Statizoid

Value of exported goods as a share of GDP by country

Total value of merchandise exports divided by gross domestic product (GDP), expressed as a percentage.

Countries reporting
190
Highest
165.6%
Aruba
Lowest
1.4%
Burundi
Median
27.6%
Years covered
188
1827–2014
Data points
12,835

What the numbers show

Value of exported goods as a share of GDP is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 165.6% in Aruba; the lowest is 1.4% in Burundi.

The median across all reporting countries is 27.6%, and the mean is 33.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 115.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 865.2%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 82.8%).

Value of exported goods as a share of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Aruba 165.6% 2011 up 147.8% volatile
2 Hong Kong 162.7% 2014 up 6.1% rising
3 Singapore 133.8% 2014 down 23.1% rising
4 Bahrain 109.5% 2014 up 7.5% falling
5 United Arab Emirates 89.9% 2014 up 46.0% rising
6 Malaysia 87.8% 2014 down 28.7% rising
7 Belgium 86.2% 2014 up 3.8% volatile
8 Vietnam 85.9% 2014 up 54.9% volatile
9 Equatorial Guinea 84.9% 2014 down 5.2% volatile
10 Papua New Guinea 83.9% 2014 down 23.2% volatile
11 Czechia 83.7% 2014 up 48.3% rising
12 Slovakia 81.7% 2014 up 71.9% rising
13 Hungary 78.0% 2014 up 47.6% volatile
14 Netherlands 74.7% 2014 up 36.0% volatile
15 Congo 73.4% 2014 up 2.1% volatile
16 Slovenia 72.8% 2014 up 59.6% rising
17 Cambodia 69.8% 2014 up 31.1% volatile
18 Trinidad and Tobago 69.3% 2014 up 0.5% rising
19 Lithuania 66.9% 2014 up 63.1% rising
21 Costa Rica 65.8% 2014 up 2.0% volatile
22 Oman 65.1% 2014 up 20.4% volatile
23 Qatar 62.6% 2014 up 5.0% falling
24 Estonia 61.5% 2014 up 4.2% rising
25 Thailand 60.4% 2014 down 1.2% volatile
26 Solomon Islands 60.1% 2014 up 22.2% rising
28 Kuwait 57.5% 2014 up 34.2% falling
29 Brunei 57.3% 2014 down 9.3% falling
30 Gabon 51.2% 2014 down 10.6% rising
31 Bulgaria 50.8% 2014 up 33.9% volatile
32 Faroe Islands 50.7% 2013 up 33.0% rising
33 Kiribati 49.2% 2014 up 154.8% volatile
34 Botswana 49.1% 2014 up 25.2% rising
35 Eswatini 49.0% 2014 down 39.2% flat
36 Mauritania 48.9% 2014 up 1.9% rising
37 Angola 48.7% 2014 down 20.3% rising
38 Guyana 48.5% 2014 down 44.6% rising
39 Liberia 48.3% 2014 down 78.2% volatile
40 Nicaragua 48.1% 2014 up 80.2% rising
41 Belarus 47.4% 2014 down 20.3% rising
42 Saudi Arabia 46.4% 2014 up 3.6% falling
43 Latvia 46.0% 2014 up 16.2% flat
44 Libya 45.5% 2014 down 29.0% rising
45 North Macedonia 45.2% 2014 up 53.3% rising
46 Ukraine 44.9% 2014 down 13.6% rising
47 Honduras 44.7% 2014 down 21.7% volatile
48 Togo 43.5% 2014 up 39.6% rising
49 Mongolia 43.4% 2014 down 0.4% rising
50 Sierra Leone 43.4% 2014 up 215.2% falling
51 Switzerland 42.5% 2014 up 21.6% rising
52 Lesotho 42.4% 2014 down 26.1% volatile
53 South Korea 41.9% 2014 up 23.6% volatile
54 Austria 41.3% 2014 up 4.7% rising
55 Bahamas 40.5% 2014 up 65.9% volatile
56 Laos 40.0% 2014 up 76.9% volatile
57 Azerbaijan 39.1% 2014 down 6.1% rising
58 Bolivia 39.0% 2014 up 51.9% flat
59 Djibouti 38.3% 2014 down 8.0% volatile
60 Poland 38.3% 2014 up 31.6% volatile
61 Taiwan 38.1% 1938 up 19.3% falling
62 Guinea 37.7% 2014 up 38.8% rising
63 Germany 37.6% 2014 up 16.3% volatile
64 Iraq 37.5% 2014 down 19.7% falling
65 Myanmar 37.5% 2014 — volatile
66 Seychelles 37.5% 2014 down 22.5% volatile
67 Cote d'Ivoire 37.4% 2014 down 5.4% rising
68 Namibia 37.1% 2014 up 34.1% falling
69 Zambia 35.7% 2014 up 31.6% falling
70 Dominica 35.6% 2014 up 96.2% falling
71 Tunisia 35.4% 2014 up 9.6% rising
72 Marshall Islands 34.8% 2014 up 130.7% rising
73 South Africa 34.8% 2014 up 53.8% flat
74 Romania 34.4% 2014 up 5.2% volatile
75 Mozambique 33.2% 2014 up 50.7% volatile
76 Syria 33.2% 2007 down 34.0% volatile
77 Moldova 33.1% 2014 down 40.8% falling
78 Kazakhstan 32.1% 2014 down 31.1% rising
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31.8% 2014 up 77.9% rising
80 Iceland 31.6% 2014 up 35.4% rising
81 Mexico 31.5% 2014 up 26.4% volatile
82 Paraguay 31.3% 2014 down 12.6% rising
83 Fiji 31.2% 2014 down 3.7% falling
84 Denmark 31.2% 2014 up 3.2% rising
85 Turkmenistan 30.7% 2014 down 44.7% falling
86 Chad 30.2% 2014 down 39.2% volatile
87 Greenland 30.0% 2014 down 6.7% falling
88 Chile 29.8% 2014 down 10.3% volatile
89 Sweden 29.6% 2014 down 8.3% rising
90 Yemen 29.6% 2013 down 14.7% flat
92 Algeria 29.5% 2014 down 28.6% rising
93 Suriname 29.3% 2014 down 52.0% falling
94 Finland 28.3% 2014 down 10.1% rising
95 Bhutan 28.3% 2014 up 8.8% rising
96 Norway 28.3% 2014 down 15.4% rising
97 Guinea-Bissau 27.6% 2014 up 21.5% volatile
98 Portugal 27.6% 2014 up 32.6% volatile
99 Ecuador 27.6% 2014 up 6.6% volatile
100 Philippines 27.2% 2014 down 54.3% rising
101 Belize 26.9% 2014 down 13.1% falling
102 Canada 26.6% 2014 down 15.2% rising
103 Ghana 25.5% 2014 down 1.3% falling
104 Russia 24.5% 2014 down 26.3% volatile
105 Italy 24.4% 2014 up 24.0% rising
106 Zimbabwe 24.2% 2014 down 25.5% rising
107 Venezuela 24.0% 2013 down 27.4% falling
108 Croatia 23.9% 2014 up 24.1% rising
109 Jordan 23.7% 2014 down 33.0% volatile
110 Spain 22.9% 2014 up 35.0% volatile
111 China 22.9% 2014 down 43.2% volatile
112 Morocco 22.7% 2014 up 15.6% rising
113 Israel 22.6% 2014 down 20.7% rising
114 Mauritius 22.5% 2014 down 27.5% falling
115 Indonesia 21.9% 2014 down 38.1% volatile
116 Vanuatu 21.8% 2014 down 62.0% volatile
117 New Zealand 21.5% 2014 up 8.7% falling
118 El Salvador 21.4% 2014 down 1.8% rising
119 New Caledonia 21.4% 2000 up 24.3% falling
120 France 21.1% 2014 down 0.6% rising
121 Uzbekistan 21.1% 2014 down 40.8% rising
122 Benin 21.0% 2014 up 66.9% rising
123 Democratic Republic of Congo 20.8% 2014 up 71.1% rising
124 Madagascar 20.6% 2014 down 33.6% rising
125 Turkey 20.3% 2014 up 19.4% volatile
126 Iran 20.2% 2014 down 9.3% flat
127 Uruguay 20.0% 2014 down 26.8% falling
128 Guatemala 19.4% 2014 down 20.6% rising
129 Burkina Faso 19.4% 2014 up 96.0% volatile
130 Peru 18.9% 2014 up 1.2% falling
131 Malawi 18.3% 2014 up 22.1% flat
132 Niger 18.2% 2014 up 27.1% rising
133 Senegal 18.0% 2014 down 4.4% falling
134 Cameroon 17.9% 2014 down 21.7% flat
135 Bangladesh 17.6% 2014 up 23.3% volatile
136 Nigeria 17.6% 2014 down 56.8% rising
137 Albania 17.6% 2014 up 110.1% volatile
138 Samoa 17.5% 2014 down 23.2% rising
139 Georgia 17.3% 2014 down 25.2% rising
140 Tuvalu 16.9% 2014 up 170.0% volatile
141 Australia 16.9% 2014 up 15.3% falling
142 Kyrgyzstan 16.6% 2014 down 48.0% falling
143 Dominican Republic 16.4% 2014 down 39.0% falling
144 Cyprus 16.1% 2014 up 49.8% falling
145 Colombia 15.8% 2014 down 5.2% rising
146 Japan 15.6% 2014 up 26.5% rising
147 United Kingdom 15.4% 2014 up 3.8% rising
148 India 15.4% 2014 up 22.1% volatile
149 Greece 14.9% 2014 up 133.4% falling
150 Mali 14.6% 2014 down 18.6% rising
151 Grenada 14.4% 2014 up 59.0% falling
152 Eritrea 14.3% 2011 up 865.2% volatile
153 Panama 13.7% 2014 down 47.9% rising
154 Sri Lanka 13.6% 2014 down 53.9% falling
155 Argentina 13.5% 2014 down 37.0% volatile
156 Armenia 13.5% 2014 down 33.4% falling
157 Gambia 13.0% 2014 up 80.3% volatile
158 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12.9% 2014 down 10.7% volatile
159 Saint Lucia 12.4% 2014 up 29.0% falling
160 Haiti 12.4% 2014 down 7.4% falling
161 Kenya 11.9% 2014 down 40.1% falling
162 Pakistan 11.7% 2014 down 15.7% falling
163 Bermuda 11.4% 2013 down 65.9% volatile
164 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.4% 2014 down 82.8% rising
165 Barbados 11.2% 2014 down 28.0% falling
166 Antigua and Barbuda 10.8% 2014 down 59.0% volatile
167 Egypt 10.6% 2014 down 30.0% falling
168 Jamaica 10.4% 2014 down 47.0% falling
169 Brazil 10.0% 2014 down 38.1% volatile
170 Montenegro 9.7% 2014 down 64.0% falling
171 United States 9.3% 2014 up 33.5% rising
172 Tajikistan 8.8% 2014 down 80.4% volatile
173 Tanzania 8.5% 2014 down 11.0% falling
174 Uganda 8.4% 2014 up 2.2% volatile
175 Lebanon 7.6% 2014 down 33.5% volatile
176 Cuba 7.2% 2013 up 48.1% volatile
177 Sudan 7.2% 2014 down 62.6% falling
178 Maldives 7.0% 2014 down 60.0% falling
179 Comoros 6.7% 2014 down 34.1% falling
180 Cape Verde 6.6% 2014 up 168.8% flat
181 French Polynesia 6.4% 2000 up 83.7% flat
182 Central African Republic 5.9% 2014 down 46.7% falling
183 Macao 5.8% 2014 down 80.9% volatile
184 Palau 5.8% 2014 down 30.5% rising
185 Rwanda 5.6% 2014 down 69.8% falling
186 Nepal 4.9% 2014 down 53.5% rising
187 Sao Tome and Principe 4.9% 2014 down 51.0% volatile
188 Ethiopia 4.7% 2014 down 18.1% falling
189 North Korea 4.3% 1992 down 48.7% volatile
190 Afghanistan 3.7% 2014 down 36.5% volatile
191 Tonga 3.7% 2014 down 68.6% falling
192 East Timor 1.5% 2014 down 7.3% falling
193 Burundi 1.4% 2014 down 45.6% falling

About this data

Indicator
Value of exported goods as a share of GDP
Unit
%
Source
Fouquin and Hugot (2016) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
193 places, 12,835 data points, 1827–2014
Last refreshed

Total value of merchandise exports divided by gross domestic product (GDP), expressed as a percentage.