West Bank and Gaza's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) was 1.5% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.17 percentage points from 0.33% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.5% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 0.68% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.33% | 2013 |
| Highest | 1.5% | 2023 |
| Lowest | 0.01% | 2009 |
| Average since 2014 | 0.81% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 0.12% | 2004 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, West Bank and Gaza's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) rose 0.53 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.97% to 1.5%).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2022), the average change was +0.05 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.17 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.53 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.38 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 0.12 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 81% 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.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 1.65% for 2026. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2021 to 2023 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.23%, against 0.3% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2023, West Bank and Gaza had the 80th highest value of the 188 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | 1.5% | 2023 |
| World | 3.19% | 2023 |
| Lower middle income | 2.79% | 2023 |
Closest to West Bank and Gaza in the 2023 ranking
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 20 values
| Year | Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 0.9737 |
| 2021 | 0.8969 |
| 2020 | 1.27 |
| 2019 | 0.9964 |
| 2018 | 0.6811 |
| 2017 | 0.7633 |
| 2016 | 0.3744 |
| 2015 | 0.3296 |
| 2014 | 0.3269 |
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 West Bank and Gaza
- Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) — 8.65% (2025)
- Commercial service imports (current US$) — US$1.23 billion (2025)
- Transport services (% of commercial service imports) — 47.05% (2025)
- Travel services (% of commercial service imports) — 38.34% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) — 64.67% (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$) — US$558.7 million (2025)
- Transport services (% of commercial service exports) — 2.43% (2025)
- Travel services (% of commercial service exports)
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Questions people ask
- What is West Bank and Gaza's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)?
- 1.5% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
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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