Exports of goods and services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Exports of goods and services was 8.4% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Exports of goods and services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 8.4% for exports of goods and services in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1,458.4% on the previous year and up 95.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, exports of goods and services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 26.9% in 1982 and was at its lowest, -38.3%, in 1980.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 34 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Exports of goods and services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.1% | — |
| 1962 | -23.5% | -670.4% |
| 1963 | 22.3% | -194.8% |
| 1964 | 9.3% | -58.2% |
| 1965 | 9.3% | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 10.6% | +13.4% |
| 1967 | 11.9% | +12.7% |
| 1968 | 11.7% | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 15.4% | +31.7% |
| 1970 | 10.5% | -31.7% |
| 1971 | 7.5% | -29.3% |
| 1972 | 16.0% | +114.5% |
| 1973 | 9.9% | -38.1% |
| 1974 | -2.5% | -125.0% |
| 1975 | -6.9% | +178.1% |
| 1976 | 9.1% | -233.0% |
| 1977 | -5.2% | -156.8% |
| 1978 | -18.3% | +251.4% |
| 1979 | -10.5% | -42.6% |
| 1980 | -38.3% | +264.9% |
| 1981 | 1.6% | -104.3% |
| 1982 | 26.9% | +1532.7% |
| 1983 | 13.6% | -49.4% |
| 1984 | -7.1% | -152.0% |
| 1985 | -1.9% | -72.6% |
| 1986 | -3.7% | +89.1% |
| 1987 | 18.6% | -607.5% |
| 1988 | 9.1% | -50.9% |
| 1989 | 8.5% | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 12.3% | +44.7% |
| 1991 | 11.7% | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 4.6% | -60.9% |
| 1993 | 5.2% | +13.8% |
| 1994 | 6.7% | +28.7% |
| 1995 | -0.5% | -107.7% |
| 1996 | 2.9% | -670.5% |
| 1997 | 1.3% | -55.0% |
| 1998 | -0.2% | -112.3% |
| 1999 | 4.9% | -3091.7% |
| 2000 | 6.0% | +23.6% |
| 2001 | 3.0% | -49.4% |
| 2002 | 4.5% | +49.7% |
| 2003 | 7.8% | +72.2% |
| 2004 | 6.0% | -22.8% |
| 2005 | 8.0% | +31.8% |
| 2006 | 7.7% | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 4.1% | -46.0% |
| 2008 | 4.6% | +10.6% |
| 2009 | -7.4% | -261.9% |
| 2010 | 14.2% | -291.2% |
| 2011 | -10.0% | -170.3% |
| 2012 | -2.0% | -79.6% |
| 2013 | -2.6% | +28.2% |
| 2014 | -1.9% | -25.4% |
| 2015 | 4.3% | -320.3% |
| 2016 | 4.6% | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 15.8% | +246.8% |
| 2018 | 9.5% | -39.9% |
| 2019 | -1.6% | -117.1% |
| 2020 | -17.7% | +988.5% |
| 2021 | 3.6% | -120.5% |
| 2022 | 14.6% | +303.9% |
| 2023 | 13.5% | -8.0% |
| 2024 | -0.6% | -104.6% |
| 2025 | 8.4% | -1458.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Exports of goods and services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +3091.7% | -0.2% | 4.9% |
| 1982 | +1532.7% | 1.6% | 26.9% |
| 2025 | +1458.4% | -0.6% | 8.4% |
| 2020 | -988.5% | -1.6% | -17.7% |
| 1962 | -670.4% | 4.1% | -23.5% |
| 1996 | +670.5% | -0.5% | 2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.9% | -23.5% | 22.3% | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.0% | -18.3% | 16.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.7% | -38.3% | 26.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.9% | -0.5% | 12.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.4% | -7.4% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.0% | -10.0% | 15.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | -17.7% | 14.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
More economy & growth data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 2.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 390.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 3.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1599 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 452.38 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1,931 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.7447 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 4.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.138 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.6825 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is exports of goods and services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Exports of goods and services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 8.4% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest exports of goods and services recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 26.9% in 1982.
- What is the lowest exports of goods and services recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was -38.3% in 1980.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for exports of goods and services?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 8th out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is exports of goods and services rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Exports of goods and services (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Exports of goods includes changes in the economic ownership of goods from residents of the compiling economy to non-residents, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Exports of services includes services provided by residents to non-residents. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.