Economic Policy & Debt · Low & middle income
Yearly data from 1960 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Low & middle income's exports of goods and services (current US$) was US$10.48 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 77.01% from US$5.92 trillion in 2015 (5.88% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$10.48 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$6.45 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$5.92 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$10.48 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$29.85 billion | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | US$7.98 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$29.85 billion | 1960 |
Over five years it is up 62.42% from US$6.45 trillion in 2020 (10.19% a year on average, compounded). Since 1960 it is up 35,003% from US$29.85 billion in 1960 (9.44% a year on average, compounded).
In 2025, Low & middle income's exports of goods and services (current US$) rose 7.3% on 2024 (from US$9.76 trillion to US$10.48 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.4% and a typical year strayed about 12.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 61.6% in 1974 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.6% in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$523.79 billion a year. A straight line explains 91% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Low & middle income | US$10.48 trillion | 2025 |
| World | US$34.89 trillion | 2025 |
Exports of goods includes changes in the economic ownership of goods from residents of the compiling economy to non-residents, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Exports of services includes services provided by residents to non-residents. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Limitations: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
| Year | Exports of goods and services (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10,477,512,551,744 |
| 2024 | 9,761,149,210,789 |
| 2023 | 9,176,686,374,061 |
| 2022 | 9,430,146,019,775 |
| 2021 | 8,362,183,339,053 |
| 2020 | 6,450,900,138,176 |
| 2019 | 6,978,369,388,262 |
| 2018 | 7,056,861,206,429 |
| 2017 | 6,396,951,109,806 |
| 2016 | 5,698,638,319,210 |
| 2015 | 5,919,242,794,373 |
| 2014 | 6,600,129,753,755 |
| 2013 | 6,547,029,289,440 |
| 2012 | 6,390,142,777,807 |
| 2011 | 6,120,961,451,858 |
| 2010 | 5,069,182,956,490 |
| 2009 | 3,976,804,100,618 |
| 2008 | 4,828,543,188,907 |
| 2007 | 4,048,499,211,635 |
| 2006 | 3,346,053,100,160 |
| 2005 | 2,763,296,477,184 |
| 2004 | 2,260,806,288,752 |
| 2003 | 1,774,398,697,394 |
| 2002 | 1,498,915,351,038 |
| 2001 | 1,371,520,300,554 |
| 2000 | 1,397,983,807,185 |
| 1999 | 1,171,994,975,504 |
| 1998 | 1,100,275,315,042 |
| 1997 | 1,142,730,551,133 |
| 1996 | 1,041,617,970,760 |
| 1995 | 946,666,053,186 |
| 1994 | 792,861,983,502 |
| 1993 | 671,618,612,800 |
| 1992 | 634,507,872,595 |
| 1991 | 582,202,195,077 |
| 1990 | 573,086,123,962 |
| 1989 | 510,062,398,268 |
| 1988 | 472,775,375,075 |
| 1987 | 408,344,405,010 |
| 1986 | 342,532,488,054 |
| 1985 | 379,575,481,271 |
| 1984 | 391,914,666,809 |
| 1983 | 371,814,632,510 |
| 1982 | 363,322,108,227 |
| 1981 | 370,382,367,489 |
| 1980 | 382,154,152,604 |
| 1979 | 310,554,059,821 |
| 1978 | 235,065,234,603 |
| 1977 | 217,628,981,275 |
| 1976 | 193,738,857,337 |
| 1975 | 168,357,428,850 |
| 1974 | 170,191,916,830 |
| 1973 | 105,291,886,336 |
| 1972 | 70,889,473,108 |
| 1971 | 59,726,319,169 |
| 1970 | 54,008,952,227 |
| 1969 | 49,118,032,054 |
| 1968 | 45,091,009,860 |
| 1967 | 42,141,829,449 |
| 1966 | 40,925,756,401 |
| 1965 | 38,887,365,333 |
| 1964 | 36,340,597,117 |
| 1963 | 35,562,638,521 |
| 1962 | 29,984,686,372 |
| 1961 | 30,607,027,933 |
| 1960 | 29,847,704,422 |
Every indicator for Low & middle income is on the Low & middle income data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.EXP.GNFS.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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