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Creative Services Exports, 2017

2017, as UNCTAD’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Creative services exports are what a country earns abroad from services UNCTAD counts as creative — software and computer services, research and development, licences to use software, films and music, advertising, architecture and audiovisual work — as a share of all its services exports. Despite the name, software and R&D make up most of it, not the arts.

Creative Services Exports, 2017 covers 138 countries on 2 measures. Ireland is highest, at 42.3509; Macau is lowest, at 0.0092. The middle country reads 3.2485. Against 2016, 136 values changed (66 up, 70 down), 2 countries joined, 3 left.

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Creative Services Exports · Data for 2017

HighestIreland

42.3509

LowestMacau

0.0092

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

Showing 25 of 138 countries · select a heading to sort

Creative Services Exports, 2017: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe42.350995,345.756—
SwedenSWENorthern Europe28.711721,143.243—
IsraelISRWestern Asia27.040512,615.110—
FinlandFINNorthern Europe26.66327,923.009—
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe25.392556,047.878—
United StatesUSANorthern America24.8532208,138.647—
JapanJPNEastern Asia23.559544,027.719—
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe23.347930,000.557—
IndiaINDSouthern Asia22.550141,783.945Estimated
GermanyDEUWestern Europe22.114472,455.180—
RomaniaROUEastern Europe19.62384,809.623—
CanadaCANNorthern America18.602017,599.807—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia15.624427,332.063—
HungaryHUNEastern Europe13.71153,675.177—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia13.633231,095.921—
FranceFRAWestern Europe13.553137,194.369—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe13.390852,282.765—
BelgiumBELWestern Europe12.914415,186.587—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe12.36621,146.010—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia11.277210,115.762—
BrazilBRASouth America10.53113,502.375—
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe10.15302,811.062—
AustriaAUTWestern Europe10.10556,781.674—
RussiaRUSEastern Europe10.07715,798.441—
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe9.9723320.789—

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. Ireland42.3509
  2. Sweden28.7117
  3. Israel27.0405
  4. Finland26.6632
  5. Netherlands25.3925

Lowest

  1. Macau0.0092
  2. Bahamas0.0166
  3. Paraguay0.0180
  4. Mozambique0.0190
  5. Ecuador0.0462

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.2485. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestUnited States208,138.647

    LowestTonga0.047

    Middle country: 57.989

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

  • +2 / −3countries joined / left
  • 136values changed, of 136 in both
  • 66 · 70rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Central African Republic+ Madagascar− Bangladesh− Brunei− Samoa

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from UNCTAD’s 2025 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.

  • 136 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

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

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