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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 Zambia was 0.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 11.54 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1968.

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
1966	0.01
1968	0.01
1969	0.02
1970	0.28
1971	0.26
1972	0.07
1973	0.12
1974	0.07
1975	0.57
1976	0.26
1977	0.44
1978	0.52
1979	0.89
1980	0.60
1981	0.71
1982	0.65
1983	0.65
1984	0.99
1985	1.74
1986	10.04
1987	7.78
1988	5.49
1989	5.80
1990	5.38
1991	2.69
1992	11.15
1993	7.99
1994	11.46
1995	8.94
1996	11.54
1997	10.52
1998	9.75
1999	3.71
2000	0.07
2001	0.41
2002	0.62
2003	0.84
2004	0.12
2005	6.43
2006	8.60
2007	10.79
2008	10.72
2009	9.31
2010	3.64
2011	1.23
2012	2.58
2013	5.27
2014	2.43
2015	1.04
2016	5.59
2017	3.40
2018	2.63
2019	0.66
2020	0.35

Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Zambia was 7,819,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,607,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 335,000,000 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	362,000,000
1961	335,000,000
1962	335,000,000
1963	361,000,000
1964	470,000,000
1965	527,000,000
1966	691,000,000
1967	654,000,000
1968	759,000,000
1969	1,073,000,000
1970	1,001,000,000
1971	1,226,000,000
1972	758,000,000
1973	1,144,000,000
1974	1,407,000,000
1975	810,000,000
1976	1,070,000,000
1977	896,000,000
1978	856,000,000
1979	1,373,000,000
1980	1,298,000,000
1981	1,079,000,000
1982	1,024,000,000
1983	836,000,000
1984	652,000,000
1985	784,000,000
1986	517,000,000
1987	873,000,000
1988	1,179,000,000
1989	1,347,000,000
1990	1,309,000,000
1991	1,083,000,000
1992	756,000,000
1993	826,000,000
1994	927,000,000
1995	1,040,000,000
1996	1,037,000,000
1997	915,000,000
1998	1,032,000,000
1999	1,063,000,000
2000	892,000,000
2001	987,000,000
2002	956,000,000
2003	980,000,000
2004	1,576,000,000
2005	1,810,000,000
2006	3,770,000,000
2007	4,617,000,000
2008	5,099,000,000
2009	4,312,000,000
2010	7,200,000,000
2011	9,001,000,000
2012	9,365,000,000
2013	10,607,000,000
2014	9,694,000,000
2015	6,607,000,000
2016	6,372,000,000
2017	8,000,000,000
2018	9,034,000,000
2019	7,047,000,000
2020	7,819,000,000

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

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) in Zambia was 59.55 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 93.32 in 1968, while its lowest value was 32.01 in 1999.

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
1964	82.49
1965	86.82
1966	88.44
1967	88.03
1968	93.32
1969	92.96
1970	86.52
1971	76.63
1972	80.32
1973	82.57
1974	81.92
1975	83.79
1976	83.76
1977	85.16
1978	80.71
1979	78.87
1980	80.36
1981	74.35
1982	72.52
1983	72.52
1984	63.49
1985	65.37
1986	59.93
1987	59.45
1988	74.39
1989	69.32
1990	66.19
1991	51.46
1992	64.61
1993	60.16
1994	47.98
1995	53.61
1996	39.33
1997	60.58
1998	59.34
1999	32.01
2000	49.90
2001	64.75
2002	60.01
2003	48.47
2004	47.32
2005	53.60
2006	53.81
2007	57.50
2008	63.00
2009	60.88
2010	59.21
2011	60.29
2012	51.46
2013	46.92
2014	58.82
2015	59.27
2016	58.44
2017	59.82
2018	59.85
2019	55.62
2020	59.55

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 Zambia was 19.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 33.45 in 1994, while its lowest value was 0.30 in 1965.

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
1964	2.27
1965	0.30
1966	0.57
1967	3.03
1968	2.35
1969	4.57
1970	9.77
1971	13.86
1972	13.02
1973	12.05
1974	9.42
1975	6.38
1976	8.19
1977	5.91
1978	9.98
1979	12.09
1980	9.93
1981	16.05
1982	16.06
1983	16.06
1984	22.70
1985	22.30
1986	25.46
1987	25.80
1988	14.65
1989	14.44
1990	20.25
1991	23.38
1992	20.05
1993	27.28
1994	33.45
1995	26.74
1996	31.98
1997	25.79
1998	13.26
1999	12.18
2000	1.76
2001	4.20
2002	4.30
2003	6.40
2004	3.57
2005	22.15
2006	26.23
2007	18.42
2008	16.67
2009	16.51
2010	21.74
2011	17.92
2012	20.18
2013	22.58
2014	9.04
2015	15.26
2016	19.71
2017	18.30
2018	16.55
2019	21.43
2020	19.38

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 Zambia was 18.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 21.34 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.09 in 1966.

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
1964	0.65
1966	0.09
1967	1.33
1968	0.32
1969	1.38
1970	4.77
1971	6.61
1972	2.35
1973	2.43
1974	2.52
1975	2.54
1976	2.66
1977	3.24
1978	3.25
1979	4.23
1980	3.62
1981	2.97
1982	5.61
1983	5.61
1984	14.90
1985	12.92
1986	11.80
1987	14.13
1988	8.14
1989	7.75
1990	14.02
1991	11.61
1992	15.61
1993	14.90
1994	17.90
1995	15.77
1996	19.84
1997	13.71
1998	8.18
1999	5.75
2000	0.13
2001	0.86
2002	0.61
2003	2.11
2004	2.40
2005	15.83
2006	17.08
2007	11.20
2008	7.84
2009	12.03
2010	20.65
2011	17.36
2012	19.33
2013	21.34
2014	8.51
2015	14.85
2016	18.60
2017	16.14
2018	14.46
2019	20.65
2020	18.76

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 Zambia was 0.024 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 0.270 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1995.

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
1966	0.014
1972	0.004
1978	0.004
1979	0.000
1991	0.000
1993	0.058
1994	0.000
1995	0.000
1996	0.008
1997	0.003
1998	0.042
1999	0.167
2000	0.026
2001	0.023
2002	0.270
2003	0.027
2004	0.017
2005	0.004
2006	0.067
2007	0.014
2008	0.018
2009	0.010
2010	0.099
2011	0.011
2012	0.007
2013	0.011
2014	0.011
2015	0.012
2016	0.001
2017	0.004
2018	0.009
2019	0.010
2020	0.024

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 Zambia was 0.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 6.20 in 1972, while its lowest value was 0.00 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
1965	0.08
1966	0.32
1967	0.80
1968	1.03
1969	1.21
1970	1.02
1971	2.86
1972	6.20
1973	5.13
1974	3.96
1975	2.23
1977	0.00
1979	1.31
1980	0.73
1981	2.65
1982	1.17
1983	1.17
1984	0.34
1985	0.21
1986	0.12
1987	0.04
1988	0.00
1989	0.02
1990	0.01
1995	0.03
1996	0.22
1997	0.03
1998	0.03
1999	0.35
2000	0.10
2001	0.05
2002	0.05
2003	0.43
2004	0.02
2005	0.01
2006	0.00
2007	0.00
2008	0.00
2009	0.02
2010	0.01
2011	0.04
2012	0.00
2013	0.00
2014	0.14
2015	0.06
2016	0.01
2017	0.01
2018	0.01
2019	0.01
2020	0.02

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 Zambia was 0.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 7.56 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1995.

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
1964	0.04
1965	0.04
1966	0.01
1967	0.11
1968	0.01
1969	0.09
1970	0.41
1971	0.37
1972	0.11
1973	0.16
1974	0.07
1975	0.57
1976	0.26
1977	0.44
1978	0.52
1979	0.89
1980	0.53
1981	0.61
1982	0.65
1983	0.65
1984	0.99
1985	0.68
1986	1.78
1987	0.06
1988	0.00
1989	0.00
1992	0.05
1995	0.00
1996	1.92
1997	0.64
1998	0.10
1999	0.04
2000	0.02
2001	0.01
2002	0.04
2003	0.21
2004	0.05
2005	3.67
2006	4.11
2007	5.03
2008	7.56
2009	2.52
2010	0.69
2011	0.09
2012	0.09
2013	0.02
2014	0.00
2015	0.02
2016	0.01
2017	0.01
2018	0.01
2019	0.01
2020	0.04

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 Zambia was 0.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 15.54 in 1994, while its lowest value was 0.13 in 1966.

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
1964	1.58
1965	0.19
1966	0.13
1967	0.79
1968	1.00
1969	1.89
1970	3.57
1971	4.02
1972	4.35
1973	4.33
1974	2.87
1975	1.05
1976	5.26
1977	2.24
1978	6.21
1979	5.67
1980	5.04
1981	9.83
1982	8.62
1983	8.62
1984	6.47
1985	8.50
1986	11.77
1987	11.56
1988	6.51
1989	6.67
1990	6.21
1991	11.76
1992	4.40
1993	12.32
1994	15.54
1995	10.94
1996	10.00
1997	11.40
1998	4.91
1999	5.88
2000	1.48
2001	3.26
2002	3.33
2003	3.62
2004	1.08
2005	2.64
2006	4.97
2007	2.18
2008	1.24
2009	1.92
2010	0.31
2011	0.43
2012	0.74
2013	1.20
2014	0.38
2015	0.33
2016	1.09
2017	2.13
2018	2.05
2019	0.75
2020	0.54

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 Zambia was 21.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 49.10 in 2004, while its lowest value was 2.06 in 1969.

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
1964	12.97
1965	10.98
1966	8.35
1967	7.64
1968	3.46
1969	2.06
1970	2.22
1971	4.00
1972	3.69
1973	2.08
1974	3.18
1975	3.04
1976	2.85
1977	3.03
1978	2.91
1979	2.97
1980	3.66
1981	4.30
1982	5.58
1983	5.58
1984	5.18
1985	7.62
1986	6.24
1987	5.75
1988	6.23
1989	8.38
1990	7.77
1991	12.19
1992	9.29
1993	5.16
1994	12.13
1995	12.04
1996	21.45
1997	13.62
1998	22.72
1999	35.64
2000	41.74
2001	30.99
2002	35.69
2003	45.13
2004	49.10
2005	24.25
2006	19.94
2007	24.07
2008	20.33
2009	22.54
2010	19.04
2011	21.78
2012	28.36
2013	30.35
2014	21.73
2015	24.00
2016	21.82
2017	19.21
2018	20.00
2019	22.89
2020	21.06

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

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in Zambia was 0.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 20.17 in 1999, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2002.

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
1964	2.27
1965	1.90
1966	2.65
1967	1.29
1968	0.87
1969	0.40
1970	1.49
1971	5.51
1972	2.97
1973	3.31
1974	5.48
1975	6.79
1976	5.20
1977	5.89
1978	6.39
1979	6.08
1980	6.05
1981	5.29
1982	5.84
1983	5.84
1984	8.63
1985	4.71
1986	8.37
1987	9.00
1988	4.72
1989	7.86
1990	5.78
1991	12.98
1992	6.04
1993	7.40
1994	6.45
1995	7.61
1996	7.24
1997	0.01
1998	4.68
1999	20.17
2000	6.61
2001	0.06
2002	0.00
2003	0.00
2004	0.01
2005	0.00
2006	0.03
2007	0.00
2008	0.01
2009	0.07
2010	0.01
2011	0.01
2012	0.00
2013	0.15
2014	10.41
2015	1.47
2016	0.03
2017	2.67
2018	3.59
2019	0.05
2020	0.01

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Zambia was 7,816,242,000 as of 2020. Over the past 56 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 10,585,080,000 in 2013 and 467,400,000 in 1964.

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
1964	467,400,000
1965	531,800,000
1966	690,200,000
1967	657,525,000
1968	760,700,000
1969	1,073,080,000
1970	1,000,949,000
1971	679,247,000
1972	758,447,000
1973	1,136,364,000
1974	1,406,592,000
1975	811,495,000
1976	1,043,749,000
1977	897,250,000
1978	812,964,000
1979	1,375,664,000
1980	1,298,937,000
1981	651,093,000
1982	958,443,000
1983	835,525,400
1984	660,758,000
1985	477,951,000
1986	656,059,600
1987	709,905,700
1988	870,783,700
1989	662,965,600
1990	543,610,000
1991	1,076,851,000
1992	751,829,800
1993	891,374,700
1994	757,611,000
1995	986,015,600
1996	1,039,069,000
1997	1,055,441,000
1998	1,020,927,000
1999	524,789,400
2000	757,407,800
2001	979,465,800
2002	875,224,300
2003	947,573,400
2004	1,574,904,000
2005	2,176,641,000
2006	3,683,998,000
2007	4,615,542,000
2008	5,092,570,000
2009	4,220,987,000
2010	7,188,581,000
2011	8,822,849,000
2012	9,362,267,000
2013	10,585,080,000
2014	9,693,310,000
2015	7,039,255,000
2016	6,507,522,000
2017	8,245,593,000
2018	9,052,148,000
2019	7,302,285,000
2020	7,816,242,000

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 Zambia was 21.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 49.10 in 2004, while its lowest value was 2.06 in 1969.

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
1964	12.97
1965	10.98
1966	8.35
1967	7.64
1968	3.46
1969	2.06
1970	2.22
1971	4.00
1972	3.69
1973	2.08
1974	3.18
1975	3.04
1976	2.85
1977	3.03
1978	2.91
1979	2.97
1980	3.66
1981	4.30
1982	5.58
1983	5.58
1984	5.18
1985	7.62
1986	6.24
1987	5.75
1988	6.23
1989	8.38
1990	7.77
1991	12.19
1992	9.29
1993	5.16
1994	12.13
1995	12.04
1996	21.45
1997	13.62
1998	22.72
1999	35.64
2000	41.74
2001	30.99
2002	35.69
2003	45.13
2004	49.10
2005	24.25
2006	19.94
2007	24.07
2008	20.33
2009	22.54
2010	19.04
2011	21.78
2012	28.36
2013	30.35
2014	21.73
2015	24.00
2016	21.82
2017	19.21
2018	20.00
2019	22.89
2020	21.06

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports