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Creative Goods Exports, 2017

2017, 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, 2017 covers 178 countries on 2 measures. Andorra is highest, at 20.42450; Nigeria is lowest, at 0.00060. The middle country reads 0.93907. Against 2016, 172 values changed (56 up, 116 down), 5 countries joined, 2 left.

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Creative Goods Exports · Data for 2017

HighestAndorra

20.42450

LowestNigeria

0.00060

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, 2017, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 178 countries · select a heading to sort

Creative Goods Exports, 2017: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
AndorraANDSouthern Europe20.4245024.097
MacauMACEastern Asia17.93460178.748
NepalNPLSouthern Asia16.90365125.213
ArubaABWCaribbean12.8531811.418
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean10.6661715.109
ChinaCHNEastern Asia7.38105167,060.501
BarbadosBRBCaribbean7.1870334.885
IndiaINDSouthern Asia6.7147219,765.765
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean6.468172.150
ItalyITASouthern Europe5.8660729,762.189
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia5.837379,602.158
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia5.5903817,531.390
LebanonLBNWestern Asia5.56357199.507
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe5.2960515,852.730
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia5.0973128,028.147
PanamaPANCentral America5.02402557.242
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4.9684721,953.048
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean4.83363494.223
PolandPOLEastern Europe4.6533310,298.177
PalestinePSEWestern Asia4.6442349.456
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe4.465748,137.972
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean4.368442.725
FranceFRAWestern Europe4.2933922,470.979
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe3.965831,185.310
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe3.92878160.205

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Andorra20.42450
  2. Macau17.93460
  3. Nepal16.90365
  4. Aruba12.85318
  5. Saint Lucia10.66617

Lowest

  1. Nigeria0.00060
  2. Central African Republic0.00147
  3. Mauritania0.00185
  4. Solomon Islands0.00286
  5. Republic of the Congo0.00381

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.93907. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestChina167,060.501

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 52.442

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

  • +5 / −2countries joined / left
  • 172values changed, of 173 in both
  • 56 · 116rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Curaçao+ Liberia+ Timor-Leste+ Tonga+ Uzbekistan− Guinea− Iraq

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 2017.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 178 countries has every column.

05The files

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Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2017). Creative Goods Exports, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/creative-goods-exports/2017

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