Gibraltar's merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) was 0.23% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 5.64 percentage points from 5.87% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.23% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 2.96% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 5.87% | 2013 |
| Highest | 27.37% | 2017 |
| Lowest | 0.01% | 2022 |
| Average since 2014 | 4.38% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 1.5% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Gibraltar's merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) rose 0.22 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.01% to 0.23%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was −0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.86 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 18 percentage points in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 24.4 percentage points in 2018. 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 11% 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, Gibraltar had the 172nd highest value of the 194 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gibraltar | 0.23% | 2023 |
| World | 4.46% | 2023 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 3.86% | 2023 |
| High income | 3.81% | 2023 |
Closest to Gibraltar in the 2023 ranking
- Naoero — 168th of 194: 0.27%
- North Macedonia — 169th of 194: 0.27%
- Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 170th of 194: 0.25%
- Eswatini — 172nd of 194: 0.21%
- Mongolia — 173rd of 194: 0.18%
- Turkmenistan — 174th of 194: 0.16%
What this measures
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed 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 24 values
| Year | Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.2322 |
| 2022 | 0.0114 |
| 2021 | 0.1388 |
| 2020 | 0.2227 |
| 2019 | 0.4738 |
| 2018 | 2.96 |
| 2017 | 27.37 |
| 2016 | 9.36 |
| 2015 | 1.15 |
| 2014 | 1.85 |
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies
- Albania — 0.65% (2023)
- Armenia — 28.46% (2023)
- Austria — 1.19% (2023)
- Azerbaijan — 0.62% (2023)
- Belarus — 6.09% (2023)
- Belgium — 2.72% (2023)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 0.92% (2023)
- Bulgaria
More private sector & trade data for Gibraltar
- Import unit value index (2015 = 100) — 138.2 (2025)
- Export unit value index (2015 = 100) — 93.9 (2025)
- Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 2.6% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 80.92% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 18.19% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.07% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Gibraltar's merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)?
- 0.23% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is down 1.26 percentage points from 1.5% in 2000. The highest value was 27.37% in 2017 and the lowest 0.01% in 2022.
- How does Gibraltar rank?
- 172nd highest of 194 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) unusual for Gibraltar?
- In 2023, Gibraltar's merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) rose 0.22 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.01% to 0.23%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was −0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.86 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.MRCH.AL.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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