Sudan's merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) was 59.89% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 15.99 percentage points from 43.9% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 59.89% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 61.46% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 43.9% | 2013 |
| Highest | 84.2% | 2016 |
| Lowest | 4.77% | 2007 |
| Average since 2014 | 63.5% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 10.42% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Sudan's merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) fell 0 percentage points on 2022 (from 59.89% to 59.89%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0.91 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.34 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 62.94 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 39.14 percentage points in 2013. 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 12% 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, Sudan had the 4th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 59.89% | 2023 |
| World | 4.46% | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.14% | 2023 |
| Low income | 20.28% | 2023 |
Closest to Sudan in the 2023 ranking
- Somalia, Fed. Rep. — 1st of 194: 90.84%
- Syrian Arab Republic — 2nd of 194: 89.84%
- Central African Republic — 3rd of 194: 68.02%
- Bahrain — 5th of 194: 55.22%
- Kuwait — 6th of 194: 52.66%
- Lebanon — 7th of 194: 48.03%
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 64 values
| Year | Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 59.89 |
| 2022 | 59.89 |
| 2021 | 59.89 |
| 2020 | 59.89 |
| 2019 | 59.89 |
| 2018 | 61.46 |
| 2017 | 69.89 |
| 2016 | 84.2 |
| 2015 | 62.75 |
| 2014 | 57.21 |
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies
- Angola — 3.1% (2023)
- Benin — 7.86% (2023)
- Botswana — 30.43% (2023)
- Burkina Faso — 8.68% (2023)
- Burundi — 26.41% (2023)
- Cabo Verde — 4.12% (2023)
- Cameroon — 0.81% (2023)
- Central African Republic
More private sector & trade data for Sudan
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 14.96% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$6.2 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$2.8 billion (2025)
- Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 27.15% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 62.06% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 33.93% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 7.12% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
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Questions people ask
- What is Sudan's merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)?
- 59.89% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 49.47 percentage points from 10.42% in 1960. The highest value was 84.2% in 2016 and the lowest 4.77% in 2007.
- How does Sudan rank?
- 4th 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 Sudan?
- In 2023, Sudan's merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) fell 0 percentage points on 2022 (from 59.89% to 59.89%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0.91 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.34 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below 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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