Lower middle income
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)

Within the “Lower middle income” group, Djibouti leads Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in 2025 at 267.14%, while Haiti sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 16.15%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.066.8134200267DjiboutiDjibouti: 267.14%267KiribatiKiribati: 147.75%148CambodiaCambodia: 127.10%127Lao PDRLao PDR: 124.13%124LesothoLesotho: 102.89%103NamibiaNamibia: 102.44%102NicaraguaNicaragua: 95.90%95.9Congo, Rep.Congo, Rep.: 94.44%94.4ZambiaZambia: 91.71%91.7MauritaniaMauritania: 87.29%87.3TunisiaTunisia: 86.75%86.8EswatiniEswatini: 86.42%86.4

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Djibouti 267.14%
2 Kiribati 147.75%
3 Cambodia 127.10%
4 Lao PDR 124.13%
5 Lesotho 102.89%
6 Namibia 102.44%
7 Nicaragua 95.90%
8 Congo, Rep. 94.44%
9 Zambia 91.71%
10 Mauritania 87.29%
11 Tunisia 86.75%
12 Eswatini 86.42%
13 Lebanon 85.88%
14 Solomon Islands 83.85%
15 Bhutan 83.28%
16 Guinea 82.72%
17 Honduras 77.37%
18 Morocco 75.21%
19 Kyrgyz Republic 69.95%
20 Papua New Guinea 62.04%
21 Tajikistan 61.13%
22 Senegal 59.96%
23 Timor-Leste 56.88%
24 Cote d'Ivoire 47.85%
25 Uzbekistan 44.48%
26 Vanuatu 43.81%
27 Togo 43.73%
28 Ghana 42.52%
29 Egypt, Arab Rep. 40.78%
30 Angola 38.84%
31 Zimbabwe 38.70%
32 Nepal 36.73%
33 Benin 36.39%
34 Myanmar 36.28%
35 Nigeria 33.33%
36 Bolivia 30.46%
37 India 30.30%
38 Tanzania 27.47%
39 Bangladesh 25.76%
40 Cameroon 24.60%
41 Pakistan 23.67%
42 Comoros 23.09%
43 Sao Tome and Principe 22.52%
44 Venezuela, RB 22.48%
45 Kenya 22.23%
46 Haiti 16.15%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Lower middle income group for Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in 2025, Djibouti leads with a gap of 119.39% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 46 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Haiti at 16.15%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.