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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 Jordan was 39.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 73.86 in 1963, while its lowest value was 27.99 in 1991.

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	60.20
1961	61.86
1962	70.07
1963	73.86
1964	63.86
1965	71.03
1966	55.02
1967	57.19
1968	55.38
1969	57.05
1970	58.57
1971	58.15
1972	53.13
1973	51.46
1974	36.85
1975	34.16
1976	33.24
1977	40.94
1978	43.83
1979	45.64
1980	47.76
1981	64.60
1982	42.98
1983	40.92
1984	47.30
1985	47.60
1986	36.03
1987	39.38
1988	34.65
1989	34.28
1990	42.28
1991	27.99
1992	32.96
1993	39.60
1994	41.91
1995	44.64
1996	46.01
1997	57.31
1998	51.31
1999	46.18
2000	44.37
2001	46.63
2002	43.70
2003	40.11
2004	40.85
2005	42.68
2006	40.73
2007	43.93
2008	41.74
2009	51.59
2010	50.46
2011	47.38
2012	46.09
2013	53.54
2014	51.48
2015	50.94
2016	47.96
2017	46.33
2018	43.14
2019	41.07
2020	39.96

Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Jordan was 7,943,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,385,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 11,000,000 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	11,000,000
1961	15,000,000
1962	17,000,000
1963	18,000,000
1964	24,000,000
1965	28,000,000
1966	29,000,000
1967	32,000,000
1968	40,000,000
1969	41,000,000
1970	34,000,000
1971	32,000,000
1972	48,000,000
1973	73,000,000
1974	155,000,000
1975	153,000,000
1976	207,000,000
1977	249,000,000
1978	298,000,000
1979	403,000,000
1980	574,000,000
1981	733,000,000
1982	752,000,000
1983	580,000,000
1984	752,000,000
1985	789,000,000
1986	733,000,000
1987	930,000,000
1988	1,019,000,000
1989	1,107,000,000
1990	1,064,000,000
1991	1,130,000,000
1992	1,215,000,000
1993	1,246,000,000
1994	1,424,000,000
1995	1,769,000,000
1996	1,816,000,000
1997	1,836,000,000
1998	1,802,000,000
1999	1,832,000,000
2000	1,899,000,000
2001	2,293,000,000
2002	2,770,000,000
2003	3,082,000,000
2004	3,883,000,000
2005	4,302,000,000
2006	5,204,000,000
2007	5,725,000,000
2008	7,938,000,000
2009	6,375,000,000
2010	7,028,000,000
2011	8,006,000,000
2012	7,887,000,000
2013	7,920,000,000
2014	8,385,000,000
2015	7,833,000,000
2016	7,549,000,000
2017	7,511,000,000
2018	7,750,000,000
2019	8,317,000,000
2020	7,943,000,000

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

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) in Jordan was 55.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 61.25 in 2016, while its lowest value was 20.85 in 1991.

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	29.59
1961	24.58
1962	26.28
1963	29.41
1964	30.69
1965	31.78
1966	23.18
1967	31.95
1968	30.00
1969	25.59
1970	22.92
1971	27.68
1972	27.10
1973	26.27
1974	24.78
1975	30.49
1976	27.36
1977	30.48
1978	32.21
1979	30.64
1980	29.96
1981	32.45
1982	23.68
1983	38.05
1984	32.58
1985	31.48
1986	32.33
1987	26.50
1988	28.63
1989	23.44
1990	26.25
1991	20.85
1992	27.28
1993	30.48
1994	31.55
1995	27.78
1996	40.16
1997	46.54
1998	43.88
1999	41.06
2000	39.64
2001	36.05
2002	44.08
2003	48.49
2004	49.26
2005	47.46
2006	54.59
2007	50.02
2008	41.88
2009	44.95
2010	43.28
2011	40.25
2012	38.24
2013	46.67
2014	48.71
2015	56.40
2016	61.25
2017	58.36
2018	55.73
2019	57.34
2020	55.33

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 Jordan was 21.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 43.26 in 1990, while its lowest value was 6.54 in 1963.

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	8.16
1961	9.32
1962	10.22
1963	6.54
1964	14.85
1965	9.35
1966	14.88
1967	16.29
1968	18.97
1969	14.00
1970	6.66
1971	10.67
1972	11.13
1973	9.24
1974	19.89
1975	14.10
1976	9.90
1977	6.82
1978	8.72
1979	12.73
1980	17.23
1981	15.25
1982	7.79
1983	10.84
1984	21.61
1985	24.25
1986	23.85
1987	16.81
1988	29.65
1989	24.16
1990	43.26
1991	30.11
1992	33.81
1993	27.85
1994	24.88
1995	25.84
1996	26.42
1997	24.53
1998	26.04
1999	35.16
2000	34.75
2001	17.70
2002	15.74
2003	13.67
2004	16.23
2005	14.80
2006	13.18
2007	15.04
2008	30.48
2009	21.80
2010	25.18
2011	28.93
2012	21.67
2013	20.34
2014	21.36
2015	20.34
2016	17.43
2017	18.81
2018	20.28
2019	19.42
2020	21.69

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 Jordan was 5.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 11.63 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.12 in 1973.

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
1966	1.38
1967	0.64
1968	1.28
1969	1.68
1970	1.85
1971	0.28
1973	0.12
1974	0.43
1975	0.22
1976	0.68
1977	0.32
1978	0.75
1979	2.50
1980	4.44
1981	2.84
1982	0.83
1983	1.24
1984	4.99
1985	2.64
1986	6.13
1987	5.57
1988	8.59
1989	3.11
1990	11.63
1991	9.96
1992	9.60
1993	10.16
1994	6.79
1995	7.40
1996	8.03
1997	6.97
1998	6.76
1999	8.98
2000	9.54
2001	5.26
2002	3.83
2003	3.58
2004	3.31
2005	2.30
2006	2.63
2007	3.21
2008	5.94
2009	4.25
2010	6.06
2011	8.96
2012	6.94
2013	7.01
2014	5.51
2015	6.28
2016	4.58
2017	5.26
2018	5.34
2019	5.60
2020	5.06

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 Jordan was 1.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 8.03 in 1975, while its lowest value was 0.66 in 2006.

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
1964	6.44
1965	1.40
1967	1.92
1968	3.08
1969	2.41
1970	2.96
1971	1.47
1972	1.45
1973	1.60
1974	3.54
1975	8.03
1976	5.53
1977	1.62
1978	3.41
1979	3.11
1980	4.38
1981	3.86
1982	0.69
1983	1.35
1984	1.25
1985	2.06
1986	1.66
1987	1.87
1988	2.45
1989	2.04
1990	2.47
1991	1.91
1992	2.75
1993	5.61
1994	2.40
1995	2.69
1996	2.52
1997	2.58
1998	1.05
1999	1.70
2000	1.49
2001	0.91
2002	0.96
2003	1.04
2004	1.08
2005	1.16
2006	0.66
2007	0.82
2008	1.04
2009	1.28
2010	1.68
2011	2.60
2012	3.12
2013	2.62
2014	3.39
2015	2.15
2016	2.03
2017	2.01
2018	1.49
2019	1.05
2020	1.23

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 Jordan was 0.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 1.36 in 1986, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1999.

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
1985	1.09
1986	1.36
1987	0.66
1988	0.28
1990	0.15
1991	0.30
1992	0.68
1993	0.60
1994	0.53
1995	0.39
1996	0.50
1997	0.45
1998	0.14
1999	0.05
2000	0.33
2001	0.21
2002	0.12
2003	0.09
2004	0.10
2005	0.29
2006	0.23
2007	0.26
2008	0.27
2009	0.22
2010	0.31
2011	0.48
2012	0.21
2013	0.29
2014	0.27
2015	0.06
2016	0.13
2017	0.18
2018	0.21
2019	0.63
2020	0.80

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 Jordan was 17.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.41 in 1963, while its lowest value was 15.97 in 1983.

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	37.76
1961	40.68
1962	45.26
1963	46.41
1964	38.12
1965	45.79
1966	36.33
1967	32.59
1968	26.67
1969	32.42
1970	37.47
1971	32.30
1972	30.61
1973	30.82
1974	24.52
1975	27.90
1976	25.99
1977	25.83
1978	21.29
1979	23.75
1980	29.27
1981	46.25
1982	29.22
1983	15.97
1984	27.13
1985	28.45
1986	20.37
1987	26.24
1988	20.81
1989	22.97
1990	26.89
1991	23.12
1992	17.82
1993	21.10
1994	23.94
1995	31.47
1996	23.27
1997	28.13
1998	26.12
1999	20.83
2000	23.19
2001	32.52
2002	31.23
2003	27.65
2004	29.29
2005	29.04
2006	23.96
2007	24.70
2008	25.55
2009	31.92
2010	30.07
2011	29.14
2012	28.01
2013	29.61
2014	27.03
2015	20.16
2016	17.07
2017	17.71
2018	19.79
2019	18.55
2020	17.64

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 Jordan was 13.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 24.07 in 1990, while its lowest value was 1.85 in 1970.

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	8.16
1961	9.32
1962	10.22
1963	6.54
1964	8.42
1965	7.94
1966	13.49
1967	13.74
1968	14.62
1969	9.91
1970	1.85
1971	8.86
1972	8.40
1973	6.49
1974	13.24
1975	4.31
1976	2.31
1977	4.73
1978	3.92
1979	6.77
1980	7.69
1981	8.01
1982	6.26
1983	7.31
1984	14.26
1985	17.66
1986	14.67
1987	8.53
1988	15.55
1989	15.99
1990	24.07
1991	15.78
1992	16.59
1993	10.39
1994	13.44
1995	13.08
1996	9.86
1997	12.06
1998	13.81
1999	22.14
2000	22.01
2001	10.26
2002	9.57
2003	7.34
2004	7.82
2005	8.72
2006	7.91
2007	8.99
2008	20.82
2009	13.78
2010	13.44
2011	13.34
2012	9.23
2013	7.68
2014	9.30
2015	9.52
2016	8.89
2017	8.78
2018	10.85
2019	10.35
2020	13.09

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 Jordan was 1.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 5.50 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1986.

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
1971	0.06
1972	1.28
1973	1.03
1974	2.68
1975	1.54
1976	1.38
1977	0.15
1978	0.63
1979	0.35
1980	0.73
1981	0.54
1983	0.93
1984	1.11
1985	0.80
1986	0.04
1987	0.18
1988	2.78
1989	3.01
1990	4.95
1991	2.17
1992	4.19
1993	1.10
1994	1.72
1995	2.29
1996	5.50
1997	2.48
1998	4.27
1999	2.29
2000	1.39
2001	1.05
2002	1.27
2003	1.61
2004	3.91
2005	2.34
2006	1.76
2007	1.76
2008	2.41
2009	2.27
2010	3.67
2011	3.54
2012	2.17
2013	2.74
2014	2.89
2015	2.32
2016	1.80
2017	2.57
2018	2.39
2019	1.79
2020	1.51

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

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in Jordan was 5.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 39.32 in 1982, while its lowest value was 0.80 in 1997.

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	24.49
1961	25.42
1962	18.25
1963	17.65
1964	16.34
1965	13.08
1966	25.61
1967	19.17
1968	24.36
1969	27.99
1970	32.95
1971	29.34
1972	31.16
1973	33.66
1974	30.81
1975	27.50
1976	36.75
1977	36.87
1978	37.78
1979	32.89
1980	23.54
1981	6.05
1982	39.32
1983	35.14
1984	18.68
1985	15.82
1986	23.45
1987	30.45
1988	20.91
1989	29.44
1990	3.60
1991	25.91
1992	21.08
1993	20.57
1994	19.62
1995	14.91
1996	10.16
1997	0.80
1998	3.96
1999	2.94
2000	2.41
2001	13.73
2002	8.95
2003	10.20
2004	5.22
2005	8.70
2006	8.27
2007	10.24
2008	2.08
2009	1.32
2010	1.47
2011	1.67
2012	12.08
2013	3.38
2014	2.91
2015	3.11
2016	4.24
2017	5.13
2018	4.20
2019	4.69
2020	5.33

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Jordan was 7,104,776,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 8,084,098,000 in 2012 and 9,800,000 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	9,800,000
1961	11,800,000
1962	13,700,000
1963	15,300,000
1964	20,200,000
1965	21,400,000
1966	28,900,000
1967	31,300,000
1968	39,000,000
1969	41,580,000
1970	34,080,000
1971	32,040,000
1972	47,600,000
1973	57,330,000
1974	153,370,000
1975	152,600,000
1976	207,080,000
1977	249,250,000
1978	294,990,000
1979	400,370,000
1980	506,380,000
1981	540,790,000
1982	751,760,000
1983	539,400,000
1984	695,180,000
1985	674,640,000
1986	743,210,300
1987	918,997,100
1988	1,020,080,000
1989	1,097,582,000
1990	922,467,600
1991	1,161,233,000
1992	993,130,600
1993	1,040,194,000
1994	1,150,694,000
1995	1,444,090,000
1996	1,466,576,000
1997	1,334,623,000
1998	1,237,195,000
1999	1,237,482,000
2000	1,265,668,000
2001	2,270,196,000
2002	2,735,084,000
2003	3,081,623,000
2004	3,531,020,000
2005	4,301,242,000
2006	5,204,344,000
2007	5,534,624,000
2008	6,243,435,000
2009	5,040,924,000
2010	5,939,263,000
2011	6,732,170,000
2012	8,084,098,000
2013	6,764,948,000
2014	7,267,279,000
2015	6,757,001,000
2016	5,415,971,000
2017	6,299,292,000
2018	6,544,488,000
2019	6,971,014,000
2020	7,104,776,000

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 Jordan was 17.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.41 in 1963, while its lowest value was 15.97 in 1983.

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	37.76
1961	40.68
1962	45.26
1963	46.41
1964	38.12
1965	45.79
1966	36.33
1967	32.59
1968	26.67
1969	32.42
1970	37.47
1971	32.30
1972	30.61
1973	30.82
1974	24.52
1975	27.90
1976	25.99
1977	25.83
1978	21.29
1979	23.75
1980	29.27
1981	46.25
1982	29.22
1983	15.97
1984	27.13
1985	28.45
1986	20.37
1987	26.24
1988	20.81
1989	22.97
1990	26.89
1991	23.12
1992	17.82
1993	21.10
1994	23.94
1995	31.47
1996	23.27
1997	28.13
1998	26.12
1999	20.83
2000	23.19
2001	32.52
2002	31.23
2003	27.65
2004	29.29
2005	29.04
2006	23.96
2007	24.70
2008	25.55
2009	31.92
2010	30.07
2011	29.14
2012	28.01
2013	29.61
2014	27.03
2015	20.16
2016	17.07
2017	17.71
2018	19.79
2019	18.55
2020	17.64

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports