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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2008

2008, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2008 covers 179 countries. United States Virgin Islands is highest, at 433.836; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 37.669. Against 2007, 174 values changed (107 up, 67 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 2008

HighestUnited States Virgin Islands

433.836

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), 2008, 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 179 countries · select a heading to sort

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean433.836
2SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia228.994
3Hong KongHKGEastern Asia193.415
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe161.495
5American SamoaASMPolynesia114.464
6MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia99.500
7SeychellesSYCEastern Africa98.135
8MaltaMLTSouthern Europe91.472
9NauruNRUMicronesia90.476
10Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa89.224
11IrelandIRLNorthern Europe84.333
12BahrainBHRWestern Asia82.577
13BelgiumBELWestern Europe80.881
14SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe80.204
15MacauMACEastern Asia79.694
16HungaryHUNEastern Europe79.204
17United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia78.868
18PanamaPANCentral America78.299
19LibyaLBYNorthern Africa74.116
20Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa73.403
21ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia71.416
22VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia70.337
23NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe69.606
24CuraçaoCUWCaribbean69.467
25Puerto RicoPRICaribbean68.298

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United States Virgin Islands433.836
  2. 2Singapore228.994
  3. 3Hong Kong193.415
  4. 4Luxembourg161.495
  5. 5American Samoa114.464

Lowest

  1. 179Venezuela0.000
  2. 178Eritrea4.429
  3. 177Sierra Leone7.763
  4. 176Comoros8.221
  5. 175Haiti8.791

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.669. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −1countries joined / left
  • 174values changed, of 175 in both
  • 107 · 67rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Nauru+ South Sudan+ São Tomé and Príncipe+ Kosovo− Jordan

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 2008.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 179 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 (2008). Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/exports-to-gdp/2008

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07Questions

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Exports as a share of GDP in Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2008?

United States Virgin Islands, at 433.836, of the 179 countries in the file.

What year does Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2008 cover?

179.

Where can I download Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2008?

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), 2008 the newest?

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

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