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Commodity Export Dependence, 2024

2024, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Commodity Export Dependence, 2024 covers 191 countries on 4 measures. Chad is highest, at 99.771; Bangladesh is lowest, at 4.605. The middle country reads 67.170. Against 2014, 191 values changed (92 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

Commodity Export Dependence · Data for 2024

HighestChad

99.771

LowestBangladesh

4.605

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Commodity Export Dependence, 2024, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 191 countries · select a heading to sort

Commodity Export Dependence, 2024: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
ChadTCDMiddle Africa99.7717.0565.4327.29
IraqIRQWestern Asia99.5400.6596.502.39
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia99.06017.1151.6830.26
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia98.8426.9840.6751.20
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa98.5800.1894.443.96
South SudanSSDEastern Africa98.4846.0687.235.19
SudanSDNNorthern Africa98.15740.799.7847.58
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa97.95091.670.006.28
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia97.94297.760.010.17
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa97.80525.610.6471.56
GuineaGINWestern Africa97.5364.335.9487.27
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia96.90981.241.6913.98
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa96.6785.0688.303.32
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa96.48513.9647.0235.50
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa96.4825.7268.5922.17
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa96.1480.2990.115.75
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa96.0151.3893.820.82
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa95.95616.040.5779.35
MaliMLIWestern Africa95.84911.120.6484.09
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia95.7093.8590.211.65
SurinameSURSouth America95.57116.556.7572.28
GuyanaGUYSouth America95.5642.5385.267.77
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa95.3191.5893.340.40
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia95.23377.5211.805.92
EcuadorECUSouth America95.02953.9630.8510.22

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Chad99.771
  2. Iraq99.540
  3. Papua New Guinea99.060
  4. Mongolia98.842
  5. Libya98.580

Lowest

  1. Bangladesh4.605
  2. China6.290
  3. Haiti6.739
  4. Andorra8.068
  5. Ireland9.725

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 67.170. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Agricultural commodities (% of merchandise exports)

    HighestMicronesia97.76

    LowestQatar0.11

    Middle country: 18.63

  • Energy commodities (% of merchandise exports)

    HighestIraq96.50

    Lowest4 share it

    Middle country: 7.36

  • Minerals, ores and metals (% of merchandise exports)

    HighestBotswana90.92

    LowestTuvalu0.00

    Middle country: 6.65

032014 → 2024

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 191values changed, of 191 in both
  • 92 · 99rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method
  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from UNCTAD’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2024.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 191 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2024). Commodity Export Dependence, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/commodity-dependence/2024

062 held

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07Questions

Commodity Export Dependence, 2024: questions and answers

Which country has the highest commodity export dependence in Commodity Export Dependence, 2024?

Chad, at 99.771, of the 191 countries in the file.

What year does Commodity Export Dependence, 2024 describe?

2024.

How many countries does Commodity Export Dependence, 2024 cover?

191.

Where can I download Commodity Export Dependence, 2024?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Commodity Export Dependence, 2024 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.

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