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Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)

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Export (% of GDP) by country

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A map of the world, with colours to highlight the export (% of GDP) of each country. Numbers on the legend are %.

List of all countries

Flag Position Country Number
1 Luxembourg 212.53
2 Singapore 174.3
3 Djibouti 169.11
4 Ireland 135.06
5 Malta 122.77
6 United Arab Emirates 108.61
7 Cyprus 97.02
8 Slovakia 91.95
9 Netherlands 88.54
10 Bahrain 87.56
11 Vietnam 87.18
12 Seychelles 85.95
13 Libya 85.11
14 Belgium 84.16
15 Slovenia 83.25
16 Hungary 81.2
17 Estonia 77.86
18 Brunei Darussalam 76.53
19 Lithuania 76.47
20 Mongolia 76.26
21 Switzerland 75.33
22 Maldives 74.38
23 Czechia 68.97
24 Malaysia 68.58
25 Denmark 67.96
26 North Macedonia 67.82
27 Latvia 66.97
28 Cambodia 66.89
29 Belarus 66.82
30 Thailand 65.45
31 Gabon 63.73
32 Bulgaria 61.89
33 Austria 59.46
34 Armenia 59.45
35 Poland 58.11
36 Congo 56.9
37 Belize 55.29
38 Sweden 55.17
39 Serbia 55.08
40 Croatia 52.93
41 Mauritius 52.47
42 Tunisia 51.88
43 Montenegro 49.95
44 Georgia 49.27
45 Azerbaijan 49.05
46 Portugal 47.35
47 Norway 47.2
48 Panama 46.47
49 Nicaragua 45.8
50 Mozambique 45.28
51 Democratic Republic of the Congo 44.25
52 Bosnia and Herzegovina 44.06
53 South Korea 44
54 Greece 43.71
55 Iceland 43.64
56 Jordan 43.53
57 Chad 43.5
58 Namibia 43.41
59 Germany 43.4
60 Lesotho 42.92
61 Finland 42.82
62 Morocco 42.75
63 Nauru 42.67
64 Paraguay 42.55
65 Guinea 41.57
66 Angola 40.86
67 Zambia 40.85
68 Bahamas 39.75
69 Kyrgyzstan 39.16
70 Romania 39.15
71 Costa Rica 38.92
72 Marshall Islands 38.92
73 Albania 38.67
74 Cabo Verde 38.36
75 Mauritania 38.29
76 Spain 38.06
77 Honduras 37.01
78 Equatorial Guinea 36.6
79 Mexico 35.98
80 Moldova 35.54
81 Saudi Arabia 34.75
82 Kazakhstan 34.4
83 France 34.28
84 Ghana 34.04
85 Italy 33.73
86 Canada 33.37
87 South Africa 32.75
88 Botswana 32.28
89 Turkey 31.92
90 United Kingdom 31.66
91 Chile 31.14
92 El Salvador 31.13
93 Israel 30.6
94 Mali 29.41
95 Ecuador 29.07
96 Burkina Faso 28.86
97 Samoa 28.75
98 Ukraine 28.59
99 Uruguay 27.5
100 Micronesia 27.35
101 Peru 27.09
102 Madagascar 26.87
103 Australia 26.8
104 Philippines 26.65
105 Bolivia 25.53
106 Rwanda 25.42
107 Ivory Coast 24.52
108 Iran 24.2
109 New Zealand 24.07
110 Togo 23.91
111 Uzbekistan 23.69
112 Algeria 23.62
113 Russia 23.08
114 Senegal 22.99
115 Timor-Leste 22.93
116 India 21.85
117 Japan 21.81
118 Indonesia 21.75
119 Turkmenistan 21.62
120 Zimbabwe 21.58
121 Sierra Leone 21.52
122 Benin 21.19
123 Dominican Republic 21.14
124 Sri Lanka 20.53
125 China 19.74
126 Somalia 19.73
127 Egypt 19.1
128 Brazil 18.11
129 Colombia 17.84
130 Tanzania 17.2
131 Afghanistan 16.78
132 Cameroon 16.61
133 Guatemala 16.56
134 Central African Republic 14.44
135 Guinea-Bissau 13.88
136 Bangladesh 13.16
137 Comoros 12.96
138 Argentina 12.75
139 United States of America (USA) 11.01
140 Pakistan 10.48
141 Gambia 9.6
142 Niger 8.83
143 Kiribati 7.37
144 Nepal 6.96
145 Ethiopia 6.59
146 Haiti 5.27
147 Burundi 5.26
148 Sudan 1.11

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World export (% of GDP) by year

World export (% of GDP) by year.

Table

Year Number
1970 12.82
1971 13.02
1972 13.37
1973 14.97
1974 17.91
1975 17.11
1976 17.54
1977 17.6
1978 17.39
1979 18.85
1980 20.21
1981 19.57
1982 18.56
1983 17.92
1984 18.26
1985 17.66
1986 16.75
1987 17.42
1988 17.93
1989 18.55
1990 18.85
1991 18.76
1992 19.86
1993 18.95
1994 19.5
1995 20.69
1996 21.13
1997 22.01
1998 21.82
1999 21.91
2000 23.51
2001 22.91
2002 23.16
2003 23.91
2004 25.77
2005 27.05
2006 28.7
2007 29.64
2008 30.81
2009 26.24
2010 28.55
2011 30.34
2012 30.13
2013 30.12
2014 29.77
2015 28.15
2016 27.2
2017 28.13
2018 29.02
2019 28.14
2020 26.22
2021 28.76
2022 30.99
2023 29.32

Largest economies by export (% of GDP)

Top 10 countries by export (% of GDP)

Export based on GDP - which nation does export the most?

According to GDP (PPP), the three wealthiest nations are China, the United States, and, surprisingly, India. However, what does export based on GDP look like? As you will see in the moment, there are quite significant differences at the top.

The countries that export the most are surely quite a surprising trio

Although in terms of currency, the export numbers of the great powers are large, we should remember about numerous smaller nations that export for even twice as much as their GDP really is. One of such examples is Luxembourg.

In 2019, the data provided us with a lot of surprises. However, the biggest one is Luxembourg. As the winner of the ranking, the nation had 208% of their total GDP worth of export.

Hong Kong SAR, which is an administrative region of China that does not comply to the general rules and regulations of China, had export of goods and services equal to 177.5% of their GDP. Singapore closes the podium with a similar value, which was 173%. Interestingly, other countries that were quite high in the ranking are San Marino (167%) and Djibouti (149%). We should bear in mind; however, that the data of these two comes from 2018.

What about the countries that export the least?

The biggest problem in merchandise export concerned African countries and those nations from the Middle East with unstable political situations and huge unrest. This is why the smallest export concerns Sudan, which is a place of constant wars and unrest. Its export of goods and services is at 7.7%. Interestingly, it is only $2.31 billion.

Ethiopia is right after Sudan with the export of merchandise worth only 7.9% of its GDP. Nepal is closing the podium with slightly better score index that peaked at 8.7% in 2019. However, it is still incredibly low if we compare the size of these countries and the percentages themselves to the top of the podium.

What about the great powers?

Another surprising number concerns the United States. Their export is worth 11.7% of their total GDP. The same thing concerns two other super powers, namely China and India. However, in both cases, we are dealing with slightly larger numbers (18.4% in both cases).