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Creative Goods Exports, 2016

2016, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Creative goods exports are the art, crafts, design goods, books, recorded music and film, jewellery and similar products a country sells abroad, as UNCTAD defines them, shown as a share of all its merchandise exports. It says how large a part the creative industries play in what a country ships to the world.

Creative Goods Exports, 2016 covers 175 countries on 2 measures. Andorra is highest, at 21.47433; Iraq is lowest, at 0.00018. The middle country reads 1.05123. Against 2015, 167 values changed (97 up, 70 down), 8 countries joined, 4 left.

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Creative Goods Exports · Data for 2016

HighestAndorra

21.47433

LowestIraq

0.00018

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Creative Goods Exports, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 175 countries · select a heading to sort

Creative Goods Exports, 2016: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
AndorraANDSouthern Europe21.4743320.694
BarbadosBRBCaribbean18.8243997.289
NepalNPLSouthern Asia18.16452132.391
ArubaABWCaribbean11.8164411.272
MacauMACEastern Asia10.13292127.331
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean10.0466012.036
IndiaINDSouthern Asia7.6693719,965.423
ChinaCHNEastern Asia7.40790155,390.950
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia6.5430339.026
LebanonLBNWestern Asia6.22348185.246
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia5.997208,950.647
ItalyITASouthern Europe5.9403027,424.452
BahamasBHSCaribbean5.8636823.614
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.3575222,044.247
PanamaPANCentral America5.24871569.129
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe4.9817515,069.766
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4.9607225,626.489
PalestinePSEWestern Asia4.8689245.111
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia4.831076,980.404
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean4.63769453.806
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia4.6071413,593.227
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe4.570257,407.792
PolandPOLEastern Europe4.499368,839.238
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe4.399551,100.885
FranceFRAWestern Europe4.3765121,396.102

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Andorra21.47433
  2. Barbados18.82439
  3. Nepal18.16452
  4. Aruba11.81644
  5. Macau10.13292

Lowest

  1. Iraq0.00018
  2. Nigeria0.00155
  3. Maldives0.00175
  4. Solomon Islands0.00191
  5. Algeria0.00462

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.05123. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Creative goods exports (US$ millions, current prices)

    HighestChina155,390.950

    LowestMaldives0.002

    Middle country: 45.111

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

  • +8 / −4countries joined / left
  • 167values changed, of 167 in both
  • 97 · 70rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Barbados9.67818 → 18.82439+9.14621
  • Bahamas1.93193 → 5.86368+3.93175
  • Aruba8.21258 → 11.81644+3.60386
  • Grenada1.29564 → 3.81539+2.51975
  • Nepal16.53825 → 18.16452+1.62627

Fell most

+ Bhutan+ Cuba+ Dominica+ Libya+ Maldives+ Mali+ Mauritania+ Tajikistan− Cabo Verde− Guinea-Bissau− New Caledonia− Yemen

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from UNCTAD’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2016.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2016). Creative Goods Exports, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/creative-goods-exports/2016

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