Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies 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: Low- and middle-income economies are an increasingly important part of the global trading system. Trade between high-income economies and low- and middle-income economies has grown faster than trade between high-income economies. This increased trade benefits both producers and consumers in developing and high-income economies. At the regional level most exports from low- and middle-income economies are to high-income economies, but the share of intraregional trade is increasing. Geographic patterns of trade vary widely by country and commodity. Larger shares of exports from oil- and resource-rich economies are to high-income economies. 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.
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The World Bank
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Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
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Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
1960 84.1652928
1961 85.49394001
1962 85.25808221
1963 82.65026198
1964 79.41694267
1965 78.01273982
1966 80.32742453
1967 81.63188685
1968 78.77969013
1969 79.80510674
1970 78.66046369
1971 80.17048966
1972 78.58113078
1973 78.05117629
1974 80.27635615
1975 79.50752559
1976 79.620433
1977 79.1202415
1978 82.92672803
1979 82.03142427
1980 79.03945749
1981 75.02129061
1982 79.9356269
1983 81.23840982
1984 81.49413399
1985 83.09087002
1986 80.41292788
1987 79.67571822
1988 78.97964149
1989 79.47366729
1990 80.6270639
1991 78.65278444
1992 77.52124301
1993 76.111883
1994 73.14163791
1995 72.34460285
1996 71.48025982
1997 73.99247029
1998 65.57990133
1999 67.12636827
2000 66.18835444
2001 62.41714487
2002 60.92202713
2003 64.36157094
2004 61.98070313
2005 62.22893477
2006 64.8617258
2007 59.56076089
2008 57.06193611
2009 56.12271763
2010 52.65864467
2011 52.16266029
2012 48.34208189
2013 45.33918478
2014 43.72317951
2015 44.55718689
2016 44.4351932
2017 43.49547174
2018 41.55397906
2019 42.40451103
2020 44.27822349
2021
2022
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies 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: Low- and middle-income economies are an increasingly important part of the global trading system. Trade between high-income economies and low- and middle-income economies has grown faster than trade between high-income economies. This increased trade benefits both producers and consumers in developing and high-income economies. At the regional level most exports from low- and middle-income economies are to high-income economies, but the share of intraregional trade is increasing. Geographic patterns of trade vary widely by country and commodity. Larger shares of exports from oil- and resource-rich economies are to high-income economies. 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source