Exports of goods and services in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Exports of goods and services was 25.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Exports of goods and services in Low & middle income, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for exports of goods and services in Low & middle income is 25.3%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, exports of goods and services in Low & middle income peaked at 31.0% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 10.1%, in 1965.
Low & middle income ranks 32nd of 44 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Exports of goods and services in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 10.8% | — |
| 1961 | 10.9% | +1.1% |
| 1962 | 10.5% | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 11.3% | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 10.4% | -8.0% |
| 1965 | 10.1% | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 10.2% | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 10.2% | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 10.3% | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 10.1% | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 10.1% | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 10.4% | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 11.0% | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 12.9% | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 16.3% | +26.5% |
| 1975 | 14.6% | -10.4% |
| 1976 | 15.6% | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 15.6% | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 15.1% | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 17.2% | +13.8% |
| 1980 | 17.9% | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 15.5% | -13.4% |
| 1982 | 15.4% | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 16.3% | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 16.8% | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 15.6% | -6.8% |
| 1986 | 13.8% | -11.5% |
| 1987 | 16.1% | +16.2% |
| 1988 | 17.4% | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 17.6% | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 17.3% | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 18.0% | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 18.7% | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 18.3% | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 19.3% | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 19.9% | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 19.8% | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 20.4% | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 20.0% | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 22.0% | +10.4% |
| 2000 | 24.1% | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 23.6% | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 25.4% | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 27.0% | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 29.2% | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 30.2% | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 31.0% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 30.5% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 30.6% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 25.1% | -18.0% |
| 2010 | 26.3% | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 27.1% | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 26.6% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 25.8% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 24.9% | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 23.1% | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 22.0% | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 22.6% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 23.4% | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 22.5% | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 21.5% | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 23.6% | +9.9% |
| 2022 | 25.4% | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 24.1% | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 24.7% | +2.8% |
| 2025 | 25.3% | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.5% | 10.1% | 11.3% | 10 |
| 1970s | 13.9% | 10.1% | 17.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.2% | 13.8% | 17.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.4% | 17.3% | 22.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.7% | 23.6% | 31.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.4% | 22.0% | 27.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.1% | 21.5% | 25.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More economy & growth data for Low & middle income
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 267.99 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 5.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5761 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 3,519 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5412 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 3,305 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per capita 5,732 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9385 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is exports of goods and services in Low & middle income?
- Exports of goods and services in Low & middle income was 25.3% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest exports of goods and services recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 31.0% in 2006.
- What is the lowest exports of goods and services recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.1% in 1965.
- How does Low & middle income rank for exports of goods and services?
- Low & middle income ranks 32nd out of 44 groups with data for 2025.
- Is exports of goods and services rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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 is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.