Data for 1976

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1976

Name: Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1976
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1976, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1976 covers 105 countries. Singapore is highest, at 149.48; Bangladesh is lowest, at 4.75. The middle country reads 23.91. Against 1975, 102 values changed (56 up, 46 down), 3 countries joined.

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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1976

HighestSingapore

149.48

LowestBangladesh

4.75

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

105countries
1measure
1976the year it describes
105distinct 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), 1976, 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), 1976: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	149.48
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	89.44
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	89.02
4	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	77.93
5	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	75.41
6	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	69.74
7	Guyana`GUY`South America	66.08
8	Panama`PAN`Central America	62.85
9	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	62.33
10	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	59.73
11	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	57.37
12	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	51.82
13	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	50.39
14	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	50.09
15	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	49.75
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	48.96
17	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	48.55
18	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	45.58
19	Honduras`HND`Central America	45.16
20	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	43.63
21	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	41.77
22	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.74
23	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	41.49
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	41.41
25	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	41.06
26	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.38
27	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	38.62
28	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	37.31
29	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.21
30	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	35.54
31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	35.33
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.05
33	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	32.99
34	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	32.88
35	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	32.63
36	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32.45
37	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	32.39
38	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	31.84
39	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	30.08
40	Venezuela`VEN`South America	29.72
41	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	29.08
42	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	29.05
43	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	28.91
44	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	28.87
45	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	28.31
46	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	28.28
47	Bolivia`BOL`South America	27.68
48	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	26.94
49	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	26.68
50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	26.06
51	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	25.35
52	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25.04
53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	23.91
54	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23.54
55	Chile`CHL`South America	23.52
56	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.64
57	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.29
58	Niger`NER`Western Africa	22.26
59	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	22.19
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.17
61	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	21.96
62	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21.68
63	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.57
64	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	21.54
65	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	21.48
66	France`FRA`Western Europe	20.39
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20.24
68	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	20.00
69	Uruguay`URY`South America	19.56
70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.53
71	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	18.00
72	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17.92
73	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	17.91
74	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	17.60
75	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.17
76	Colombia`COL`South America	17.05
77	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	16.08
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16.04
79	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15.71
80	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	15.16
81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.66
82	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.17
83	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	13.99
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	13.66
85	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13.48
86	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12.99
87	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12.59
88	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12.46
89	Peru`PER`South America	11.73
90	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11.39
91	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	11.22
92	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	11.01
93	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.77
94	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10.65
95	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9.30
96	Argentina`ARG`South America	9.18
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8.49
98	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	8.21
99	United States`USA`Northern America	7.98
100	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.01
101	India`IND`Southern Asia	6.69
102	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.27
103	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4.86
104	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.83
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.75

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore149.48
2Hong Kong89.44
3Luxembourg89.02
4Kuwait77.93
5Malta75.41

Lowest

105Bangladesh4.75
104China4.83
103Türkiye4.86
102Guinea-Bissau5.27
101India6.69

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 23.91. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
102values changed, of 102 in both
56 · 46rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cyprus35.49 → 49.75+14.26
Singapore137.12 → 149.48+12.36
Botswana43.59 → 50.39+6.79
Malaysia45.55 → 51.82+6.27
Hong Kong83.40 → 89.44+6.04

Fell most

Tonga41.33 → 26.94−14.39
Kiribati83.59 → 69.74−13.85
Saudi Arabia73.33 → 59.73−13.60
Guyana74.88 → 66.08−8.80
Dominican Republic28.88 → 22.29−6.58

+ Jordan

+ Mauritius

+ Seychelles

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

Read before you use

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 1976.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 105 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1976). Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/exports-to-gdp/1976

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