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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Curaçao's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) rose 0.64 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.02% to 0.65%).

Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2022), the average change was −8.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 28.51 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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 3.9 percentage points in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 98.74 percentage points in 2011. 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 2% 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, Curaçao had the 89th highest value of the 184 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 Curaçao in the 2023 ranking

• Qatar — 85th of 184: 0.72%
• Poland — 86th of 184: 0.69%
• Slovak Republic — 87th of 184: 0.67%
• Hungary — 89th of 184: 0.62%
• Tanzania — 90th of 184: 0.61%
• Mauritius — 91st of 184: 0.59%

What this measures

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.

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

All 14 values

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

• Antigua and Barbuda — 0.16% (2023)
• Argentina — 5.35% (2023)
• Aruba — 0.04% (2023)
• Bahamas, The — 10.56% (2023)
• Barbados — 0.04% (2023)
• Belize — 0.00133% (2022)
• Bolivia

More private sector & trade data for Curaçao

• International tourism, receipts (current US$) — US$282 million (2020)
• International tourism, number of arrivals — 1.29 million (2019)
• International tourism, expenditures (current US$) — US$127 million (2020)
• Import unit value index (2015 = 100) — 124.5 (2025)
• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$2.33 billion (2025)
• Export unit value index (2015 = 100) — 171.8 (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$397 million (2025)
• International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) — US$1 million (2020)
• International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Curaçao's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)?

0.65% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2010?

It is down 99.35 percentage points from 100% in 2010. The highest value was 100% in 2010 and the lowest 0.02% in 2022.

How does Curaçao rank?

89th highest of 184 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) unusual for Curaçao?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.MRCH.R4.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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