Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) by country
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy....
Countries reporting
203
Highest
95.9%
Bhutan
Lowest
0.0%
Kiribati
Median
1.2%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
11,622
What the numbers show
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 95.9% in Bhutan; the lowest is 0.0% in Kiribati.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.2%, and the mean is 4.8%.
Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 66,825.0%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 100.0%).
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 95.9% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 2 | Nepal | 70.5% | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 69.9% | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 4 | Benin | 59.9% | 2023 | up 292.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Comoros | 29.1% | 2023 | up 195.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Iraq | 26.4% | 2023 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Guinea | 25.0% | 2023 | up 927.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Togo | 24.5% | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Kuwait | 24.1% | 2023 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 10 | Tanzania | 22.9% | 2023 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Qatar | 17.7% | 2023 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Iran | 17.3% | 2023 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Mozambique | 16.7% | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Cameroon | 16.4% | 2023 | up 169.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Jordan | 16.1% | 2023 | up 102.5% | rising |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 15.8% | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 17 | Russia | 15.0% | 2023 | up 840.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Botswana | 12.8% | 2023 | up 369.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Uganda | 12.8% | 2023 | up 1,590.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Bolivia | 12.2% | 2023 | up 37,892.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Oman | 12.0% | 2023 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 11.5% | 2023 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Senegal | 11.0% | 2023 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Indonesia | 10.6% | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 10.3% | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 26 | Kenya | 9.5% | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 9.3% | 2023 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.1% | 2023 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Nigeria | 8.8% | 2023 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Tajikistan | 7.7% | 2023 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Ghana | 7.0% | 2023 | up 90.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Pakistan | 6.9% | 2023 | down 49.4% | rising |
| 33 | Sudan | 6.5% | 2023 | up 348.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Myanmar | 6.5% | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Angola | 6.3% | 2023 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 6.3% | 2023 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Maldives | 6.1% | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 38 | Mali | 5.7% | 2023 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 39 | India | 5.7% | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 40 | South Africa | 5.4% | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 41 | Panama | 5.3% | 2023 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Australia | 5.2% | 2023 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Morocco | 5.1% | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Malawi | 5.0% | 2023 | up 236.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Colombia | 4.9% | 2023 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 46 | China | 4.9% | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 47 | Madagascar | 4.7% | 2023 | up 62.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Gabon | 4.7% | 2023 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Malaysia | 4.7% | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 50 | Argentina | 4.6% | 2023 | up 119.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Burundi | 4.6% | 2023 | up 8,130.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 4.5% | 2023 | up 71.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Thailand | 4.4% | 2023 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Singapore | 4.3% | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Switzerland | 4.1% | 2023 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Israel | 4.1% | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Hong Kong | 4.0% | 2023 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Peru | 4.0% | 2023 | up 176.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Guyana | 3.8% | 2023 | up 476.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 3.7% | 2023 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Rwanda | 3.7% | 2023 | up 6,261.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Mauritius | 3.6% | 2023 | up 149.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Egypt | 3.5% | 2023 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Bahrain | 3.5% | 2023 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.4% | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 66 | South Korea | 3.3% | 2023 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Cape Verde | 3.2% | 2023 | up 3,433.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 3.1% | 2023 | up 1,556.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Somalia | 3.0% | 2023 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.0% | 2023 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Vietnam | 2.9% | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Paraguay | 2.8% | 2023 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Laos | 2.6% | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Japan | 2.6% | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Ukraine | 2.4% | 2023 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Venezuela | 2.2% | 2023 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 77 | United States | 2.2% | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Brazil | 2.1% | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 79 | New Zealand | 2.1% | 2023 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 1.9% | 2023 | up 19,331.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Burkina Faso | 1.9% | 2023 | up 220.2% | volatile |
| 82 | United Kingdom | 1.8% | 2023 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Tunisia | 1.7% | 2023 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Chile | 1.7% | 2023 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Philippines | 1.6% | 2023 | up 149.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Brunei | 1.6% | 2023 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Saint Lucia | 1.5% | 2023 | up 208.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Haiti | 1.5% | 2023 | up 1,575.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Congo | 1.5% | 2023 | up 14,010.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Malta | 1.4% | 2023 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Kazakhstan | 1.4% | 2023 | up 93.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Chad | 1.4% | 2023 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Ecuador | 1.3% | 2023 | up 862.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Cambodia | 1.3% | 2023 | up 1,060.2% | volatile |
| 95 | France | 1.3% | 2023 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 1.3% | 2023 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Libya | 1.3% | 2023 | up 457.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Finland | 1.3% | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Zambia | 1.3% | 2023 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Turkey | 1.2% | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Curacao | 1.2% | 2023 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Germany | 1.2% | 2023 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 103 | Liberia | 1.1% | 2023 | up 493.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Uruguay | 1.1% | 2023 | up 113.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Belgium | 1.1% | 2023 | down 54.4% | flat |
| 106 | Cyprus | 1.1% | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Italy | 1.0% | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 108 | Syria | 1.0% | 2023 | up 174.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Sweden | 1.0% | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 110 | Lebanon | 1.0% | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Algeria | 0.9% | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Solomon Islands | 0.9% | 2023 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Namibia | 0.9% | 2023 | up 300.9% | volatile |
| 114 | East Timor | 0.9% | 2023 | up 193.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Canada | 0.9% | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 116 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9% | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 117 | North Korea | 0.8% | 2023 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 118 | American Samoa | 0.8% | 2023 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Denmark | 0.8% | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 120 | Romania | 0.8% | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Austria | 0.7% | 2023 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 122 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.7% | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Marshall Islands | 0.7% | 2023 | up 3,264.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 0.7% | 2023 | up 143.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Aruba | 0.7% | 2023 | up 1,633.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Honduras | 0.7% | 2023 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Palau | 0.6% | 2023 | up 709.4% | volatile |
| 128 | New Caledonia | 0.6% | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Central African Republic | 0.6% | 2023 | up 2,594.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 0.6% | 2019 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Luxembourg | 0.6% | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 132 | Spain | 0.6% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 133 | Seychelles | 0.6% | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 0.5% | 2023 | up 5,689.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Netherlands | 0.5% | 2023 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 136 | Poland | 0.5% | 2023 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Czechia | 0.5% | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 138 | Greece | 0.5% | 2023 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Estonia | 0.5% | 2023 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Belarus | 0.5% | 2023 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Mexico | 0.4% | 2023 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Eswatini | 0.4% | 2023 | up 5,241.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Armenia | 0.4% | 2023 | up 471.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Dominica | 0.4% | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Guatemala | 0.4% | 2023 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Ireland | 0.3% | 2023 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 147 | Latvia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Costa Rica | 0.3% | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Portugal | 0.3% | 2023 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Norway | 0.3% | 2023 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Serbia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 153 | Slovenia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 154 | Hungary | 0.3% | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 155 | San Marino | 0.3% | 2023 | up 3,360.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Yemen | 0.3% | 2023 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Georgia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Mauritania | 0.2% | 2023 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.2% | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2% | 2023 | up 289.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Cuba | 0.2% | 2023 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Slovakia | 0.2% | 2023 | up 69.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Croatia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2% | 2023 | up 261.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Eritrea | 0.2% | 2023 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2023 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Albania | 0.1% | 2023 | up 158.2% | volatile |
| 168 | South Sudan | 0.1% | 2023 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1% | 2023 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Fiji | 0.1% | 2023 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Barbados | 0.1% | 2023 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2023 | up 435.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Belize | 0.1% | 2023 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2023 | up 197.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Palestine | 0.1% | 2023 | up 66,825.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Moldova | 0.1% | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Gambia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Macao | 0.1% | 2023 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Gibraltar | 0.1% | 2023 | up 165.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Samoa | 0.1% | 2012 | up 11,626.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Tonga | 0.1% | 2009 | up 1,147.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Suriname | 0.1% | 2023 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 184 | French Polynesia | 0.1% | 2022 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Lesotho | 0.1% | 2023 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2023 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2023 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 188 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2022 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 189 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 190 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Guam | 0.0% | 2023 | up 4,335.0% | volatile |
| 192 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2023 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 193 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 195 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2023 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 197 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2023 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 198 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | up 172.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 200 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Niger | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2023 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 203 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2019 | down 82.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Arab World 13.0%
- Pre-demographic dividend 12.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 12.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 11.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 10.9%
- Africa Western and Central 7.5%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 6.8%
- IDA blend 6.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 6.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 6.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 6.5%
- IDA total 6.4%
About this data
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia 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.