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Trade & investment in lower-middle-income countries: how the countries rank

How open economies are: exports, imports, investment, remittances and tourism. 13 indicators for the 47 economies in the lower-middle income group, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Exports23.2%group, 2025 · world 29.5%Imports26.3%group, 2025 · world 28.5%Trade openness46.6%group, 2025 · world 68.5%Current account-1.9%median countryMerchandise exports$1.1tngroup, 2025 · world $26.4tnHigh-tech exports14.7%group, 2024 · world 24.7%Fuel exports24.8%group, 2025 · world 9.5%Food exports13.8%group, 2025 · world 9.0%
Exports
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0%10%20%30%40%1995200020052010201520202025lower-middle-income countries23.2%Worldlow-income countriesupper-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
Imports
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0%10%20%30%40%1995200020052010201520202025lower-middle-income countries26.3%Worldlow-income countriesupper-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
countries

All 47 economies, trade & investment

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its trade & investment profile.

47 shown
CountryExportsImportsTrade opennessCurrent accountMerchandise exportsHigh-tech exportsFuel exportsFood exports
Djibouti110.5%#1 · 202595.8%#3 · 2025206.3%#1 · 202514.7%#3 · 2024$6.1bn#28 · 20253.3%#18 · 20231.0%#28 · 202341.5%#9 · 2023
Cambodia68.6%#2 · 202567.4%#6 · 2025136.1%#3 · 2025-3.7%#29 · 2025$31.3bn#7 · 20255.3%#13 · 20240.0%#41 · 202415.4%#29 · 2024
Eswatini53.8%#3 · 202453.7%#15 · 2024107.5%#6 · 20242.4%#11 · 2025$2.4bn#35 · 20250.3%#38 · 20233.6%#19 · 202329.7%#13 · 2023
Lesotho49.5%#4 · 2025104.5%#1 · 2025154.0%#2 · 20250.1%#15 · 2025$773m#39 · 20250.1%#40 · 20240.0%#34 · 202423.3%#17 · 2024
Republic of the Congo48.0%#5 · 202543.6%#21 · 202591.7%#15 · 202511.6%#4 · 2021$7.5bn#26 · 20253.2%#19 · 202385.9%#3 · 20230.2%#41 · 2023
Tunisia46.7%#6 · 202554.8%#13 · 2025101.4%#9 · 2025-2.3%#25 · 2025$21.3bn#12 · 20257.7%#10 · 20236.2%#18 · 202414.7%#30 · 2024
Namibia44.7%#7 · 202563.9%#8 · 2025108.6%#5 · 2025-13.4%#39 · 2024$7.0bn#27 · 20250.1%#39 · 20241.3%#27 · 202428.0%#15 · 2024
Morocco42.0%#8 · 202551.1%#17 · 202593.1%#13 · 2025-2.5%#26 · 2025$49.8bn#4 · 20255.4%#12 · 20230.7%#30 · 202512.1%#31 · 2025
Nicaragua41.6%#9 · 202554.9%#12 · 202596.4%#10 · 20254.2%#9 · 2024$8.9bn#23 · 20250.6%#37 · 20240.7%#29 · 202442.6%#8 · 2024
Guinea41.4%#10 · 202562.3%#9 · 2025103.7%#7 · 2025-1.6%#22 · 2024$15.1bn#15 · 2025———
Solomon Islands40.6%#11 · 202470.8%#5 · 2024111.4%#4 · 2024-4.2%#32 · 2024$677m#40 · 2025———
Mauritania39.9%#12 · 202554.2%#14 · 202594.0%#12 · 2025-9.6%#37 · 2024$4.5bn#31 · 20259.4%#8 · 20240.5%#31 · 202425.5%#16 · 2024
Ghana35.1%#13 · 202433.9%#25 · 202469.0%#22 · 20248.2%#7 · 2025$31.1bn#8 · 20251.6%#32 · 20238.8%#13 · 202519.7%#26 · 2025
Honduras35.0%#14 · 202556.5%#11 · 202591.5%#16 · 20252.5%#10 · 2025$12.0bn#18 · 20253.9%#16 · 20240.0%#33 · 202453.5%#5 · 2024
Zambia35.0%#15 · 202427.6%#30 · 202462.5%#23 · 2024-5.5%#34 · 2025$13.3bn#16 · 20251.5%#34 · 20242.7%#21 · 20248.7%#36 · 2024
Senegal32.5%#16 · 202538.6%#22 · 202571.1%#21 · 2025-19.8%#43 · 2023$10.2bn#19 · 20253.0%#22 · 202432.7%#7 · 202421.6%#21 · 2024
Bhutan31.5%#17 · 202447.9%#20 · 202479.4%#18 · 2024-19.4%#42 · 2024$800m#38 · 20250.0%#41 · 20230.0%#39 · 20255.9%#38 · 2025
Côte d'Ivoire29.8%#18 · 202524.8%#32 · 202554.6%#27 · 2025-4.5%#33 · 2024$28.5bn#10 · 20255.3%#14 · 20248.8%#14 · 202555.0%#4 · 2025
Kyrgyzstan26.8%#19 · 202565.6%#7 · 202592.4%#14 · 2025-22.6%#44 · 2024$2.9bn#33 · 202510.7%#6 · 20249.4%#12 · 202511.7%#33 · 2025
Vanuatu25.3%#20 · 202448.0%#18 · 202473.4%#20 · 2024-11.1%#38 · 2022$78.0m#43 · 2025———
Togo24.6%#21 · 202335.3%#24 · 202359.9%#24 · 2023-0.3%#18 · 2020$1.8bn#37 · 20250.7%#35 · 20241.8%#24 · 202534.4%#11 · 2025
Lebanon23.3%#22 · 202458.9%#10 · 202482.2%#17 · 2024-28.1%#45 · 2023$4.6bn#30 · 20252.9%#24 · 20247.7%#16 · 202419.1%#27 · 2024
Angola23.0%#23 · 202511.7%#42 · 202534.6%#38 · 20250.3%#14 · 2025$32.5bn#6 · 202516.7%#4 · 202491.5%#1 · 20250.5%#40 · 2025
India22.3%#24 · 202524.0%#33 · 202546.3%#31 · 2025-0.5%#19 · 2025$445bn#1 · 202518.6%#3 · 202413.1%#9 · 202511.9%#32 · 2025
Uzbekistan22.0%#25 · 202535.4%#23 · 202557.4%#26 · 2025-3.9%#31 · 2025$23.7bn#11 · 20251.7%#31 · 20246.5%#17 · 202411.4%#34 · 2024
Bolivia21.4%#26 · 202425.5%#31 · 202447.0%#29 · 2024-0.7%#21 · 2025$9.7bn#22 · 20258.8%#9 · 202411.7%#10 · 202520.5%#24 · 2025
West Bank and Gaza21.2%#27 · 202553.5%#16 · 202574.8%#19 · 2025-15.8%#41 · 2025—1.8%#30 · 20230.1%#32 · 202321.4%#23 · 2023
Egypt19.8%#28 · 202531.5%#29 · 202551.3%#28 · 2025-3.8%#30 · 2025$51.4bn#3 · 20253.8%#17 · 20249.8%#11 · 202521.6%#22 · 2025
Tanzania19.0%#29 · 202520.0%#38 · 202539.0%#35 · 2025-3.0%#27 · 2024$10.0bn#20 · 20253.0%#23 · 20241.3%#26 · 202531.0%#12 · 2025
Zimbabwe18.1%#30 · 202423.4%#34 · 202441.5%#33 · 20241.2%#12 · 2024$9.7bn#21 · 20252.8%#25 · 20242.9%#20 · 202421.6%#20 · 2024
Benin17.1%#31 · 202520.1%#37 · 202537.1%#37 · 2025-8.2%#35 · 2023$4.0bn#32 · 202530.5%#1 · 20240.0%#40 · 202439.7%#10 · 2024
Kenya15.8%#32 · 202521.8%#35 · 202537.5%#36 · 2025-2.1%#24 · 2025$8.6bn#24 · 20253.2%#20 · 20241.8%#25 · 202550.8%#6 · 2025
Venezuela14.9%#33 · 202510.1%#43 · 202525.0%#42 · 20250.6%#13 · 2025$8.6bn#25 · 2025———
São Tomé and Príncipe13.3%#34 · 202533.3%#27 · 202546.6%#30 · 2025-9.3%#36 · 2025$38.0m#45 · 202529.3%#2 · 20230.0%#36 · 202298.2%#1 · 2023
Cameroon13.1%#35 · 202520.3%#36 · 202533.4%#39 · 2025-3.3%#28 · 2024$5.1bn#29 · 20252.1%#29 · 202354.1%#5 · 202322.8%#19 · 2023
Tajikistan11.2%#36 · 202447.9%#19 · 202459.1%#25 · 202417.1%#1 · 2025$2.5bn#34 · 202515.2%#5 · 20238.0%#15 · 20235.2%#39 · 2023
Bangladesh11.1%#37 · 202516.8%#40 · 202528.0%#40 · 20250.0%#16 · 2025$48.2bn#5 · 2025———
Timor-Leste10.6%#38 · 202484.9%#4 · 202495.4%#11 · 2024-36.9%#46 · 2025$103m#42 · 20251.5%#33 · 202367.4%#4 · 202310.5%#35 · 2023
Pakistan10.0%#39 · 202517.2%#39 · 202527.2%#41 · 2025-0.1%#17 · 2025$30.5bn#9 · 20252.4%#27 · 20242.4%#22 · 202518.2%#28 · 2025
Comoros9.3%#40 · 202531.6%#28 · 202540.9%#34 · 2025-1.7%#23 · 2023$48.0m#44 · 20253.1%#21 · 20230.0%#37 · 202388.5%#3 · 2023
Nepal8.8%#41 · 202533.7%#26 · 202542.6%#32 · 202510.7%#6 · 2025$2.3bn#36 · 20250.6%#36 · 20220.0%#38 · 202249.4%#7 · 2022
Kiribati4.5%#42 · 202497.6%#2 · 2024102.1%#8 · 2024-15.2%#40 · 2025$20.0m#46 · 20252.3%#28 · 20210.0%#35 · 202197.2%#2 · 2021
Haiti1.6%#43 · 202514.3%#41 · 202515.9%#43 · 2025-0.6%#20 · 2024$554m#41 · 2025———
Laos———11.1%#5 · 2025$12.4bn#17 · 20257.4%#11 · 20231.8%#23 · 202323.2%#18 · 2023
Myanmar————$15.3bn#14 · 20255.2%#15 · 202421.5%#8 · 202528.6%#14 · 2025
Nigeria———4.8%#8 · 2025$55.5bn#2 · 20252.7%#26 · 202485.9%#2 · 20256.4%#37 · 2025
Papua New Guinea———15.5%#2 · 2024$15.5bn#13 · 202510.2%#7 · 202342.6%#6 · 202319.7%#25 · 2023
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Exports43 countries
  1. 1Djibouti110.5%2025
  2. 2Cambodia68.6%2025
  3. 3Eswatini53.8%2024
Lowest
  1. 43Haiti1.6%2025
  2. 42Kiribati4.5%2024
  3. 41Nepal8.8%2025
Median country 23.3% · group 23.2%
Imports43 countries
  1. 1Lesotho104.5%2025
  2. 2Kiribati97.6%2024
  3. 3Djibouti95.8%2025
Lowest
  1. 43Venezuela10.1%2025
  2. 42Angola11.7%2025
  3. 41Haiti14.3%2025
Median country 38.6% · group 26.3%
Trade openness43 countries
  1. 1Djibouti206.3%2025
  2. 2Lesotho154.0%2025
  3. 3Cambodia136.1%2025
Lowest
  1. 43Haiti15.9%2025
  2. 42Venezuela25.0%2025
  3. 41Pakistan27.2%2025
Median country 69.0% · group 46.6%
Current account46 countries
  1. 1Tajikistan17.1%2025
  2. 2Papua New Guinea15.5%2024
  3. 3Djibouti14.7%2024
Lowest
  1. 46Timor-Leste-36.9%2025
  2. 45Lebanon-28.1%2023
  3. 44Kyrgyzstan-22.6%2024
Median country -1.9%
Merchandise exports46 countries
  1. 1India$445bn2025
  2. 2Nigeria$55.5bn2025
  3. 3Egypt$51.4bn2025
Lowest
  1. 46Kiribati$20.0m2025
  2. 45São Tomé and Príncipe$38.0m2025
  3. 44Comoros$48.0m2025
Median country $8.7bn · group $1.1tn
High-tech exports41 countries
  1. 1Benin30.5%2024
  2. 2São Tomé and Príncipe29.3%2023
  3. 3India18.6%2024
Lowest
  1. 41Bhutan0.0%2023
  2. 40Lesotho0.1%2024
  3. 39Namibia0.1%2024
Median country 3.1% · group 14.7%
Fuel exports41 countries
  1. 1Angola91.5%2025
  2. 2Nigeria85.9%2025
  3. 3Republic of the Congo85.9%2023
Lowest
  1. 41Cambodia0.0%2024
  2. 40Benin0.0%2024
  3. 39Bhutan0.0%2025
Median country 2.7% · group 24.8%
Food exports41 countries
  1. 1São Tomé and Príncipe98.2%2023
  2. 2Kiribati97.2%2021
  3. 3Comoros88.5%2023
Lowest
  1. 41Republic of the Congo0.2%2023
  2. 40Angola0.5%2025
  3. 39Tajikistan5.2%2023
Median country 21.6% · group 13.8%
Average tariff44 countries
  1. 1Solomon Islands20.7%2022
  2. 2Republic of the Congo18.2%2022
  3. 3Cameroon18.1%2022
Lowest
  1. 44Myanmar0.8%2022
  2. 43Laos1.4%2022
  3. 42Nicaragua2.0%2022
Median country 7.2%
FDI inflows47 countries
  1. 1Guinea27.4%2025
  2. 2Timor-Leste13.3%2025
  3. 3São Tomé and Príncipe10.5%2025
Lowest
  1. 47Papua New Guinea-3.6%2025
  2. 46Venezuela-0.5%2025
  3. 45Haiti0.0%2025
Median country 1.9% · group 1.5%
Remittances46 countries
  1. 1Tajikistan57.7%2025
  2. 2Lebanon33.3%2023
  3. 3Nepal32.3%2025
Lowest
  1. 46Papua New Guinea0.0%2024
  2. 45Angola0.0%2025
  3. 44Republic of the Congo0.3%2021
Median country 5.2% · group 5.8%
Tourist arrivals44 countries
  1. 1India17.9m2019
  2. 2Egypt13.0m2019
  3. 3Kyrgyzstan8.5m2019
Lowest
  1. 44Solomon Islands4,4002020
  2. 43Comoros7,0002020
  3. 42Kiribati12,0002019
Median country 570,500 · group 208m
Tourism receipts44 countries
  1. 1India$13.4bn2020
  2. 2Egypt$4.9bn2020
  3. 3Morocco$4.5bn2020
Lowest
  1. 44Guinea$1.3m2020
  2. 43Papua New Guinea$4.2m2018
  3. 42Kiribati$5.2m2017
Median country $222m · group $145bn
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