OECD · Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports
Foreign content of exports by country
How much of what a country exports was made in other countries?
Of the 80 countries compared in 2022, Luxembourg had the highest reading, 66.08%, and Angola had the lowest reading, 4.49%. In the middle country the figure was 27.41%. Among the 80 countries measured in every edition since 1995, the middle one moved from 18.90% to 27.41%.
Foreign content of exports · 2022
Context statistic
Highest of 80Luxembourg
66.08%012022 · values only
The highest and the lowest
The three countries with the highest values of 80 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
Tunisia33.70% - Americas
Mexico33.80% - Asia
Cyprus48.87% - EuropeLuxembourg66.08%
- Oceania
New Zealand14.68%2 of 21 measured
- Every region
02Every measured country
Foreign content of exports 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.
- 4.49–12.81%
- 13.58–25.51%
- 25.68–29.94%
- 30.92–36.65%
- 37.69–66.08%
- No reading in 2022
- Europe
33.56%
the middle country, of 33 measured · 49 members
Luxembourg66.08%
Russia7.51%Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Asia
26.96%
the middle country, of 25 measured · 52 members
Cyprus48.87%
Saudi Arabia7.88%Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Africa
16.22%
the middle country, of 11 measured · 55 members
Tunisia33.70%
Angola4.49%Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Americas
14.87%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 48 members
Mexico33.80%
United States8.31%Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Oceania
2 of 21 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
New Zealand14.68%
Australia8.94%Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Every region
17 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Southern Europe
34.75%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 17 members
Malta51.46%
Spain26.60%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Eastern Europe
34.57%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 10 members
Slovakia52.61%Russia7.51%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- South-eastern Asia
32.54%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 11 members
Vietnam48.50%
Indonesia12.26%Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Western Europe
32.49%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
Luxembourg66.08%
Germany25.88%Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- Northern Europe
31.37%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 13 members
Ireland41.45%
Norway10.35%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Western Asia
27.41%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 19 members
Cyprus48.87%Saudi Arabia7.88%Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- Eastern Asia
20.98%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 8 members
South Korea36.65%
China16.99%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- South America
13.58%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 12 members
Chile19.41%
Argentina9.88%Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- Australia and New Zealand
2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
New Zealand14.68%Australia8.94%Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Central America
2 of 8 measured — too few for a middle: Costa Rica, Mexico.
Mexico33.80%
Costa Rica20.92%Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Central Asia
1 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan12.47%Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Middle Africa
4 of 9 measured — too few for a middle: Angola, Cameroon, DR Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe.
DR Congo19.16%Angola4.49%Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Northern Africa
3 of 6 measured — too few for a middle: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia.
Tunisia33.70%
Egypt9.13%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Northern America
2 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Canada, United States.
Canada21.17%United States8.31%Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.
- Southern Africa
1 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: South Africa.
South Africa25.51%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
- Southern Asia
3 of 9 measured — too few for a middle: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan.
India25.68%
Pakistan9.61%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Western Africa
3 of 16 measured — too few for a middle: Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Senegal.
Senegal27.00%
Nigeria9.27%Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
03The whole field at once
The spread
80 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 27.41%; a quarter are above 34.62%, and a quarter below 15.95%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 80 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. No rank or position is shown: too many countries share the same value for an order to mean anything. Neither end is better. A high share marks an economy that assembles and re-exports — small open economies and processing hubs. A low one marks either a large economy that makes most of its own inputs or an exporter of oil and minerals, which need few imported ones. The table covers 80 economies, not the world.
Showing 25 of 80 countries
Values for 2022. The change column compares 2022 with 2021 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
051995–2022 · 28 reference years
Over time
Each point is one year from 1995, as the 2025 edition of the OECD’s Trade in Value Added database gives it. The figures are estimated from input-output tables, so the most recent years rest on more estimation than the earlier ones.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 80 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 80 | 27.41% | 15.95% – 34.62% | 27.41% |
| 2021 | 80 | 24.34% | 12.70% – 32.53% | 24.34% |
| 2020 | 80 | 23.21% | 12.31% – 31.06% | 23.21% |
| 2019 | 80 | 23.72% | 13.06% – 31.43% | 23.72% |
| 2018 | 80 | 23.52% | 13.73% – 33.33% | 23.52% |
| 2017 | 80 | 23.01% | 12.78% – 32.27% | 23.01% |
| 2016 | 80 | 22.31% | 12.96% – 31.03% | 22.31% |
| 2015 | 80 | 22.71% | 13.70% – 31.70% | 22.71% |
| 2014 | 80 | 23.75% | 13.83% – 31.80% | 23.75% |
| 2013 | 80 | 23.28% | 14.16% – 32.35% | 23.28% |
| 2012 | 80 | 24.40% | 14.89% – 32.47% | 24.40% |
| 2011 | 80 | 24.41% | 14.50% – 31.78% | 24.41% |
| 2010 | 80 | 22.60% | 14.39% – 31.21% | 22.60% |
| 2009 | 80 | 20.61% | 14.76% – 28.20% | 20.61% |
| 2008 | 80 | 23.87% | 17.02% – 31.52% | 23.87% |
| 2007 | 80 | 22.76% | 16.14% – 29.86% | 22.76% |
| 2006 | 80 | 23.19% | 15.28% – 30.44% | 23.19% |
| 2005 | 80 | 21.82% | 16.04% – 28.79% | 21.82% |
| 2004 | 80 | 21.81% | 14.24% – 27.66% | 21.81% |
| 2003 | 80 | 21.69% | 14.09% – 27.47% | 21.69% |
| 2002 | 80 | 21.11% | 15.66% – 26.85% | 21.11% |
| 2001 | 80 | 21.76% | 15.66% – 27.08% | 21.76% |
| 2000 | 80 | 21.97% | 14.40% – 26.92% | 21.97% |
| 1999 | 80 | 20.91% | 14.22% – 26.12% | 20.91% |
| 1998 | 80 | 20.71% | 13.31% – 25.80% | 20.71% |
| 1997 | 80 | 20.17% | 13.39% – 25.70% | 20.17% |
| 1996 | 80 | 19.39% | 12.83% – 25.79% | 19.39% |
| 1995 | 80 | 18.90% | 13.25% – 25.39% | 18.90% |
062021 → 2022
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 → after
Laos10.42% → 19.27%+8.85
Ukraine22.96% → 29.94%+6.98- DR Congo12.72% → 19.16%+6.44
- Chile13.71% → 19.41%+5.70
- South Korea31.03% → 36.65%+5.62
Fell most
before → after
Singapore48.87% → 46.12%−2.75- Russia9.83% → 7.51%−2.32
- Norway12.62% → 10.35%−2.27
Cameroon9.50% → 7.76%−1.75
United Arab Emirates28.90% → 27.49%−1.42
80 countries were measured in both 2021 and 2022.
07Across every edition
Foreign content of exports in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
66.52%
Foreign value added (% of gross exports)
Lowest reading on record
1.87%
Foreign value added (% of gross exports)
Biggest rise between editions
+13.80
17.17% → 30.97%
Biggest fall between editions
−9.31
28.28% → 18.97%
Biggest change since first measured
+28.41
16.33% → 44.75%
Highest most often
27 of 28
editions, alone at the first-listed end
08The measure
About foreign content of exports
The foreign value added share of gross exports measures how much of what a country sells abroad was actually made somewhere else — the imported parts, materials and services built into its exports. It is the OECD’s standard measure of how deeply a country is woven into cross-border supply chains.
What the number is: Foreign value added (% of gross exports).
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 foreign content of exports is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Median Age of the PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 80 countries in commonρ 0.48
- Length of Paid Paternity LeaveWorld Bank Group · 80 countries in commonρ 0.47
- Political Stability and Absence of ViolenceKeyWorld Bank Group · 80 countries in commonρ 0.46
Moves against
Where foreign content of exports is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Land AreaFAO · 80 countries in commonρ −0.62
- Natural Gas ProductionEIA · 80 countries in commonρ −0.55
- Crude Oil ProductionEIA · 80 countries in commonρ −0.53
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 53 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
10Keep reading
Explore further
The subject
11Questions
Foreign content of exports: questions and answers
Which country has the highest foreign content of exports?
Luxembourg, at 66.08%, among the 80 countries compared in 2022.
Which country has the lowest foreign content of exports?
Angola, at 4.49%, among the 80 countries compared in 2022.
How many countries does the Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports cover?
80 in 2022.
What is the world average foreign content of exports?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 80 compared in 2022, the figure was 27.41%.
Is this OECD’s own ranking?
No ranking is shown. OECD publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything, so none is derived.
How often is the Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports published?
This site holds 28 reference years, 1995–2022, all recalculated in OECD’s 2025 report on one method — not 28 separate publications.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From OECD, under OECD Terms and Conditions — data clause. Read from the OECD’s Trade in Value Added database (2025 edition) through its SDMX API, at the three decimals the OECD serves; the World Bank’s Data360 copy is an older edition cut to one. Regional and trade-bloc totals are left out. 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
Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports — OECD
Read from the OECD’s Trade in Value Added database (2025 edition) through its SDMX API, at the three decimals the OECD serves; the World Bank’s Data360 copy is an older edition cut to one. Regional and trade-bloc totals are left out.
Newest edition
Report year 2022Data year 2022
Cite the source as: OECD (2025), Trade in Value Added (TiVA) 2025 edition: Principal Indicators, shares, OECD Data Explorer, https://data-explorer.oecd.org/ (accessed on 29 September 2026).
Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions — data clause, checked 2026-09-29.
How this page reads the numbers
- No rank or position is shown: OECD publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything.
- 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). Foreign content of exports by country: Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, data from OECD. https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/foreign-value-added-exports