Data for 1991

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1991

Name: Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1991
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1991, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1991 covers 144 countries. Singapore is highest, at 168.55; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 25.10. Against 1990, 140 values changed (58 up, 82 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1991

HighestSingapore

168.55

LowestVenezuela

0.00

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

144countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
144distinct 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), 1991, 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), 1991: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	168.55
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	119.33
3	Guyana`GUY`South America	102.31
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	99.61
5	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	91.64
6	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	77.83
7	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	77.37
8	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	74.76
9	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	68.44
10	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	66.04
11	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.35
12	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	61.48
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	60.23
14	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	57.39
15	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.31
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	55.58
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	55.56
18	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.07
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	53.03
20	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	52.78
21	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.95
22	Paraguay`PRY`South America	50.84
23	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48.37
24	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	47.44
25	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.26
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	47.09
27	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	45.66
28	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.73
29	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	44.00
30	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	43.48
31	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	42.26
32	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	41.63
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	41.11
34	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	40.75
35	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	40.37
36	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.08
37	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	40.01
38	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	39.27
39	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	39.00
40	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	38.98
41	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	38.82
42	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	38.31
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	38.16
44	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	37.79
45	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	37.69
46	Belize`BLZ`Central America	35.98
47	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	35.96
48	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	35.35
49	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	34.73
50	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	33.83
51	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	33.46
52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.41
53	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	33.33
54	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.25
55	Chile`CHL`South America	30.98
56	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	30.92
57	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	30.01
58	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	29.80
59	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	29.44
60	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	29.16
61	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.12
62	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	28.74
63	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	28.71
64	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	28.35
65	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	27.75
66	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	27.54
67	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	27.47
68	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27.04
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	26.55
70	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	26.26
71	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	26.15
72	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	25.28
73	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	24.93
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24.41
75	Canada`CAN`Northern America	24.35
76	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	23.99
77	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	23.88
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	23.67
79	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	23.57
80	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	22.99
81	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	22.90
82	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	22.60
83	France`FRA`Western Europe	22.41
84	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	22.32
85	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	21.93
86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	21.82
87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	21.78
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	21.48
89	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21.27
90	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	21.00
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	20.97
92	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	20.80
93	Uruguay`URY`South America	20.69
94	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.00
95	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	19.34
96	Colombia`COL`South America	19.09
97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17.95
98	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17.67
99	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17.60
100	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.59
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	17.23
102	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.00
103	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	16.96
104	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.93
105	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	16.91
106	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	16.90
107	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.56
108	Mexico`MEX`Central America	16.43
109	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16.01
110	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	15.97
111	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.79
112	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15.52
113	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	14.45
114	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	14.15
115	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13.84
116	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13.82
117	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13.27
118	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	12.95
119	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	12.84
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	12.53
121	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.35
122	Peru`PER`South America	12.20
123	Niger`NER`Western Africa	12.02
124	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	11.95
125	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11.49
126	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	10.45
127	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10.31
128	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9.98
129	United States`USA`Northern America	9.66
130	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.42
131	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.84
132	Brazil`BRA`South America	8.68
133	India`IND`Southern Asia	8.49
134	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8.00
135	Argentina`ARG`South America	7.68
136	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.48
137	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.46
138	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7.11
139	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.07
140	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.66
141	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	3.34
142	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.29
143	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	1.26
144	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore168.55
2Hong Kong119.33
3Guyana102.31
4Luxembourg99.61
5Macau91.64

Lowest

144Venezuela0.00
143French Polynesia1.26
142Iraq1.29
141Sudan3.34
140Bangladesh6.66

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 25.10. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −1countries joined / left
140values changed, of 140 in both
58 · 82rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guyana62.71 → 102.31+39.61
Mongolia18.27 → 54.07+35.79
Slovakia23.55 → 41.11+17.57
Bulgaria33.12 → 43.48+10.36
Dominican Republic30.61 → 40.08+9.47

Fell most

Venezuela38.18 → 0.00−38.18
Gambia59.90 → 29.44−30.46
Kuwait44.94 → 16.90−28.04
Bahrain101.63 → 74.76−26.87
Belarus45.96 → 33.33−12.63

+ Hungary

+ Mozambique

+ French Polynesia

+ Turkmenistan

− Somalia

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

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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 1991.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 144 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1991). Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/exports-to-gdp/1991

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