Gambia, The's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) was 0.34% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 4.2 percentage points from 4.55% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.34% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 16.8% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.55% | 2013 |
| Highest | 37.55% | 2016 |
| Lowest | 0.00319% | 1988 |
| Average since 2014 | 19.76% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 0.05% | 1973 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Gambia, The's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) fell 26.69 percentage points on 2022 (from 27.03% to 0.34%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0.88 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 30.02 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 26.69 percentage points in 2023. 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 less than 1% 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, Gambia, The had the 190th highest value of the 203 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gambia, The | 0.34% | 2023 |
| World | 15.22% | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.99% | 2023 |
| Low income | 24.99% | 2023 |
Closest to Gambia, The in the 2023 ranking
- Seychelles — 186th of 203: 0.44%
- Jamaica — 187th of 203: 0.41%
- West Bank and Gaza — 188th of 203: 0.37%
- Syrian Arab Republic — 190th of 203: 0.3%
- Kosovo — 191st of 203: 0.28%
- Nicaragua — 192nd of 203: 0.27%
What this measures
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific 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 45 values
| Year | Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.3429 |
| 2022 | 27.03 |
| 2021 | 35.73 |
| 2020 | 12.23 |
| 2019 | 20.56 |
| 2018 | 16.8 |
| 2017 | 30.37 |
| 2016 | 37.55 |
| 2015 | 7.53 |
| 2014 | 9.48 |
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies
- Angola — 52.07% (2023)
- Benin — 8.55% (2023)
- Botswana — 7.19% (2023)
- Burkina Faso — 0.52% (2023)
- Burundi — 1.82% (2023)
- Cabo Verde — 3.71% (2023)
- Cameroon
More private sector & trade data for Gambia, The
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$894 million (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$514 million (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 77.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 12.28% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 4.77% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) — 3.84% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Gambia, The's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)?
- 0.34% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1973?
- It is up 0.3 percentage points from 0.05% in 1973. The highest value was 37.55% in 2016 and the lowest 0.00319% in 1988.
- How does Gambia, The rank?
- 190th highest of 203 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) unusual for Gambia, The?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.MRCH.R1.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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