Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) by country

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...

Countries reporting
204
Highest
97.8%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Lowest
0.1%
Yemen
Median
65.7%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
13,470

What the numbers show

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 97.8% in Sint Maarten (Dutch part); the lowest is 0.1% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 65.7%, and the mean is 60.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 807.

Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 582,007.0%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 99.7%).

Merchandise exports to high-income economies: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 97.8% 2023 up 0.3% falling
2 Greenland 97.0% 2023 up 0.5% flat
3 Sao Tome and Principe 96.7% 2023 up 10.0% falling
4 Seychelles 95.8% 2023 down 0.4% rising
5 Iceland 95.2% 2023 up 1.2% flat
6 Samoa 95.0% 2023 up 0.9% flat
7 Curacao 94.3% 2023 up 3,577.3% volatile
8 Norway 93.9% 2023 down 0.4% flat
9 Mexico 93.9% 2023 up 3.9% flat
10 Macao 93.8% 2023 up 24.5% falling
11 Czechia 92.5% 2023 up 0.3% flat
12 Jamaica 92.3% 2023 up 0.0% falling
13 Guyana 92.3% 2023 up 17.0% falling
14 Tonga 91.8% 2023 down 6.5% flat
15 Estonia 91.5% 2023 down 1.7% flat
16 Luxembourg 91.4% 2023 down 1.7% falling
17 Slovakia 91.3% 2023 down 1.2% flat
18 Haiti 91.0% 2023 up 3.6% falling
19 Saint Kitts and Nevis 90.7% 2023 up 5.8% falling
20 Palestine 90.7% 2023 down 2.4% falling
21 Canada 90.6% 2023 up 0.6% flat
22 Netherlands 90.5% 2023 up 0.2% flat
23 Austria 90.3% 2023 up 0.4% flat
24 Ireland 90.2% 2023 down 3.1% falling
25 Hungary 89.3% 2023 up 1.4% rising
26 Poland 88.9% 2023 down 0.3% rising
27 Belgium 88.7% 2023 up 2.3% falling
28 Sweden 88.7% 2023 up 2.2% flat
29 Antigua and Barbuda 88.6% 2023 down 2.5% falling
30 Bangladesh 88.5% 2023 down 0.1% rising
31 Portugal 88.4% 2023 up 9.2% rising
32 Slovenia 87.8% 2023 up 3.7% falling
33 Faroe Islands 87.8% 2023 up 5.3% falling
34 French Polynesia 87.1% 2023 down 5.7% flat
35 Denmark 87.1% 2023 down 2.8% flat
36 Armenia 86.1% 2023 up 16.2% rising
37 Latvia 85.9% 2023 down 3.5% flat
38 Libya 85.6% 2023 up 11.4% falling
39 Somalia 85.2% 2023 up 8.0% falling
40 Finland 84.7% 2023 down 0.0% falling
41 Tuvalu 84.6% 2023 up 15.5% volatile
42 Tunisia 84.5% 2023 up 1.8% flat
43 Central African Republic 84.3% 2023 up 12.7% falling
44 United Kingdom 84.2% 2023 down 2.3% rising
45 Italy 84.0% 2023 up 4.0% flat
46 Spain 83.8% 2023 up 3.9% rising
47 France 83.7% 2023 up 2.5% rising
48 Cape Verde 83.4% 2023 down 11.0% rising
49 Romania 83.1% 2023 up 3.7% rising
50 Germany 83.1% 2023 up 0.2% flat
51 Malta 82.5% 2023 down 2.4% flat
52 Burkina Faso 82.4% 2023 up 17.5% rising
53 Belarus 81.9% 2023 up 7.7% falling
54 Lithuania 81.8% 2023 down 3.3% flat
55 North Macedonia 81.5% 2023 up 8.7% falling
56 Dominican Republic 81.5% 2023 up 10.6% falling
57 Suriname 81.4% 2023 down 15.7% flat
58 Algeria 80.2% 2023 down 0.2% falling
59 Kiribati 79.7% 2023 up 167.8% falling
60 Israel 79.5% 2023 up 4.7% falling
61 Saint Lucia 78.8% 2023 down 12.0% falling
62 Morocco 78.1% 2023 up 6.2% falling
63 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.1% 2023 down 1.3% falling
64 Albania 77.7% 2023 up 2.2% falling
65 San Marino 76.9% 2023 down 16.5% falling
66 Sudan 76.3% 2023 down 14.9% flat
67 Liberia 76.0% 2023 up 88.4% falling
68 Croatia 75.6% 2023 up 4.7% falling
69 Switzerland 75.5% 2023 down 0.8% falling
70 Greece 75.4% 2023 up 15.1% falling
71 Belize 75.3% 2023 down 5.6% flat
72 Costa Rica 75.3% 2023 up 5.4% falling
73 Bahrain 74.9% 2023 down 7.7% falling
74 Chad 74.7% 2023 down 17.2% rising
75 Azerbaijan 74.6% 2023 up 15.7% rising
76 Madagascar 74.5% 2023 down 4.5% falling
77 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 74.4% 2023 up 9.6% falling
78 Serbia 74.2% 2023 down 1.8% rising
79 Sri Lanka 74.1% 2023 down 2.8% rising
80 Moldova 73.9% 2023 down 6.8% flat
81 Bulgaria 73.6% 2023 up 1.1% rising
82 Cambodia 73.4% 2023 down 16.9% rising
83 American Samoa 73.2% 2023 up 177.1% rising
84 Bermuda 71.8% 2023 down 10.4% falling
85 Nicaragua 71.6% 2023 up 24.2% falling
86 Trinidad and Tobago 71.5% 2023 up 4.6% falling
87 Ukraine 71.0% 2023 up 22.6% falling
88 Philippines 70.9% 2023 down 7.3% falling
89 Barbados 69.4% 2023 down 3.5% falling
90 Papua New Guinea 69.3% 2023 down 8.5% falling
91 Mauritius 69.0% 2023 down 11.6% falling
92 Turkey 68.6% 2023 up 10.0% falling
93 Palau 68.5% 2023 down 28.7% falling
94 Ethiopia 67.5% 2023 up 16.7% falling
95 Kyrgyzstan 67.5% 2023 up 23.3% rising
96 Niger 67.4% 2023 up 21.3% falling
97 Guinea-Bissau 67.3% 2023 up 211.2% falling
98 Pakistan 67.2% 2023 up 13.1% falling
99 Vietnam 66.9% 2023 down 5.0% falling
100 Cuba 66.6% 2023 down 10.6% flat
101 Grenada 66.2% 2023 down 11.2% falling
102 Ecuador 65.7% 2023 down 14.8% falling
103 China 65.7% 2023 down 12.0% falling
104 Marshall Islands 65.4% 2023 up 130.6% falling
105 Honduras 65.0% 2023 up 3.0% falling
106 India 64.8% 2023 up 1.3% falling
107 Colombia 64.6% 2023 down 2.1% falling
108 Kazakhstan 64.6% 2023 down 9.9% flat
109 Venezuela 64.5% 2023 up 18.2% falling
110 Botswana 64.5% 2023 down 2.2% falling
111 Nigeria 64.1% 2023 up 36.5% falling
112 Fiji 63.3% 2023 down 8.2% falling
113 Malaysia 61.8% 2023 up 0.1% falling
114 Japan 61.7% 2023 down 0.5% falling
115 Equatorial Guinea 61.4% 2023 down 8.4% falling
116 Brunei 61.3% 2023 down 15.1% falling
117 United States 61.0% 2023 up 0.8% falling
118 Mauritania 60.7% 2023 up 37.8% falling
119 Lesotho 58.7% 2023 up 194.1% rising
120 Gibraltar 57.4% 2023 down 37.2% falling
121 Thailand 56.8% 2023 up 2.7% falling
122 Egypt 56.8% 2023 up 4.9% falling
123 Jordan 56.8% 2023 up 15.4% rising
124 Ghana 56.6% 2023 down 1.6% falling
125 New Zealand 55.2% 2023 down 6.5% falling
126 Lebanon 55.1% 2023 up 36.4% falling
127 Qatar 55.0% 2023 down 26.6% falling
128 Saudi Arabia 53.7% 2023 down 10.0% falling
129 Oman 53.6% 2023 up 23.8% falling
130 South Korea 53.5% 2023 up 8.9% falling
131 Bahamas 52.1% 2023 up 60.9% falling
132 Cyprus 51.6% 2023 down 34.2% falling
133 Cameroon 51.6% 2023 down 27.1% falling
134 Guatemala 51.2% 2023 down 10.1% falling
135 Vanuatu 51.0% 2023 down 23.8% falling
136 Zambia 51.0% 2023 up 9.5% falling
137 Cote d'Ivoire 50.4% 2023 up 10.8% falling
138 South Africa 50.1% 2023 up 6.4% falling
139 Singapore 49.8% 2023 up 1.8% falling
140 Burundi 48.9% 2023 down 37.3% falling
141 Peru 48.5% 2023 down 25.1% falling
142 Kuwait 48.5% 2023 up 10.6% falling
143 South Sudan 48.0% 2023 up 582,007.0% volatile
144 Panama 47.8% 2023 down 27.4% falling
145 Montenegro 47.3% 2023 up 4.9% falling
146 United Arab Emirates 46.8% 2023 down 9.6% falling
147 Comoros 46.7% 2023 down 34.7% falling
148 Malawi 46.1% 2023 down 23.7% falling
149 Australia 45.9% 2023 down 3.6% falling
150 New Caledonia 45.9% 2023 down 45.2% falling
151 Uganda 45.5% 2023 up 16.1% falling
152 El Salvador 45.3% 2023 down 20.0% falling
153 Aruba 43.9% 2023 up 42.9% falling
154 East Timor 43.2% 2023 up 58.3% falling
155 Chile 42.9% 2023 down 17.5% falling
156 Indonesia 42.7% 2023 down 27.6% falling
157 Gabon 42.6% 2023 down 15.8% falling
158 Brazil 42.6% 2023 down 17.5% falling
159 Solomon Islands 42.5% 2023 down 5.0% falling
160 Argentina 40.9% 2023 up 6.1% falling
161 Myanmar 40.2% 2023 up 85.0% falling
162 Kenya 39.6% 2023 down 1.3% falling
163 Iraq 39.2% 2023 down 28.1% falling
164 Mozambique 38.8% 2023 down 19.6% falling
165 Congo 38.5% 2023 up 1.2% falling
166 Syria 37.0% 2023 up 29.8% falling
167 Uzbekistan 37.0% 2023 up 30.8% falling
168 Zimbabwe 37.0% 2023 up 341.2% falling
169 Senegal 35.8% 2023 up 3.0% falling
170 Mali 35.4% 2023 up 12.4% flat
171 Maldives 35.1% 2023 down 27.9% falling
172 Bolivia 34.8% 2023 up 17.2% falling
173 Angola 34.4% 2023 down 11.2% falling
174 Tanzania 31.4% 2023 down 4.6% falling
175 Namibia 31.0% 2023 down 21.7% falling
176 Uruguay 31.0% 2023 down 0.4% falling
177 Hong Kong 29.3% 2023 down 15.4% falling
178 Georgia 28.3% 2023 down 25.6% falling
179 Paraguay 27.3% 2023 down 34.7% falling
180 Rwanda 27.3% 2023 down 24.0% falling
181 Nepal 26.9% 2023 up 12.9% volatile
182 Tajikistan 25.8% 2023 up 65.2% volatile
183 Dominica 24.1% 2023 down 62.7% falling
184 Russia 23.6% 2023 down 65.1% falling
185 Togo 20.7% 2023 up 12.1% volatile
186 Democratic Republic of Congo 19.8% 2023 up 60.4% volatile
187 Iran 19.1% 2023 down 28.9% falling
188 Guinea 18.9% 2023 down 78.0% falling
189 Nauru 16.7% 2023 down 81.8% falling
190 Micronesia (country) 15.1% 2023 down 31.8% volatile
191 Sierra Leone 13.7% 2023 up 267.7% falling
192 Guam 13.6% 2023 down 77.3% volatile
193 Laos 13.3% 2023 up 42.1% volatile
194 Afghanistan 12.9% 2023 up 399.7% volatile
195 Eritrea 11.9% 2023 down 82.9% volatile
196 Benin 11.5% 2023 up 4.8% volatile
197 Djibouti 9.8% 2023 down 45.1% volatile
198 Turkmenistan 9.5% 2023 down 19.5% volatile
199 Eswatini 9.0% 2023 down 60.3% volatile
200 Mongolia 7.6% 2023 down 40.3% volatile
201 Bhutan 3.2% 2023 up 30.9% volatile
202 North Korea 2.8% 2023 down 60.0% volatile
203 Gambia 0.2% 2023 down 95.1% volatile
204 Yemen 0.1% 2023 down 99.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
Unit
% of total merchandise exports
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
252 places, 13,470 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

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.