Data for 1978

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1978

Name: Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1978
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1978, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1978 covers 106 countries. Singapore is highest, at 165.438; Türkiye is lowest, at 4.147. The middle country reads 24.510. Against 1977, 106 values changed (45 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1978

HighestSingapore

165.438

LowestTürkiye

4.147

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

106countries
1measure
1978the year it describes
106distinct 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), 1978, 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), 1978: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	165.438
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	85.584
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	84.629
4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	82.665
5	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	73.554
6	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	70.539
7	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	67.887
8	Guyana`GUY`South America	63.083
9	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	61.758
10	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.025
11	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	58.320
12	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	56.678
13	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52.061
14	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	49.317
15	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	49.055
16	Honduras`HND`Central America	46.302
17	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	45.762
18	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	44.989
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	44.701
20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	44.226
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	43.721
22	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	43.335
23	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	42.704
24	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	42.650
25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	42.330
26	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	41.936
27	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.521
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	36.098
29	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	35.562
30	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	35.381
31	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	35.316
32	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.771
33	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	34.765
34	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	34.410
35	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	33.681
36	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	33.459
37	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	32.613
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30.963
39	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	30.266
40	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	29.230
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.936
42	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	28.789
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	28.425
44	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	28.307
45	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	28.181
46	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	27.858
47	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	27.438
48	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	26.644
49	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	26.450
50	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	25.882
51	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	25.859
52	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.536
53	Canada`CAN`Northern America	24.531
54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	24.490
55	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.098
56	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	23.655
57	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.475
58	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	23.420
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	22.595
60	Niger`NER`Western Africa	22.531
61	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	22.022
62	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	21.867
63	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	21.629
64	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.476
65	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.281
66	Peru`PER`South America	20.183
67	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.903
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	19.886
69	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	19.823
70	Chile`CHL`South America	19.358
71	Uruguay`URY`South America	18.847
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.647
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	18.420
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	17.891
75	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	17.725
76	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	17.563
77	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	17.256
78	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	17.151
79	Colombia`COL`South America	16.626
80	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.525
81	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	16.423
82	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16.371
83	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	15.762
84	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	14.845
85	Ecuador`ECU`South America	14.732
86	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.364
87	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.904
88	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	13.653
89	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	13.600
90	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13.587
91	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	11.598
92	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.572
93	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10.471
94	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	10.218
95	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9.430
96	Argentina`ARG`South America	8.608
97	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.358
98	United States`USA`Northern America	7.947
99	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.920
100	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7.735
101	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.468
102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	7.211
103	Brazil`BRA`South America	6.693
104	India`IND`Southern Asia	6.315
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.558
106	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4.147

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore165.438
2Hong Kong85.584
3Luxembourg84.629
4Bahamas82.665
5Malta73.554

Lowest

106Türkiye4.147
105Bangladesh5.558
104India6.315
103Brazil6.693
102China7.211

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 24.510. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
106values changed, of 106 in both
45 · 61rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Gabon51.594 → 61.758+10.164
Togo26.659 → 35.381+8.723
Israel30.221 → 36.098+5.878
Somalia20.262 → 25.859+5.598
Lesotho11.898 → 17.256+5.359

Fell most

Saudi Arabia57.421 → 49.317−8.104
El Salvador38.165 → 30.266−7.899
Senegal25.616 → 17.891−7.725
Iran30.795 → 23.475−7.321
Panama65.309 → 59.025−6.284

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 1978.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 106 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1978). Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/exports-to-gdp/1978

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