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Terms of Trade Index, 2022

2022, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Terms of Trade Index, 2022 covers 209 countries on 3 measures. North Korea is highest, at 738.226; Niue is lowest, at 31.079. The middle country reads 97.560. Against 2021, 209 values changed (72 up, 137 down), the same countries are covered.

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Terms of Trade Index · Data for 2022

HighestNorth Korea

738.226

LowestNiue

31.079

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia738.2261,189.492161.1285
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia283.817350.779123.5932
QatarQATWestern Asia239.817290.784121.2528
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa195.732233.806119.4522
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia190.669251.668131.9917
NorwayNORNorthern Europe185.718236.263127.2160
American SamoaASMPolynesia184.987217.974117.8320
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia182.527168.17392.1361
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand180.959208.380115.1533
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia174.130226.289129.9538
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia171.509233.964136.4149
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa167.108220.386131.8822
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia163.889195.695119.4067
ChadTCDMiddle Africa159.930193.608121.0582
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean159.575209.463131.2627
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa156.854211.182134.6356
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean154.838195.226126.0836
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia154.766216.054139.6002
ColombiaCOLSouth America154.078172.247111.7923
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa153.876235.013152.7291
BahrainBHRWestern Asia151.657159.697105.3013
GuyanaGUYSouth America150.542209.549139.1957
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia147.483210.593142.7909
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa146.772209.807142.9480
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa146.167203.618139.3049

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

  1. North Korea738.226
  2. Turkmenistan283.817
  3. Qatar239.817
  4. Equatorial Guinea195.732
  5. Papua New Guinea190.669

Lowest

  1. Niue31.079
  2. British Virgin Islands49.914
  3. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines50.649
  4. Anguilla59.456
  5. Dominica61.869

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 97.560. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Export unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestNorth Korea1,189.492

    LowestNiue35.234

    Middle country: 137.147

  • Import unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestUkraine210.6578

    LowestPakistan78.1764

    Middle country: 134.8900

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 209values changed, of 209 in both
  • 72 · 137rose · 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 2022.

  • 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) (2022). Terms of Trade Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/terms-of-trade/2022

0621 held

Other years

07Questions

Terms of Trade Index, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest terms of trade in Terms of Trade Index, 2022?

North Korea, at 738.226, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Terms of Trade Index, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Terms of Trade Index, 2022 cover?

209.

Where can I download Terms of Trade Index, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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