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Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) by country

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total...

Countries reporting
202
Highest
58.1%
Syria
Lowest
0.0%
Micronesia (country)
Median
0.4%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
11,814

What the numbers show

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 58.1% in Syria; the lowest is 0.0% in Micronesia (country).

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4%, and the mean is 2.3%.

Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Bahamas (up 240,182.0%), and the largest decrease in East Timor (down 100.0%).

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Syria 58.1% 2023 down 6.3% volatile
2 Cyprus 28.4% 2023 up 234.5% volatile
3 Yemen 21.3% 2023 up 1,067.3% volatile
4 Lebanon 21.0% 2023 down 36.5% falling
5 Jordan 17.7% 2023 down 42.3% falling
6 Egypt 16.6% 2023 down 15.2% rising
7 Turkey 14.2% 2023 down 31.1% volatile
8 Sudan 12.3% 2023 up 139.6% rising
9 Kuwait 11.9% 2023 down 27.3% volatile
10 Bahrain 10.8% 2023 up 72.2% volatile
11 Bahamas 10.6% 2023 up 240,182.0% volatile
12 Somalia 10.1% 2023 down 3.0% volatile
13 Oman 9.9% 2023 up 344.5% volatile
14 Tunisia 8.7% 2023 down 15.4% rising
15 Greece 8.6% 2023 down 12.2% volatile
16 Mauritania 8.5% 2023 up 9,587.3% volatile
17 Palestine 7.3% 2023 up 10.8% falling
18 United Arab Emirates 6.6% 2023 down 13.9% volatile
19 Ethiopia 6.6% 2023 down 7.7% volatile
20 Tajikistan 5.9% 2023 down 24.6% volatile
21 Saudi Arabia 5.8% 2023 up 56.3% rising
22 Kenya 5.5% 2023 down 3.5% rising
23 Ukraine 5.5% 2023 down 47.2% rising
24 Argentina 5.4% 2023 down 29.4% volatile
25 Bulgaria 5.2% 2023 up 7.5% volatile
26 Afghanistan 4.4% 2023 down 61.5% volatile
27 Spain 4.4% 2023 down 23.3% volatile
28 Malta 4.3% 2023 down 28.6% volatile
29 Trinidad and Tobago 4.2% 2023 up 4,024.4% volatile
30 Algeria 3.9% 2023 down 26.4% volatile
31 Sri Lanka 3.8% 2023 down 30.5% volatile
32 India 3.6% 2023 down 22.0% volatile
33 Russia 3.5% 2023 up 120.9% rising
34 Brazil 3.5% 2023 up 3.8% rising
35 Armenia 3.4% 2023 down 66.2% volatile
36 Romania 3.3% 2023 down 27.0% volatile
37 France 3.0% 2023 down 30.8% volatile
38 Italy 2.8% 2023 down 43.6% falling
39 Benin 2.6% 2023 down 29.2% volatile
40 Portugal 2.6% 2023 down 26.2% volatile
41 Uruguay 2.5% 2023 down 54.2% volatile
42 San Marino 2.4% 2023 down 17.6% volatile
43 Morocco 2.4% 2023 down 27.7% falling
44 Georgia 2.4% 2023 down 1.5% volatile
45 China 2.2% 2023 down 6.9% volatile
46 Iran 2.2% 2023 up 722.4% volatile
47 New Zealand 2.1% 2023 down 9.2% volatile
48 Malawi 2.1% 2023 up 73.7% volatile
49 Burundi 2.1% 2023 up 6,178.5% volatile
50 Uzbekistan 2.0% 2023 down 75.9% volatile
51 Liberia 1.8% 2023 down 87.6% volatile
52 Pakistan 1.7% 2023 down 33.7% volatile
53 Indonesia 1.5% 2023 up 0.8% volatile
54 Moldova 1.5% 2023 up 64.7% volatile
55 Djibouti 1.4% 2023 up 77.2% volatile
56 Slovenia 1.4% 2023 down 38.0% rising
57 Colombia 1.3% 2023 up 779.6% volatile
58 Serbia 1.3% 2023 up 67.0% falling
59 Switzerland 1.3% 2023 down 14.5% volatile
60 Croatia 1.2% 2023 down 53.9% rising
61 Belgium 1.2% 2023 down 22.2% rising
62 United Kingdom 1.2% 2023 up 9.9% volatile
63 Comoros 1.2% 2023 up 153.2% volatile
64 Rwanda 1.1% 2023 up 8,082.6% volatile
65 Finland 1.1% 2023 down 38.4% volatile
66 Ecuador 1.1% 2023 up 180.1% volatile
67 Germany 1.1% 2023 down 12.2% volatile
68 Denmark 1.1% 2023 down 16.0% falling
69 Uganda 1.0% 2023 up 11.2% volatile
70 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.0% 2023 up 471.8% volatile
71 Cote d'Ivoire 1.0% 2023 down 21.1% volatile
72 Sweden 1.0% 2023 down 41.0% volatile
73 Belarus 1.0% 2023 up 120.9% falling
74 Lithuania 0.9% 2023 down 41.0% volatile
75 Thailand 0.9% 2023 down 42.0% volatile
76 Senegal 0.9% 2023 down 11.5% volatile
77 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% 2023 up 13.3% rising
78 Israel 0.9% 2023 up 101.8% volatile
79 Malaysia 0.8% 2023 down 40.8% flat
80 Netherlands 0.8% 2023 down 25.0% falling
81 South Korea 0.8% 2023 down 65.4% volatile
82 American Samoa 0.8% 2023 up 340.2% volatile
83 Iraq 0.8% 2023 down 67.2% volatile
84 United States 0.8% 2023 down 31.6% volatile
85 Czechia 0.7% 2023 up 10.2% falling
86 Qatar 0.7% 2023 up 38.3% volatile
87 Poland 0.7% 2023 down 4.0% volatile
88 Slovakia 0.7% 2023 up 15.8% volatile
89 Curacao 0.7% 2023 up 11.8% volatile
90 Hungary 0.6% 2023 down 21.4% volatile
91 Tanzania 0.6% 2023 up 238.9% volatile
92 Mauritius 0.6% 2023 up 274.5% volatile
93 Austria 0.6% 2023 down 40.2% volatile
94 Guatemala 0.5% 2023 down 68.4% volatile
95 Ireland 0.5% 2023 down 21.1% volatile
96 Latvia 0.5% 2023 down 77.1% volatile
97 Maldives 0.5% 2023 down 92.2% volatile
98 Canada 0.5% 2023 up 24.6% volatile
99 Kazakhstan 0.5% 2023 down 43.7% volatile
100 Mali 0.5% 2023 up 6.2% volatile
101 Luxembourg 0.4% 2023 down 15.0% rising
102 Japan 0.4% 2023 down 25.8% volatile
103 Eritrea 0.4% 2023 down 92.4% volatile
104 Madagascar 0.4% 2023 down 58.2% volatile
105 Australia 0.4% 2023 down 43.6% volatile
106 Togo 0.4% 2023 down 74.8% volatile
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4% 2023 down 74.1% volatile
108 Dominica 0.4% 2023 down 92.4% volatile
109 Azerbaijan 0.4% 2023 down 89.0% volatile
110 South Africa 0.4% 2023 down 49.4% falling
111 Montenegro 0.4% 2023 down 77.4% volatile
112 Nicaragua 0.4% 2023 up 418.4% volatile
113 Mongolia 0.4% 2023 up 550.6% volatile
114 Zimbabwe 0.3% 2023 up 1,565.7% volatile
115 Gabon 0.3% 2023 up 22.6% volatile
116 Paraguay 0.3% 2023 down 90.4% volatile
117 Vietnam 0.3% 2023 down 10.1% volatile
118 Bangladesh 0.3% 2023 down 60.7% volatile
119 Lesotho 0.3% 2023 up 54.8% volatile
120 Estonia 0.3% 2023 down 38.8% rising
121 Cape Verde 0.3% 2023 down 68.2% volatile
122 Costa Rica 0.3% 2023 up 50.1% volatile
123 Sierra Leone 0.2% 2023 up 886.7% volatile
124 Singapore 0.2% 2023 down 34.2% volatile
125 Central African Republic 0.2% 2023 up 3.7% volatile
126 Cameroon 0.2% 2023 down 13.9% volatile
127 Norway 0.2% 2023 up 0.9% volatile
128 Ghana 0.2% 2023 down 55.3% volatile
129 Albania 0.2% 2023 down 78.1% volatile
130 Venezuela 0.2% 2023 up 1,037.5% volatile
131 Hong Kong 0.2% 2023 down 33.1% volatile
132 Antigua and Barbuda 0.2% 2023 down 97.3% volatile
133 North Macedonia 0.2% 2023 down 17.6% volatile
134 Iceland 0.1% 2023 up 20.3% volatile
135 Niger 0.1% 2023 down 44.9% volatile
136 Cuba 0.1% 2023 down 79.5% volatile
137 Philippines 0.1% 2023 down 43.1% volatile
138 Nigeria 0.1% 2023 up 507.9% volatile
139 Chad 0.1% 2023 up 665.1% volatile
140 Mexico 0.1% 2023 down 4.6% volatile
141 Burkina Faso 0.1% 2023 down 70.7% volatile
142 North Korea 0.1% 2023 down 88.8% volatile
143 Bermuda 0.1% 2023 up 328.3% volatile
144 Angola 0.1% 2023 up 1,773.0% volatile
145 Chile 0.1% 2023 up 27.2% volatile
146 Myanmar 0.1% 2023 up 231.7% volatile
147 Peru 0.1% 2023 down 24.5% volatile
148 Suriname 0.1% 2023 up 76.1% volatile
149 Honduras 0.1% 2023 down 72.3% volatile
150 Faroe Islands 0.1% 2023 down 53.7% volatile
151 Palau 0.1% 2022 up 627.9% volatile
152 Bolivia 0.1% 2023 up 68.8% volatile
153 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2023 down 93.8% volatile
154 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2023 up 56.1% volatile
155 Namibia 0.0% 2023 down 54.8% volatile
156 Seychelles 0.0% 2023 down 80.1% volatile
157 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2021 down 89.0% volatile
158 Aruba 0.0% 2023 up 60,230.1% volatile
159 Barbados 0.0% 2023 up 745.2% volatile
160 Libya 0.0% 2023 down 97.5% volatile
161 Cambodia 0.0% 2014 up 231.6% volatile
162 Congo 0.0% 2023 up 66.1% volatile
163 Guinea 0.0% 2023 down 93.3% volatile
164 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2023 up 596.1% volatile
165 Mozambique 0.0% 2023 up 57.8% volatile
166 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2023 down 43.1% volatile
167 Marshall Islands 0.0% 2023 up 7,520.7% volatile
168 Fiji 0.0% 2017 up 124.7% volatile
169 South Sudan 0.0% 2023 up 5,984.9% volatile
170 Vanuatu 0.0% 2011 down 93.9% volatile
171 Nepal 0.0% 2023 down 46.8% volatile
172 El Salvador 0.0% 2023 down 88.0% volatile
173 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2023 up 58.9% volatile
174 Gibraltar 0.0% 2023 down 99.8% volatile
175 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2023 up 1,928.3% volatile
176 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0% 2023 down 97.2% volatile
177 Haiti 0.0% 2023 down 88.4% volatile
178 Samoa 0.0% 2008 down 99.9% volatile
179 Zambia 0.0% 2023 down 61.9% volatile
180 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2023 down 98.0% volatile
181 Laos 0.0% 2020 down 90.0% volatile
182 Macao 0.0% 2022 down 78.8% volatile
183 Bhutan 0.0% 2023 down 17.9% volatile
184 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2023 up 4,126.8% volatile
185 Eswatini 0.0% 2023 down 93.8% volatile
186 Nauru 0.0% 2023 down 86.6% volatile
187 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2023 up 10.9% volatile
188 Guyana 0.0% 2023 down 48.6% volatile
189 Belize 0.0% 2022 down 90.0% volatile
190 Panama 0.0% 2023 down 99.8% volatile
191 Gambia 0.0% 2023 down 98.4% volatile
192 Brunei 0.0% 2022 down 67.6% volatile
193 Greenland 0.0% 2023 down 99.9% volatile
194 Botswana 0.0% 2021 down 98.4% volatile
195 Tuvalu 0.0% 2021 down 98.9% volatile
196 New Caledonia 0.0% 2002 down 97.6% volatile
197 French Polynesia 0.0% 2021 down 99.6% volatile
198 Jamaica 0.0% 2023 down 98.0% volatile
199 Grenada 0.0% 2016 down 76.1% volatile
200 East Timor 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
201 Guam 0.0% 2021 down 97.4% volatile
202 Micronesia (country) 0.0% 2021 down 86.0% 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 Middle East & North Africa (% 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
250 places, 11,814 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa 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.