UNCTAD · Services Exports
Services exports by country
How much does a country earn from selling services abroad, relative to the size of its economy?
Of the 181 countries compared in 2025, Luxembourg had the highest reading, 166.2128%, and Angola had the lowest reading, 0.0850%. In the middle country the figure was 9.6018%. Among the 166 countries measured in every edition since 2005, the middle one moved from 8.1273% to 9.5328%.
Services exports · 2025
Context statistic
Highest of 181Luxembourg
166.2128%012025 · values only
The highest and the lowest
The three countries with the highest values of 181 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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Lowest in 2025
Angola0.0850%
Guinea0.1457%
Papua New Guinea0.1754%
This statistic has no better end: the two ends describe size, not success.
Highest on each continent
- Africa
Seychelles85.7657% - AmericasAnguilla101.1800%
- Asia
Cyprus86.9325% - EuropeLuxembourg166.2128%
- Oceania
Nauru41.6016% - Every region
02Every measured country
Services 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.
- 0.0850–3.4211%
- 3.5461–7.4900%
- 7.5164–13.4286%
- 13.6206–24.3402%
- 25.2134–166.2128%
- No reading in 2025 (22 measured in an earlier edition)
- Europe
18.4905%
the middle country, of 39 measured · 49 members
Luxembourg166.2128%
Russia1.8264%Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Oceania
14.0460%
the middle country, of 12 measured · 21 members
Nauru41.6016%Papua New Guinea0.1754%Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Americas
11.2434%
the middle country, of 39 measured · 48 members
Anguilla101.1800%
Haiti0.2112%Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Asia
8.0895%
the middle country, of 46 measured · 52 members
Cyprus86.9325%
Tajikistan0.9959%Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Africa
4.8047%
the middle country, of 45 measured · 55 members
Seychelles85.7657%Angola0.0850%Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Every region
22 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Caribbean
36.1830%
the middle country, of 17 measured · 24 members
Anguilla101.1800%Haiti0.2112%Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- Northern Europe
20.2067%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 13 members
Ireland83.1885%
Norway11.9717%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Southern Europe
19.7934%
the middle country, of 13 measured · 17 members
Malta104.9433%
Italy6.6546%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Western Europe
19.3490%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
Luxembourg166.2128%
Germany10.3419%Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- Western Asia
13.4750%
the middle country, of 16 measured · 19 members
Cyprus86.9325%
Palestine3.2956%Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- Central America
13.2758%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members
Belize36.9441%
Mexico3.5461%Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Eastern Europe
12.2495%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 10 members
Hungary17.1059%Russia1.8264%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- South-eastern Asia
9.6018%
the middle country, of 11 measured · 11 members
Singapore73.1997%
Brunei2.8639%Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Northern Africa
9.2523%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 6 members
Tunisia20.5531%
Libya1.4079%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Eastern Asia
7.6337%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 8 members
Macau83.8205%
China2.6034%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Eastern Africa
7.2020%
the middle country, of 14 measured · 19 members
Seychelles85.7657%
Malawi3.4211%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Southern Asia
5.4832%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 9 members
Maldives75.9736%
Bangladesh1.8543%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Southern Africa
5.3001%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
Namibia10.4731%
Lesotho0.6227%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
- South America
3.5653%
the middle country, of 11 measured · 12 members
Uruguay8.7984%
Bolivia2.2496%Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- Western Africa
2.1251%
the middle country, of 16 measured · 16 members
Cabo Verde30.1749%Guinea0.1457%Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
- Middle Africa
0.8698%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 9 members
São Tomé and Príncipe9.0445%Angola0.0850%Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Australia and New Zealand
2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
New Zealand7.4900%
Australia4.8869%Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Central Asia
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.
Kyrgyzstan15.5624%Tajikistan0.9959%Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Melanesia
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.
Fiji37.2572%Papua New Guinea0.1754%Highest and lowest reading in Melanesia.
- Micronesia
4 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau.
Nauru41.6016%
Kiribati2.4800%Highest and lowest reading in Micronesia.
- Northern America
3 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Bermuda, Canada, United States.
Bermuda20.8084%
United States4.0241%Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.
- Polynesia
2 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Samoa, Tuvalu.
Samoa23.9074%
Tuvalu20.2172%Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.
03The whole field at once
The spread
181 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 9.6018%; a quarter are above 20.8084%, and a quarter below 4.3022%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
Log scale: each gridline is ten times the one before, so countries of very different sizes can be seen on one line.
04All 203 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. The top is held by small economies built around tourism or finance, some of which export more services than their whole GDP — normal for a small open economy, not an error. A low share can mean an economy that trades mainly in goods, or one that trades little at all.
Showing 25 of 203 countries
Values for 2025. The change column compares 2025 with 2024 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
052005–2025 · 21 reference years
Over time
Each point is one year from 2005. The newest year leans heavily on UNCTAD's own estimates, so a sharp move at the very end of a line may yet be revised.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 166 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 181 | 9.6018% | 4.3022% – 20.8084% | 9.5328% |
| 2024 | 193 | 10.6505% | 4.1117% – 21.6547% | 9.9851% |
| 2023 | 197 | 9.4374% | 3.5830% – 20.2181% | 9.7078% |
| 2022 | 197 | 7.8365% | 3.2089% – 19.3311% | 8.4721% |
| 2021 | 201 | 6.0445% | 2.6186% – 14.7380% | 6.4276% |
| 2020 | 201 | 6.0188% | 2.9239% – 14.3187% | 6.1196% |
| 2019 | 202 | 9.5327% | 3.8790% – 20.6532% | 10.4346% |
| 2018 | 203 | 9.8479% | 4.0424% – 20.8345% | 9.9246% |
| 2017 | 203 | 9.5375% | 4.1883% – 18.8385% | 9.8911% |
| 2016 | 203 | 9.7040% | 4.1043% – 18.6730% | 9.8339% |
| 2015 | 203 | 9.0990% | 4.0235% – 18.3813% | 9.1057% |
| 2014 | 201 | 8.5083% | 3.7565% – 18.2620% | 8.6007% |
| 2013 | 199 | 8.3216% | 3.9288% – 17.5086% | 8.4950% |
| 2012 | 198 | 7.8559% | 3.8531% – 17.7125% | 7.9705% |
| 2011 | 197 | 8.0608% | 3.8151% – 16.0788% | 8.0605% |
| 2010 | 195 | 7.8061% | 3.7924% – 15.0913% | 7.8372% |
| 2009 | 195 | 7.4013% | 3.8815% – 15.8268% | 7.4418% |
| 2008 | 195 | 7.8630% | 4.1241% – 15.4549% | 7.9335% |
| 2007 | 190 | 7.9804% | 4.0919% – 16.1636% | 8.2790% |
| 2006 | 189 | 7.8815% | 4.1602% – 15.8022% | 8.2986% |
| 2005 | 186 | 7.8459% | 4.1494% – 15.3463% | 8.1273% |
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 → after
Mauritius28.0529% → 45.7464%+17.6935- Nauru34.5347% → 41.6016%+7.0669
- Seychelles79.2838% → 85.7657%+6.4819
- Anguilla95.4352% → 101.1800%+5.7447
Sint Maarten84.0945% → 89.2204%+5.1259
Fell most
before → after
South Sudan44.1122% → 5.2712%−38.8410
Saint Lucia60.2289% → 52.4400%−7.7889- Ireland90.5341% → 83.1885%−7.3456
Antigua and Barbuda57.2364% → 52.3979%−4.8384- Kyrgyzstan18.9814% → 15.5624%−3.4190
180 countries were measured in both 2024 and 2025. The field changed from 193 to 181 countries, so a place can move for reasons that have nothing to do with the country itself.
07Across every edition
Services exports in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
186.6594%
Services exports (% of GDP)
Lowest reading on record
0.0577%
Services exports (% of GDP)
Biggest rise between editions
+49.3660
35.0343% → 84.4002%
Biggest fall between editions
−53.0739
76.0797% → 23.0058%
Biggest change since first measured
+59.1660
107.0468% → 166.2128%
Highest most often
20 of 21
editions, alone at the first-listed end
08The measure
About services exports
Services exports are what a country earns from selling services to the rest of the world — visitors' spending, shipping and air transport, finance and insurance, software and telecoms, consulting and royalties — shown as a share of GDP so that economies of every size can be compared. It is the half of trade that goods statistics leave out.
What the number is: Services exports (% 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 services exports is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 126 countries in commonρ 0.66
- Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 126 countries in commonρ 0.66
- Economic Complexity IndexKeyGrowth Lab at Harvard University · 134 countries in commonρ 0.62
Moves against
Where services exports is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Burned AreaGWIS · 174 countries in commonρ −0.66
- Land AreaFAO · 179 countries in commonρ −0.66
- INFORM Risk IndexKeyEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee · 171 countries in commonρ −0.66
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 307 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
The countries at either end
11Questions
Services exports: questions and answers
Which country has the highest services exports?
Luxembourg, at 166.2128%, among the 181 countries compared in 2025.
Which country has the lowest services exports?
Angola, at 0.0850%, among the 181 countries compared in 2025.
How many countries does the Services Exports cover?
181 in 2025, and 203 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 181 to 203 between editions.
What is the world average services exports?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 181 compared in 2025, the figure was 9.6018%.
Is this UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s own ranking?
No ranking is shown. UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 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 Services Exports published?
This site holds 21 reference years, 2005–2025, all recalculated in UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s 2026 report on one method — not 21 separate publications.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Read from UNCTAD's own US.TradeServCatTotal bulk file on UNCTADstat — the WTO-UNCTAD Trade in Services Data Set. UNCTAD's regional and group totals are left out; the US$ amount is kept beside the share, and UNCTAD's "Estimated" footnote travels with every reading it estimated. 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
Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Read from UNCTAD's own US.TradeServCatTotal bulk file on UNCTADstat — the WTO-UNCTAD Trade in Services Data Set. UNCTAD's regional and group totals are left out; the US$ amount is kept beside the share, and UNCTAD's "Estimated" footnote travels with every reading it estimated.
Newest edition
Report year 2025Data year 2025
Cite the source as: WTO-UNCTAD Trade in Services Data Set. Services: trade by category, annual. Geneva: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub.
Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO, checked 2026-09-29.
How this page reads the numbers
- No rank or position is shown: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 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). Services exports by country: Services Exports, data from UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/services-exports