World Bank Group · Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)
Exports as a share of GDP by country
How much of its output does a country sell abroad?
Of the 138 countries compared in 2025, Hong Kong had the highest reading, 199.758%, and Sudan had the lowest reading, 1.103%. In the middle country the figure was 36.338%. Among the 78 countries measured in every edition since 1970, the middle one moved from 18.841% to 31.424%.
Share
Exports as a share of GDP · 2025
Context statistic
Highest of 138Hong Kong
199.758%012025 · position · derived
The highest and the lowest
The three countries with the highest values of 138 compared, the three with the lowest, and the highest on each continent. This statistic has no better end, so no country is shown as leading.
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Highest on each continent
- Africa
Djibouti110.494% - Americas
Puerto Rico46.883% - AsiaHong Kong199.758%
- EuropeLuxembourg190.522%
- Oceania
Nauru61.765% - Every region
02Every measured country
Exports as a share of GDP on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value. This statistic has no better end, so the shades describe size, not success.
- 1.103–20.891%
- 21.071–31.332%
- 31.410–41.969%
- 41.976–62.573%
- 65.036–199.758%
- No reading in 2025 (55 measured in an earlier edition)
- Europe
50.345%
the middle country, of 40 measured · 49 members
Luxembourg190.522%
Russia18.203%Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Americas
31.332%
the middle country, of 19 measured · 48 members
Puerto Rico46.883%
Haiti1.560%Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Africa
29.331%
the middle country, of 44 measured · 55 members
Djibouti110.494%
Sudan1.103%Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Asia
28.652%
the middle country, of 30 measured · 52 members
Hong Kong199.758%
Nepal8.828%Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Oceania
27.619%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 21 members
Nauru61.765%
Micronesia22.120%Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Every region
21 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Western Europe
75.450%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
Luxembourg190.522%
France33.393%Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- South-eastern Asia
71.058%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 11 members
Singapore177.851%
Indonesia22.847%Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Eastern Asia
68.069%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 8 members
Hong Kong199.758%
China21.071%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Northern Europe
57.901%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 13 members
Ireland140.067%
United Kingdom30.597%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Eastern Europe
50.345%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 10 members
Slovakia85.095%Russia18.203%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Southern Europe
43.658%
the middle country, of 13 measured · 17 members
Malta119.110%
Italy32.227%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Central America
36.921%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 8 members
Nicaragua41.593%
Guatemala15.559%Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Western Asia
36.384%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 19 members
Cyprus97.574%
Palestine21.228%Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- Northern Africa
30.895%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 6 members
Libya71.713%Sudan1.103%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Middle Africa
29.414%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
Gabon55.493%
Cameroon13.089%Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- South America
27.071%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 12 members
Paraguay37.178%
Venezuela14.903%Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- Western Africa
25.931%
the middle country, of 12 measured · 16 members
Cabo Verde41.976%
Gambia12.730%Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
- Eastern Africa
21.440%
the middle country, of 13 measured · 19 members
Djibouti110.494%
Comoros9.298%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Southern Asia
15.042%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 9 members
Iran25.754%Nepal8.828%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Australia and New Zealand
1 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia.
Australia23.244%Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Caribbean
3 of 24 measured — too few for a middle: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico46.883%Haiti1.560%Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- Central Asia
3 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Kyrgyzstan26.811%
Turkmenistan14.471%Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Micronesia
3 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru.
Nauru61.765%Micronesia22.120%Highest and lowest reading in Micronesia.
- Northern America
1 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Canada.
Canada31.332%Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.
- Polynesia
1 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Samoa.
Samoa27.619%Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.
- Southern Africa
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa.
Lesotho49.531%
South Africa31.410%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
03The whole field at once
The spread
138 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 36.338%; a quarter are above 52.606%, and a quarter below 22.088%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 193 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. “=” marks a position shared with another country. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. Neither end is better, so this carries no good-or-bad colouring on the site. It is one half of the trade-to-GDP measure, which carries the sum; both are here because a sum cannot tell an exporter from an importer.
Showing 25 of 193 countries
Values for 2025. The change column compares 2025 with 2024 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
051970–2025 · 56 reference years
Over time
Each point is one reference year from 1970. Values above 100% are normal for re-export hubs — the observed maximum is about 434%.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 78 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 138 | 36.338% | 22.088% – 52.606% | 31.424% |
| 2024 | 172 | 35.944% | 22.043% – 54.429% | 29.943% |
| 2023 | 176 | 37.587% | 22.686% – 56.971% | 30.766% |
| 2022 | 183 | 39.978% | 22.248% – 60.218% | 33.630% |
| 2021 | 183 | 34.210% | 20.850% – 52.588% | 31.173% |
| 2020 | 184 | 30.505% | 18.360% – 46.783% | 28.067% |
| 2019 | 183 | 36.401% | 22.282% – 52.401% | 30.453% |
| 2018 | 185 | 37.625% | 22.949% – 54.092% | 31.175% |
| 2017 | 185 | 34.253% | 21.833% – 51.693% | 29.603% |
| 2016 | 184 | 33.038% | 21.650% – 49.392% | 28.930% |
| 2015 | 185 | 33.952% | 21.497% – 52.213% | 29.168% |
| 2014 | 183 | 37.248% | 23.535% – 54.861% | 30.437% |
| 2013 | 181 | 37.517% | 23.924% – 56.024% | 30.250% |
| 2012 | 179 | 35.788% | 24.815% – 54.928% | 30.428% |
| 2011 | 179 | 36.937% | 24.737% – 54.415% | 30.473% |
| 2010 | 179 | 34.988% | 22.673% – 51.464% | 28.286% |
| 2009 | 179 | 32.102% | 22.149% – 48.799% | 26.478% |
| 2008 | 179 | 37.669% | 24.712% – 56.791% | 31.137% |
| 2007 | 176 | 37.474% | 25.527% – 54.152% | 30.370% |
| 2006 | 175 | 37.658% | 24.582% – 54.964% | 30.174% |
| 2005 | 175 | 35.953% | 24.318% – 55.204% | 28.420% |
| 2004 | 172 | 34.763% | 23.023% – 52.529% | 27.603% |
| 2003 | 172 | 32.224% | 21.524% – 50.251% | 26.392% |
| 2002 | 171 | 32.257% | 20.983% – 49.500% | 26.645% |
| 2001 | 165 | 30.560% | 19.869% – 49.159% | 26.827% |
| 2000 | 165 | 31.727% | 19.933% – 50.460% | 25.680% |
| 1999 | 163 | 28.309% | 18.390% – 43.056% | 24.303% |
| 1998 | 163 | 27.253% | 18.345% – 43.628% | 24.354% |
| 1997 | 163 | 27.859% | 18.830% – 45.051% | 25.950% |
| 1996 | 162 | 26.930% | 18.569% – 42.862% | 24.137% |
| 1995 | 162 | 27.925% | 18.691% – 41.703% | 24.196% |
| 1994 | 153 | 27.758% | 17.520% – 42.516% | 23.075% |
| 1993 | 149 | 26.121% | 16.391% – 43.798% | 22.662% |
| 1992 | 146 | 26.228% | 16.210% – 41.432% | 23.081% |
| 1991 | 144 | 25.105% | 16.327% – 40.029% | 22.792% |
| 1990 | 141 | 26.243% | 17.056% – 40.842% | 23.488% |
| 1989 | 127 | 25.103% | 16.687% – 40.421% | 23.030% |
| 1988 | 123 | 25.042% | 16.178% – 39.470% | 22.114% |
| 1987 | 123 | 25.192% | 15.515% – 40.091% | 21.477% |
| 1986 | 122 | 25.353% | 15.612% – 39.244% | 22.411% |
| 1985 | 120 | 26.154% | 15.849% – 43.982% | 24.857% |
| 1984 | 120 | 26.594% | 16.735% – 43.162% | 23.150% |
| 1983 | 121 | 25.689% | 14.711% – 40.893% | 23.277% |
| 1982 | 120 | 26.296% | 14.755% – 42.748% | 22.278% |
| 1981 | 120 | 26.319% | 16.041% – 42.404% | 23.449% |
| 1980 | 118 | 28.345% | 16.977% – 44.067% | 24.903% |
| 1979 | 106 | 26.620% | 17.757% – 41.263% | 24.442% |
| 1978 | 106 | 24.510% | 16.550% – 36.415% | 22.199% |
| 1977 | 106 | 25.800% | 16.338% – 42.291% | 23.973% |
| 1976 | 105 | 23.914% | 15.706% – 38.618% | 22.225% |
| 1975 | 102 | 23.314% | 14.851% – 36.518% | 22.328% |
| 1974 | 99 | 25.619% | 14.461% – 40.719% | 24.126% |
| 1973 | 98 | 22.622% | 14.781% – 34.832% | 21.314% |
| 1972 | 98 | 21.245% | 14.226% – 33.154% | 20.421% |
| 1971 | 97 | 20.996% | 13.037% – 32.210% | 18.460% |
| 1970 | 96 | 20.913% | 13.187% – 32.420% | 18.841% |
062024 → 2025
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions — reference years recalculated in one report, not two separate publications. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Rose most
before → afterFell most
before → after
Armenia73.625% → 48.099% · 22nd → 39th−25.526- Kyrgyzstan46.771% → 26.811% · 55th → 93rd−19.960
- Djibouti126.415% → 110.494% · 5th → 6th−15.922
- Gabon64.578% → 55.493% · 34th → 31st−9.086
Belarus63.156% → 55.081% · 35th → 32nd−8.076
138 countries were measured in both 2024 and 2025. The field changed from 172 to 138 countries, so a place can move for reasons that have nothing to do with the country itself.
07Across every edition
Exports as a share of GDP in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
433.836%
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Lowest reading on record
0.000%
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Biggest rise between editions
+138.247
295.589% → 433.836%
Biggest fall between editions
−260.137
340.303% → 80.166%
Biggest change since first measured
+106.975
33.092% → 140.067%
Highest most often
34 of 56
editions, alone at the first-listed end
08The measure
About Exports as a share of GDP
Exports as a share of GDP is everything a country sells abroad, goods and services together, measured against its own output. Read beside imports, the gap between the two is a country’s trade balance.
What the number is: Exports of goods and services (% of GDP).
09Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Economy & Innovation and Mobility & Trade, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Economy & InnovationMobility & TradeWhich statistics vote, and why
Moves with
Where Exports as a share of GDP is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 138 countries in commonρ 0.94
- Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 138 countries in commonρ 0.81
- Ecological FootprintKeyGlobal Footprint Network · 93 countries in commonρ 0.65
Moves against
Where Exports as a share of GDP is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 128 countries in commonρ −0.67
- Children's Climate Risk IndexUNICEF · 124 countries in commonρ −0.60
- INFORM Risk IndexKeyEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee · 134 countries in commonρ −0.59
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 348 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
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11Questions
Exports as a share of GDP: questions and answers
Which country has the highest Exports as a share of GDP?
Hong Kong, at 199.758%, among the 138 countries compared in 2025.
Which country has the lowest Exports as a share of GDP?
Sudan, at 1.103%, among the 138 countries compared in 2025.
How many countries does the Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) cover?
138 in 2025, and 193 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 96 to 185 between editions.
What is the world average Exports as a share of GDP?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 138 compared in 2025, the figure was 36.338%.
Is this World Bank Group’s own ranking?
No. World Bank Group publishes the values but ranks nobody; the position on this page is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values, and equal values share a position.
How often is the Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) published?
This site holds 56 reference years, 1970–2025, all recalculated in World Bank Group’s 2026 report on one method — not 56 separate publications.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From World Bank Group, under CC BY 4.0. Pulled from the World Bank’s indicator API (NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS). Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) — World Bank Group
Pulled from the World Bank’s indicator API (NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS).
Newest edition
Report year 2025Data year 2025
Cite the source as: World Bank. World Development Indicators. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
Licence: CC BY 4.0, checked 2026-09-07.
How this page reads the numbers
- World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure. The position is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values; equal values share a position.
- This statistic has no better end, so the page describes higher and lower values and never calls a country a leader.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Exports as a share of GDP by country: Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), data from World Bank Group. https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/exports-to-gdp