Data for 1973

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1973

Name: Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1973
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1973, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1973 covers 98 countries. Singapore is highest, at 118.34; India is lowest, at 4.21. The middle country reads 22.62. Against 1972, 98 values changed (74 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1973

HighestSingapore

118.34

LowestIndia

4.21

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

98countries
1measure
1973the 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), 1973, 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), 1973: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	118.34
2	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	99.70
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	90.24
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	85.42
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	71.93
6	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	67.83
7	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	65.04
8	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	58.85
9	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	57.90
10	Panama`PAN`Central America	53.57
11	Guyana`GUY`South America	52.19
12	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48.33
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	48.03
14	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	46.33
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	45.79
16	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	44.88
17	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	41.48
18	Honduras`HND`Central America	41.43
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	38.83
20	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	38.19
21	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	37.12
22	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	36.51
23	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	35.75
24	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	35.21
25	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	35.10
26	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	34.02
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	33.85
28	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	33.44
29	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	32.62
30	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.62
31	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.80
32	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	29.96
33	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28.67
34	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	28.62
35	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	28.21
36	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	27.98
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	27.71
38	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27.39
39	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	27.03
40	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.06
41	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.50
42	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	25.13
43	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	24.64
44	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	24.35
45	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	24.01
46	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23.60
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	23.52
48	Canada`CAN`Northern America	22.69
49	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	22.68
50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.56
51	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	22.24
52	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22.06
53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	21.69
54	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21.45
55	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	20.94
56	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	20.88
57	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.84
58	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.69
59	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	20.58
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.05
61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	18.60
62	France`FRA`Western Europe	18.48
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.88
64	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.86
65	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	16.55
66	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	16.07
67	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.73
68	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	15.66
69	Niger`NER`Western Africa	15.51
70	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	15.29
71	Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.96
72	Colombia`COL`South America	14.92
73	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14.85
74	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.76
75	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	14.58
76	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	14.27
77	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14.25
78	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	14.11
79	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13.54
80	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.35
81	Peru`PER`South America	13.33
82	Chile`CHL`South America	12.98
83	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11.59
84	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.27
85	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.42
86	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.19
87	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.22
88	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8.41
89	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.84
90	Argentina`ARG`South America	7.61
91	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	7.03
92	United States`USA`Northern America	6.68
93	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	6.61
94	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.54
95	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.31
96	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6.06
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.29
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	4.21

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore118.34
2Saudi Arabia99.70
3Luxembourg90.24
4Hong Kong85.42
5Kuwait71.93

Lowest

98India4.21
97China4.29
96Guinea-Bissau6.06
95Burkina Faso6.31
94Bangladesh6.54

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22.62. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
98values changed, of 98 in both
74 · 24rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saudi Arabia61.58 → 99.70+38.12
Papua New Guinea31.21 → 44.88+13.67
Singapore106.74 → 118.34+11.60
Malta46.53 → 57.90+11.37
Kiribati54.53 → 65.04+10.51

Fell most

Gabon73.09 → 58.85−14.24
Nicaragua35.29 → 28.21−7.08
Guyana57.47 → 52.19−5.28
Uruguay15.44 → 10.42−5.02
Sierra Leone27.77 → 24.64−3.13

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 1973.
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 (1973). Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/exports-to-gdp/1973

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