Exports (share of GDP) over time (1970–2024)

Follow exports (share of GDP) for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1970 to 2024.

The country ranked first changed over time: Singapore in 1970–2014, Luxembourg in 2015–2024.
Japan’s exports (share of GDP) went from 9.9% in 1970 to 22.0% in 2024 (up 12 points).
Japan ranked #80 of 94 countries in 1970 and #123 of 162 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom

Key years for Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom of the 2024 ranking
Country	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Luxembourg	89.8%	89.4%	99.7%	147.6%	162.7%	204.4%	191.5%
Serbia	–	–	–	8.2%	31.0%	46.1%	53.6%
Zambia	–	–	–	23.9%	37.0%	46.7%	35.0%
India	3.8%	6.1%	7.1%	13.0%	22.4%	18.7%	22.1%
Japan	9.9%	12.6%	9.8%	10.3%	14.8%	15.1%	22.0%
Sudan	16.3%	10.5%	4.0%	16.0%	17.5%	5.1%	0.7%
Countries with data	94	115	136	157	163	168	162

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2024


Rank	Country	Exports (share of GDP)

Biggest changes, 1970–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1970 and 2024. Countries with a very small starting value are left out, because their ratios look exaggerated.

Biggest increases
Country	1970	2024	Change	Rank
Ireland	33.1%	144.0%	up 110.9 points	#21 → #3
Luxembourg	89.8%	191.5%	up 101.7 points	#2 → #1
Malta	44.2%	118.5%	up 74.3 points	#11 → #5
Thailand	15.0%	69.7%	up 54.7 points	#65 → #25
Singapore	126.0%	174.7%	up 48.6 points	#1 → #2

Biggest decreases
Country	1970	2024	Change	Rank
Gambia	37.8%	8.7%	down 29 points	#15 → #157
Saudi Arabia	50.8%	29.4%	down 21.4 points	#7 → #100
Central African Republic	31.9%	15.0%	down 16.9 points	#24 → #147
Sudan	16.3%	0.7%	down 15.6 points	#59 → #162
Sierra Leone	31.0%	17.3%	down 13.8 points	#25 → #135

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

Open the table (countries with data)

Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Luxembourg	89.8%	89.4%	99.7%	147.6%	162.7%	204.4%	191.5%
Singapore	126.0%	202.0%	177.2%	188.4%	198.0%	181.2%	174.7%
Ireland	33.1%	44.4%	54.7%	94.4%	103.3%	139.8%	144.0%
Djibouti	–	–	–	–	–	117.1%	126.4%
Malta	44.2%	80.9%	75.8%	90.3%	89.6%	130.0%	118.5%
Cyprus	–	45.3%	51.5%	70.0%	50.3%	79.6%	97.0%
Vietnam	–	–	36.0%	53.9%	54.2%	84.4%	90.2%
Bahrain	–	109.1%	101.6%	79.2%	66.7%	70.5%	87.5%
Slovakia	–	–	23.5%	53.3%	77.1%	84.3%	85.5%
Netherlands	43.5%	50.8%	54.9%	66.4%	69.3%	81.2%	82.5%
Slovenia	–	–	74.4%	50.5%	64.8%	78.3%	80.9%
Seychelles	–	14.1%	15.1%	74.3%	91.4%	66.5%	80.6%
Belgium	45.0%	50.1%	61.6%	72.5%	75.8%	79.2%	79.3%
Maldives	–	–	–	–	–	48.2%	78.2%
Hungary	–	–	–	66.8%	81.3%	78.1%	76.2%
Estonia	–	–	–	61.6%	75.0%	68.2%	75.7%
Brunei	–	42.6%	36.0%	57.0%	67.4%	57.4%	74.3%
Lithuania	–	–	–	38.5%	64.8%	72.4%	73.9%
Armenia	–	–	35.0%	22.2%	19.7%	30.1%	73.6%
Libya	–	–	39.7%	31.6%	66.3%	20.4%	71.7%
Cambodia	–	–	–	49.3%	50.2%	59.9%	71.4%
Malaysia	45.6%	57.5%	74.5%	119.8%	86.9%	61.6%	71.3%
Switzerland	40.5%	45.4%	40.5%	50.9%	64.4%	63.6%	71.2%
Denmark	27.2%	32.6%	36.4%	44.9%	50.6%	55.0%	71.0%
Thailand	15.0%	24.1%	34.1%	64.8%	66.5%	51.3%	69.7%
Czechia	–	–	32.7%	47.8%	64.9%	67.8%	68.9%
Mongolia	–	–	18.3%	54.0%	46.7%	57.7%	68.7%
Mauritius	–	50.5%	64.1%	60.3%	50.3%	55.4%	67.1%
Oman	73.7%	62.7%	41.4%	52.9%	59.1%	47.1%	66.1%
Latvia	–	–	–	37.7%	54.4%	62.7%	64.9%
Gabon	49.7%	64.7%	46.0%	69.0%	57.7%	47.6%	64.6%
Belarus	–	–	46.0%	69.2%	51.4%	61.0%	63.2%
North Macedonia	–	–	24.6%	32.9%	39.8%	57.8%	61.7%
Bulgaria	–	35.7%	33.1%	36.2%	50.1%	56.5%	56.4%
Kuwait	59.8%	78.3%	44.9%	56.5%	66.7%	43.7%	55.8%
Austria	27.5%	31.8%	35.8%	43.6%	51.6%	51.7%	55.7%
Belize	–	34.6%	40.8%	42.9%	50.6%	37.6%	55.2%
Sweden	22.1%	27.3%	28.1%	43.2%	44.9%	44.3%	54.5%
Fiji	–	48.5%	62.3%	65.4%	57.4%	31.4%	54.4%
Eswatini	–	–	–	–	–	43.6%	53.8%
Serbia	–	–	–	8.2%	31.0%	46.1%	53.6%
Nauru	–	–	–	–	51.9%	43.6%	53.5%
Republic of the Congo	34.7%	60.0%	51.8%	80.3%	68.5%	40.7%	52.8%
Poland	–	–	–	27.1%	39.9%	52.4%	52.2%
Croatia	–	–	–	35.1%	35.5%	41.3%	50.1%
Tunisia	22.0%	40.2%	43.6%	39.7%	48.0%	38.0%	50.0%
Lesotho	12.2%	21.0%	–	–	42.1%	44.4%	49.4%
Georgia	–	–	40.1%	23.0%	32.5%	36.9%	47.8%
Kyrgyzstan	–	–	29.2%	41.8%	51.6%	29.6%	46.8%
Norway	35.3%	42.1%	38.9%	45.8%	39.6%	31.3%	46.4%
Azerbaijan	–	–	43.9%	40.2%	54.3%	35.6%	45.8%
Portugal	19.1%	21.5%	29.2%	28.2%	30.0%	37.3%	45.8%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	–	–	–	11.4%	36.7%	29.8%	45.7%
Equatorial Guinea	–	–	–	–	85.8%	40.8%	45.0%
South Korea	11.3%	27.7%	24.2%	32.9%	45.3%	34.6%	44.4%
Panama	55.8%	65.0%	57.5%	69.0%	70.0%	36.3%	44.4%
Montenegro	–	–	–	36.8%	36.7%	26.3%	43.7%
Mozambique	–	–	–	11.3%	29.4%	32.8%	42.8%
Cape Verde	–	17.1%	17.1%	27.0%	30.3%	25.3%	42.7%
Cuba	32.6%	32.8%	30.2%	14.1%	22.6%	8.2%	42.5%
Iceland	42.8%	33.8%	32.0%	31.7%	51.1%	34.1%	42.5%
Greece	7.9%	19.2%	14.7%	24.0%	21.7%	31.5%	42.1%
Morocco	17.6%	19.3%	24.6%	24.2%	29.8%	30.8%	42.0%
Finland	23.9%	30.8%	22.1%	42.0%	38.4%	36.2%	41.9%
Germany	15.1%	18.5%	22.7%	29.7%	39.5%	39.1%	41.4%
Mauritania	32.4%	29.2%	36.2%	25.5%	45.7%	41.4%	41.4%
Guinea	–	–	21.3%	16.8%	30.3%	47.0%	41.4%
Namibia	–	70.4%	43.6%	40.7%	48.3%	33.7%	41.1%
Nicaragua	26.7%	24.2%	24.9%	20.1%	40.5%	41.7%	41.0%
Bosnia & Herzegovina	–	–	–	21.9%	29.7%	34.6%	40.7%
Solomon Islands	–	47.5%	46.4%	27.1%	35.2%	27.9%	40.6%
Iraq	37.3%	63.5%	7.7%	75.7%	39.4%	27.8%	39.8%
Bahamas	–	70.4%	54.2%	38.0%	35.0%	23.3%	37.8%
Paraguay	14.9%	13.8%	52.2%	43.3%	42.1%	33.3%	37.7%
Costa Rica	27.8%	26.5%	34.2%	42.9%	32.8%	31.7%	37.5%
Mexico	7.8%	10.1%	18.7%	24.2%	29.0%	39.2%	37.3%
Marshall Islands	–	–	–	28.8%	36.1%	35.5%	37.2%
Spain	12.2%	14.3%	15.8%	28.6%	25.8%	30.5%	37.1%
Albania	–	24.0%	15.4%	19.5%	27.6%	22.5%	36.3%
Romania	–	–	16.7%	21.6%	31.6%	37.0%	35.6%
Ghana	21.3%	8.5%	16.9%	48.8%	29.5%	31.5%	35.1%
Zambia	–	–	–	23.9%	37.0%	46.7%	35.0%
Honduras	35.2%	47.4%	47.4%	54.0%	45.8%	35.9%	33.9%
France	16.9%	22.0%	22.0%	29.8%	27.8%	28.6%	33.9%
Chile	14.2%	21.3%	32.2%	30.1%	37.9%	31.3%	33.7%
Palau	–	–	–	–	46.4%	23.3%	32.7%
El Salvador	24.8%	34.2%	18.5%	26.8%	26.9%	24.5%	32.7%
Canada	21.8%	27.5%	25.1%	44.2%	29.2%	29.5%	32.5%
Italy	15.1%	20.1%	18.2%	25.6%	24.9%	28.7%	32.3%
South Africa	18.4%	31.9%	21.5%	24.4%	25.8%	27.6%	31.8%
Kazakhstan	–	–	–	56.6%	44.2%	30.5%	31.6%
Moldova	–	–	–	49.6%	27.8%	27.9%	31.6%
Bhutan	–	14.4%	28.0%	28.0%	39.4%	28.1%	31.5%
Somalia	10.7%	33.2%	8.7%	–	–	13.7%	31.2%
United Kingdom	22.0%	26.9%	23.3%	25.6%	28.7%	29.9%	31.1%
Angola	–	–	–	–	53.9%	31.8%	30.9%
Samoa	–	–	–	–	27.7%	29.2%	30.7%
Ecuador	9.4%	17.1%	22.8%	37.6%	32.5%	23.3%	30.5%
Ukraine	–	–	27.7%	60.3%	46.5%	38.8%	29.7%
Saudi Arabia	50.8%	63.5%	40.3%	43.4%	49.6%	23.8%	29.4%
Peru	17.4%	25.5%	15.7%	16.8%	27.8%	23.0%	28.9%
Burkina Faso	5.5%	9.0%	11.0%	8.8%	20.5%	31.8%	28.6%
Rwanda	11.2%	14.0%	5.5%	5.3%	10.9%	18.7%	28.4%
Israel	20.5%	35.0%	28.0%	33.8%	33.6%	27.2%	28.4%
Uruguay	13.9%	15.0%	23.5%	16.7%	26.3%	26.2%	28.2%
Chad	16.3%	16.9%	13.5%	16.9%	34.4%	21.3%	27.7%
Türkiye	4.4%	5.2%	13.4%	19.9%	21.6%	28.7%	27.6%
Botswana	24.7%	53.1%	55.1%	51.8%	42.1%	31.3%	27.1%
Côte d’Ivoire	35.8%	35.0%	31.7%	27.8%	33.5%	21.0%	26.0%
Philippines	–	–	19.4%	43.3%	32.9%	25.2%	25.7%
Senegal	16.1%	16.1%	17.1%	17.8%	20.0%	20.7%	25.5%
Vanuatu	–	31.0%	44.2%	39.2%	48.7%	13.7%	25.3%
New Zealand	22.1%	28.8%	26.8%	35.7%	30.2%	21.7%	24.7%
Australia	12.9%	16.4%	15.1%	19.4%	19.7%	23.9%	24.6%
Madagascar	19.2%	10.7%	12.9%	19.1%	21.9%	20.1%	24.0%
Iran	18.5%	13.7%	13.3%	21.5%	24.4%	18.4%	23.6%
Lebanon	–	–	18.0%	14.2%	35.0%	16.4%	23.3%
Dominican Republic	18.0%	20.3%	30.6%	35.5%	22.8%	18.8%	22.8%
Micronesia	–	–	–	18.3%	24.0%	22.8%	22.4%
Mali	12.5%	9.7%	12.9%	18.3%	19.2%	25.1%	22.3%
Indonesia	12.8%	30.5%	27.3%	41.0%	24.3%	17.3%	22.3%
India	3.8%	6.1%	7.1%	13.0%	22.4%	18.7%	22.1%
Japan	9.9%	12.6%	9.8%	10.3%	14.8%	15.1%	22.0%
Russia	–	–	18.2%	44.1%	29.2%	25.5%	21.9%
Uzbekistan	–	–	–	24.7%	21.8%	20.8%	21.6%
Bolivia	24.6%	24.5%	22.8%	18.3%	41.2%	16.9%	21.4%
China	2.5%	10.1%	13.6%	20.7%	26.7%	18.3%	20.4%
Algeria	22.1%	34.3%	23.4%	42.1%	35.0%	15.5%	19.9%
Sri Lanka	25.5%	32.2%	30.2%	39.0%	–	15.5%	19.8%
Tanzania	–	–	8.7%	10.8%	19.6%	13.5%	19.7%
Benin	15.2%	15.8%	19.2%	20.6%	23.1%	19.9%	18.8%
Zimbabwe	–	23.4%	22.9%	38.2%	29.6%	15.0%	18.1%
Brazil	7.0%	9.0%	8.2%	10.2%	10.9%	16.5%	17.9%
Turkmenistan	–	–	–	55.2%	52.6%	16.9%	17.6%
Sierra Leone	31.0%	22.9%	34.7%	18.1%	9.9%	9.9%	17.3%
Tonga	–	30.1%	33.9%	15.2%	12.5%	19.7%	16.9%
Kenya	29.8%	29.5%	25.7%	21.6%	20.1%	11.4%	16.9%
Uganda	23.4%	19.4%	7.2%	10.7%	13.8%	15.4%	16.8%
Venezuela	23.3%	32.6%	38.2%	0.0%	0.0%	13.0%	16.7%
Egypt	13.6%	30.5%	20.4%	16.2%	21.3%	12.5%	16.4%
Colombia	13.3%	16.2%	18.9%	15.9%	16.3%	13.5%	16.1%
Guatemala	18.6%	22.2%	21.0%	20.2%	26.2%	16.3%	15.9%
Afghanistan	–	–	–	–	–	10.4%	15.7%
Cameroon	26.2%	27.9%	20.2%	24.9%	22.4%	15.2%	15.7%
São Tomé & Príncipe	–	–	–	–	10.8%	10.6%	15.6%
Argentina	5.6%	5.1%	10.4%	11.0%	18.9%	16.6%	15.2%
Central African Republic	31.9%	25.2%	17.1%	20.4%	11.6%	15.2%	15.0%
Guinea-Bissau	4.0%	12.7%	9.9%	13.1%	12.6%	15.5%	12.7%
Malawi	–	–	–	–	–	11.0%	11.3%
Tajikistan	–	–	–	86.8%	14.9%	17.3%	11.2%
United States	5.6%	9.8%	9.3%	10.7%	12.3%	10.1%	11.0%
Timor-Leste	–	–	–	10.6%	8.6%	36.7%	10.6%
Bangladesh	8.3%	5.5%	5.9%	12.3%	16.0%	10.4%	10.5%
Pakistan	7.6%	12.6%	14.8%	9.6%	12.6%	9.3%	10.4%
Comoros	–	8.8%	8.8%	8.8%	9.6%	5.7%	9.2%
Niger	10.8%	24.6%	15.1%	14.3%	16.2%	10.4%	9.0%
Gambia	37.8%	42.7%	59.9%	25.8%	14.7%	9.6%	8.7%
Nepal	4.9%	11.5%	10.5%	23.3%	9.6%	6.8%	7.6%
Ethiopia	–	–	–	–	–	7.1%	5.5%
Kiribati	–	55.6%	22.4%	10.9%	11.6%	10.4%	4.5%
Haiti	–	–	11.9%	7.4%	8.6%	7.7%	2.2%
Sudan	16.3%	10.5%	4.0%	16.0%	17.5%	5.1%	0.7%
United Arab Emirates	–	–	–	–	77.4%	98.1%	–
Antigua & Barbuda	–	–	–	–	–	41.9%	–
Eritrea	–	–	–	9.7%	6.4%	–	–
Guyana	56.5%	81.3%	62.7%	96.1%	–	–	–
Jordan	–	40.4%	59.8%	41.8%	–	–	–
Laos	–	–	11.3%	30.7%	35.4%	–	–
Papua New Guinea	18.5%	43.2%	40.6%	66.2%	–	–	–
Qatar	–	73.7%	53.5%	67.3%	62.3%	49.1%	–
San Marino	–	–	–	–	–	164.5%	–
Suriname	–	–	–	–	52.5%	–	–
South Sudan	–	–	–	–	61.4%	–	–
Syria	17.5%	18.2%	28.3%	36.1%	32.2%	13.2%	–
Togo	29.3%	48.2%	26.2%	20.2%	27.7%	23.1%	–
Yemen	–	–	11.2%	41.4%	30.0%	–	–
Countries with data	94	115	136	157	163	168	162

Notes on reading this history

Yearly values come from the same World Bank indicator. The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. The ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it may not match a single year’s ranking here.

Older years have fewer countries with data. See the “Countries with data” row in the table.

Source: Exports of goods and services (% of GDP), indicator NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org

World Bank data last updated: 2026-10-08