Africa Western and Central | 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 Western and Central
Records
63
Source
Africa Western and Central | Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
1960 2.36687294
1961 2.11105077
1962 2.21585349
1963 1.9267762
1964 3.09760784
1965 2.71140351
1966 2.37983392
1967 1.86533352
1968 1.74362163
1969 1.7922254
1970 1.55893553
1971 1.60829022
1972 1.45979434
1973 1.36113168
1974 0.83345288
1975 1.4147273
1976 1.26815164
1977 2.00031658
1978 2.44782074
1979 2.29860052
1980 6.27337137
1981 3.99045356
1982 2.73796961
1983 1.74675863
1984 1.44204678
1985 3.96378053
1986 2.92920936
1987 1.87925722
1988 3.22780186
1989 3.30043215
1990 3.26246405
1991 4.37258209
1992 4.96526497
1993 7.75601815
1994 7.94580773
1995 9.7656603
1996 10.34345178
1997 11.47242638
1998 12.0593962
1999 19.18040959
2000 17.30100492
2001 16.56362109
2002 19.00037467
2003 16.10843093
2004 22.11016317
2005 19.78087298
2006 20.31823261
2007 19.98918011
2008 25.50939609
2009 23.76116041
2010 26.26090277
2011 26.05037165
2012 26.89799653
2013 31.73942052
2014 36.89705253
2015 35.58778818
2016 33.78961825
2017 37.36235095
2018 42.32504998
2019 42.65005565
2020 37.93041852
2021
2022
Africa Western and Central | 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 Western and Central
Records
63
Source