Data for 1972

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1972

Name: Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1972
Creator: World Bank Group
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1972, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1972 covers 98 countries. Singapore is highest, at 106.739; China is lowest, at 3.106. The middle country reads 21.245. Against 1971, 97 values changed (57 up, 40 down), 1 country joined.

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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1972

HighestSingapore

106.739

LowestChina

3.106

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

98countries
1measure
1972the year it describes
98distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1972, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1972: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	106.739
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	84.388
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	83.727
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	73.087
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	68.600
6	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	61.584
7	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	59.375
8	Guyana`GUY`South America	57.467
9	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	54.530
10	Panama`PAN`Central America	53.451
11	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	46.526
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	44.137
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	43.721
14	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	38.840
15	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.227
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	37.849
17	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	37.372
18	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	36.926
19	Honduras`HND`Central America	36.448
20	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	36.013
21	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.289
22	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	34.006
23	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	33.773
24	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	33.512
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	33.330
26	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	32.626
27	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	31.209
28	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	31.195
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	30.936
30	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.227
31	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	29.095
32	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28.309
33	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	27.773
34	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	27.037
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	26.588
36	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	26.408
37	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	25.349
38	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	24.935
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	24.454
40	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23.651
41	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.516
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23.287
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	22.974
44	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.947
45	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22.326
46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22.182
47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	21.458
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.338
49	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	21.276
50	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21.214
51	Bolivia`BOL`South America	21.112
52	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	20.850
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.710
54	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.450
55	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.392
56	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	19.390
57	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	18.907
58	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	18.574
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	18.189
60	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	18.140
61	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	18.136
62	France`FRA`Western Europe	17.541
63	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16.516
64	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	16.334
65	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	16.276
66	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	16.077
67	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	16.019
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	15.436
69	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	14.650
70	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14.565
71	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	14.492
72	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14.384
73	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14.263
74	Niger`NER`Western Africa	14.214
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	13.767
76	Peru`PER`South America	13.750
77	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.363
78	Colombia`COL`South America	13.255
79	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12.786
80	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	12.710
81	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.408
82	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.029
83	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.727
84	Chile`CHL`South America	9.382
85	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.095
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8.060
87	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	8.048
88	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.272
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	7.198
90	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	7.175
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.400
92	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6.019
93	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.675
94	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.661
95	United States`USA`Northern America	5.538
96	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.356
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	4.027
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.106

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore106.739
2Hong Kong84.388
3Luxembourg83.727
4Gabon73.087
5Kuwait68.600

Lowest

98China3.106
97India4.027
96Guinea-Bissau4.356
95United States5.538
94Nepal5.661

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.245. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
97values changed, of 97 in both
57 · 40rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Papua New Guinea21.370 → 31.209+9.839
Nicaragua26.300 → 35.289+8.990
Saudi Arabia53.985 → 61.584+7.599
Gabon66.318 → 73.087+6.770
Mauritania31.882 → 38.227+6.345

Fell most

Singapore119.463 → 106.739−12.724
Iraq43.655 → 36.926−6.729
Oman65.787 → 59.375−6.412
Luxembourg89.043 → 83.727−5.316
Hong Kong89.356 → 84.388−4.967

+ Kiribati

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

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

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1972.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 98 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1972). Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/exports-to-gdp/1972

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