World Development Indicators

Direction of trade of low- and middle-income economies
Exports						Imports
To low- and middle-income economies, Within region		To low- and middle-income economies, Outside region		To high-income economies		From low- and middle-income economies, Within region		From low- and middle-income economies, Outside region		From high-income economies
% of total merchandise exports		% of total merchandise exports		% of total merchandise exports		% of total merchandise imports		% of total merchandise imports		% of total merchandise imports
2005	2015	2005	2015	2005	2015	2005	2015	2005	2015	2005	2015

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)	10.4	14.6	10.1	16.6	78.9	68.0	14.6	20.7	10.3	12.1	69.5	61.1
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cambodia	3.0	16.3	0.5	3.6	96.5	79.8	42.5	71.2	1.6	1.5	55.9	27.2
China	5.3	10.1	11.5	18.7	83.0	70.7	9.0	10.5	12.8	15.0	69.7	65.2
Fiji	16.4	27.0	0.7	0.9	63.5	40.4	11.7	23.2	2.9	2.9	84.2	72.0
Indonesia	17.2	24.1	10.2	17.6	72.5	58.1	21.3	35.1	8.2	9.7	69.9	54.9
Kiribati	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.	51.7	80.3	25.5	13.5	22.6	6.1	45.2	81.7	32.7	13.7	22.1	4.7
Lao PDR	..	..	0.3	3.4	28.3	10.5	82.5	87.4	1.6	1.0	13.9	10.7
Malaysia	16.9	27.1	7.9	11.2	75.1	61.6	24.7	33.4	4.0	7.1	71.2	58.5
Marshall Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	..	..	4.9	1.4	46.8	14.6	27.1	40.7	42.4	32.3	30.6	26.9
Myanmar	56.0	67.7	14.7	9.1	21.5	19.5	62.3	69.0	4.7	5.2	32.8	25.7
Palau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Papua New Guinea	9.9	15.9	1.3	1.3	50.6	46.8	13.3	35.1	1.2	1.4	83.9	61.9
Philippines	20.7	19.4	1.5	3.7	77.7	76.4	17.4	33.8	5.3	4.0	77.3	62.2
Samoa	..	..	0.0	4.3	85.2	25.0	17.7	46.9	..	..	81.7	50.3
Solomon Islands	58.2	66.2	..	..	31.7	18.6	17.8	40.3	..	..	68.4	47.4
Thailand	23.5	32.8	8.4	11.3	67.7	55.3	23.3	35.5	6.8	5.6	68.3	57.4
Timor-Leste	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tonga	8.6	30.6	..	..	90.4	68.2	35.4	58.2	..	..	62.8	40.5
Tuvalu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vanuatu	..	..	..	..	27.5	57.6	14.8	34.6	..	..	81.0	60.2
Vietnam	21.7	22.8	5.0	7.9	71.2	69.3	29.2	43.3	6.3	6.8	63.9	49.9
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)	19.3	20.0	11.5	17.9	65.3	58.4	23.9	22.3	14.0	22.8	59.9	50.6
Albania	4.3	19.4	1.0	9.3	93.6	70.5	19.8	18.8	9.7	13.9	69.1	65.9
Armenia	19.5	31.0	4.8	28.0	75.4	37.7	34.2	41.3	13.9	24.1	47.6	33.5
Azerbaijan	29.5	10.1	7.8	15.8	59.9	73.4	42.0	34.7	9.9	10.9	48.0	53.7
Belarus	44.7	54.4	7.6	10.8	46.6	33.5	67.3	63.5	4.1	12.3	25.5	23.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.4	11.3	..	..	90.7	84.7	6.8	11.1	..	..	89.9	85.9
Bulgaria	16.4	16.6	5.2	9.2	63.9	63.2	15.0	23.2	10.2	7.6	67.8	61.6
Georgia	67.3	56.3	2.3	11.7	29.1	30.8	54.4	44.9	5.4	12.6	38.4	39.8
Kazakhstan	15.2	25.3	13.4	20.7	67.8	51.1	49.2	44.2	10.3	29.1	39.9	26.5
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kyrgyz Republic	51.1	55.3	..	..	40.0	35.2	64.2	36.2	12.5	57.4	23.2	6.4
Lithuania	..	..	20.5	27.7	79.2	71.8	..	..	35.6	28.6	64.2	71.1
Macedonia, FYR	11.1	30.0	1.7	3.3	60.4	64.6	27.8	24.4	7.1	3.3	54.8	69.2
Moldova	53.6	31.8	1.6	5.9	34.6	39.2	44.8	44.4	5.5	3.3	38.1	33.7
Montenegro	0.0	52.0	0.0	6.5	100.0	39.9	0.0	39.8	0.0	14.1	100.0	43.3
Romania	14.0	13.3	6.2	9.0	77.9	77.6	11.5	12.7	8.0	6.5	79.4	80.8
Russian Federation	18.2	19.8	10.7	17.0	69.0	62.6	20.4	14.5	15.5	30.0	63.5	54.7
Serbia	0.0	29.7	0.0	2.7	100.0	62.1	0.0	21.1	0.0	12.7	100.0	63.4
Tajikistan	35.6	45.5	..	..	58.0	26.7	67.8	41.5	..	..	15.5	8.8
Turkey	9.1	10.4	14.4	24.2	68.3	61.2	15.9	14.6	19.9	26.0	61.4	52.7
Turkmenistan	63.9	10.3	..	..	25.2	9.6	45.2	49.6	..	..	43.5	32.8
Ukraine	39.5	30.3	20.5	28.3	37.9	39.6	49.1	31.3	9.7	16.8	40.5	50.9
Uzbekistan	51.2	42.0	..	..	27.7	30.1	48.1	43.2	..	..	42.0	33.1
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)	13.8	13.7	7.7	15.2	73.5	69.3	16.1	12.9	13.0	24.6	69.0	59.9
Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argentina	26.8	28.1	23.8	32.9	47.4	36.9	42.4	29.3	9.4	27.8	46.4	41.9
Belize	10.0	11.3	8.3	17.0	81.1	70.5	27.9	35.9	14.9	13.6	55.8	48.1
Bolivia	70.8	57.5	1.8	8.3	27.0	34.1	53.2	40.7	7.4	22.4	39.2	36.8
Brazil	19.4	16.2	18.8	33.9	57.6	48.2	12.9	12.5	23.3	32.0	62.6	54.8
Chile	..	..	35.0	51.1	64.0	48.3	..	..	52.2	50.9	43.2	46.4
Colombia	30.8	27.8	2.6	10.5	64.6	58.1	28.2	17.1	11.8	24.8	56.4	55.0
Costa Rica	24.0	22.9	5.7	9.5	70.1	67.5	23.2	16.9	6.8	13.8	68.8	65.9
Cuba	15.2	27.7	17.3	25.8	67.2	45.8	37.8	32.9	19.4	28.2	42.0	37.5
Dominica	25.6	28.9	4.9	2.7	67.1	66.7	9.5	8.9	22.8	9.2	66.9	81.1
Dominican Republic	4.3	22.4	1.1	8.6	88.8	62.2	28.2	18.2	3.7	12.7	66.1	66.5
Ecuador	27.4	17.8	4.2	16.0	68.2	65.7	40.1	26.1	11.2	20.4	47.8	53.2
El Salvador	38.8	45.7	1.0	1.4	59.5	52.9	37.7	33.6	5.2	10.7	53.2	54.5
Grenada	20.4	19.3	..	..	45.5	28.5	8.1	6.9	1.6	5.5	81.7	77.9
Guatemala	36.4	38.8	2.1	7.0	60.4	53.8	27.6	29.2	4.3	14.8	65.0	55.8
Guyana	12.4	12.5	4.5	9.9	81.5	77.5	14.6	16.7	9.4	15.6	73.4	66.7
Haiti	7.7	2.9	1.2	3.0	90.9	93.8	22.4	42.0	6.8	14.7	59.9	33.8
Honduras	26.7	33.1	1.7	2.1	71.3	64.8	38.5	32.5	4.0	19.0	52.9	48.5
Jamaica	2.6	6.6	8.8	14.3	87.7	76.5	18.7	17.2	5.7	16.3	73.7	63.5
Mexico	4.1	5.3	1.1	2.1	93.5	91.6	4.6	2.6	12.4	23.6	81.6	71.6
Nicaragua	41.2	33.6	2.5	1.4	54.6	64.9	54.4	40.2	9.5	21.3	35.8	32.5
Panama	18.2	23.0	2.6	15.3	73.6	57.6	21.9	18.2	3.2	13.2	45.3	47.6
Paraguay	63.0	44.4	7.1	22.2	24.4	33.1	49.2	43.2	22.4	29.4	26.5	26.8
Peru	13.9	14.9	13.4	26.7	71.3	57.8	36.0	20.0	16.4	31.2	46.9	48.5
St. Kitts and Nevis	..	..	..	..	87.4	72.8	..	..	9.5	13.7	89.7	85.5
St. Lucia	6.3	53.8	19.1	2.7	74.2	42.7	19.6	50.5	1.4	2.0	79.0	47.5
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	27.6	35.0	0.1	1.9	71.0	62.4	8.0	5.4	4.5	13.5	87.3	80.9
Suriname	4.7	5.1	2.0	17.1	93.2	77.7	10.3	7.7	9.8	17.3	75.9	72.1
Uruguay	..	..	45.5	55.1	50.9	26.1	..	..	74.8	64.2	24.7	34.7
Venezuela, RB	11.0	9.2	1.0	30.9	60.0	50.2	36.4	30.0	5.4	17.4	55.4	35.7
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)	5.6	9.9	17.2	30.1	71.1	49.2	7.4	6.5	24.2	35.7	65.2	54.9
Algeria	2.2	6.0	13.5	14.8	84.3	79.2	2.4	2.5	25.8	31.2	71.4	59.7
Djibouti	3.9	5.6	..	..	5.8	13.0	1.7	1.2	..	..	49.9	30.5
Egypt, Arab Rep.	9.7	15.9	15.5	24.6	55.6	55.8	5.9	3.0	28.1	39.2	50.9	56.7
Iran, Islamic Rep.	2.1	3.0	27.2	44.8	55.2	15.9	0.5	0.2	22.3	40.2	76.1	57.6
Iraq	3.3	4.8	8.8	45.1	87.8	49.9	31.8	22.7	34.3	50.8	33.7	26.4
Jordan	29.0	18.6	14.9	20.4	47.3	56.4	7.4	4.6	23.2	31.1	68.8	61.7
Lebanon	31.5	24.7	20.5	24.9	45.8	49.0	7.4	5.4	25.7	32.7	64.2	59.1
Libya	3.1	6.8	9.8	12.5	86.3	80.6	11.2	14.5	20.0	35.7	67.9	48.2
Morocco	2.4	3.6	14.6	24.2	77.7	70.2	6.6	4.9	22.3	26.5	68.6	67.5
Syrian Arab Republic	39.5	73.1	5.5	1.3	54.9	25.5	15.1	26.0	27.9	23.0	56.2	50.7
Tunisia	8.7	10.5	5.2	6.2	85.9	82.5	6.3	5.8	14.5	27.5	76.5	65.9
West Bank and Gaza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Yemen, Rep.	1.1	4.2	65.0	36.9	33.3	56.2	3.9	2.6	25.2	33.5	69.7	62.6
South Asia	6.6	7.1	21.9	26.2	69.7	64.0	4.6	4.5	21.6	42.8	51.3	50.1
Afghanistan	43.5	72.7	12.5	16.2	44.0	11.1	43.3	48.2	26.7	35.2	29.9	16.4
Bangladesh	2.2	2.2	4.5	7.9	78.2	72.2	15.3	15.6	26.1	40.8	49.4	35.1
Bhutan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
India	5.4	6.6	25.3	28.9	68.9	63.4	0.9	0.8	20.1	44.7	49.5	52.1
Maldives	17.4	11.1	..	..	59.2	67.5	17.4	15.4	16.8	27.3	65.6	57.1
Nepal	67.4	59.9	..	..	28.1	31.0	59.7	62.1	..	..	20.6	17.6
Pakistan	11.2	13.4	16.2	25.7	72.1	58.8	3.0	4.0	27.4	43.4	67.3	52.1
Sri Lanka	10.3	9.2	10.8	14.9	70.1	75.9	22.4	30.7	24.6	15.8	50.2	53.6
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	10.7	17.9	15.7	28.8	67.9	46.3	11.5	11.5	23.0	37.3	60.5	43.2
Angola	1.5	4.4	31.6	55.7	66.9	39.8	8.2	5.1	19.4	36.9	72.4	58.0
Benin	26.0	38.3	61.1	51.4	12.9	10.3	29.1	8.3	16.6	63.8	54.2	27.8
Botswana	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Burkina Faso	23.5	6.0	..	..	73.3	61.6	30.1	40.9	19.4	13.4	42.9	35.2
Burundi	7.2	16.3	12.1	16.4	56.3	48.7	31.7	34.3	8.9	14.8	49.8	38.7
Cabo Verde	0.5	0.2	12.9	2.3	86.6	97.2	3.0	2.5	13.6	16.7	83.2	79.2
Cameroon	10.1	10.1	5.7	40.3	82.1	46.5	18.2	22.8	21.9	40.9	59.0	36.2
Central African Republic	0.9	1.7	20.2	24.4	74.1	65.5	14.4	9.2	10.3	5.8	45.0	63.3
Chad	0.4	1.7	..	..	90.1	76.0	23.4	21.3	..	..	68.8	53.3
Comoros	..	..	..	..	73.2	51.8	..	..	..	..	54.7	37.7
Congo, Dem. Rep.	9.2	23.3	12.7	48.7	77.8	27.9	44.2	48.8	6.4	26.5	49.2	24.6
Congo, Rep.	1.8	2.8	42.7	56.0	55.3	40.6	10.5	6.2	30.0	36.0	56.8	55.9
Cote d'Ivoire	28.0	28.8	12.4	18.6	56.2	50.0	28.5	26.7	16.2	30.5	53.4	40.0
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ethiopia	3.1	1.8	26.6	23.3	69.6	63.0	1.8	1.5	28.2	32.1	57.9	31.0
Gabon	3.2	2.5	11.3	20.3	75.1	56.2	11.1	13.0	9.8	34.5	77.2	50.1
Gambia, The	12.5	5.7	55.8	76.0	31.6	18.2	22.4	9.7	43.6	64.1	33.9	26.1
Ghana	9.4	5.5	18.1	46.2	60.7	41.4	25.6	21.0	28.7	46.2	44.6	31.9
Guinea	1.4	4.4	27.6	30.1	54.8	41.8	10.8	3.3	20.3	31.5	39.8	19.8
Guinea-Bissau	18.6	29.0	..	..	5.5	1.3	23.3	14.6	..	..	55.7	45.6
Kenya	32.5	36.0	11.3	18.6	47.6	40.1	10.4	6.1	25.3	54.4	63.7	39.3
Lesotho	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liberia	1.0	2.0	16.8	33.9	82.2	64.1	2.4	2.7	6.1	27.3	90.6	69.4
Madagascar	3.4	8.2	8.3	14.4	84.0	70.9	8.7	9.5	29.1	40.0	46.2	39.4
Malawi	21.5	23.9	16.6	27.6	60.8	46.7	66.6	47.3	12.3	34.2	21.1	18.5
Mali	2.5	3.1	60.9	41.7	31.6	51.8	28.0	21.4	8.9	15.2	29.6	33.0
Mauritania	17.2	19.2	10.3	35.8	70.9	43.2	5.1	2.3	22.6	51.9	62.6	34.8
Mauritius	8.4	17.3	2.4	7.8	89.2	74.8	11.0	9.9	28.5	51.4	60.4	38.6
Mozambique	22.5	27.6	4.5	26.4	67.5	43.8	47.1	25.7	13.4	41.6	30.7	23.6
Namibia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Niger	26.8	24.8	0.8	18.6	72.4	56.6	19.9	29.0	17.6	24.1	62.5	46.9
Nigeria	8.8	17.3	10.7	33.5	79.5	46.9	6.0	3.9	25.1	37.5	53.2	39.2
Rwanda	1.7	16.8	21.2	31.6	29.7	30.6	31.3	35.8	6.7	29.0	34.1	33.1
Sao Tome and Principe	..	..	..	..	87.0	89.5	..	..	..	..	80.8	77.4
Senegal	42.2	42.4	16.1	15.5	29.2	34.5	18.1	14.3	25.1	31.9	52.8	53.5
Seychelles	..	..	10.9	24.3	87.1	68.8	..	..	23.1	21.3	67.7	66.4
Sierra Leone	3.9	3.2	4.6	36.2	87.9	46.5	18.9	8.7	21.2	51.2	55.8	35.1
Somalia	4.4	2.5	33.7	21.0	61.9	76.5	8.7	5.9	60.9	59.8	17.1	27.3
South Africa	12.6	27.0	10.1	19.0	67.0	44.7	3.7	9.8	24.4	35.0	71.4	54.2
Sudan	1.2	3.6	77.1	15.5	21.3	73.0	2.1	2.2	45.4	34.2	51.2	56.3
Swaziland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tanzania	15.9	17.1	25.2	37.6	49.4	36.5	23.2	10.2	26.7	56.5	45.5	30.3
Togo	69.5	48.7	15.4	36.7	13.2	13.8	16.9	4.0	25.2	36.7	54.6	58.4
Uganda	27.4	30.3	2.2	12.0	60.5	43.6	35.1	23.5	20.0	32.6	44.7	43.7
Zambia	35.2	16.7	3.6	15.3	55.8	59.1	57.9	46.1	7.7	15.2	33.6	22.3
Zimbabwe	58.1	30.5	8.3	33.9	33.1	21.6	62.8	61.7	5.2	19.7	18.5	13.0

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