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Merchandise exports by continent of destination by country

Figures correspond to the value of merchandise exports by continental destination as a share of gross domestic product (GDP). All partner countries are classified into continent groupings according to OWID's classification.

Countries reporting
188
Highest
22.1%
Papua New Guinea
Lowest
0.0%
Tajikistan
Median
0.1%
Years covered
188
1827–2014
Data points
10,235

What the numbers show

Merchandise exports by continent of destination is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 22.1% in Papua New Guinea; the lowest is 0.0% in Tajikistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.6%.

Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 240,290.0%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 99.7%).

Merchandise exports by continent of destination: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Papua New Guinea 22.1% 2014 down 36.1% volatile
2 Fiji 13.3% 2014 down 4.8% rising
3 Brunei 7.7% 2014 down 14.0% volatile
4 Gabon 6.2% 2014 up 240,290.0% volatile
5 Congo 6.1% 2014 up 171,648.0% volatile
6 Singapore 5.4% 2014 down 6.9% volatile
7 Solomon Islands 4.8% 2014 up 122.4% volatile
8 Samoa 4.7% 2014 down 72.5% volatile
9 New Zealand 4.4% 2014 down 6.3% volatile
10 Malaysia 4.1% 2014 down 1.5% volatile
11 Thailand 3.1% 2014 up 48.7% volatile
12 Vietnam 2.9% 2014 down 31.3% volatile
13 Vanuatu 2.4% 2014 down 2.4% rising
14 Tuvalu 2.2% 2014 up 162.6% volatile
15 Tonga 1.8% 2014 up 2.8% volatile
16 New Caledonia 1.2% 2000 up 63.5% rising
17 South Korea 1.0% 2014 up 66.9% volatile
18 Kiribati 1.0% 2014 up 116.5% volatile
19 United Arab Emirates 0.9% 2014 up 31.0% volatile
20 Indonesia 0.8% 2014 down 37.7% volatile
21 Cambodia 0.8% 2014 up 931.4% volatile
23 Taiwan 0.7% 2009 down 2.7% volatile
24 China 0.6% 2014 down 33.4% volatile
25 Australia 0.6% 2014 down 47.0% volatile
26 Hong Kong 0.5% 2014 down 29.4% volatile
27 Qatar 0.5% 2014 down 40.3% volatile
28 Philippines 0.5% 2014 down 38.8% volatile
29 Slovakia 0.5% 2014 up 999.9% volatile
30 Japan 0.4% 2014 up 26.4% volatile
31 Switzerland 0.4% 2014 up 36.0% volatile
32 Bermuda 0.4% 2013 up 81,686.5% volatile
33 Sweden 0.4% 2014 down 9.5% volatile
34 Chile 0.4% 2014 up 246.9% volatile
35 Belgium 0.4% 2014 up 16.3% volatile
36 Denmark 0.4% 2014 down 1.3% volatile
37 Hungary 0.4% 2014 up 168.9% volatile
38 Ghana 0.4% 2014 up 566.1% volatile
39 Germany 0.4% 2014 up 27.6% volatile
40 Bangladesh 0.3% 2014 up 470.3% volatile
41 Kuwait 0.3% 2014 up 85.4% volatile
42 Czechia 0.3% 2014 up 181.9% volatile
43 Honduras 0.3% 2014 up 419.0% volatile
44 Finland 0.3% 2014 down 10.9% volatile
45 Italy 0.3% 2014 up 36.9% volatile
46 Costa Rica 0.3% 2014 up 128.2% volatile
47 Nigeria 0.3% 2014 up 514.6% volatile
48 South Africa 0.3% 2014 down 38.9% volatile
49 Austria 0.3% 2014 up 11.6% volatile
50 Sri Lanka 0.3% 2014 down 28.2% volatile
51 Netherlands 0.3% 2014 up 41.9% volatile
52 Israel 0.3% 2014 down 27.0% volatile
54 Spain 0.3% 2014 up 132.5% volatile
55 France 0.2% 2014 down 3.6% volatile
56 United Kingdom 0.2% 2014 up 0.4% volatile
57 Slovenia 0.2% 2014 up 67.4% rising
58 Seychelles 0.2% 2014 down 1.9% volatile
59 Equatorial Guinea 0.2% 2014 up 22.1% volatile
60 Bahrain 0.2% 2014 down 74.8% volatile
61 French Polynesia 0.2% 2000 up 418.3% volatile
62 Togo 0.2% 2014 down 86.6% volatile
63 United States 0.2% 2014 up 15.3% volatile
64 India 0.2% 2014 up 17.4% volatile
65 Morocco 0.2% 2014 down 8.6% volatile
66 Argentina 0.2% 2014 up 100.7% volatile
67 Mexico 0.2% 2014 up 103.8% volatile
68 Poland 0.2% 2014 up 105.5% volatile
69 Mali 0.2% 2014 up 1,625.7% volatile
70 Malawi 0.1% 2014 down 10.9% volatile
71 Canada 0.1% 2014 down 24.8% volatile
72 Estonia 0.1% 2014 up 44.6% volatile
73 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 up 111.4% volatile
74 Iceland 0.1% 2014 up 63.5% volatile
75 Mauritius 0.1% 2014 up 23.9% volatile
76 Belize 0.1% 2014 up 1,005.6% volatile
77 Saudi Arabia 0.1% 2014 down 65.3% volatile
78 El Salvador 0.1% 2014 up 2,091.0% volatile
79 Lesotho 0.1% 2014 up 3,004.3% volatile
80 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2014 up 94,225.0% volatile
81 Turkey 0.1% 2014 up 36.4% volatile
82 Pakistan 0.1% 2014 down 38.2% falling
83 Bulgaria 0.1% 2014 up 69.3% volatile
84 Jordan 0.1% 2014 up 414.3% volatile
85 Guyana 0.1% 2014 down 37.3% volatile
86 Greece 0.1% 2014 up 95.9% volatile
87 Norway 0.1% 2014 up 65.7% volatile
88 Lithuania 0.1% 2014 up 119.5% volatile
89 Bolivia 0.1% 2014 up 182.3% volatile
90 Cyprus 0.1% 2014 up 612.8% volatile
91 Tanzania 0.1% 2014 up 208.9% volatile
92 Peru 0.1% 2014 up 3.5% volatile
93 Russia 0.1% 2014 up 758.7% volatile
94 Bahamas 0.1% 2014 up 178.4% volatile
95 Oman 0.1% 2014 down 83.8% volatile
96 Portugal 0.1% 2014 down 15.4% volatile
97 Eswatini 0.1% 2014 down 98.0% volatile
98 Romania 0.1% 2014 up 75.2% volatile
99 Cote d'Ivoire 0.1% 2014 down 28.8% volatile
100 Latvia 0.1% 2014 up 436.8% volatile
102 North Macedonia 0.1% 2014 up 299.4% falling
103 Uruguay 0.1% 2014 down 13.8% volatile
104 Comoros 0.1% 2014 up 391.8% volatile
105 Dominica 0.1% 2014 up 762.1% volatile
106 Tunisia 0.1% 2014 up 32.9% volatile
107 Ecuador 0.1% 2014 down 7.9% volatile
108 Kenya 0.1% 2014 down 27.3% volatile
109 Madagascar 0.1% 2014 up 171.9% volatile
110 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2014 up 139.8% volatile
111 Laos 0.1% 2014 up 122.9% volatile
112 Namibia 0.1% 2014 down 52.4% volatile
113 Barbados 0.1% 2014 up 295.2% volatile
114 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1% 2014 up 3,361.6% volatile
115 Ethiopia 0.1% 2014 up 186.1% volatile
116 Angola 0.0% 2014 up 60,450.0% volatile
117 Croatia 0.0% 2014 up 20.7% rising
118 Jamaica 0.0% 2014 down 36.8% volatile
119 Myanmar 0.0% 2014 — volatile
120 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2014 up 178.8% volatile
121 Nepal 0.0% 2014 up 23.0% volatile
122 Georgia 0.0% 2014 down 20.5% volatile
123 Belarus 0.0% 2014 up 845.3% volatile
124 Lebanon 0.0% 2014 up 1.2% volatile
125 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2014 up 301.3% volatile
126 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2014 down 16.9% volatile
127 Guatemala 0.0% 2014 up 116.3% volatile
128 Macao 0.0% 2014 down 61.6% volatile
129 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2014 up 60.6% volatile
130 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 up 57.7% volatile
131 Brazil 0.0% 2014 down 63.4% volatile
132 Niger 0.0% 2014 up 4,144.8% volatile
133 Maldives 0.0% 2014 up 309.9% volatile
134 Gambia 0.0% 2014 up 1,347.7% volatile
135 Haiti 0.0% 2014 down 10.0% volatile
136 Liberia 0.0% 2014 up 109.4% volatile
137 Djibouti 0.0% 2014 up 3,553.2% volatile
138 Colombia 0.0% 2014 down 1.8% volatile
139 Moldova 0.0% 2014 up 216.8% volatile
140 Panama 0.0% 2014 up 173.0% volatile
141 Egypt 0.0% 2014 down 67.9% volatile
142 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2014 down 90.8% volatile
143 Afghanistan 0.0% 2014 up 163.3% volatile
144 Rwanda 0.0% 2014 up 31,850.0% volatile
145 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 265.8% volatile
146 Cuba 0.0% 2013 up 9.9% volatile
147 Grenada 0.0% 2014 up 957.4% volatile
148 Cape Verde 0.0% 2014 up 6,868.8% volatile
149 Uganda 0.0% 2014 down 84.3% volatile
150 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2014 up 2,067.3% volatile
151 Iran 0.0% 2014 down 62.2% volatile
152 Bhutan 0.0% 2014 down 56.3% volatile
153 Mongolia 0.0% 2014 down 64.3% volatile
154 Paraguay 0.0% 2014 up 232.8% volatile
155 Suriname 0.0% 2014 up 1,706.7% volatile
156 Cameroon 0.0% 2014 up 83.7% volatile
157 Albania 0.0% 2014 up 8.8% volatile
158 Senegal 0.0% 2014 down 79.6% volatile
159 Palau 0.0% 2014 down 97.5% volatile
160 Zambia 0.0% 2014 down 78.1% volatile
161 Guinea 0.0% 2014 up 1,529.7% volatile
162 Burundi 0.0% 2014 up 5,500.0% volatile
163 Syria 0.0% 2007 up 43.0% volatile
164 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2014 up 277.1% volatile
165 North Korea 0.0% 1992 down 59.9% volatile
166 Faroe Islands 0.0% 2013 up 2,884.6% volatile
167 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2014 down 40.9% volatile
168 Armenia 0.0% 2014 down 70.1% volatile
169 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2014 up 1,436.8% volatile
170 Eritrea 0.0% 2011 down 47.7% volatile
171 Greenland 0.0% 2014 up 89.6% volatile
172 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0% 2014 down 68.3% volatile
173 Benin 0.0% 2014 down 31.0% volatile
174 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2014 down 88.6% volatile
175 Mauritania 0.0% 2014 down 89.4% volatile
176 Somalia 0.0% 2014 — volatile
177 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2014 down 60.9% volatile
178 Algeria 0.0% 2014 up 1,940.0% volatile
179 Central African Republic 0.0% 2014 down 80.5% volatile
180 Chad 0.0% 2014 up 92.7% volatile
181 Venezuela 0.0% 2013 down 68.7% volatile
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2014 up 318.8% volatile
183 Yemen 0.0% 2013 down 99.7% volatile
184 Sudan 0.0% 2014 down 67.2% volatile
185 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2014 down 36.2% volatile
186 Libya 0.0% 2014 down 77.2% volatile
187 Iraq 0.0% 2014 down 98.4% volatile
188 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2014 down 52.5% volatile
189 Botswana 0.0% 2014 down 89.9% volatile
190 Aruba 0.0% 2011 down 99.7% volatile
191 Tajikistan 0.0% 2014 down 98.6% volatile

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 exports by continent of destination
Unit
%
Source
Fouquin and Hugot (2016) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
192 places, 10,235 data points, 1827–2014
Last refreshed

Figures correspond to the value of merchandise exports by continental destination as a share of gross domestic product (GDP). All partner countries are classified into continent groupings according to OWID's classification.