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Terms of Trade Index, 2008

2008, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Terms of Trade Index, 2008 covers 208 countries on 3 measures. American Samoa is highest, at 201.865; Niue is lowest, at 0.634. The middle country reads 98.848. Against 2007, 205 values changed (83 up, 122 down), 2 countries joined.

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Terms of Trade Index · Data for 2008

HighestAmerican Samoa

201.865

LowestNiue

0.634

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, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 208 countries · select a heading to sort

Terms of Trade Index, 2008: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
American SamoaASMPolynesia201.865277.805137.620
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa200.813186.04692.646
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia199.145195.90398.372
QatarQATWestern Asia193.047192.54399.739
IraqIRQWestern Asia191.193204.170106.787
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa178.898180.594100.948
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia178.068191.802107.713
VenezuelaVENSouth America175.257171.06697.609
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia175.075210.940120.486
ChadTCDMiddle Africa171.577180.679105.305
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia168.814181.028107.235
OmanOMNWestern Asia167.211178.867106.971
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia163.670168.824103.149
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa163.330179.150109.686
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia160.488163.665101.980
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa159.031168.874106.190
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa157.072149.54095.205
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia153.662177.094115.249
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia149.251159.313106.742
JordanJORWestern Asia149.006116.32078.064
GabonGABMiddle Africa146.904143.89397.950
RussiaRUSEastern Europe142.936157.317110.061
YemenYEMWestern Asia141.678155.333109.638
NauruNRUMicronesia141.532173.719122.742
IranIRNSouthern Asia136.061150.239110.420

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

  1. American Samoa201.865
  2. Equatorial Guinea200.813
  3. Brunei199.145
  4. Qatar193.047
  5. Iraq191.193

Lowest

  1. Niue0.634
  2. Northern Mariana Islands18.823
  3. French Polynesia67.626
  4. British Virgin Islands70.703
  5. Comoros71.557

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.848. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Export unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestAmerican Samoa277.805

    LowestNiue0.881

    Middle country: 111.291

  • Import unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestGibraltar145.485

    LowestJordan78.064

    Middle country: 110.265

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

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

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 205values changed, of 206 in both
  • 83 · 122rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • Nauru72.020 → 141.532+69.512
  • Oman116.020 → 167.211+51.192
  • Qatar152.321 → 193.047+40.726
  • Brunei160.185 → 199.145+38.960
  • Iraq154.016 → 191.193+37.177

Fell most

+ Montenegro+ Serbia

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.

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 2008.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 208 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 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) (2008). Terms of Trade Index, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/terms-of-trade/2008

0621 held

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07Questions

Terms of Trade Index, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest terms of trade in Terms of Trade Index, 2008?

American Samoa, at 201.865, of the 208 countries in the file.

What year does Terms of Trade Index, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Terms of Trade Index, 2008 cover?

208.

Where can I download Terms of Trade Index, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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