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Terms of Trade Index, 2019

2019, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Terms of Trade Index, 2019 covers 209 countries on 3 measures. American Samoa is highest, at 186.5979; Comoros is lowest, at 70.6060. The middle country reads 99.6277. Against 2018, 209 values changed (90 up, 119 down), 1 left.

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Terms of Trade Index · Data for 2019

HighestAmerican Samoa

186.5979

LowestComoros

70.6060

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, 2019, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 209 countries · select a heading to sort

Terms of Trade Index, 2019: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
American SamoaASMPolynesia186.5979175.21093.8969
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand130.2261127.83698.1645
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia127.6565121.76595.3846
IraqIRQWestern Asia127.4170132.477103.9711
ColombiaCOLSouth America124.7579111.41789.3065
BermudaBMUNorthern America122.6105128.955105.1745
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia122.2386128.411105.0491
ArubaABWCaribbean121.9822130.191106.7298
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa121.6618127.579104.8637
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa119.6402122.109102.0637
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa118.3849125.490106.0019
ChadTCDMiddle Africa116.5578116.37699.8439
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia116.0567119.971103.3724
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa114.8516120.769105.1522
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa114.8149121.834106.1131
IranIRNSouthern Asia113.0989116.943103.3985
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia112.3105117.579104.6914
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe112.2570125.124111.4624
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa112.2311116.456103.7647
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa111.9826112.232100.2224
GabonGABMiddle Africa111.3006114.962103.2893
MaliMLIWestern Africa111.1174116.445104.7947
SudanSDNNorthern Africa110.8123115.373104.1157
KiribatiKIRMicronesia110.7729114.784103.6214
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand110.1837108.01398.0298

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. American Samoa186.5979
  2. Australia130.2261
  3. Saudi Arabia127.6565
  4. Iraq127.4170
  5. Colombia124.7579

Lowest

  1. Comoros70.6060
  2. Nauru74.1033
  3. Oman79.9999
  4. Anguilla80.0281
  5. Antigua and Barbuda82.9225

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 99.6277. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Export unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestAmerican Samoa175.210

    LowestNauru66.233

    Middle country: 105.425

  • Import unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestSlovakia123.6630

    LowestPakistan71.2025

    Middle country: 104.6954

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 209values changed, of 209 in both
  • 90 · 119rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Venezuela

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 2019.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 209 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) (2019). Terms of Trade Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/terms-of-trade/2019

0621 held

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07Questions

Terms of Trade Index, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest terms of trade in Terms of Trade Index, 2019?

American Samoa, at 186.5979, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Terms of Trade Index, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Terms of Trade Index, 2019 cover?

209.

Where can I download Terms of Trade Index, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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