Zimbabwe's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) was 20.23% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 19.38 percentage points from 0.85% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 20.23% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 1.08% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.85% | 2013 |
| Highest | 40.38% | 2003 |
| Lowest | 0.03% | 2016 |
| Average since 2014 | 3.66% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 0.14% | 1965 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Zimbabwe's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) rose 10.52 percentage points on 2022 (from 9.71% to 20.23%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0.12 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.99 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 36.32 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 27.76 percentage points in 2004. 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 1.62 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 55% 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, Zimbabwe had the 52nd highest value of the 203 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 20.23% | 2023 |
| World | 15.22% | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.99% | 2023 |
| Lower middle income | 13.54% | 2023 |
Closest to Zimbabwe in the 2023 ranking
- Uruguay — 49th of 203: 21.64%
- Guinea-Bissau — 50th of 203: 20.4%
- Ecuador — 51st of 203: 20.38%
- Chad — 53rd of 203: 20.08%
- Kazakhstan — 54th of 203: 19.37%
- Cuba — 55th of 203: 19.3%
What this measures
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific 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 45 values
| Year | Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.23 |
| 2022 | 9.71 |
| 2021 | 4.79 |
| 2020 | 0.0545 |
| 2019 | 0.0941 |
| 2018 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 0.0342 |
| 2016 | 0.0333 |
| 2015 | 0.1612 |
| 2014 | 0.4226 |
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies
- Angola — 52.07% (2023)
- Benin — 8.55% (2023)
- Botswana — 7.19% (2023)
- Burkina Faso — 0.52% (2023)
- Burundi — 1.82% (2023)
- Cabo Verde — 3.71% (2023)
- Cameroon
More private sector & trade data for Zimbabwe
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 38.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$10.11 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$9.71 billion (2025)
- Import unit value index (2015 = 100) — 139.8 (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 8.71% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 27.05% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) — 64.24% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Zimbabwe's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)?
- 20.23% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1965?
- It is up 20.09 percentage points from 0.14% in 1965. The highest value was 40.38% in 2003 and the lowest 0.03% in 2016.
- How does Zimbabwe rank?
- 52nd highest of 203 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) unusual for Zimbabwe?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.MRCH.R1.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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