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Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in Ethiopia was 35.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 59.19 in 2001, while its lowest value was 9.51 in 1985.

Definition: Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	12.04
1961	11.97
1962	13.13
1963	14.46
1964	10.96
1965	9.69
1966	12.12
1967	11.78
1968	13.89
1969	15.76
1970	13.05
1971	14.89
1972	14.14
1973	16.99
1974	23.01
1975	34.14
1976	21.03
1977	15.62
1978	12.92
1979	15.55
1980	20.31
1981	17.12
1982	17.33
1983	13.72
1984	12.38
1985	9.51
1986	9.51
1987	16.69
1988	12.25
1989	13.14
1990	22.32
1991	11.30
1992	29.74
1993	22.20
1994	19.76
1995	21.00
1996	20.81
1997	19.51
1998	18.98
1999	22.08
2000	28.29
2001	59.19
2002	27.47
2003	42.08
2004	20.87
2005	24.11
2006	22.76
2007	20.82
2008	21.43
2009	20.65
2010	21.33
2011	18.08
2012	24.26
2013	42.30
2014	37.83
2015	37.87
2016	40.00
2017	38.75
2018	40.77
2019	36.93
2020	35.96

Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Ethiopia was 3,258,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,370,000,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 76,000,000 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	78,000,000
1961	76,000,000
1962	80,000,000
1963	90,000,000
1964	105,000,000
1965	116,000,000
1966	111,000,000
1967	101,000,000
1968	106,000,000
1969	119,000,000
1970	122,000,000
1971	126,000,000
1972	167,000,000
1973	239,000,000
1974	269,000,000
1975	240,000,000
1976	280,000,000
1977	333,000,000
1978	306,000,000
1979	418,000,000
1980	425,000,000
1981	380,000,000
1982	399,000,000
1983	403,000,000
1984	417,000,000
1985	333,000,000
1986	455,000,000
1987	355,000,000
1988	429,000,000
1989	465,000,000
1990	298,000,000
1991	189,000,000
1992	169,000,000
1993	199,000,000
1994	372,000,000
1995	422,000,000
1996	417,000,000
1997	587,000,000
1998	561,000,000
1999	467,000,000
2000	486,000,000
2001	455,000,000
2002	480,000,000
2003	496,000,000
2004	678,000,000
2005	903,000,000
2006	1,043,000,000
2007	1,277,000,000
2008	1,602,000,000
2009	1,618,000,000
2010	2,330,000,000
2011	2,875,000,000
2012	3,370,000,000
2013	2,973,000,000
2014	3,275,000,000
2015	2,914,000,000
2016	2,789,000,000
2017	3,022,000,000
2018	2,704,000,000
2019	2,741,000,000
2020	3,258,000,000

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) in Ethiopia was 49.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.05 in 1991, while its lowest value was 39.74 in 2001.

Definition: Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	73.34
1961	77.66
1962	78.00
1963	76.31
1964	81.41
1965	86.51
1966	85.08
1967	83.86
1968	83.16
1969	82.47
1970	85.16
1971	82.51
1972	78.93
1973	77.60
1974	75.95
1975	69.33
1976	78.04
1977	72.99
1978	79.13
1979	77.94
1980	67.98
1981	70.61
1982	75.51
1983	73.18
1984	73.17
1985	73.59
1986	73.59
1987	74.69
1988	78.23
1989	76.89
1990	74.57
1991	87.05
1992	86.92
1993	79.64
1994	82.84
1995	79.85
1996	79.16
1997	81.73
1998	83.76
1999	70.71
2000	81.72
2001	39.74
2002	72.76
2003	63.64
2004	76.73
2005	71.47
2006	73.53
2007	75.84
2008	77.40
2009	60.66
2010	63.85
2011	67.64
2012	58.86
2013	43.55
2014	44.39
2015	49.13
2016	42.24
2017	46.29
2018	44.02
2019	46.42
2020	49.29

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) in Ethiopia was 20.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 58.92 in 2001, while its lowest value was 2.72 in 1978.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	10.28
1961	9.44
1962	8.50
1963	7.34
1964	7.44
1965	5.80
1966	8.41
1967	9.11
1968	9.90
1969	11.50
1970	9.89
1971	10.68
1972	12.67
1973	14.02
1974	14.15
1975	21.72
1976	14.24
1977	8.33
1978	2.72
1979	6.86
1980	11.60
1981	7.86
1982	10.78
1983	8.65
1984	7.50
1985	4.47
1986	4.47
1987	9.39
1988	5.60
1989	6.07
1990	14.79
1991	3.86
1992	6.83
1993	13.52
1994	11.29
1995	15.11
1996	12.09
1997	11.70
1998	10.54
1999	18.14
2000	17.62
2001	58.92
2002	25.78
2003	35.29
2004	18.06
2005	26.99
2006	23.57
2007	22.64
2008	20.87
2009	36.78
2010	28.59
2011	29.19
2012	31.35
2013	24.77
2014	27.86
2015	22.81
2016	26.73
2017	22.00
2018	23.35
2019	23.30
2020	20.79

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in Ethiopia was 13.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 22.96 in 2009, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1991.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1965	0.09
1966	0.45
1967	1.09
1968	0.57
1969	0.50
1970	0.70
1971	0.55
1972	3.08
1973	3.01
1974	0.80
1975	0.63
1976	1.03
1977	1.12
1978	0.94
1979	0.02
1980	0.01
1981	0.08
1982	0.23
1983	0.10
1984	0.48
1985	0.38
1986	0.38
1987	0.44
1988	0.14
1989	0.02
1990	0.34
1991	0.01
1993	0.18
1994	1.65
1995	2.81
1996	1.51
1997	0.94
1998	0.94
1999	1.71
2000	1.05
2001	4.04
2002	3.12
2003	1.84
2004	3.82
2005	11.32
2006	11.74
2007	6.88
2008	6.49
2009	22.96
2010	15.37
2011	17.40
2012	17.72
2013	13.70
2014	16.84
2015	12.74
2016	16.12
2017	14.01
2018	14.45
2019	13.65
2020	13.78

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Ethiopia was 1.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 3.78 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1979.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1965	0.78
1966	0.81
1967	0.20
1969	0.01
1970	0.02
1972	0.01
1973	0.05
1975	0.01
1976	0.00
1979	0.00
1980	0.00
1981	0.01
1983	0.64
1984	0.01
1985	0.06
1986	0.06
1993	0.16
1994	0.08
1995	0.07
1996	0.16
1997	0.06
1998	0.00
1999	0.68
2000	0.03
2001	0.10
2002	1.34
2003	2.32
2004	3.06
2005	1.83
2006	1.76
2007	3.78
2008	3.24
2009	3.24
2010	2.61
2011	2.85
2012	3.15
2013	3.44
2014	3.31
2015	1.87
2016	1.96
2017	1.94
2018	2.04
2019	2.14
2020	1.66

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) in Ethiopia was 0.17 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 2.45 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2002.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1965	0.09
1969	0.00
1970	0.00
1971	0.01
1972	0.20
1973	0.01
1974	0.13
1977	0.08
1979	0.00
1987	0.01
1988	0.50
1989	0.18
1990	2.45
1999	0.13
2000	0.08
2001	0.00
2002	0.00
2003	0.08
2004	0.23
2005	0.14
2006	0.04
2007	0.03
2008	0.14
2009	0.29
2010	0.23
2011	0.59
2012	0.14
2013	0.04
2014	0.19
2015	0.16
2016	0.09
2017	0.15
2018	0.17
2019	0.18
2020	0.17

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Ethiopia was 3.46 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 51.71 in 2001, while its lowest value was 1.77 in 1978.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	5.41
1961	4.52
1962	6.38
1963	5.78
1964	5.91
1965	4.15
1966	5.61
1967	5.84
1968	6.47
1969	8.85
1970	7.56
1971	8.12
1972	7.41
1973	10.04
1974	12.74
1975	20.97
1976	13.08
1977	6.94
1978	1.77
1979	6.83
1980	11.57
1981	7.75
1982	10.54
1983	7.85
1984	7.01
1985	4.03
1986	4.03
1987	8.88
1988	4.96
1989	5.87
1990	12.00
1991	3.85
1992	6.83
1993	12.07
1994	8.68
1995	11.59
1996	10.21
1997	10.42
1998	9.51
1999	14.45
2000	13.93
2001	51.71
2002	15.81
2003	29.28
2004	8.79
2005	12.24
2006	10.03
2007	9.47
2008	8.87
2009	7.17
2010	6.22
2011	5.30
2012	5.93
2013	4.21
2014	3.98
2015	3.39
2016	3.25
2017	3.17
2018	3.81
2019	3.54
2020	3.46

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Ethiopia was 1.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.51 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1979.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	4.87
1961	4.92
1962	2.13
1963	1.56
1964	1.53
1965	0.69
1966	1.54
1967	1.98
1968	2.85
1969	2.14
1970	1.61
1971	2.00
1972	1.97
1973	0.91
1974	0.47
1975	0.10
1976	0.12
1977	0.19
1978	0.01
1979	0.00
1980	0.01
1981	0.02
1983	0.06
1984	0.00
1987	0.06
1988	0.01
1993	1.11
1994	0.88
1995	0.64
1996	0.21
1997	0.28
1998	0.10
1999	1.18
2000	2.52
2001	3.07
2002	5.51
2003	1.78
2004	2.15
2005	1.46
2007	2.49
2008	2.13
2009	3.12
2010	4.16
2011	3.05
2012	4.40
2013	3.38
2014	3.54
2015	4.64
2016	5.31
2017	2.73
2018	2.89
2019	3.78
2020	1.72

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Ethiopia was 29.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 32.02 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.17 in 1979.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	1.62
1961	2.39
1962	2.75
1963	3.89
1964	1.05
1965	1.04
1966	1.45
1967	0.89
1968	1.05
1969	1.39
1970	0.83
1971	0.98
1972	1.30
1973	1.53
1974	1.97
1975	2.39
1976	0.71
1977	0.41
1978	0.38
1979	0.17
1980	1.34
1981	0.66
1982	0.17
1983	0.42
1984	1.53
1985	2.06
1986	2.06
1987	0.31
1988	0.48
1989	0.66
1990	0.69
1991	0.43
1994	0.88
1995	0.55
1996	0.18
1997	2.93
1998	0.86
1999	1.66
2000	0.64
2001	0.37
2002	0.32
2003	0.50
2004	0.80
2005	1.00
2006	0.79
2007	0.98
2008	0.93
2009	1.47
2010	6.64
2011	2.19
2012	9.03
2013	31.11
2014	27.23
2015	27.52
2016	30.53
2017	31.20
2018	32.02
2019	29.67
2020	29.27

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in Ethiopia was 0.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.88 in 1981, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 2000.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	14.75
1961	10.51
1962	10.75
1963	12.46
1964	10.10
1965	6.66
1966	5.06
1967	6.14
1968	5.90
1969	4.64
1970	4.12
1971	5.83
1972	7.11
1973	6.85
1974	7.93
1975	6.56
1976	7.02
1977	18.26
1978	17.76
1979	15.03
1980	19.09
1981	20.88
1982	13.54
1983	17.75
1984	17.80
1985	19.88
1986	19.88
1987	15.60
1988	15.69
1989	16.38
1990	9.96
1991	8.66
1992	6.24
1993	6.84
1994	4.99
1995	4.49
1996	8.58
1997	3.64
1998	4.84
1999	9.49
2000	0.02
2001	0.96
2002	1.14
2003	0.58
2004	4.41
2005	0.54
2006	2.12
2007	0.54
2008	0.80
2009	1.09
2010	0.92
2011	0.98
2012	0.77
2013	0.56
2014	0.53
2015	0.54
2016	0.50
2017	0.51
2018	0.60
2019	0.61
2020	0.64

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Ethiopia was 3,314,877,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 3,314,877,000 in 2020 and 73,900,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current US$.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	73,900,000
1961	75,200,000
1962	80,000,000
1963	89,900,000
1964	104,900,000
1965	115,600,000
1966	110,600,000
1967	101,000,000
1968	105,100,000
1969	119,335,000
1970	122,729,000
1971	125,624,000
1972	166,785,000
1973	240,125,000
1974	266,712,000
1975	239,994,000
1976	280,883,000
1977	332,827,000
1978	306,099,000
1979	417,899,000
1980	424,732,000
1981	392,303,000
1982	406,016,000
1983	403,923,000
1984	417,418,000
1985	337,766,000
1986	454,898,600
1987	370,695,000
1988	421,350,000
1989	457,828,000
1990	294,197,000
1991	189,154,800
1992	186,761,800
1993	201,740,000
1994	386,009,900
1995	429,698,400
1996	440,068,000
1997	591,879,600
1998	604,716,000
1999	474,731,300
2000	471,447,900
2001	315,795,600
2002	449,297,900
2003	497,907,500
2004	601,127,600
2005	825,926,800
2006	863,001,200
2007	1,108,235,000
2008	1,381,153,000
2009	909,103,400
2010	1,299,269,000
2011	1,707,544,000
2012	2,001,013,000
2013	2,659,451,000
2014	3,067,363,000
2015	3,076,993,000
2016	2,750,505,000
2017	2,835,913,000
2018	2,753,125,000
2019	3,165,830,000
2020	3,314,877,000

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) in Ethiopia was 29.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 32.02 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.17 in 1979.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region 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. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	1.62
1961	2.39
1962	2.75
1963	3.89
1964	1.05
1965	1.04
1966	1.45
1967	0.89
1968	1.05
1969	1.39
1970	0.83
1971	0.98
1972	1.30
1973	1.53
1974	1.97
1975	2.39
1976	0.71
1977	0.41
1978	0.38
1979	0.17
1980	1.34
1981	0.66
1982	0.17
1983	0.42
1984	1.53
1985	2.06
1986	2.06
1987	0.31
1988	0.48
1989	0.66
1990	0.69
1991	0.43
1994	0.88
1995	0.55
1996	0.18
1997	2.93
1998	0.86
1999	1.66
2000	0.64
2001	0.37
2002	0.32
2003	0.50
2004	0.80
2005	1.00
2006	0.79
2007	0.98
2008	0.93
2009	1.47
2010	6.64
2011	2.19
2012	9.03
2013	31.11
2014	27.23
2015	27.52
2016	30.53
2017	31.20
2018	32.02
2019	29.67
2020	29.27

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports