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Terms of Trade Index, 2020

2020, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Terms of Trade Index, 2020 covers 209 countries on 3 measures. American Samoa is highest, at 201.4927; Turkmenistan is lowest, at 66.6559. The middle country reads 100.6166. Against 2019, 209 values changed (129 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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Terms of Trade Index · Data for 2020

HighestAmerican Samoa

201.4927

LowestTurkmenistan

66.6559

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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
American SamoaASMPolynesia201.4927162.658180.7266
MaliMLIWestern Africa142.7738141.146398.8600
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa137.5567138.5604100.7297
SurinameSURSouth America133.8293140.7161105.1459
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa132.6687132.589499.9402
NiueNIUPolynesia131.682893.997171.3815
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand131.2025122.888193.6630
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia126.2340124.368698.5222
GuyanaGUYSouth America125.1004127.9746102.2976
ParaguayPRYSouth America124.8862112.765490.2945
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe124.5039132.4291106.3655
BermudaBMUNorthern America123.8266126.7480102.3592
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa123.5770112.309790.8823
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa122.6035125.3728102.2588
ChileCHLSouth America121.8439113.872893.4579
PeruPERSouth America121.7660106.865287.7628
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia120.6939120.7055100.0096
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean120.0134109.134390.9351
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa118.5226120.6742101.8154
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa118.2730115.059997.2834
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa117.1746123.3198105.2445
RwandaRWAEastern Africa117.0694121.8142104.0530
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia116.9496114.912998.2585
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia116.3373117.4665100.9706
SudanSDNNorthern Africa115.7395122.6414105.9633

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

  1. American Samoa201.4927
  2. Mali142.7738
  3. Burkina Faso137.5567
  4. Suriname133.8293
  5. Mauritania132.6687

Lowest

  1. Turkmenistan66.6559
  2. Oman66.7753
  3. Qatar69.6463
  4. Comoros70.4914
  5. Algeria72.4585

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 100.6166. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Export unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestAmerican Samoa162.6581

    LowestTurkmenistan69.6340

    Middle country: 102.8089

  • Import unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestSlovakia126.0352

    LowestPakistan66.2796

    Middle country: 101.9499

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 209values changed, of 209 in both
  • 129 · 80rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iraq127.4170 → 80.9934−46.4236
  • Angola121.6618 → 79.1133−42.5485
  • Libya114.8149 → 74.0574−40.7575
  • Azerbaijan112.3105 → 78.7051−33.6054
  • Algeria101.4071 → 72.4585−28.9486

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 2020.

  • 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) (2020). Terms of Trade Index, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/terms-of-trade/2020

0621 held

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07Questions

Terms of Trade Index, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest terms of trade in Terms of Trade Index, 2020?

American Samoa, at 201.4927, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Terms of Trade Index, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Terms of Trade Index, 2020 cover?

209.

Where can I download Terms of Trade Index, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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