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Terms of Trade Index, 2005

2005, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Terms of Trade Index, 2005 covers 206 countries on 3 measures. American Samoa is highest, at 861.350; Niue is lowest, at 1.237. The middle country reads 99.291.

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Terms of Trade Index · Data for 2005

HighestAmerican Samoa

861.350

LowestNiue

1.237

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Terms of Trade Index, 2005, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 206 countries · select a heading to sort

Terms of Trade Index, 2005: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
American SamoaASMPolynesia861.350953.812110.7345
EritreaERIEastern Africa176.186133.13975.5671
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa174.420149.82385.8976
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia161.90298.55360.8722
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia159.670142.74289.3984
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia158.109138.16887.3881
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia150.374122.94081.7558
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa141.840105.89074.6544
QatarQATWestern Asia139.430118.21084.7812
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia136.383114.64884.0635
HaitiHTICaribbean136.04181.54859.9432
South KoreaKOREastern Asia131.224124.14194.6029
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa130.835108.88183.2203
UkraineUKREastern Europe128.14374.00357.7506
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia127.18499.91678.5599
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe125.932107.53685.3923
JapanJPNEastern Asia125.112113.78390.9450
ChadTCDMiddle Africa124.583102.18682.0226
BermudaBMUNorthern America123.424105.05385.1158
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia123.23769.24656.1892
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean123.234113.16291.8268
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia120.87794.82378.4458
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe120.65786.86371.9918
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean120.515102.96685.4388
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa120.400103.44885.9206

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

  1. American Samoa861.350
  2. Eritrea176.186
  3. Sierra Leone174.420
  4. Saudi Arabia161.902
  5. Turkmenistan159.670

Lowest

  1. Niue1.237
  2. Togo19.925
  3. Northern Mariana Islands21.328
  4. Nauru57.211
  5. Mali64.899

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 99.291. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Export unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestAmerican Samoa953.812

    LowestNiue1.500

    Middle country: 83.232

  • Import unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestTogo226.1928

    LowestJordan52.1858

    Middle country: 85.1315

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from UNCTAD’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2005.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 206 countries has every column.

04The 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 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2005). Terms of Trade Index, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/terms-of-trade/2005

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06Questions

Terms of Trade Index, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest terms of trade in Terms of Trade Index, 2005?

American Samoa, at 861.350, of the 206 countries in the file.

What year does Terms of Trade Index, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Terms of Trade Index, 2005 cover?

206.

Where can I download Terms of Trade Index, 2005?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Terms of Trade Index, 2005 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Terms of Trade Index, 2025.

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