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Terms of Trade Index, 2015

2015, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Terms of Trade Index, 2015 covers 210 countries on 3 measures. 210 countries share the highest reading, 100; 210 countries share the lowest reading, 100. The middle country reads 100. Against 2014, 210 values changed (117 up, 93 down), the same countries are covered.

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Terms of Trade Index · Data for 2015

Highest210 countries share it

100

Lowest210 countries share it

100

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, 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 210 countries · select a heading to sort

Terms of Trade Index, 2015: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia100100100
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe100100100
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa100100100
American SamoaASMPolynesia100100100
AndorraANDSouthern Europe100100100
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa100100100
AnguillaAIACaribbean100100100
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean100100100
ArgentinaARGSouth America100100100
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia100100100
ArubaABWCaribbean100100100
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand100100100
AustriaAUTWestern Europe100100100
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia100100100
BahamasBHSCaribbean100100100
BahrainBHRWestern Asia100100100
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia100100100
BarbadosBRBCaribbean100100100
BelarusBLREastern Europe100100100
BelgiumBELWestern Europe100100100
BelizeBLZCentral America100100100
BeninBENWestern Africa100100100
BermudaBMUNorthern America100100100
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia100100100
BoliviaBOLSouth America100100100

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Arubashared100
  2. Afghanistanshared100
  3. Angolashared100
  4. Anguillashared100
  5. Albaniashared100

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared100
  2. Zambiashared100
  3. South Africashared100
  4. Yemenshared100
  5. Samoashared100

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 100. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Export unit value index (2015 = 100)

    Highest210 share it

    Lowest210 share it

    Middle country: 100

  • Import unit value index (2015 = 100)

    Highest210 share it

    Lowest210 share it

    Middle country: 100

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 210values changed, of 210 in both
  • 117 · 93rose · 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 2015.

  • 1 distinct values among 210

    Values are stored exactly as published. 210 countries share 100. 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 210 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) (2015). Terms of Trade Index, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/terms-of-trade/2015

0621 held

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07Questions

Terms of Trade Index, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest terms of trade in Terms of Trade Index, 2015?

210 countries share the highest reading, 100, so no single country is named.

What year does Terms of Trade Index, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Terms of Trade Index, 2015 cover?

210.

Where can I download Terms of Trade Index, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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