Afghanistan's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) was 9.68% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 6 percentage points from 3.69% in 2018.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 9.68% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 3.69% | 2018 |
| Highest | 45.96% | 1995 |
| Lowest | 0.03% | 1987 |
| Average since 2015 | 5.56% | 2015–2023 |
| First recorded | 0.03% | 1987 |
Over five years it is up 6 percentage points from 3.69% in 2018. Since 1987 it is up 9.65 percentage points from 0.03% in 1987. The World Bank has no value for 4 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2023, Afghanistan's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) fell 0 percentage points on 2022 (from 9.68% to 9.68%).
Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2022), the average change was +0.29 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.19 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 40.93 percentage points in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 40.33 percentage points in 1996. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.68 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 47% of the movement over 9 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Afghanistan had the 29th highest value of the 188 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 9.68% | 2023 |
| World | 3.19% | 2023 |
| Low income | 4.27% | 2023 |
Closest to Afghanistan in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central 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.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 33 values
| Year | Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.68 |
| 2022 | 9.68 |
| 2021 | 7.36 |
| 2020 | 3.02 |
| 2019 | 3.81 |
| 2018 | 3.69 |
| 2017 | 3.53 |
| 2016 | 3.22 |
| 2015 | 6.04 |
| 2014 | no data |
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies
- Algeria — 6.37% (2023)
- Bahrain — 3.21% (2023)
- Djibouti — 0.66% (2023)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 10.44% (2023)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 29.26% (2023)
- Iraq — 2.09% (2023)
- Israel
More private sector & trade data for Afghanistan
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$3.61 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$926 million (2025)
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 12.88% (2023)
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) — 69.93% (2023)
- Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) — 0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$438.77 million (2023)
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) — 69.93% (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Afghanistan's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)?
- 9.68% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1987?
- It is up 9.65 percentage points from 0.03% in 1987. The highest value was 45.96% in 1995 and the lowest 0.03% in 1987.
- How does Afghanistan rank?
- 29th highest of 188 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) unusual for Afghanistan?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.MRCH.R2.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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