European Union - Merchandise exports

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 European Union was 3.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 9.51 in 1981, while its lowest value was 2.65 in 2000.

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 6.85
1961 5.62
1962 4.55
1963 4.42
1964 3.91
1965 3.89
1966 3.68
1967 3.50
1968 3.48
1969 3.41
1970 3.11
1971 3.03
1972 3.12
1973 3.29
1974 4.59
1975 6.26
1976 6.44
1977 6.91
1978 6.68
1979 7.02
1980 7.50
1981 9.51
1982 9.47
1983 8.45
1984 7.50
1985 6.25
1986 4.57
1987 3.72
1988 3.57
1989 3.52
1990 3.32
1991 3.29
1992 3.37
1993 3.67
1994 3.34
1995 3.06
1996 2.95
1997 2.81
1998 2.88
1999 2.79
2000 2.65
2001 2.86
2002 2.90
2003 2.83
2004 2.87
2005 3.05
2006 2.94
2007 3.10
2008 3.46
2009 3.81
2010 3.67
2011 3.42
2012 3.80
2013 4.01
2014 4.00
2015 4.09
2016 3.83
2017 3.52
2018 3.26
2019 3.25
2020 3.05

Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in European Union was 5,461,010,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,993,400,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 42,827,470,000 in 1960.

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 42,827,470,000
1961 46,698,820,000
1962 49,431,330,000
1963 54,088,230,000
1964 61,301,580,000
1965 68,311,760,000
1966 74,826,460,000
1967 80,470,950,000
1968 90,440,510,000
1969 105,224,000,000
1970 123,212,000,000
1971 139,979,000,000
1972 171,769,000,000
1973 237,172,000,000
1974 311,883,000,000
1975 337,602,000,000
1976 371,596,000,000
1977 423,303,000,000
1978 507,231,000,000
1979 633,656,000,000
1980 708,348,000,000
1981 659,339,000,000
1982 636,281,000,000
1983 625,532,000,000
1984 645,831,000,000
1985 675,101,000,000
1986 837,531,000,000
1987 999,217,000,000
1988 1,109,210,000,000
1989 1,176,930,000,000
1990 1,402,170,000,000
1991 1,381,440,000,000
1992 1,475,090,000,000
1993 1,370,870,000,000
1994 1,570,090,000,000
1995 1,942,360,000,000
1996 2,005,870,000,000
1997 1,977,060,000,000
1998 2,090,750,000,000
1999 2,090,570,000,000
2000 2,173,080,000,000
2001 2,203,120,000,000
2002 2,363,860,000,000
2003 2,851,240,000,000
2004 3,422,980,000,000
2005 3,691,900,000,000
2006 4,155,400,000,000
2007 4,924,320,000,000
2008 5,482,740,000,000
2009 4,257,810,000,000
2010 4,769,310,000,000
2011 5,585,480,000,000
2012 5,335,780,000,000
2013 5,536,180,000,000
2014 5,653,030,000,000
2015 4,929,050,000,000
2016 4,969,740,000,000
2017 5,466,720,000,000
2018 5,993,400,000,000
2019 5,824,960,000,000
2020 5,461,010,000,000

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

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) in European Union was 83.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 88.89 in 1999, while its lowest value was 67.40 in 1975.

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 67.59
1961 69.36
1962 71.67
1963 72.61
1964 72.96
1965 73.18
1966 73.01
1967 72.86
1968 72.71
1969 72.98
1970 72.09
1971 72.67
1972 73.17
1973 73.26
1974 71.06
1975 67.40
1976 69.11
1977 68.96
1978 69.75
1979 71.32
1980 70.19
1981 68.36
1982 70.24
1983 71.51
1984 73.16
1985 73.87
1986 76.31
1987 78.11
1988 78.65
1989 79.10
1990 79.42
1991 80.12
1992 80.33
1993 80.07
1994 80.90
1995 81.01
1996 80.80
1997 81.55
1998 82.99
1999 88.89
2000 88.47
2001 88.17
2002 88.02
2003 87.87
2004 86.99
2005 86.28
2006 85.79
2007 85.05
2008 83.85
2009 83.63
2010 82.78
2011 82.09
2012 81.12
2013 80.98
2014 81.85
2015 83.13
2016 83.46
2017 82.85
2018 83.11
2019 83.28
2020 83.56

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 European Union was 15.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.37 in 1960, while its lowest value was 8.67 in 1990.

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 19.37
1961 17.33
1962 15.06
1963 14.56
1964 13.94
1965 13.99
1966 14.17
1967 14.08
1968 13.39
1969 12.58
1970 11.85
1971 11.58
1972 11.02
1973 11.16
1974 13.53
1975 16.14
1976 14.70
1977 14.65
1978 14.16
1979 13.19
1980 14.47
1981 16.87
1982 15.33
1983 14.08
1984 12.96
1985 12.29
1986 10.48
1987 9.28
1988 8.86
1989 8.73
1990 8.67
1991 8.83
1992 9.61
1993 12.19
1994 11.58
1995 11.82
1996 12.21
1997 12.24
1998 11.22
1999 9.91
2000 10.31
2001 10.65
2002 10.80
2003 11.08
2004 11.81
2005 12.59
2006 13.10
2007 13.83
2008 14.92
2009 15.20
2010 16.28
2011 16.86
2012 17.66
2013 17.76
2014 17.05
2015 15.94
2016 15.71
2017 16.19
2018 15.78
2019 15.71
2020 15.67

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 European Union was 5.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.24 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.98 in 1972.

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
1960 1.87
1961 1.52
1962 1.26
1963 1.26
1964 1.19
1965 1.37
1966 1.76
1967 1.85
1968 1.62
1969 1.40
1970 1.26
1971 1.16
1972 0.98
1973 1.07
1974 1.27
1975 1.38
1976 1.25
1977 1.10
1978 1.35
1979 1.43
1980 1.30
1981 1.43
1982 1.47
1983 1.55
1984 1.44
1985 1.78
1986 1.64
1987 1.46
1988 1.46
1989 1.48
1990 1.49
1991 1.58
1992 1.82
1993 2.52
1994 2.49
1995 2.68
1996 2.66
1997 2.48
1998 1.83
1999 1.75
2000 1.94
2001 2.16
2002 2.24
2003 2.39
2004 2.49
2005 2.45
2006 2.59
2007 2.71
2008 2.79
2009 3.42
2010 3.86
2011 4.08
2012 4.28
2013 4.36
2014 4.50
2015 4.38
2016 4.57
2017 4.83
2018 4.82
2019 4.93
2020 5.24

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 European Union was 5.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 6.55 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.66 in 1964.

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
1960 0.93
1961 0.80
1962 0.74
1963 0.75
1964 0.66
1965 0.76
1966 0.99
1967 0.96
1968 0.90
1969 0.77
1970 0.77
1971 0.77
1972 0.83
1973 0.84
1974 1.04
1975 1.24
1976 1.16
1977 0.99
1978 0.80
1979 0.78
1980 0.79
1981 0.83
1982 0.82
1983 0.89
1984 0.92
1985 1.02
1986 0.90
1987 0.96
1988 0.86
1989 0.82
1990 0.92
1991 0.91
1992 1.36
1993 3.11
1994 2.97
1995 3.25
1996 3.69
1997 3.90
1998 3.41
1999 2.65
2000 2.96
2001 2.97
2002 3.28
2003 3.59
2004 4.12
2005 4.59
2006 5.18
2007 5.63
2008 6.15
2009 5.27
2010 5.70
2011 6.20
2012 6.54
2013 6.55
2014 5.85
2015 4.95
2016 4.86
2017 5.10
2018 4.85
2019 4.93
2020 5.06

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 European Union was 1.71 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 4.11 in 1961, while its lowest value was 1.20 in 1988.

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
1960 3.93
1961 4.11
1962 3.65
1963 3.11
1964 2.96
1965 2.64
1966 2.94
1967 2.82
1968 2.91
1969 2.86
1970 2.57
1971 2.56
1972 2.41
1973 2.23
1974 2.74
1975 2.66
1976 2.16
1977 2.00
1978 1.98
1979 2.17
1980 2.24
1981 2.43
1982 1.93
1983 1.68
1984 1.61
1985 1.48
1986 1.51
1987 1.37
1988 1.20
1989 1.27
1990 1.24
1991 1.41
1992 1.54
1993 1.79
1994 1.95
1995 1.87
1996 1.90
1997 2.02
1998 2.12
1999 1.85
2000 1.85
2001 1.86
2002 1.59
2003 1.41
2004 1.39
2005 1.49
2006 1.52
2007 1.58
2008 1.70
2009 1.63
2010 1.92
2011 1.97
2012 2.15
2013 2.19
2014 2.07
2015 2.08
2016 1.96
2017 2.00
2018 1.96
2019 1.90
2020 1.71

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 European Union was 1.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 7.67 in 1981, while its lowest value was 1.67 in 2020.

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 7.06
1961 5.65
1962 4.44
1963 4.31
1964 3.89
1965 3.91
1966 3.73
1967 3.62
1968 3.64
1969 3.42
1970 3.16
1971 3.12
1972 3.21
1973 3.45
1974 4.66
1975 6.58
1976 6.18
1977 6.28
1978 5.96
1979 5.30
1980 6.03
1981 7.67
1982 7.00
1983 6.50
1984 5.67
1985 4.89
1986 3.51
1987 2.83
1988 2.77
1989 2.74
1990 2.82
1991 2.87
1992 2.80
1993 2.73
1994 2.36
1995 2.12
1996 2.08
1997 2.02
1998 2.02
1999 1.92
2000 1.83
2001 1.93
2002 1.96
2003 1.95
2004 2.02
2005 2.11
2006 1.84
2007 1.85
2008 2.11
2009 2.48
2010 2.37
2011 2.07
2012 2.21
2013 2.24
2014 2.21
2015 2.14
2016 2.12
2017 2.04
2018 1.94
2019 1.80
2020 1.67

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 European Union was 0.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.61 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.52 in 1973.

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 1.61
1961 1.46
1962 1.26
1963 1.15
1964 1.21
1965 1.29
1966 1.15
1967 1.02
1968 0.82
1969 0.69
1970 0.59
1971 0.57
1972 0.54
1973 0.52
1974 0.56
1975 0.66
1976 0.54
1977 0.55
1978 0.63
1979 0.60
1980 0.61
1981 0.73
1982 0.70
1983 0.68
1984 0.72
1985 0.78
1986 0.83
1987 0.78
1988 0.70
1989 0.67
1990 0.57
1991 0.52
1992 0.53
1993 0.61
1994 0.62
1995 0.65
1996 0.65
1997 0.65
1998 0.55
1999 0.58
2000 0.58
2001 0.53
2002 0.59
2003 0.59
2004 0.67
2005 0.76
2006 0.80
2007 0.86
2008 0.87
2009 0.98
2010 1.03
2011 1.03
2012 0.97
2013 0.88
2014 0.89
2015 0.93
2016 0.94
2017 0.98
2018 0.99
2019 0.92
2020 0.84

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 European Union was 1.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 4.04 in 1964, while its lowest value was 1.17 in 2004.

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 3.96
1961 3.79
1962 3.71
1963 3.97
1964 4.04
1965 4.01
1966 3.60
1967 3.80
1968 3.51
1969 3.44
1970 3.51
1971 3.39
1972 3.04
1973 3.05
1974 3.26
1975 3.62
1976 3.41
1977 3.73
1978 3.45
1979 2.91
1980 3.49
1981 3.80
1982 3.43
1983 2.81
1984 2.62
1985 2.37
1986 2.10
1987 1.89
1988 1.87
1989 1.76
1990 1.62
1991 1.54
1992 1.57
1993 1.44
1994 1.25
1995 1.36
1996 1.32
1997 1.23
1998 1.34
1999 1.18
2000 1.19
2001 1.23
2002 1.18
2003 1.19
2004 1.17
2005 1.23
2006 1.26
2007 1.30
2008 1.39
2009 1.50
2010 1.49
2011 1.61
2012 1.60
2013 1.65
2014 1.62
2015 1.54
2016 1.33
2017 1.33
2018 1.31
2019 1.31
2020 1.23

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

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in European Union was 0.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 16.46 in 1975, while its lowest value was 0.68 in 2020.

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 13.04
1961 13.31
1962 13.27
1963 12.83
1964 13.10
1965 12.83
1966 12.82
1967 13.06
1968 13.90
1969 14.45
1970 16.06
1971 15.75
1972 15.81
1973 15.58
1974 15.41
1975 16.46
1976 16.19
1977 16.38
1978 16.08
1979 15.49
1980 15.34
1981 14.75
1982 14.42
1983 14.39
1984 13.86
1985 13.83
1986 13.21
1987 12.61
1988 12.49
1989 12.17
1990 11.91
1991 11.04
1992 10.05
1993 7.72
1994 7.46
1995 7.06
1996 6.90
1997 6.15
1998 5.74
1999 1.16
2000 1.18
2001 1.15
2002 1.14
2003 1.01
2004 1.15
2005 1.08
2006 1.03
2007 1.02
2008 1.14
2009 1.09
2010 0.85
2011 0.94
2012 1.12
2013 1.16
2014 1.01
2015 0.85
2016 0.75
2017 0.86
2018 1.03
2019 0.92
2020 0.68

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) in European Union was 5,462,690,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 5,993,400,000,000 in 2018 and 34,601,620,000 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 34,601,620,000
1961 37,551,680,000
1962 39,330,480,000
1963 43,025,820,000
1964 48,634,930,000
1965 54,179,920,000
1966 59,782,210,000
1967 64,107,280,000
1968 73,504,170,000
1969 86,401,010,000
1970 104,530,000,000
1971 119,070,000,000
1972 145,833,000,000
1973 201,876,000,000
1974 265,945,000,000
1975 286,986,000,000
1976 317,092,000,000
1977 362,887,000,000
1978 435,359,000,000
1979 543,718,000,000
1980 613,527,000,000
1981 569,940,000,000
1982 550,177,000,000
1983 539,628,000,000
1984 555,912,000,000
1985 586,631,000,000
1986 726,218,000,000
1987 864,993,000,000
1988 961,761,000,000
1989 1,019,600,000,000
1990 1,214,020,000,000
1991 1,211,900,000,000
1992 1,289,800,000,000
1993 1,197,230,000,000
1994 1,375,170,000,000
1995 1,691,980,000,000
1996 1,738,570,000,000
1997 1,928,660,000,000
1998 2,011,810,000,000
1999 2,074,620,000,000
2000 2,164,930,000,000
2001 2,200,970,000,000
2002 2,362,450,000,000
2003 2,851,760,000,000
2004 3,423,260,000,000
2005 3,687,930,000,000
2006 4,157,200,000,000
2007 4,928,630,000,000
2008 5,495,760,000,000
2009 4,261,350,000,000
2010 4,767,970,000,000
2011 5,587,160,000,000
2012 5,342,470,000,000
2013 5,535,310,000,000
2014 5,653,030,000,000
2015 4,929,060,000,000
2016 4,969,740,000,000
2017 5,466,720,000,000
2018 5,993,400,000,000
2019 5,825,130,000,000
2020 5,462,690,000,000

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 European Union was 0.083 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 0.106 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1989.

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
1981 0.009
1982 0.010
1983 0.017
1984 0.020
1985 0.015
1986 0.005
1987 0.001
1988 0.001
1989 0.000
1990 0.002
1991 0.011
1992 0.015
1993 0.022
1994 0.060
1995 0.106
1996 0.087
1997 0.067
1998 0.050
1999 0.036
2000 0.042
2001 0.038
2002 0.040
2003 0.040
2004 0.046
2005 0.053
2006 0.080
2007 0.093
2008 0.091
2009 0.073
2010 0.091
2011 0.101
2012 0.102
2013 0.103
2014 0.095
2015 0.085
2016 0.080
2017 0.098
2018 0.083
2019 0.089
2020 0.083

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports