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Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions 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.OR.ZS • Data available for 205 countries • Latest year: 2023

In , Gambia, The led Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) at 97.38.

The world median across 201 reporting countries was 11.38.

What this measures: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions 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
201 countries
Median
11.38
Mean
18.45
25th percentile
3.95
75th percentile
25.27
Range
0.11 – 97.38

World at a Glance — 2023

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

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 25.27ASAustralia: 7.20AUBrunei Darussalam: 1.62BNCambodia: 2.03KHChina: 20.53CNFiji: 0.11FJGuam: 1.68GUHong Kong SAR, China: 6.80HKIndonesia: 16.52IDJapan: 8.38JPKiribati: 4.26KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 20.66KPKorea, Rep.: 11.38KRLao PDR: 2.71LAMacao SAR, China: 0.11MOMalaysia: 10.81MYMarshall Islands: 22.42MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 9.60FMMongolia: 0.72MNMyanmar: 7.94MMNauru: 2.66NRNew Caledonia: 2.03NCNew Zealand: 7.04NZPalau: 28.91PWPapua New Guinea: 0.91PGPhilippines: 3.95PHSingapore: 7.55SGSolomon Islands: 3.33SBThailand: 11.02THTimor-Leste: 2.15TLTuvalu: 1.48TVViet Nam: 7.14VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 2.77ALArmenia: 9.15AMAustria: 6.99ATAzerbaijan: 5.99AZBelarus: 10.11BYBelgium: 9.36BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 1.50BABulgaria: 11.13BGCroatia: 2.96HRCyprus: 47.59CYCzechia: 3.78CZDenmark: 10.92DKEstonia: 3.68EEFaroe Islands: 11.64FOFinland: 12.38FIFrance: 13.37FRGeorgia: 9.68GEGermany: 13.40DEGibraltar: 42.60GIGreece: 12.98GRGreenland: 0.31GLHungary: 3.81HUIceland: 4.04ISIreland: 9.16IEItaly: 11.88ITKazakhstan: 22.18KZKosovo: 1.39XKKyrgyz Republic: 4.24KGLatvia: 5.08LVLithuania: 4.60LTLuxembourg: 6.10LUMoldova: 2.76MDMontenegro: 1.07MENetherlands: 7.70NLNorth Macedonia: 3.27MKNorway: 4.96NOPoland: 4.27PLPortugal: 9.98PTRomania: 6.27RORussian Federation: 49.92RUSan Marino: 17.02SMSerbia: 6.89RSSlovak Republic: 4.73SKSlovenia: 3.29SISpain: 13.12ESSweden: 9.49SESwitzerland: 19.89CHTajikistan: 29.11TJTurkiye: 21.99TRTurkmenistan: 65.14TMUkraine: 16.68UAUnited Kingdom: 13.06GBUzbekistan: 26.65UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 6.28AGArgentina: 28.08ARAruba: 1.19AWBahamas, The: 47.79BSBarbados: 0.98BBBelize: 0.23BZBolivia: 24.06BOBrazil: 44.61BRChile: 43.62CLColombia: 14.53COCosta Rica: 3.58CRCuba: 21.28CUCuracao: 3.58CWDominica: 72.36DMDominican Republic: 6.35DOEcuador: 24.60ECEl Salvador: 0.33SVGrenada: 2.05GDGuatemala: 2.15GTGuyana: 4.34GYHaiti: 4.16HTHonduras: 1.36HNJamaica: 2.27JMMexico: 2.72MXNicaragua: 1.54NIPanama: 46.24PAParaguay: 6.50PYPeru: 41.99PESint Maarten (Dutch part): 1.18SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 0.48KNSt. Lucia: 2.75LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.31VCSuriname: 6.98SRTrinidad and Tobago: 12.92TTUruguay: 30.57UYVenezuela, RB: 12.75VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 17.19AFAlgeria: 15.92DZBahrain: 14.37BHDjibouti: 88.82DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 26.56EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 78.61IRIraq: 60.00IQIsrael: 19.66ILJordan: 25.54JOKuwait: 39.54KWLebanon: 23.72LBLibya: 14.39LYMalta: 13.11MTMorocco: 19.44MAOman: 36.57OMPakistan: 25.86PKQatar: 44.25QASaudi Arabia: 40.53SASyrian Arab Republic: 4.88SYTunisia: 6.87TNUnited Arab Emirates: 46.60AEWest Bank and Gaza: 2.02PSYemen, Rep.: 78.60YENorth AmericaBermuda: 28.16BMCanada: 9.32CAUnited States: 38.87USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 6.91BDBhutan: 0.87BTIndia: 29.49INMaldives: 58.83MVNepal: 2.57NPSri Lanka: 15.54LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 60.19AOBenin: 72.05BJBotswana: 20.01BWBurkina Faso: 2.77BFBurundi: 8.48BICabo Verde: 7.37CVCameroon: 35.94CMCentral African Republic: 9.24CFChad: 25.03TDComoros: 31.95KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 59.62CDCongo, Rep.: 56.86CGCote d'Ivoire: 23.13CIEquatorial Guinea: 35.11GQEritrea: 79.70EREswatini: 0.57SZEthiopia: 22.48ETGabon: 47.81GAGambia, The: 97.38GMGhana: 22.76GHGuinea: 52.83GNGuinea-Bissau: 30.65GWKenya: 20.61KELesotho: 0.39LSLiberia: 7.50LRMadagascar: 19.78MGMalawi: 17.15MWMali: 7.54MLMauritania: 32.40MRMauritius: 6.37MUMozambique: 41.56MZNamibia: 13.67NANiger: 0.91NENigeria: 25.64NGRwanda: 12.67RWSao Tome and Principe: 0.23STSenegal: 19.00SNSeychelles: 1.80SCSierra Leone: 77.76SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 14.09SOSouth Africa: 21.55ZASouth Sudan: 51.41SSSudan: 22.68SDTanzania: 32.43TZTogo: 30.40TGUganda: 17.64UGZambia: 19.50ZMZimbabwe: 21.32ZW

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Highest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
1 Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa 97.38
2 Djibouti Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 88.82
3 Eritrea Sub-Saharan Africa 79.70
4 Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 78.61
5 Yemen, Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 78.60
6 Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa 77.76
7 Dominica Latin America & Caribbean 72.36
8 Benin Sub-Saharan Africa 72.05
9 Turkmenistan Europe & Central Asia 65.14
10 Angola Sub-Saharan Africa 60.19

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 73 14.49
Upper middle income 52 17.50
Lower middle income 49 19.40
Low income 25 30.21
Not classified 2 17.62

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 32 8.09
Europe & Central Asia 53 12.30
Latin America & Caribbean 36 14.63
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 32.31
North America 3 25.45
South Asia 6 19.04
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 27.87

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
1 Macao SAR, China 0.11
2 Fiji 0.11
3 Belize 0.23
4 Sao Tome and Principe 0.23
5 Greenland 0.31
6 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.31
7 El Salvador 0.33
8 Lesotho 0.39
9 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.48
10 Eswatini 0.57
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Source: World Bank Open Data (TX.VAL.MRCH.OR.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.