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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1986

1986, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1986 covers 122 countries. Singapore is highest, at 148.7309; Laos is lowest, at 3.6137. The middle country reads 25.3533. Against 1985, 120 values changed (38 up, 82 down), 2 countries joined.

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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1986

HighestSingapore

148.7309

LowestLaos

3.6137

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1986, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 122 countries · select a heading to sort

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1986: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia148.7309
2MacauMACEastern Asia108.4304
3Hong KongHKGEastern Asia104.7054
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe100.2634
5BahrainBHRWestern Asia86.8122
6BotswanaBWASouthern Africa68.3308
7MaltaMLTSouthern Europe64.3349
8BahamasBHSCaribbean63.8180
9MauritiusMUSEastern Africa59.6987
10Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia58.7365
11BelgiumBELWestern Europe57.2830
12NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa56.5238
13MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia56.2966
14Puerto RicoPRICaribbean52.5750
15NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe51.2039
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe49.0991
17PanamaPANCentral America47.1090
18GambiaGMBWestern Africa46.6242
19GuyanaGUYSouth America46.3041
20KuwaitKWTWestern Asia46.1866
21CyprusCYPWestern Asia45.0372
22MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa44.5122
23TogoTGOWestern Africa43.9303
24Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia43.5797
25SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe43.0512

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore148.7309
  2. 2Macau108.4304
  3. 3Hong Kong104.7054
  4. 4Luxembourg100.2634
  5. 5Bahrain86.8122

Lowest

  1. 122Laos3.6137
  2. 121Iran3.7316
  3. 120Sudan4.7561
  4. 119Bangladesh5.1829
  5. 118India5.1962

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 25.3533. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 120 in both
  • 38 · 82rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Guinea+ Vietnam

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 1986.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 122 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1986). Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/exports-to-gdp/1986

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07Questions

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Exports as a share of GDP in Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1986?

Singapore, at 148.7309, of the 122 countries in the file.

What year does Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1986 cover?

122.

Where can I download Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1986?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1986 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2025.

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