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

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region 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. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

World Bank code: TX.VAL.MRCH.WR.ZS • Data available for 202 countries • Latest year: 2023

In , Bhutan led Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) at 95.89.

The world median across 202 reporting countries was 13.04.

What this measures: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region 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. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

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
202 countries
Median
13.04
Mean
21.22
25th percentile
4.68
75th percentile
30.59
Range
0.02 – 95.89

World at a Glance — 2023

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

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 1.57ASAustralia: 46.86AUBrunei Darussalam: 37.04BNCambodia: 24.56KHChina: 13.69CNFiji: 36.61FJFrench Polynesia: 12.88PFGuam: 84.72GUHong Kong SAR, China: 63.88HKIndonesia: 40.79IDJapan: 29.90JPKiribati: 16.06KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 74.18KPKorea, Rep.: 35.14KRLao PDR: 83.98LAMacao SAR, China: 6.12MOMalaysia: 27.38MYMarshall Islands: 12.15MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 75.27FMMongolia: 91.71MNMyanmar: 51.86MMNauru: 80.65NRNew Caledonia: 52.07NCNew Zealand: 37.73NZPalau: 2.55PWPapua New Guinea: 29.84PGPhilippines: 25.11PHSamoa: 4.95WSSingapore: 42.66SGSolomon Islands: 54.18SBThailand: 32.13THTimor-Leste: 54.64TLTonga: 8.24TOTuvalu: 13.92TVVanuatu: 49.02VUViet Nam: 25.92VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 19.52ALArmenia: 4.72AMAustria: 2.74ATAzerbaijan: 19.40AZBelarus: 7.95BYBelgium: 1.90BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 20.44BABulgaria: 15.25BGCroatia: 21.44HRCyprus: 0.78CYCzechia: 3.70CZDenmark: 2.00DKEstonia: 4.87EEFaroe Islands: 0.57FOFinland: 2.89FIFrance: 2.94FRGeorgia: 61.99GEGermany: 3.52DEGibraltar: 0.02GIGreece: 11.57GRGreenland: 2.74GLHungary: 6.87HUIceland: 0.73ISIreland: 0.62IEItaly: 4.14ITKazakhstan: 13.21KZKosovo: 42.90XKKyrgyz Republic: 28.31KGLatvia: 9.01LVLithuania: 13.57LTLuxembourg: 2.53LUMoldova: 23.32MDMontenegro: 51.62MENetherlands: 1.75NLNorth Macedonia: 15.20MKNorway: 1.11NOPoland: 6.87PLPortugal: 1.58PTRomania: 10.58RORussian Federation: 26.34RUSan Marino: 6.13SMSerbia: 18.94RSSlovak Republic: 4.01SKSlovenia: 8.90SISpain: 2.99ESSweden: 1.81SESwitzerland: 4.56CHTajikistan: 45.07TJTurkiye: 9.26TRTurkmenistan: 25.35TMUkraine: 12.27UAUnited Kingdom: 2.73GBUzbekistan: 36.37UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 5.10AGArgentina: 30.59ARAruba: 51.83AWBahamas, The: 0.10BSBarbados: 29.62BBBelize: 24.46BZBolivia: 41.11BOBrazil: 12.49BRChile: 13.40CLColombia: 19.47COCosta Rica: 21.07CRCuba: 8.03CUCuracao: 1.78CWDominica: 3.52DMDominican Republic: 12.05DOEcuador: 9.50ECEl Salvador: 54.29SVGrenada: 31.65GDGuatemala: 46.63GTGuyana: 2.74GYHaiti: 4.82HTHonduras: 33.64HNJamaica: 5.42JMMexico: 3.35MXNicaragua: 26.87NIPanama: 5.70PAParaguay: 66.04PYPeru: 9.27PESint Maarten (Dutch part): 1.05SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 8.81KNSt. Lucia: 18.49LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 25.26VCSuriname: 11.65SRTrinidad and Tobago: 15.50TTUruguay: 37.81UYVenezuela, RB: 22.75VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 69.93AFAlgeria: 3.90DZBahrain: 10.77BHDjibouti: 1.42DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 16.63EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 2.22IRIraq: 0.76IQIsrael: 0.86ILJordan: 17.67JOKuwait: 11.93KWLebanon: 21.04LBLibya: 0.04LYMalta: 4.33MTMorocco: 2.41MAOman: 9.87OMPakistan: 6.94PKQatar: 0.72QASaudi Arabia: 5.78SASyrian Arab Republic: 58.07SYTunisia: 8.66TNUnited Arab Emirates: 6.61AEWest Bank and Gaza: 7.29PSYemen, Rep.: 21.28YESouth AsiaBangladesh: 4.54BDBhutan: 95.89BTIndia: 5.71INMaldives: 6.09MVNepal: 70.54NPSri Lanka: 10.32LKSub-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 within region (% of total merchandise exports)
1 Bhutan South Asia 95.89
2 Mongolia East Asia & Pacific 91.71
3 Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa 90.44
4 Guam East Asia & Pacific 84.72
5 Lao PDR East Asia & Pacific 83.98
6 Nauru East Asia & Pacific 80.65
7 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. East Asia & Pacific 75.27
8 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. East Asia & Pacific 74.18
9 Nepal South Asia 70.54
10 Afghanistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 69.93

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 71 13.74
Upper middle income 54 20.81
Lower middle income 50 30.21
Low income 25 25.80
Not classified 2 16.40

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 36 38.33
Europe & Central Asia 53 12.26
Latin America & Caribbean 36 19.88
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 12.57
South Asia 6 32.18
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 22.08

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
1 Gibraltar 0.02
2 Libya 0.04
3 Bahamas, The 0.10
4 Chad 0.27
5 Faroe Islands 0.57
6 South Sudan 0.61
7 Ireland 0.62
8 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.67
9 Qatar 0.72
10 Iceland 0.73
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Source: World Bank Open Data (TX.VAL.MRCH.WR.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.