

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Djibouti

85.59

North America

Bermuda

27.63

South Asia

India

8.97

Sub-Saharan Africa

Eswatini

90.44

Rank Country Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
1 Eswatini 90.44
2 Djibouti 85.59
3 Dominica 70.61
4 Rwanda 60.05
5 Mali 57.10
6 Namibia 55.35
7 Yemen, Rep. 52.53
8 Togo 48.86
9 Senegal 45.19
10 Burundi 42.58
11 Zimbabwe 41.70
12 Lesotho 40.92
13 Kenya 39.77
14 Gibraltar 37.06
15 Bahamas, The 37.05
16 Uganda 36.87
17 Malawi 36.75
18 Tanzania 36.21
19 Niger 31.67
20 Zambia 29.54
21 South Africa 28.31
22 Guinea 28.26
23 Bermuda 27.63
24 Cote d'Ivoire 26.43
25 Mauritius 24.61
26 Comoros 21.36
27 Ghana 20.66
28 Congo, Dem. Rep. 20.61
29 American Samoa 19.72
30 Mozambique 19.68
31 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 17.61
32 Marshall Islands 17.27
33 Liberia 16.53
34 Benin 16.40
35 Oman 15.57
36 Botswana 15.53
37 Burkina Faso 14.86
38 Cameroon 12.43
39 Lebanon 11.25
40 Nigeria 10.21
41 Ethiopia 10.06
42 Gabon 9.58
43 Cabo Verde 9.23
44 Cyprus 9.01
45 India 8.97
46 Sierra Leone 8.49
47 Eritrea 8.38
48 Egypt, Arab Rep. 7.83
49 United Arab Emirates 7.04
50 Mauritania 6.89
51 Central African Republic 6.42
52 Malta 6.41
53 Madagascar 5.75
54 Morocco 5.55
55 Angola 5.45
56 Pakistan 5.34
57 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 5.07
58 Faroe Islands 4.99
59 Congo, Rep. 4.68
60 China 3.95
61 Tajikistan 3.91
62 Portugal 3.50
63 Equatorial Guinea 3.48
64 Sao Tome and Principe 3.04
65 Turkiye 2.88
66 Tunisia 2.68
67 Saudi Arabia 2.64
68 Belgium 2.61
69 Gambia, The 2.47
70 Latvia 2.43
71 Seychelles 2.42
72 Solomon Islands 2.11
73 Guinea-Bissau 2.03
74 Thailand 1.99
75 Lithuania 1.90
76 Brazil 1.85
77 Sri Lanka 1.84
78 Malaysia 1.80
79 France 1.75
80 Indonesia 1.70
81 Uruguay 1.69
82 Bahrain 1.69
83 Guam 1.61
84 Singapore 1.59
85 United Kingdom 1.57
86 Antigua and Barbuda 1.52
87 Russian Federation 1.52
88 North Macedonia 1.46
89 Argentina 1.46
90 Netherlands 1.45
91 Korea, Rep. 1.44
92 New Caledonia 1.41
93 Jamaica 1.37
94 Greece 1.31
95 Algeria 1.23
96 Grenada 1.22
97 Spain 1.21
98 Venezuela, RB 1.21
99 Japan 1.21
100 Jordan 1.16
101 Finland 1.09
102 Kuwait 1.08
103 Iceland 1.06
104 Italy 1.03
105 Paraguay 1.02
106 Norway 1.02
107 Sudan 0.99
108 Germany 0.98
109 Timor-Leste 0.96
110 Maldives 0.95
111 New Zealand 0.93
112 Sweden 0.90
113 Kazakhstan 0.90
114 United States 0.89
115 Nicaragua 0.88
116 Israel 0.87
117 Luxembourg 0.87
118 Denmark 0.86
119 Iran, Islamic Rep. 0.83
120 Qatar 0.81
121 Poland 0.73
122 Bulgaria 0.71
123 Austria 0.69
124 Ukraine 0.68
125 Bangladesh 0.68
126 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.67
127 Viet Nam 0.67
128 Colombia 0.64
129 Tuvalu 0.63
130 South Sudan 0.61
131 Ireland 0.61
132 Australia 0.61
133 Georgia 0.59
134 Estonia 0.56
135 Curacao 0.54
136 Peru 0.54
137 St. Lucia 0.53
138 Palau 0.52
139 Chile 0.49
140 Serbia 0.47
141 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.47
142 Kosovo 0.42
143 Trinidad and Tobago 0.42
144 Syrian Arab Republic 0.40
145 Canada 0.38
146 Czechia 0.37
147 Romania 0.37
148 San Marino 0.36
149 Turkmenistan 0.35
150 Croatia 0.33
151 Switzerland 0.33
152 Moldova 0.31
153 Slovak Republic 0.28
154 Chad 0.27
155 Hungary 0.27
156 Cuba 0.27
157 Ecuador 0.25
158 Slovenia 0.24
159 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.24
160 Guatemala 0.24
161 Nauru 0.24
162 Suriname 0.23
163 Philippines 0.21
164 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.20
165 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.19
166 Myanmar 0.17
167 Kyrgyz Republic 0.15
168 Libya 0.14
169 Nepal 0.13
170 Haiti 0.12
171 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.12
172 Belarus 0.11
173 Montenegro 0.10
174 Mexico 0.10
175 Costa Rica 0.08
176 Afghanistan 0.08
177 Honduras 0.07
178 Guyana 0.06
179 Albania 0.05
180 Dominican Republic 0.04
181 Bolivia 0.04
182 Barbados 0.03
183 Iraq 0.03
184 Uzbekistan 0.03
185 West Bank and Gaza 0.03
186 Belize 0.02
187 El Salvador 0.02
188 Greenland 0.02
189 Lao PDR 0.01
190 Mongolia 0.01
191 Bhutan 0.01
192 Papua New Guinea 0.01
193 Azerbaijan 0.01
194 Macao SAR, China 0.01
195 Armenia 0.00
196 Panama 0.00
197 Aruba 0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (TX.VAL.MRCH.R6.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2023; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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