Data for 1990

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1990

Name: Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1990
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1990, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1990 covers 141 countries. Singapore is highest, at 177.193; Sudan is lowest, at 4.023. The middle country reads 26.243. Against 1989, 127 values changed (59 up, 68 down), 14 countries joined.

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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1990

HighestSingapore

177.193

LowestSudan

4.023

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

141countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
141distinct 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), 1990, 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), 1990: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	177.193
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	117.269
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	101.627
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	99.713
5	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	98.253
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	75.834
7	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	74.466
8	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	74.360
9	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	64.094
10	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	63.081
11	Guyana`GUY`South America	62.707
12	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	62.343
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	61.614
14	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	59.903
15	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	59.835
16	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.493
17	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	55.055
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	54.863
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	54.706
20	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	54.161
21	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	53.460
22	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.224
23	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	51.777
24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	51.501
25	Honduras`HND`Central America	47.363
26	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	46.376
27	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.039
28	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	45.958
29	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	44.939
30	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	44.160
31	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	43.861
32	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	43.828
33	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	43.560
34	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43.557
35	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	41.444
36	Belize`BLZ`Central America	40.842
37	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.625
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	40.510
39	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	40.335
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.091
41	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.676
42	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	38.873
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	38.175
44	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	36.431
45	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.180
46	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	36.039
47	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	36.027
48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	35.838
49	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	35.003
50	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	34.690
51	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	34.190
52	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34.132
53	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	33.870
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	33.119
55	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	32.692
56	Chile`CHL`South America	32.212
57	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	32.027
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	31.690
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	30.611
60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	30.239
61	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	30.181
62	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	29.206
63	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	29.169
64	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	28.339
65	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	28.099
66	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	27.964
67	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	27.962
68	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	27.665
69	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	27.306
70	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	26.762
71	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	26.243
72	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	25.693
73	Canada`CAN`Northern America	25.074
74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	24.948
75	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	24.568
76	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	24.559
77	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	24.169
78	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	23.545
79	Uruguay`URY`South America	23.532
80	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.444
81	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	23.330
82	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	22.867
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	22.777
84	Ecuador`ECU`South America	22.764
85	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	22.740
86	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	22.400
87	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	22.145
88	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.989
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	21.539
90	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	21.313
91	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.028
92	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20.355
93	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.183
94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	19.393
95	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	19.181
96	Colombia`COL`South America	18.863
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	18.704
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	18.497
99	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18.488
100	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	18.275
101	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.217
102	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	18.162
103	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	17.993
104	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	17.132
105	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.067
106	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	17.056
107	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	16.878
108	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.727
109	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.753
110	Peru`PER`South America	15.697
111	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	15.405
112	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	15.095
113	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	15.094
114	Niger`NER`Western Africa	15.069
115	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.789
116	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	14.722
117	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	13.588
118	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13.480
119	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13.365
120	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13.279
121	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.922
122	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.870
123	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	11.910
124	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.329
125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	11.168
126	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	10.967
127	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.527
128	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.360
129	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9.936
130	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.843
131	United States`USA`Northern America	9.255
132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.836
133	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	8.703
134	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.691
135	Brazil`BRA`South America	8.197
136	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7.698
137	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.241
138	India`IND`Southern Asia	7.053
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.908
140	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5.456
141	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4.023

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore177.193
2Hong Kong117.269
3Bahrain101.627
4Luxembourg99.713
5Macau98.253

Lowest

141Sudan4.023
140Rwanda5.456
139Bangladesh5.908
138India7.053
137Uganda7.241

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 26.243. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+14 / −0countries joined / left
127values changed, of 127 in both
59 · 68rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bahrain86.754 → 101.627+14.873
Vietnam23.849 → 36.039+12.189
Qatar42.285 → 53.460+11.175
Sierra Leone23.918 → 34.690+10.772
Vanuatu35.083 → 44.160+9.077

Fell most

Solomon Islands62.049 → 46.376−15.672
Iraq21.965 → 7.698−14.267
Togo39.898 → 26.243−13.655
Bulgaria46.420 → 33.119−13.300
Nicaragua32.537 → 24.948−7.589

+ Armenia

+ Azerbaijan

+ Belarus

+ Czechia

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Libya

+ North Macedonia

+ New Caledonia

+ Oman

+ Romania

+ Slovakia

+ Slovenia

+ Tanzania

+ Yemen

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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Nothing missing
Every one of the 141 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1990). Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/exports-to-gdp/1990

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