Will Western Asia and North African intra-regional exports equal or exceed 24% of total exports in 2025 or 2026, according to UNCTAD data?
Started
Sep 19, 2025 04:00PM UTC
Closing Jan 01, 2027 05:00AM UTC
Closing Jan 01, 2027 05:00AM UTC
Intra-regional trade in Western Asia and North Africa has grown significantly over the past 30 years, with the share of total exports going to other countries within the region rising from 10.9% in 1995 to 21.2% in 2024. However, this represents a slight decline from a peak of 21.9% in 2020.
Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: Intra-trade and extra-trade of country groups by product, annual
Resolution Criteria:
This question will be resolved using the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) “Merchandise: Intra-trade and extra-trade of country groups” database for Western Asia and North Africa. The question will resolve “Yes” if the 2025 or 2026 intra-group percentage by destination value for exports equals or exceeds 24.0%.
To access the relevant data:
- Select “Design Table”
- Configure the table as follows:
- Economy: Select “Western Asia and Northern Africa”
- Year: Select relevant years
- Partner: Select “Intra-group”
- Flow: Select “Exports”
- Apply changes
- On the table itself, ensure that the page filters are as follows:
- Flow: Exports
- Product: Total All Products
- Indicator: Percentage by destination