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Terms of Trade Index, 2021

2021, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Terms of Trade Index, 2021 covers 209 countries on 3 measures. American Samoa is highest, at 191.459; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is lowest, at 54.326. The middle country reads 100.619. Against 2020, 209 values changed (95 up, 114 down), the same countries are covered.

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Terms of Trade Index · Data for 2021

HighestAmerican Samoa

191.459

LowestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines

54.326

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
American SamoaASMPolynesia191.459179.953593.9904
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand163.692171.9510105.0456
ArubaABWCaribbean159.556184.2714115.4904
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia155.005179.2828115.6625
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia151.540179.8466118.6796
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia149.364126.337484.5837
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa148.352177.4206119.5940
ParaguayPRYSouth America146.673144.433498.4728
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia144.701168.5942116.5122
QatarQATWestern Asia141.311162.4274114.9433
ChadTCDMiddle Africa139.319152.5049109.4645
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa138.870166.1037119.6113
GuyanaGUYSouth America137.129165.1459120.4309
ChileCHLSouth America136.690147.0520107.5805
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa135.925153.7074113.0826
BahrainBHRWestern Asia134.600135.6473100.7780
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa134.037149.2947111.3836
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia133.864162.1472121.1285
PeruPERSouth America132.901126.618395.2728
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia130.630164.4140125.8626
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean129.649139.4944107.5936
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa128.858150.0222116.4241
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa128.741144.3799112.1476
BermudaBMUNorthern America128.076136.9107106.8978
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa127.136159.7731125.6711

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

  1. American Samoa191.459
  2. Australia163.692
  3. Aruba159.556
  4. Turkmenistan155.005
  5. Laos151.540

Lowest

  1. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines54.326
  2. Anguilla65.940
  3. Comoros69.349
  4. Ireland73.262
  5. Cayman Islands74.212

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 100.619. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 209values changed, of 209 in both
  • 95 · 114rose · 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 2021.

  • 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) (2021). Terms of Trade Index, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/terms-of-trade/2021

0621 held

Other years

07Questions

Terms of Trade Index, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest terms of trade in Terms of Trade Index, 2021?

American Samoa, at 191.459, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Terms of Trade Index, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Terms of Trade Index, 2021 cover?

209.

Where can I download Terms of Trade Index, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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