Africa Eastern and Southern | 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. Development relevance: Although global integration has increased, low- and middle-income economies still face trade barriers when accessing other markets. Limitations and exceptions: Data on exports and imports are from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Direction of Trade database and should be broadly consistent with data from other sources, such as the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. All high-income economies and major low- and middle-income economies report trade data to the IMF on a timely basis, covering about 85 percent of trade for recent years. Trade data for less timely reporters and for countries that do not report are estimated using reports of trading partner countries. Therefore, data on trade between developing and high-income economies should be generally complete. But trade flows between many low- and middle-income economies - particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa - are not well recorded, and the value of trade among low- and middle-income economies may be understated.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source
Africa Eastern and Southern | Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
1960 7.37504574
1961 6.23239675
1962 6.04714293
1963 4.9133489
1964 3.80280886
1965 3.92178425
1966 3.494901
1967 3.7043559
1968 3.17523601
1969 3.7339833
1970 4.51229254
1971 6.28075871
1972 6.23611087
1973 5.98117957
1974 4.72194446
1975 5.0696902
1976 4.88097232
1977 5.88594174
1978 4.17624472
1979 4.41789816
1980 4.2217029
1981 5.59695913
1982 4.89087905
1983 5.07332919
1984 4.8655936
1985 4.49295478
1986 4.67880263
1987 5.3576215
1988 5.50759979
1989 5.53074736
1990 5.5855351
1991 5.64117269
1992 4.68110497
1993 6.83535661
1994 8.7753437
1995 9.11706848
1996 10.96294783
1997 11.24647611
1998 7.77815458
1999 9.49967626
2000 13.75423583
2001 12.15880944
2002 12.69007921
2003 15.04723032
2004 15.75415059
2005 19.47576809
2006 18.83828192
2007 28.28904449
2008 30.30657335
2009 26.59726752
2010 25.61793542
2011 26.47630724
2012 31.10118694
2013 31.14829072
2014 29.62537165
2015 25.72746184
2016 26.74784619
2017 30.37897733
2018 32.32127849
2019 30.48248605
2020 27.73410256
2021
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Africa Eastern and Southern | 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. Development relevance: Although global integration has increased, low- and middle-income economies still face trade barriers when accessing other markets. Limitations and exceptions: Data on exports and imports are from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Direction of Trade database and should be broadly consistent with data from other sources, such as the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. All high-income economies and major low- and middle-income economies report trade data to the IMF on a timely basis, covering about 85 percent of trade for recent years. Trade data for less timely reporters and for countries that do not report are estimated using reports of trading partner countries. Therefore, data on trade between developing and high-income economies should be generally complete. But trade flows between many low- and middle-income economies - particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa - are not well recorded, and the value of trade among low- and middle-income economies may be understated.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source