South Africa | 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
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source
South Africa | Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
1960 3.57113402
1961 2.5169092
1962 2.21791432
1963 1.9166426
1964 0.91027851
1965 0.97076702
1966 0.95593651
1967 0.74082837
1968 0.91347799
1969 1.29316505
1970 0.99951218
1971 0.92032674
1972 0.94769678
1973 2.42368494
1974 2.55216845
1975 2.30909553
1976 3.03186571
1977 4.80469926
1978 2.27794254
1979 2.3337627
1980 2.86452072
1981 2.1728897
1982 2.00720479
1983 1.4036729
1984 1.76910718
1985 2.02698159
1986 2.73435607
1987 3.37997889
1988 3.74476711
1989 4.78461926
1990 3.71705799
1991 3.3800318
1992 2.89440226
1993 4.41089101
1994 8.3138621
1995 8.54958449
1996 10.21345127
1997 10.66611692
1998 6.48816632
1999 8.21384045
2000 9.69882693
2001 7.52059797
2002 7.39714114
2003 8.30203193
2004 8.18683107
2005 10.04196567
2006 11.77608467
2007 14.96802878
2008 15.69121061
2009 21.11019169
2010 18.267388
2011 20.63061612
2012 20.65627784
2013 21.72677404
2014 19.39788756
2015 18.9673482
2016 19.32375099
2017 20.76550643
2018 21.09602148
2019 21.47773194
2020 20.99859488
2021
2022
South Africa | 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
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source