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Terms of Trade Index, 2017

2017, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Terms of Trade Index, 2017 covers 210 countries on 3 measures. Northern Mariana Islands is highest, at 171.7030; Nauru is lowest, at 74.6516. The middle country reads 100.6133. Against 2016, 210 values changed (95 up, 115 down), the same countries are covered.

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Terms of Trade Index · Data for 2017

HighestNorthern Mariana Islands

171.7030

LowestNauru

74.6516

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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia171.7030173.184100.8623
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia122.7132123.638100.7533
BermudaBMUNorthern America122.1024124.433101.9091
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand116.3947115.18698.9614
ColombiaCOLSouth America115.6462103.54689.5371
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia114.5422116.001101.2739
ChileCHLSouth America114.2623112.60198.5462
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia114.0260118.899104.2738
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia113.4319114.752101.1639
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia111.9275104.51093.3728
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia110.9657112.672101.5374
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa110.9621111.022100.0538
PeruPERSouth America110.9507108.06497.3980
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa110.7348113.004102.0495
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa110.6314113.211102.3319
RwandaRWAEastern Africa109.7923111.085101.1776
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa109.6645112.160102.2753
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa109.4898109.999100.4647
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand109.4629108.56999.1832
JamaicaJAMCaribbean109.4107110.242100.7598
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa108.5090109.077100.5235
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia108.5050110.114101.4833
KiribatiKIRMicronesia108.3984109.991101.4689
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia108.3840108.517100.1228
BrazilBRASouth America108.2340102.90395.0745

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands171.7030
  2. Tajikistan122.7132
  3. Bermuda122.1024
  4. Australia116.3947
  5. Colombia115.6462

Lowest

  1. Nauru74.6516
  2. Oman77.0332
  3. Aruba80.9914
  4. Niue82.2847
  5. Côte d’Ivoire85.9175

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 100.6133. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 210values changed, of 210 in both
  • 95 · 115rose · 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 2017.

  • 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) (2017). Terms of Trade Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/terms-of-trade/2017

0621 held

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07Questions

Terms of Trade Index, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest terms of trade in Terms of Trade Index, 2017?

Northern Mariana Islands, at 171.7030, of the 210 countries in the file.

What year does Terms of Trade Index, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Terms of Trade Index, 2017 cover?

210.

Where can I download Terms of Trade Index, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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