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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998

1998, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 166.788; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 27.253. Against 1997, 162 values changed (62 up, 100 down), the same countries are covered.

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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 1998

HighestSingapore

166.788

LowestVenezuela

0.000

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), 1998, 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 163 countries · select a heading to sort

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia166.788
2LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe127.697
3MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia115.744
4Hong KongHKGEastern Asia110.835
5GuyanaGUYSouth America95.933
6IrelandIRLNorthern Europe84.324
7ArubaABWCaribbean79.638
8IraqIRQWestern Asia77.899
9PanamaPANCentral America76.921
10Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa76.278
11MaltaMLTSouthern Europe75.311
12MacauMACEastern Asia74.175
13EstoniaESTNorthern Europe73.634
14CyprusCYPWestern Asia68.697
15MauritiusMUSEastern Africa64.811
16BelgiumBELWestern Europe64.174
17FijiFJIMelanesia60.938
18NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe59.677
19HondurasHNDCentral America59.177
20BelarusBLREastern Europe59.051
21ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia57.937
22BahrainBHRWestern Asia56.817
23Puerto RicoPRICaribbean55.971
24ParaguayPRYSouth America54.640
25Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia54.041

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore166.788
  2. 2Luxembourg127.697
  3. 3Malaysia115.744
  4. 4Hong Kong110.835
  5. 5Guyana95.933

Lowest

  1. 163Venezuela0.000
  2. 162French Polynesia3.954
  3. 161Guinea-Bissau4.106
  4. 160Rwanda5.427
  5. 159Sudan6.702

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 27.253. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 162values changed, of 163 in both
  • 62 · 100rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1998.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 163 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 (1998). Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/exports-to-gdp/1998

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07Questions

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Exports as a share of GDP in Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998?

Singapore, at 166.788, of the 163 countries in the file.

What year does Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998 cover?

163.

Where can I download Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 1998?

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), 1998 the newest?

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

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