Macao SAR, China: Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 0.15 percentage points from 0.16% in 2018. Since 1963 it is down 0.5 percentage points from 0.51% in 1963. The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2023, Macao SAR, China's merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) fell 0 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.01% to 0.00993%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.13 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 0.62 percentage points in 1979 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.06 percentage points in 1984. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.07 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 60% 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.

How it compares

In 2023, Macao SAR, China had the 191st 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.

Closest to Macao SAR, China in the 2023 ranking

• Solomon Islands — 188th of 194: 0.02%
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 189th of 194: 0.02%
• Lao PDR — 190th of 194: 0.01%
• Bhutan — 192nd of 194: 0.00569%
• Guam — 193rd of 194: 0.00539%
• Gambia, The — 194th of 194: 0.00533%

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 56 values

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 9.73% (2023)
• Australia — 2.21% (2023)
• Brunei Darussalam — 0.03% (2023)
• Cambodia — 0.38% (2016)
• China — 5.38% (2023)
• Fiji — 0.84% (2017)
• French Polynesia — 0.00281% (2022)
• Guam — 0.00539% (2023)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 3.16% (2023)
• Indonesia — 3.94% (2023)
• Japan — 3.5% (2023)
• Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 0.25% (2023)
• Korea, Rep. — 2.65% (2023)
• Lao PDR — 0.01% (2023)
• Malaysia — 2.53% (2023)

More private sector & trade data for Macao SAR, China

• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$15.54 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$1.73 billion (2025)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 63.48% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 33.93% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.03% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$17.52 billion (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) — 33.93% (2023)
• Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 93.78% (2023)
• Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) — 0.11% (2023)
• Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) — 6.12% (2023)
• Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) — 0.0058% (2023)
• Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) — 0% (2023)
• Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$1.08 billion (2023)
• Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) — 6.12% (2023)
• Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) — 0.03% (2023)

Every indicator for Macao SAR, China is on the Macao SAR, China data page.

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Questions people ask

What is Macao SAR, China's merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)?

0.00993% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1963?

It is down 0.5 percentage points from 0.51% in 1963. The highest value was 2.11% in 1983 and the lowest 0.000264% in 2020.

How does Macao SAR, China rank?

191st 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 Macao SAR, China?

In 2023, Macao SAR, China's merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) fell 0 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.01% to 0.00993%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.13 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.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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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