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Terms of Trade Index, 2023

2023, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Terms of Trade Index, 2023 covers 209 countries on 3 measures. North Korea is highest, at 711.037; Niue is lowest, at 45.672. The middle country reads 100.006. Against 2022, 209 values changed (115 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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Terms of Trade Index · Data for 2023

HighestNorth Korea

711.037

LowestNiue

45.672

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia711.0371,079.344151.799
American SamoaASMPolynesia207.872221.581106.595
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand172.220189.234109.879
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia168.065145.79886.751
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia150.768202.875134.561
ChadTCDMiddle Africa144.531172.407119.287
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean143.641180.408125.596
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia140.86179.69856.579
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa140.524169.231120.428
ColombiaCOLSouth America139.152147.592106.065
QatarQATWestern Asia136.931166.454121.561
GuyanaGUYSouth America136.025182.255133.987
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia133.365160.690120.489
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia133.294163.734122.837
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa133.104172.003129.225
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia129.567166.411128.436
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa129.076163.885126.968
PeruPERSouth America128.771130.993101.726
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean128.429164.111127.783
ChileCHLSouth America127.915148.902116.407
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa127.008153.666120.989
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa126.756167.571132.200
BahrainBHRWestern Asia126.718141.339111.538
BelarusBLREastern Europe123.989129.001104.042
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia123.969165.013133.109

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

  1. North Korea711.037
  2. American Samoa207.872
  3. Australia172.220
  4. Saudi Arabia168.065
  5. Laos150.768

Lowest

  1. Niue45.672
  2. Gibraltar48.188
  3. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines51.960
  4. British Virgin Islands56.688
  5. Comoros63.050

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 100.006. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Export unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestNorth Korea1,079.344

    LowestNiue51.831

    Middle country: 133.763

  • Import unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestUkraine226.944

    LowestPakistan56.579

    Middle country: 129.831

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 209values changed, of 209 in both
  • 115 · 94rose · 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 2023.

  • 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) (2023). Terms of Trade Index, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/terms-of-trade/2023

0621 held

Other years

07Questions

Terms of Trade Index, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest terms of trade in Terms of Trade Index, 2023?

North Korea, at 711.037, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Terms of Trade Index, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Terms of Trade Index, 2023 cover?

209.

Where can I download Terms of Trade Index, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

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

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