Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD): Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD)'s merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) rose 0.54 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.98% to 1.52%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.17 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.56 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.32 percentage points in 2021. 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 upward, about 0.07 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 61% 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

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What this measures

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia 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 62 values

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 9.68% (2023)
• Algeria — 6.37% (2023)
• Bahrain — 3.21% (2023)
• Djibouti — 0.66% (2023)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 10.44% (2023)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 29.26% (2023)
• Iraq

More private sector & trade data for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD)

• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 44.53% (2025)
• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$501.16 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$486.8 billion (2025)
• Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 12.42% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 48.45% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 36.34% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

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Questions people ask

What is Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD)'s merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)?

1.52% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1962?

It is up 1.51 percentage points from 0.01% in 1962. The highest value was 1.52% in 2023 and the lowest 0.000618% in 1972.

Is the latest change in merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) unusual for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD)?

In 2023, Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD)'s merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) rose 0.54 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.98% to 1.52%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.17 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.MRCH.R2.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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