Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) by country

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of...

Countries reporting
201
Highest
66.0%
Paraguay
Lowest
0.0%
South Sudan
Median
0.8%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
11,848

What the numbers show

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 66.0% in Paraguay; the lowest is 0.0% in South Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 4.7%.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei (up 90,837.1%), and the largest decrease in Togo (down 99.8%).

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin Ameri: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Paraguay 66.0% 2023 up 46.5% rising
2 El Salvador 54.3% 2023 up 29.7% rising
3 Aruba 51.8% 2023 down 0.6% rising
4 Guatemala 46.6% 2023 up 27.9% rising
5 Bolivia 41.1% 2023 down 37.6% rising
6 Uruguay 37.8% 2023 up 5.1% rising
7 Honduras 33.6% 2023 up 13.2% rising
8 Grenada 31.7% 2023 up 38.4% volatile
9 Argentina 30.6% 2023 down 3.6% rising
10 Barbados 29.6% 2023 up 22.7% volatile
11 Palau 27.7% 2023 up 1,044.0% volatile
12 Nicaragua 26.9% 2023 up 8.7% rising
13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25.3% 2023 down 16.3% rising
14 Belize 24.5% 2023 up 130.4% volatile
15 United States 23.4% 2023 up 4.1% rising
16 Venezuela 22.8% 2023 up 124.2% rising
17 Costa Rica 21.1% 2023 up 1.0% rising
18 Colombia 19.5% 2023 up 37.9% volatile
19 Saint Lucia 18.5% 2023 up 107.9% volatile
20 Trinidad and Tobago 15.5% 2023 down 41.6% volatile
21 Chile 13.4% 2023 down 20.0% rising
22 Brazil 12.5% 2023 down 17.5% rising
23 Dominican Republic 12.0% 2023 down 44.2% volatile
24 Suriname 11.7% 2023 up 447.2% volatile
25 San Marino 11.2% 2023 up 834.0% volatile
26 Ecuador 9.5% 2023 down 36.3% rising
27 Peru 9.3% 2023 down 25.1% rising
28 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.8% 2023 up 66.7% volatile
29 Cuba 8.0% 2023 up 2.8% rising
30 China 6.0% 2023 up 32.7% volatile
31 Panama 5.7% 2023 down 69.9% rising
32 Jamaica 5.4% 2023 up 103.6% rising
33 Antigua and Barbuda 5.1% 2023 up 185.4% volatile
34 Haiti 4.8% 2023 down 50.2% volatile
35 Morocco 4.7% 2023 down 31.2% volatile
36 Micronesia (country) 4.5% 2023 up 540.0% volatile
37 Spain 4.1% 2023 down 22.0% falling
38 India 4.1% 2023 up 16.7% volatile
39 Israel 3.9% 2023 up 2.0% rising
40 Gibraltar 3.7% 2023 up 2,442.9% volatile
41 Gabon 3.6% 2023 up 4,856.3% volatile
42 Dominica 3.5% 2023 down 87.1% falling
43 Mexico 3.3% 2023 down 41.2% falling
44 Russia 3.3% 2023 up 290.3% volatile
45 South Korea 3.3% 2023 down 29.5% volatile
46 Japan 3.2% 2023 up 7.6% falling
47 American Samoa 3.2% 2023 down 68.9% volatile
48 Sri Lanka 3.2% 2023 up 38.5% volatile
49 Nigeria 3.2% 2023 up 82.6% volatile
50 Ghana 3.1% 2023 up 676.7% volatile
51 Thailand 3.0% 2023 down 0.2% volatile
52 Libya 3.0% 2023 up 7,992.9% volatile
53 Guyana 2.7% 2023 down 47.8% rising
54 Italy 2.7% 2023 down 12.4% falling
55 Germany 2.6% 2023 up 2.1% falling
56 Algeria 2.6% 2023 down 42.6% volatile
57 Vietnam 2.6% 2023 up 33.0% volatile
58 Bahrain 2.5% 2023 up 426.8% volatile
59 Canada 2.4% 2023 up 3.8% falling
60 Nauru 2.3% 2023 up 936.6% volatile
61 Portugal 2.3% 2023 down 12.2% rising
62 Denmark 2.2% 2023 up 1.6% falling
63 Malaysia 2.1% 2023 up 47.2% rising
64 Finland 2.1% 2023 down 5.2% falling
65 Malta 2.0% 2023 up 146.8% volatile
66 Marshall Islands 2.0% 2023 up 400.4% volatile
67 Belgium 2.0% 2023 up 8.4% rising
68 Indonesia 2.0% 2023 up 15.5% volatile
69 Luxembourg 2.0% 2023 up 127.5% rising
70 Central African Republic 1.9% 2023 up 874.2% volatile
71 France 1.9% 2023 down 25.5% falling
72 Ireland 1.9% 2023 up 39.6% rising
73 Philippines 1.8% 2023 up 83.4% volatile
74 Egypt 1.8% 2023 up 59.7% volatile
75 Curacao 1.8% 2023 down 62.7% falling
76 Switzerland 1.8% 2023 up 6.1% falling
77 Austria 1.8% 2023 up 17.7% falling
78 Sweden 1.8% 2023 down 10.0% falling
79 North Korea 1.8% 2023 down 56.4% volatile
80 Pakistan 1.7% 2023 up 2.6% volatile
81 Angola 1.7% 2023 up 79.1% volatile
82 United Kingdom 1.6% 2023 up 8.7% falling
83 New Zealand 1.6% 2023 down 10.0% rising
84 Bangladesh 1.6% 2023 up 25.3% volatile
85 Oman 1.5% 2023 up 622.9% volatile
86 Hong Kong 1.5% 2023 down 5.2% rising
87 Turkey 1.4% 2023 down 1.7% volatile
88 Saudi Arabia 1.4% 2023 up 78.3% volatile
89 Congo 1.4% 2023 up 165.8% volatile
90 Netherlands 1.4% 2023 down 11.6% falling
91 Equatorial Guinea 1.3% 2023 down 81.2% volatile
92 Cote d'Ivoire 1.3% 2023 up 57.3% volatile
93 Jordan 1.3% 2023 up 323.7% volatile
94 Hungary 1.2% 2023 up 31.5% volatile
95 Georgia 1.2% 2023 up 56.3% volatile
96 South Africa 1.1% 2023 down 23.9% falling
97 Singapore 1.1% 2023 up 8.0% volatile
98 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.1% 2023 down 58.6% volatile
99 Poland 1.0% 2023 up 40.3% volatile
100 Faroe Islands 1.0% 2023 down 52.5% volatile
101 Belarus 0.8% 2023 down 49.2% rising
102 Greece 0.8% 2023 down 27.7% volatile
103 United Arab Emirates 0.8% 2023 up 121.5% volatile
104 Czechia 0.8% 2023 up 3.3% rising
105 Slovakia 0.8% 2023 up 85.2% rising
106 Norway 0.8% 2023 down 10.5% volatile
107 Liberia 0.7% 2023 up 9,204.5% volatile
108 Senegal 0.7% 2023 up 151.5% volatile
109 Tuvalu 0.7% 2023 down 92.1% volatile
110 Australia 0.7% 2023 up 20.3% falling
111 Cambodia 0.7% 2023 down 65.7% volatile
112 Mauritania 0.7% 2023 up 1,982.6% volatile
113 Lithuania 0.6% 2023 up 197.0% volatile
114 Serbia 0.6% 2023 up 141.8% volatile
115 Tunisia 0.6% 2023 down 31.2% volatile
116 Romania 0.6% 2023 down 52.5% volatile
117 Madagascar 0.6% 2023 up 220.7% volatile
118 Bulgaria 0.6% 2023 up 75.0% falling
119 Fiji 0.5% 2017 down 6.7% volatile
120 Lebanon 0.5% 2023 down 27.7% volatile
121 Estonia 0.5% 2023 down 46.9% volatile
122 Cyprus 0.5% 2023 down 82.5% volatile
123 Guinea-Bissau 0.5% 2023 up 2,895.1% volatile
124 Croatia 0.5% 2023 down 20.7% rising
125 Latvia 0.5% 2023 up 99.1% volatile
126 Malawi 0.4% 2023 down 58.8% volatile
127 Myanmar 0.4% 2023 up 147.7% volatile
128 Brunei 0.4% 2022 up 90,837.1% volatile
129 Seychelles 0.4% 2023 up 3,181.5% volatile
130 Slovenia 0.4% 2023 down 25.7% rising
131 Comoros 0.4% 2019 down 32.9% volatile
132 Ukraine 0.3% 2023 down 73.2% falling
133 Turkmenistan 0.3% 2023 up 1,252.6% volatile
134 Solomon Islands 0.3% 2023 down 16.1% volatile
135 Yemen 0.3% 2022 up 265.6% volatile
136 East Timor 0.3% 2023 up 4,401.2% volatile
137 Cameroon 0.3% 2023 up 37.4% volatile
138 Mauritius 0.2% 2023 up 20.9% volatile
139 Maldives 0.2% 2023 down 36.1% volatile
140 Ethiopia 0.2% 2023 up 117.0% volatile
141 North Macedonia 0.2% 2023 up 8.7% volatile
142 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2% 2023 up 410.9% volatile
143 Bermuda 0.2% 2023 down 80.6% volatile
144 Iceland 0.2% 2023 down 41.6% volatile
145 Kenya 0.2% 2023 up 42.1% volatile
146 Qatar 0.2% 2023 down 80.0% volatile
147 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2% 2023 down 87.2% volatile
148 Cape Verde 0.2% 2023 down 96.7% volatile
149 Iran 0.2% 2023 up 147.9% volatile
150 Tajikistan 0.1% 2023 up 65,380.3% volatile
151 Mozambique 0.1% 2023 down 65.2% volatile
152 Somalia 0.1% 2023 down 76.0% volatile
153 Bahamas 0.1% 2023 down 86.3% volatile
154 Mongolia 0.1% 2023 up 103.6% volatile
155 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2023 up 57.4% volatile
156 Samoa 0.1% 2008 up 53.1% volatile
157 Moldova 0.1% 2023 up 330.3% volatile
158 Albania 0.1% 2023 down 19.5% volatile
159 Lesotho 0.1% 2023 down 57.1% volatile
160 Tanzania 0.1% 2023 down 17.7% volatile
161 Uzbekistan 0.1% 2023 up 1.4% volatile
162 French Polynesia 0.1% 2022 down 12.6% volatile
163 Eritrea 0.0% 2023 up 178.1% volatile
164 Namibia 0.0% 2023 down 39.2% volatile
165 Kuwait 0.0% 2023 down 98.1% volatile
166 Zambia 0.0% 2023 up 712.4% volatile
167 Mali 0.0% 2023 down 17.1% volatile
168 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2023 up 444.6% volatile
169 Benin 0.0% 2023 down 78.5% volatile
170 Palestine 0.0% 2023 up 15,777.9% volatile
171 Macao 0.0% 2023 down 79.4% volatile
172 Nepal 0.0% 2023 down 87.9% volatile
173 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2023 down 88.7% volatile
174 Montenegro 0.0% 2023 down 20.1% volatile
175 Syria 0.0% 2020 down 96.2% volatile
176 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2023 up 1,062.1% volatile
177 Eswatini 0.0% 2023 up 714.4% volatile
178 Bhutan 0.0% 2023 down 63.0% volatile
179 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2023 up 3.9% volatile
180 Vanuatu 0.0% 2011 up 289.1% volatile
181 Guam 0.0% 2023 down 90.5% volatile
182 Armenia 0.0% 2023 down 98.7% volatile
183 Sudan 0.0% 2023 down 93.0% volatile
184 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2023 up 676.7% volatile
185 Niger 0.0% 2023 down 99.3% volatile
186 Rwanda 0.0% 2023 down 92.0% volatile
187 Djibouti 0.0% 2023 down 97.0% volatile
188 Greenland 0.0% 2023 down 84.9% volatile
189 Togo 0.0% 2023 down 99.8% volatile
190 Azerbaijan 0.0% 2023 up 109.7% volatile
191 Iraq 0.0% 2023 down 99.6% volatile
192 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0% 2023 up 62.4% volatile
193 Guinea 0.0% 2023 down 95.8% volatile
194 Chad 0.0% 2023 down 82.3% volatile
195 Botswana 0.0% 2021 down 66.6% volatile
196 Laos 0.0% 2023 down 92.1% volatile
197 Gambia 0.0% 2023 down 97.5% volatile
198 Uganda 0.0% 2023 down 99.2% volatile
199 Afghanistan 0.0% 2023 down 99.8% volatile
200 New Caledonia 0.0% 2004 down 78.8% volatile
201 South Sudan 0.0% 2022 down 94.1% 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 low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% 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
249 places, 11,848 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are 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.