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Terms of Trade Index, 2025

2025, as UNCTAD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Terms of Trade Index, 2025 covers 209 countries on 3 measures. North Korea is highest, at 1,448.226; Niue is lowest, at 38.197. The middle country reads 103.227. Against 2024, 201 values changed (127 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Terms of Trade Index · Data for 2025

HighestNorth Korea

1,448.226

LowestNiue

38.197

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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia1,448.226831.515557.416
American SamoaASMPolynesia217.747222.6289102.242
MaliMLIWestern Africa185.948253.8473136.515
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa177.447249.9756140.874
GhanaGHAWestern Africa176.613224.7835127.275
PeruPERSouth America172.508172.7057100.114
SurinameSURSouth America171.584229.7396133.893
GuineaGINWestern Africa165.586205.4890124.098
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia163.475216.3143132.322
BurundiBDIEastern Africa159.602210.9730132.187
YemenYEMWestern Asia159.464195.7607122.762
ChadTCDMiddle Africa158.273188.3414118.998
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia158.227197.7180124.958
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa157.134201.9013128.490
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia155.673128.332782.437
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa153.979191.4764124.352
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa153.458195.3923127.327
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand153.395165.9813108.205
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia152.197103.596968.068
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia150.543196.9561130.830
RwandaRWAEastern Africa148.690192.6096129.537
ColombiaCOLSouth America148.377144.816097.600
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia147.423188.0326127.547
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa144.652181.7821125.668
UgandaUGAEastern Africa144.427199.7225138.286

02In 2025

At either end

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

Highest

  1. North Korea1,448.226
  2. American Samoa217.747
  3. Mali185.948
  4. Burkina Faso177.447
  5. Ghana176.613

Lowest

  1. Niue38.197
  2. British Virgin Islands42.419
  3. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines54.275
  4. Anguilla65.897
  5. Gibraltar67.936

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 103.227. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Export unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestNorth Korea831.5155

    LowestNiue43.3550

    Middle country: 137.6279

  • Import unit value index (2015 = 100)

    HighestUkraine242.217

    LowestNorth Korea57.416

    Middle country: 127.327

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 201values changed, of 209 in both
  • 127 · 74rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

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 2025.

  • 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) (2025). Terms of Trade Index, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/terms-of-trade/2025

0621 held

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07Questions

Terms of Trade Index, 2025: questions and answers

Which country has the highest terms of trade in Terms of Trade Index, 2025?

North Korea, at 1,448.226, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Terms of Trade Index, 2025 describe?

2025.

How many countries does Terms of Trade Index, 2025 cover?

209.

Where can I download Terms of Trade Index, 2025?

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, 2025 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-10-03, when it was read from the publisher.

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