Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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.
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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 low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
1960 5.4217728
1961 4.58798835
1962 4.62706633
1963 3.87669851
1964 3.58335783
1965 3.53583472
1966 3.13106155
1967 3.10384295
1968 2.72312443
1969 3.10697483
1970 3.46956419
1971 4.30545476
1972 4.31924971
1973 4.04373067
1974 2.65827162
1975 3.10160152
1976 2.77032337
1977 3.71597614
1978 3.27650976
1979 3.20354348
1980 4.92155968
1981 4.67810343
1982 3.72784643
1983 3.40243974
1984 3.07722655
1985 4.20624466
1986 3.95739956
1987 3.81385033
1988 4.5782182
1989 4.5883512
1990 4.46461665
1991 5.10326045
1992 4.81381198
1993 7.25501907
1994 8.42082218
1995 9.3824399
1996 10.69107398
1997 11.34294932
1998 9.53331251
1999 13.7086604
2000 15.14555881
2001 13.61041511
2002 14.79204586
2003 15.42729984
2004 18.19908479
2005 19.60496049
2006 19.50490685
2007 24.87396471
2008 28.17464971
2009 25.39879664
2010 25.88226039
2011 26.28226034
2012 29.21003808
2013 31.40088452
2014 32.75654153
2015 29.7280205
2016 29.31536001
2017 33.00935422
2018 36.30340715
2019 35.39508471
2020 31.70746335
2021
2022

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source