Data for 1980

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1980

Name: Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1980
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1980, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1980 covers 118 countries. Singapore is highest, at 202.01; Argentina is lowest, at 5.06. The middle country reads 28.34. Against 1979, 106 values changed (67 up, 39 down), 12 countries joined.

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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1980

HighestSingapore

202.01

LowestArgentina

5.06

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

118countries
1measure
1980the year it describes
118distinct 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), 1980, 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), 1980: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	202.01
2	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	109.15
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	89.42
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	88.75
5	Guyana`GUY`South America	81.29
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	80.93
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	78.35
8	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	73.71
9	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	70.39
10	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	70.38
11	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.03
12	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	64.72
13	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	63.49
14	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	63.46
15	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	62.66
16	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	60.02
17	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	57.54
18	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	55.64
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	53.06
20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.84
21	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	50.49
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	50.12
23	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	48.58
24	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	48.54
25	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	48.20
26	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	47.45
27	Honduras`HND`Central America	47.37
28	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	45.37
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	45.26
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	44.36
31	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	43.18
32	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	42.74
33	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	42.63
34	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	42.10
35	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	40.39
36	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	40.24
37	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	36.24
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	35.70
39	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	35.00
40	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	34.97
41	Belize`BLZ`Central America	34.57
42	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	34.34
43	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.16
44	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	33.78
45	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.24
46	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	32.75
47	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	32.65
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	32.62
49	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	32.22
50	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	31.87
51	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	31.82
52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	31.03
53	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	30.82
54	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.51
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	30.47
56	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	30.06
57	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	29.52
58	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	29.19
59	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	28.81
60	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	27.88
61	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	27.73
62	Canada`CAN`Northern America	27.51
63	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	27.33
64	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	26.90
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.48
66	Peru`PER`South America	25.52
67	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	25.22
68	Niger`NER`Western Africa	24.58
69	Bolivia`BOL`South America	24.53
70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	24.23
71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	24.11
72	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.96
73	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	23.37
74	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	22.86
75	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22.19
76	France`FRA`Western Europe	22.00
77	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.46
78	Chile`CHL`South America	21.27
79	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	21.01
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	20.35
81	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	20.14
82	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	19.44
83	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.34
84	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	19.25
85	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	18.54
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	18.23
87	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.15
88	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	17.07
89	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	16.94
90	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16.39
91	Colombia`COL`South America	16.22
92	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.11
93	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	15.82
94	Uruguay`URY`South America	15.03
95	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.38
96	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	14.32
97	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	14.14
98	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.03
99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	13.85
100	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13.74
101	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	12.69
102	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12.59
103	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12.58
104	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11.54
105	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	10.67
106	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.50
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10.14
108	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	10.13
109	United States`USA`Northern America	9.83
110	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.71
111	Brazil`BRA`South America	8.96
112	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	8.95
113	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.84
114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.47
115	India`IND`Southern Asia	6.14
116	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.49
117	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	5.16
118	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.06

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore202.01
2Bahrain109.15
3Luxembourg89.42
4Hong Kong88.75
5Guyana81.29

Lowest

118Argentina5.06
117Türkiye5.16
116Bangladesh5.49
115India6.14
114Ghana8.47

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.34. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+12 / −0countries joined / left
106values changed, of 106 in both
67 · 39rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guyana59.81 → 81.29+21.48
Singapore184.68 → 202.01+17.33
Togo33.65 → 48.20+14.55
Republic of the Congo47.41 → 60.02+12.60
Somalia24.34 → 33.24+8.90

Fell most

Kiribati75.78 → 55.64−20.13
Nicaragua42.02 → 24.23−17.80
Iran26.75 → 13.74−13.01
Rwanda20.45 → 14.03−6.42
Niger28.54 → 24.58−3.96

+ Albania

+ Bulgaria

+ Bahrain

+ Belize

+ Bhutan

+ Comoros

+ Cabo Verde

+ Fiji

+ Namibia

+ Qatar

+ Solomon Islands

+ Vanuatu

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 1980.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 118 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1980). Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/exports-to-gdp/1980

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