Data for 2012

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2012

Name: Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2012
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2012, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2012 covers 179 countries. Hong Kong is highest, at 215.850; Sudan is lowest, at 6.856. The middle country reads 35.788. Against 2011, 178 values changed (91 up, 87 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · Data for 2012

HighestHong Kong

215.850

LowestSudan

6.856

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

179countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
179distinct 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), 2012, 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), 2012: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	215.850
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	196.720
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	171.212
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	103.822
5	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	103.047
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.799
7	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	98.266
8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	95.601
9	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	90.909
10	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	90.773
11	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	86.088
12	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	85.398
13	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	80.796
14	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	80.166
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	80.049
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	79.576
17	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	79.300
18	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	78.777
19	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	78.626
20	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	76.472
21	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	75.469
22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	75.105
23	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	74.732
24	Panama`PAN`Central America	74.544
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	73.545
26	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	73.104
27	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	71.905
28	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	70.160
29	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	69.801
30	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	68.951
31	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	68.367
32	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.429
33	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	66.868
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	63.832
35	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	63.474
36	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	62.722
37	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	61.111
38	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	60.950
39	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	60.346
40	Belize`BLZ`Central America	59.326
41	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	58.082
42	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	57.453
43	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	55.837
44	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	55.278
45	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	55.081
46	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	54.775
47	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	54.325
48	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	54.184
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	53.285
50	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	53.120
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	52.975
52	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	52.784
53	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	52.559
54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	52.024
55	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	51.311
56	Honduras`HND`Central America	50.903
57	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	50.804
58	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	50.513
59	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	50.027
60	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	49.911
61	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	48.261
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	48.115
63	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	47.469
64	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	47.383
65	Bolivia`BOL`South America	47.166
66	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.913
67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	45.374
68	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	44.834
69	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	44.508
70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	44.404
71	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	44.110
72	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	44.023
73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	43.572
74	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	42.832
75	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	42.686
76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	42.221
77	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	41.796
78	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	40.622
79	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	40.359
80	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	40.083
81	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	40.058
82	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	38.935
83	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	38.704
84	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	38.127
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	37.996
86	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	37.877
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	37.724
88	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	37.512
89	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	37.463
90	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	35.788
91	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	35.708
92	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	35.640
93	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	34.982
94	Ecuador`ECU`South America	34.831
95	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	34.773
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	34.425
97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	34.383
98	Chile`CHL`South America	33.846
99	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	33.398
100	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	33.137
101	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	32.989
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	32.351
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.097
104	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.651
105	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.539
106	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31.300
107	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	31.133
108	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	30.500
109	France`FRA`Western Europe	30.356
110	Canada`CAN`Northern America	30.353
111	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	30.247
112	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.061
113	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	30.017
114	Venezuela`VEN`South America	29.595
115	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	29.111
116	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	28.966
117	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	28.810
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	28.809
119	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	28.571
120	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	27.985
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	27.562
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	27.467
123	Peru`PER`South America	27.450
124	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	27.139
125	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	26.907
126	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	26.598
127	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	26.245
128	Uruguay`URY`South America	25.920
129	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	25.511
130	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.267
131	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	25.163
132	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	25.077
133	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.966
134	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.864
135	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	24.767
136	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	24.594
137	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.534
138	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	24.522
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	23.897
140	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	23.877
141	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	22.620
142	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.475
143	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	22.474
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	22.372
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.781
146	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21.421
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	20.592
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.162
149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	19.865
150	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	19.842
151	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.552
152	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	19.278
153	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	19.069
154	Colombia`COL`South America	18.811
155	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	17.759
156	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	17.286
157	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	17.277
158	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	17.056
159	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	16.397
160	Argentina`ARG`South America	16.238
161	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.101
162	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15.492
163	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15.326
164	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	14.274
165	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	14.117
166	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	13.767
167	United States`USA`Northern America	13.644
168	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	12.766
169	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.171
170	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.878
171	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11.874
172	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.550
173	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	10.861
174	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.655
175	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.946
176	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.750
177	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7.715
178	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.123
179	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6.856

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Hong Kong215.850
2Singapore196.720
3Luxembourg171.212
4Ireland103.822
5Seychelles103.047

Lowest

179Sudan6.856
178Timor-Leste7.123
177Syria7.715
176Nepal8.750
175Comoros8.946

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 35.788. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
178values changed, of 178 in both
91 · 87rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela0.000 → 29.595+29.595
Libya38.146 → 66.868+28.722
American Samoa58.772 → 75.469+16.697
Sierra Leone9.594 → 20.592+10.998
United Arab Emirates85.629 → 95.601+9.972

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands340.303 → 80.166−260.137
South Sudan66.076 → 42.832−23.244
Republic of the Congo73.612 → 58.082−15.530
Syria19.369 → 7.715−11.655
Kyrgyzstan54.538 → 44.404−10.134

+ Somalia

− Eritrea

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

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 2012.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 179 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2012). Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/exports-to-gdp/2012

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