Data for 1988

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1988

Name: Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1988
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1988, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1988 covers 123 countries. Singapore is highest, at 184.71; Sudan is lowest, at 3.79. The middle country reads 25.04. Against 1987, 122 values changed (67 up, 55 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1988

HighestSingapore

184.71

LowestSudan

3.79

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

123countries
1measure
1988the year it describes
123distinct 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), 1988, 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), 1988: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	184.71
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	120.13
3	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	106.19
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	99.04
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	83.85
6	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	70.52
7	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	70.41
8	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	66.42
9	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	63.86
10	Guyana`GUY`South America	63.63
11	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	62.30
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	59.41
13	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	56.36
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	55.59
15	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	52.88
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	52.16
17	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	50.37
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	49.81
19	Paraguay`PRY`South America	48.38
20	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	48.08
21	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	47.56
22	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.26
23	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	45.56
24	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	43.45
25	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	43.25
26	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	42.26
27	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	42.02
28	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	41.51
29	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.62
30	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	40.01
31	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	39.85
32	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	39.09
33	Belize`BLZ`Central America	38.22
34	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	37.49
35	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.73
36	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	36.46
37	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	34.48
38	Honduras`HND`Central America	34.18
39	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	34.02
40	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	33.62
41	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	33.32
42	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	33.20
43	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	33.01
44	Chile`CHL`South America	32.31
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	32.03
46	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	31.84
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	31.44
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	31.32
49	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	30.49
50	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	30.23
51	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	30.00
52	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	29.27
53	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	28.72
54	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	28.45
55	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	27.64
56	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	27.48
57	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	26.19
58	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	26.08
59	Canada`CAN`Northern America	26.05
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	25.80
61	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.57
62	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	25.04
63	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25.00
64	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23.91
65	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	23.74
66	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	22.74
67	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	22.37
68	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	22.17
69	Uruguay`URY`South America	22.06
70	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.42
71	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	21.00
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	20.10
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	20.00
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	19.95
75	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	19.69
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	19.01
77	Bolivia`BOL`South America	18.77
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	18.65
79	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	18.43
80	Niger`NER`Western Africa	18.30
81	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	18.18
82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	17.98
83	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.74
84	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.54
85	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.37
86	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.33
87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	16.98
88	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	16.78
89	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.71
90	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	16.30
91	Colombia`COL`South America	16.29
92	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	16.25
93	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16.10
94	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.03
95	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	15.93
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	15.81
97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	15.51
98	Peru`PER`South America	15.10
99	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15.03
100	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.02
101	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	14.36
102	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13.86
103	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13.80
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.63
105	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	13.58
106	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	12.44
107	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.67
108	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	11.66
109	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11.45
110	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	11.04
111	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.00
112	Argentina`ARG`South America	9.53
113	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.22
114	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.84
115	United States`USA`Northern America	8.49
116	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.57
117	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7.29
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.43
119	India`IND`Southern Asia	6.04
120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.43
121	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4.76
122	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.95
123	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	3.79

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore184.71
2Hong Kong120.13
3Macau106.19
4Luxembourg99.04
5Bahrain83.85

Lowest

123Sudan3.79
122Vietnam3.95
121Somalia4.76
120Bangladesh5.43
119India6.04

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 25.04. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
122values changed, of 122 in both
67 · 55rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore164.00 → 184.71+20.71
Paraguay36.37 → 48.38+12.01
Fiji45.31 → 56.36+11.05
Jordan33.07 → 43.45+10.38
Dominican Republic25.53 → 34.48+8.96

Fell most

Guyana79.57 → 63.63−15.94
Oman48.88 → 40.01−8.87
Kiribati33.76 → 25.57−8.19
Tonga30.93 → 22.74−8.19
Bahrain90.03 → 83.85−6.18

+ Haiti

− Bahamas

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 1988.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 123 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1988). Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/exports-to-gdp/1988

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