Data for 1974

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1974

Name: Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1974
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1974, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1974 covers 99 countries. Singapore is highest, at 149.47; Bangladesh is lowest, at 3.70. The middle country reads 25.62. Against 1973, 98 values changed (70 up, 28 down), 1 country joined.

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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1974

HighestSingapore

149.47

LowestBangladesh

3.70

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

99countries
1measure
1974the year it describes
99distinct 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), 1974, 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), 1974: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	149.47
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	103.68
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	86.63
4	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	85.81
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	84.96
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	74.64
7	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	73.72
8	Guyana`GUY`South America	68.35
9	Panama`PAN`Central America	67.59
10	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	62.94
11	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	61.04
12	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	57.55
13	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	53.23
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	52.89
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.80
16	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	48.31
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	47.37
18	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	46.88
19	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	45.70
20	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	43.45
21	Venezuela`VEN`South America	42.94
22	Honduras`HND`Central America	42.74
23	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.23
24	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	41.68
25	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	40.92
26	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	40.52
27	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	40.18
28	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.97
29	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	38.87
30	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	38.75
31	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.28
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	38.11
33	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	35.37
34	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.29
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33.68
36	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.14
37	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	32.61
38	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.42
39	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	30.69
40	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	29.90
41	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.54
42	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	29.23
43	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.07
44	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.00
45	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	27.74
46	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27.56
47	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	27.10
48	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	26.43
49	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	25.68
50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	25.62
51	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25.44
52	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	25.29
53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.15
54	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	24.10
55	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24.08
56	Canada`CAN`Northern America	23.99
57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	22.65
58	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22.41
59	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	21.77
60	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.72
61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	21.59
62	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21.50
63	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.05
64	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.62
65	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20.37
66	Chile`CHL`South America	19.09
67	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.48
68	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	18.39
69	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	18.33
70	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	18.16
71	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	15.53
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.51
73	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14.72
74	Colombia`COL`South America	14.54
75	Uruguay`URY`South America	14.38
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14.32
77	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	14.26
78	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	14.16
79	Peru`PER`South America	14.11
80	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	13.66
81	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13.58
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.21
83	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13.11
84	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.72
85	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	12.71
86	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12.50
87	Niger`NER`Western Africa	12.27
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.83
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8.41
90	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	8.32
91	United States`USA`Northern America	8.20
92	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.67
93	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.90
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	5.73
95	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.45
96	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.02
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.99
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	4.83
99	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.70

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore149.47
2Luxembourg103.68
3Hong Kong86.63
4Kiribati85.81
5Kuwait84.96

Lowest

99Bangladesh3.70
98India4.83
97China4.99
96Guinea-Bissau5.02
95Nepal5.45

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 25.62. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
98values changed, of 98 in both
70 · 28rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore118.34 → 149.47+31.14
Togo20.58 → 42.23+21.66
Republic of the Congo31.62 → 53.23+21.61
Kiribati65.04 → 85.81+20.77
Malta57.90 → 74.64+16.74

Fell most

Saudi Arabia99.70 → 62.94−36.77
Faroe Islands48.33 → 40.52−7.81
Iceland33.85 → 29.90−3.95
New Zealand24.01 → 20.62−3.39
Niger15.51 → 12.27−3.24

+ Brunei

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 1974.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 99 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1974). Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/exports-to-gdp/1974

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