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Services Exports, 2012

2012, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Services exports are what a country earns from selling services to the rest of the world — visitors' spending, shipping and air transport, finance and insurance, software and telecoms, consulting and royalties — shown as a share of GDP so that economies of every size can be compared. It is the half of trade that goods statistics leave out.

Services Exports, 2012 covers 198 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 127.582; Libya is lowest, at 0.164. The middle country reads 7.856. Against 2011, 196 values changed (123 up, 73 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Services Exports · Data for 2012

HighestLuxembourg

127.582

LowestLibya

0.164

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Services Exports, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 198 countries · select a heading to sort

Services Exports, 2012: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe127.58276,263.77—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe115.88711,136.22—
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean97.5041,039.60—
MacauMACEastern Asia87.53337,808.33—
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia75.2392,171.52—
ArubaABWCaribbean67.3801,762.12—
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean64.135851.10—
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa62.043673.66—
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean52.551433.33—
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean49.4041,488.47—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe48.822110,958.20—
PalauPLWMicronesia48.003102.23—
AnguillaAIACaribbean46.386132.74—
GrenadaGRDCaribbean46.268370.09—
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia45.194146.97—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia43.867129,448.89—
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean43.3361,859.57—
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean42.726682.81—
VanuatuVUTMelanesia40.351301.76—
CyprusCYPWestern Asia39.6889,940.79—
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia37.50698,502.44—
LebanonLBNWestern Asia34.36315,124.76—
DominicaDMACaribbean33.569174.68—
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa30.931591.73—
FijiFJIMelanesia30.7791,222.57—

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Luxembourg127.582
  2. Malta115.887
  3. Sint Maarten97.504
  4. Macau87.533
  5. Maldives75.239

Lowest

  1. Libya0.164
  2. Nigeria0.477
  3. Angola0.543
  4. Venezuela0.567
  5. Niger0.823

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 7.856. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Services exports (US$ millions, current prices)

    HighestUnited States683,524.00

    LowestNauru3.87

    Middle country: 2,165.76

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

  • +2 / −1countries joined / left
  • 196values changed, of 196 in both
  • 123 · 73rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Sudan+ Chad− Syria

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from UNCTAD’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2012.

  • 194 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2012). Services Exports, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/services-exports/2012

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