Barbados: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Barbados' merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) fell 0.08 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.11% to 0.03%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.16 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 0.47 percentage points in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.45 percentage points in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 5% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, Barbados had the 182nd highest value of the 196 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.

Closest to Barbados in the 2023 ranking

• Albania — 178th of 196: 0.05%
• Dominican Republic — 179th of 196: 0.04%
• Bolivia — 180th of 196: 0.04%
• Iraq — 182nd of 196: 0.03%
• Uzbekistan — 183rd of 196: 0.03%
• West Bank and Gaza — 184th of 196: 0.03%

What this measures

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

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 53 values

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 1.52% (2023)
• Argentina — 1.46% (2023)
• Aruba — 0.00203% (2023)
• Bahamas, The — 37.05% (2023)
• Belize — 0.02% (2023)
• Bolivia — 0.04% (2023)
• Brazil

More private sector & trade data for Barbados

• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 33.14% (2025)
• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$2.23 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$428 million (2025)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 87.11% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 5.7% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) — 7.19% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.52% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Barbados's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)?

0.03% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 0.02 percentage points from 0.01% in 1970. The highest value was 0.51% in 2002 and the lowest 0.0022% in 1978.

How does Barbados rank?

182nd highest of 196 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) unusual for Barbados?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.MRCH.R6.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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