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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 211.43
2 Singapore 184.84
3 Malta 150.74
4 Ireland 134.41
5 Slovakia 93.8
6 Vietnam 93.29
7 Belgium 86.86
8 Cyprus 86.62
9 Slovenia 83.63
10 Netherlands 82.98
11 Hungary 81.55
12 Lithuania 80.49
13 Brunei Darussalam 80.17
14 Estonia 78.3
15 Maldives 75.3
16 Czechia 72.73
17 Seychelles 72.31
18 Belarus 72.11
19 Switzerland 71.37
20 Malaysia 68.84
21 North Macedonia 66.21
22 Cambodia 64.6
23 Guinea 64.32
24 Timor-Leste 63.89
25 Latvia 63.47
26 Bulgaria 61.33
27 Denmark 59.66
28 Qatar 58.91
29 Mongolia 58.55
30 Congo 58.46
31 Thailand 58.21
32 Poland 57.91
33 Austria 55.9
34 Gabon 55.8
35 Equatorial Guinea 55.47
36 Serbia 54.48
37 Oman 52.53
38 Zambia 52.08
39 Croatia 51.28
40 Panama 51.06
41 Germany 47.03
42 Nicaragua 46.84
43 Azerbaijan 46.66
44 Marshall Islands 46.57
45 Belize 46.48
46 Sweden 45.49
47 Eswatini 45.05
48 Botswana 44.61
49 Angola 44.28
50 Mauritius 44.04
51 Lesotho 43.31
52 Georgia 43.19
53 Montenegro 42.83
54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.67
55 Tunisia 42.13
56 South Korea 42.04
57 Portugal 41.59
58 Norway 41.57
59 Mexico 41.05
60 Nauru 40.9
61 Greece 40.87
62 Romania 40.85
63 Ukraine 40.75
64 Democratic Republic of the Congo 40.39
65 Mauritania 39.45
66 Finland 39.42
67 Kyrgyzstan 39.31
68 Chad 38.75
69 Honduras 38.46
70 Iceland 38.2
71 Iraq 37.65
72 Costa Rica 36.13
73 Paraguay 35.98
74 Armenia 35.34
75 Turkey 35.3
76 Spain 34.93
77 Cuba 34.89
78 Saudi Arabia 34.77
79 Kazakhstan 33.55
80 Morocco 32.93
81 Italy 32.67
82 Chile 31.89
83 Bhutan 31.83
84 Namibia 31.74
85 Uruguay 31.48
86 Mozambique 31.38
87 South Africa 31.19
88 Russia 30.86
89 Canada 30.74
90 Albania 30.62
91 Moldova 30.62
92 Barbados 30.37
93 Jordan 30.31
94 Ghana 29.91
95 Mali 29.59
96 El Salvador 29.55
97 Israel 29.46
98 France 29.45
99 Peru 29.09
100 Benin 28.45
101 Myanmar 28.29
102 United Kingdom 27.95
103 Bolivia 27.82
104 Jamaica 27.58
105 Bahamas 27.49
106 Fiji 27.31
107 Algeria 26.58
108 Ecuador 26.19
109 Lebanon 26.03
110 Philippines 25.74
111 Zimbabwe 25.41
112 Solomon Islands 25.36
113 Cabo Verde 24.62
114 Micronesia 23.83
115 Uzbekistan 23.74
116 Togo 23.32
117 Ivory Coast 22.96
118 Iran 22.84
119 New Zealand 22.54
120 Senegal 22.32
121 Australia 22.08
122 Dominican Republic 21.75
123 Indonesia 21.56
124 India 21.4
125 Madagascar 21.02
126 Brazil 20.1
127 Somalia 20.08
128 China 20.04
129 Rwanda 19.06
130 Japan 18.43
131 Argentina 18.03
132 Guatemala 17.79
133 Sierra Leone 16.93
134 Sri Lanka 16.85
135 Cameroon 16.71
136 Colombia 16.41
137 Tanzania 14.33
138 Central African Republic 14.19
139 Kiribati 12.7
140 Tonga 12.52
141 Samoa 11.69
142 Egypt 11.1
143 United States of America (USA) 10.89
144 Comoros 10.81
145 Nigeria 10.74
146 Bangladesh 10.66
147 Niger 10.28
148 Vanuatu 9.86
149 Pakistan 9.06
150 Ethiopia 7.59
151 Haiti 7.11
152 Gambia 6.47
153 Nepal 5.21
154 Burundi 5
155 Sudan 2.25

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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 13.4
1973 15.04
1974 18.1
1975 17.25
1976 17.7
1977 17.77
1978 17.52
1979 19
1980 20.39
1981 19.68
1982 18.67
1983 18
1984 18.36
1985 17.78
1986 16.79
1987 17.45
1988 17.92
1989 18.59
1990 18.93
1991 18.8
1992 19.86
1993 18.92
1994 19.49
1995 20.74
1996 21.22
1997 22.12
1998 21.94
1999 21.94
2000 23.58
2001 22.99
2002 23.25
2003 24
2004 25.87
2005 27.17
2006 28.9
2007 29.81
2008 31.01
2009 26.38
2010 28.75
2011 30.57
2012 30.36
2013 30.3
2014 29.97
2015 28.3
2016 27.31
2017 28.28
2018 29.17
2019 28.28
2020 26.38
2021 28.88

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).