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Terms of Trade Index, 2009

2009, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Terms of Trade Index, 2009 covers 208 countries on 3 measures. Jordan is highest, at 156.885; Niue is lowest, at 5.239. The middle country reads 100.770. Against 2008, 208 values changed (123 up, 85 down), the same countries are covered.

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Terms of Trade Index · Data for 2009

HighestJordan

156.885

LowestNiue

5.239

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
JordanJORWestern Asia156.885107.746468.6787
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia145.917149.3225102.3336
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa135.068116.494486.2485
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia130.358116.746789.5586
VenezuelaVENSouth America127.616114.101189.4096
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean127.105125.026398.3645
BermudaBMUNorthern America126.310118.184493.5672
EritreaERIEastern Africa125.993123.429897.9657
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia125.923135.9236107.9420
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa125.525119.559195.2472
ColombiaCOLSouth America124.985130.0847104.0805
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa123.01793.079975.6645
IraqIRQWestern Asia122.075124.3393101.8548
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa121.618122.5964100.8045
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia119.655104.107187.0061
NauruNRUMicronesia119.141100.757184.5695
BoliviaBOLSouth America119.02387.015173.1082
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean118.608120.0115101.1835
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe118.466103.685487.5231
HaitiHTICaribbean118.31797.539782.4391
QatarQATWestern Asia117.971116.227898.5225
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa117.671116.163198.7186
ChadTCDMiddle Africa117.666116.230098.7800
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia116.973114.446197.8395
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia116.678118.0386101.1663

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Jordan156.885
  2. Bhutan145.917
  3. Equatorial Guinea135.068
  4. Brunei130.358
  5. Venezuela127.616

Lowest

  1. Niue5.239
  2. Northern Mariana Islands23.266
  3. Aruba55.822
  4. French Polynesia63.446
  5. Cayman Islands65.869

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 100.770. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Export unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestBhutan149.3225

    LowestNiue6.3592

    Middle country: 99.0656

  • Import unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestNiue121.3716

    LowestJordan68.6787

    Middle country: 98.3215

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 208values changed, of 208 in both
  • 123 · 85rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2009.

  • 207 distinct values among 208

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 103.817. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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) (2009). Terms of Trade Index, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/terms-of-trade/2009

0621 held

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07Questions

Terms of Trade Index, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest terms of trade in Terms of Trade Index, 2009?

Jordan, at 156.885, of the 208 countries in the file.

What year does Terms of Trade Index, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Terms of Trade Index, 2009 cover?

208.

Where can I download Terms of Trade Index, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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