Statizoid

Merchandise export price index (1987 = 100) by country

This item is a price index measuring changes in the aggregate price level of a country's merchandise exports f.o.b. over time.

Countries reporting
50
Highest
414.10 million 1987 = 100
Tanzania
Lowest
1.17 1987 = 100
Sudan
Median
144.83 1987 = 100
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
1,540

What the numbers show

Merchandise export price index (1987 = 100) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 414.10 million 1987 = 100 in Tanzania; the lowest is 1.17 1987 = 100 in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 144.83 1987 = 100, and the mean is 8.28 million 1987 = 100.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 429.9%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 76.9%).

Merchandise export price index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania 414.10 million 1987 = 100 1996 up 17.7% volatile
2 Congo 669.41 1987 = 100 2011 up 122.3% volatile
3 Angola 558.98 1987 = 100 2011 up 345.7% volatile
4 Tunisia 439.19 1987 = 100 2011 up 66.3% rising
5 Zambia 373.75 1987 = 100 2011 up 301.0% volatile
6 Lesotho 343.11 1987 = 100 2011 up 119.1% rising
7 Seychelles 324.65 1987 = 100 2010 up 147.8% volatile
8 Algeria 324.25 1987 = 100 2011 up 176.0% rising
9 Nigeria 304.77 1987 = 100 2005 up 204.0% volatile
10 Sao Tome and Principe 293.86 1987 = 100 2011 up 198.1% rising
11 Ghana 293.15 1987 = 100 2010 up 429.9% volatile
12 Gabon 283.92 1987 = 100 2011 up 226.7% volatile
13 Burkina Faso 282.27 1987 = 100 2011 up 228.0% volatile
14 Benin 265 1987 = 100 2005 — volatile
15 Egypt 220.5 1987 = 100 2011 up 109.2% rising
16 Kenya 203.71 1987 = 100 2011 up 103.7% volatile
17 Chad 202.69 1987 = 100 2006 up 102.0% rising
18 Comoros 197.39 1987 = 100 2009 up 112.2% volatile
19 Uganda 192.95 1987 = 100 2011 up 90.1% falling
20 Morocco 186.56 1987 = 100 2011 up 64.1% rising
21 Niger 177.47 1987 = 100 2005 up 7.6% rising
22 Cote d'Ivoire 174.4 1987 = 100 2011 up 85.4% falling
23 Eswatini 169.59 1987 = 100 2008 up 230.0% volatile
24 Gambia 164.81 1987 = 100 2006 up 10.3% rising
25 Senegal 144.96 1987 = 100 2011 up 0.3% rising
26 Mauritania 144.69 1987 = 100 2011 up 22.7% rising
27 Togo 143.67 1987 = 100 2011 up 33.4% rising
28 Zimbabwe 143.58 1987 = 100 2011 up 205.2% rising
29 Mozambique 142.88 1987 = 100 2011 up 121.1% rising
30 Democratic Republic of Congo 140 1987 = 100 2004 up 59.1% rising
31 South Africa 137.06 1987 = 100 2009 up 45.2% volatile
32 Botswana 123.55 1987 = 100 2011 up 70.6% falling
33 Ethiopia 121.13 1987 = 100 2011 up 47.1% flat
34 Equatorial Guinea 117.96 1987 = 100 2003 up 39.9% rising
35 Liberia 117.3 1987 = 100 1981 up 114.1% rising
36 Djibouti 117.11 1987 = 100 2006 up 17.1% rising
37 Madagascar 116.72 1987 = 100 2009 up 29.4% rising
38 Cameroon 115 1987 = 100 2007 up 10.4% rising
39 Rwanda 112.21 1987 = 100 2011 up 56.7% falling
40 Namibia 110.5 1987 = 100 2011 up 12.0% rising
41 Mauritius 105.03 1987 = 100 2011 up 37.3% rising
42 Cape Verde 102.53 1987 = 100 2010 up 2.5% rising
43 Mali 96.6 1987 = 100 2005 down 6.7% flat
44 Guinea-Bissau 95.68 1987 = 100 2011 up 38.4% rising
45 Central African Republic 87.56 1987 = 100 2003 up 77.2% rising
46 Guinea 82.87 1987 = 100 2005 up 2.3% falling
47 Malawi 81.83 1987 = 100 2009 up 0.3% falling
48 Burundi 80.87 1987 = 100 2005 down 30.1% falling
49 Sierra Leone 48.37 1987 = 100 2011 down 76.9% falling
50 Sudan 1.17 1987 = 100 2003 up 70.0% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Merchandise export price index (1987 = 100)
Unit
1987 = 100
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
56 places, 1,540 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

This item is a price index measuring changes in the aggregate price level of a country's merchandise exports f.o.b. over time.