Goods exports (total) over time (1960–2025)
Follow goods exports (total) for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1960 to 2025.
- The country ranked first changed over time: United States in 1960–1985, Germany in 1986–1988, United States in 1989, Germany in 1990, United States in 1991–2002, Germany in 2003–2008, China in 2009–2025.
- Japan’s goods exports (total) went from $4.06B in 1960 to $738B in 2025 (about 182×).
- Japan ranked #7 of 150 countries in 1960 and #5 of 190 in 2025. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.
Japan and the leading countries
| Country | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2.57B | $2.31B | $18.1B | $62.1B | $249B | $1.58T | $2.59T | $3.77T | |
| $19.6B | $43.2B | $226B | $394B | $782B | $1.28T | $1.42T | $2.19T | |
| $11.4B | $34.2B | $193B | $421B | $552B | $1.26T | $1.38T | $1.76T | |
| $4.6B | $13.4B | $74B | $132B | $233B | $574B | $675B | $989B | |
| $4.06B | $19.3B | $130B | $288B | $479B | $770B | $641B | $738B | |
| Countries with data | 150 | 149 | 155 | 159 | 184 | 187 | 190 | 190 |
Ranking and map for any year
Choose a year to see that year’s top countries and the world map. Colors split that year’s ranking into seven steps.
| Rank | Country | Goods exports (total) |
|---|
Biggest changes, 1960–2025
Compared among the countries that have data in both 1960 and 2025. Countries with a very small starting value are left out, because their ratios look exaggerated.
| Country | 1960 | 2025 | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $32M | $709B | about 22,167× | #103 → #7 | |
| $86M | $473B | about 5,499× | #77 → #16 | |
| $9M | $30.1B | about 3,343× | #122 → #71 | |
| $2.57B | $3.77T | about 1,467× | #9 → #1 | |
| $11M | $14.9B | about 1,356× | #118 → #90 |
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)
| Country | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2.57B | $2.31B | $18.1B | $62.1B | $249B | $1.58T | $2.59T | $3.77T | |
| $19.6B | $43.2B | $226B | $394B | $782B | $1.28T | $1.42T | $2.19T | |
| $11.4B | $34.2B | $193B | $421B | $552B | $1.26T | $1.38T | $1.76T | |
| $4.6B | $13.4B | $74B | $132B | $233B | $574B | $675B | $989B | |
| $4.06B | $19.3B | $130B | $288B | $479B | $770B | $641B | $738B | |
| $3.66B | $13.2B | $78.1B | $170B | $241B | $447B | $500B | $726B | |
| $32M | $836M | $17.5B | $65B | $172B | $466B | $512B | $709B | |
| $2M | $523M | $22B | $23.5B | $49.8B | $214B | $335B | $707B | |
| $6.87B | $18.1B | $116B | $217B | $328B | $524B | $489B | $683B | |
| $764M | $1.4B | $18B | $40.7B | $166B | $298B | $417B | $665B | |
| – | – | – | – | $188B | $408B | $423B | $568B | |
| $1.14B | $1.55B | $19.4B | $52.7B | $138B | $352B | $363B | $567B | |
| $10.6B | $19.4B | $110B | $185B | $283B | $420B | $400B | $556B | |
| $5.82B | $16.8B | $67.7B | $128B | $277B | $387B | $391B | $555B | |
| $1.86B | $5.06B | $29.6B | $63.8B | $80.5B | $196B | $319B | $554B | |
| $86M | $8M | $338M | $2.4B | $14.5B | $72.2B | $283B | $473B | |
| $1.33B | $2.03B | $8.59B | $18B | $42.4B | $226B | $276B | $445B | |
| $725M | $2.39B | $20.7B | $55.6B | $115B | $254B | $308B | $445B | |
| – | – | – | – | $105B | $401B | $334B | $419B | |
| $1.33B | $3.55B | $17B | $14.3B | $31.7B | $160B | $274B | $414B | |
| $1.19B | $1.69B | $12.9B | $29.5B | $98.2B | $199B | $235B | $376B | |
| $1.27B | $2.74B | $20.1B | $31.4B | $55.1B | $200B | $209B | $348B | |
| $407M | $710M | $6.51B | $23.1B | $69B | $193B | $232B | $340B | |
| $2.05B | $4.77B | $21.9B | $39.8B | $63.9B | $213B | $251B | $338B | |
| $891M | $2.37B | $109B | $44.4B | $77.6B | $251B | $174B | $311B | |
| $427M | $1.12B | $8.4B | $23.7B | $77.4B | $116B | $180B | $293B | |
| – | – | – | – | $29.1B | $133B | $192B | $284B | |
| $841M | $1.11B | $21.9B | $25.7B | $65.4B | $158B | $163B | $283B | |
| $321M | $588M | $2.91B | $13B | $27.8B | $114B | $170B | $273B | |
| $1.12B | $2.86B | $17.5B | $41.3B | $67.7B | $153B | $169B | $222B | |
| $2.57B | $6.8B | $30.9B | $57.5B | $87.1B | $159B | $155B | $208B | |
| $881M | $2.46B | $18.5B | $34B | $60.1B | $131B | $84.5B | $171B | |
| $874M | $2.32B | $8.61B | $10B | $28.2B | $95.5B | $121B | $169B | |
| $1.49B | $3.36B | $16.7B | $36.9B | $51.3B | $96.4B | $108B | $148B | |
| – | – | – | – | $11.8B | $66B | $86.6B | $125B | |
| $1.99B | $3.34B | $25.5B | $23.5B | $30B | $91.3B | $85.8B | $116B | |
| $636M | $2.4B | $12.3B | $19.3B | $28.7B | $101B | $46.9B | $113B | |
| $717M | $1.85B | $11.4B | $4.96B | $10.4B | $49.6B | $70.7B | $109B | |
| $488M | $1.25B | $4.71B | $8.37B | $19.2B | $71.1B | $74B | $107B | |
| – | – | – | – | $8.77B | $29.2B | $44.8B | $96.6B | |
| $654M | $1.1B | $26.3B | $10.3B | $20.4B | $51.8B | $46.9B | $92.9B | |
| $326M | $946M | $4.64B | $16.4B | $24.4B | $49.4B | $61.5B | $89.4B | |
| $126M | $240M | $5.68B | $3.64B | $11.6B | $75B | $51.5B | $88.8B | |
| $1.08B | $1.77B | $8.02B | $12.4B | $26.3B | $68.2B | $54.9B | $87.1B | |
| $989M | $2.31B | $14.2B | $26.6B | $46.1B | $69.5B | $66.2B | $84B | |
| $624M | $1.04B | $5.74B | $8.12B | $38.1B | $51.5B | $63.9B | $83.7B | |
| $433M | $1.05B | $3.9B | $3.28B | $6.96B | $36B | $39.6B | $82.7B | |
| – | – | – | – | $8.81B | $60B | $46.4B | $78.8B | |
| $962M | $1.69B | $19.7B | $7.04B | $19.4B | $70B | $40.1B | $72.1B | |
| $217M | $779M | $5.54B | $12.1B | $31.4B | $58.4B | $50.2B | $59B | |
| $462M | $1.24B | $26B | $13.6B | $21B | $84B | $35.6B | $55.5B | |
| $2M | $143M | $3.75B | $5.51B | $11.3B | $36.6B | $33.5B | $55.3B | |
| $203M | $643M | $5.15B | $8.11B | $11.8B | $28B | $35.2B | $54.8B | |
| $568M | $762M | $3.05B | $2.59B | $5.28B | $26.4B | $27.1B | $51.4B | |
| $465M | $727M | $3.92B | $6.72B | $13B | $39.7B | $31B | $50.1B | |
| $354M | $488M | $2.44B | $4.27B | $7.43B | $17.8B | $27.2B | $49.8B | |
| $572M | $2B | $10.4B | $5.03B | $4.85B | $20.6B | $32B | $48.3B | |
| – | – | $759M | $1.67B | $6.39B | $19.2B | $33.6B | $48.2B | |
| $847M | $1.22B | $5.42B | $9.39B | $13.3B | $31.4B | $38.4B | $46.7B | |
| $394M | $1.01B | $13.9B | $12.9B | $22B | $57.1B | $21.9B | $45.4B | |
| – | – | – | – | $3.81B | $20.7B | $32.8B | $41.6B | |
| – | – | – | – | $7.33B | $25.3B | $29.2B | $41.4B | |
| – | – | – | – | $14.6B | $51.5B | $49.2B | $40.4B | |
| – | – | – | – | – | $9.8B | $19.5B | $37.3B | |
| $146M | $190M | $2.48B | $2.71B | $4.93B | $17.5B | $20.4B | $37.2B | |
| $124M | $423M | $1.88B | $3.91B | $7.92B | $50.6B | $22.1B | $32.5B | |
| $480M | $781M | $2.27B | $2.33B | $807M | $5.3B | $14.2B | $32.1B | |
| $70M | $39M | $16M | $86M | $1.39B | $5.14B | $17.7B | $31.3B | |
| $325M | $458M | $1.26B | $897M | $1.67B | $7.96B | $14.5B | $31.1B | |
| $400M | $449M | $2.62B | $5.59B | $9.03B | $21.4B | $22B | $30.5B | |
| $9M | $2.36B | $21.9B | $13.9B | $10.1B | $48.7B | $8.44B | $30.1B | |
| $157M | $469M | $3.13B | $3.07B | $3.89B | $11.4B | $12.5B | $28.5B | |
| – | – | – | – | $4.43B | $11.8B | $17.2B | $28.4B | |
| $190M | $218M | $3.61B | $3.76B | $6.19B | $15B | $14.1B | $26.5B | |
| $84M | $231M | $1B | $1.45B | $5.85B | $9.45B | $12.3B | $26.4B | |
| – | – | – | – | $1.75B | $26.5B | $13.7B | $25B | |
| – | – | – | – | $2.82B | $11.7B | $13.1B | $23.7B | |
| – | – | – | – | $1.87B | $9.53B | $16.3B | $22.1B | |
| $120M | $182M | $2.2B | $3.53B | $5.85B | $16.4B | $13.8B | $21.3B | |
| – | – | – | – | $3.83B | $11.6B | $16.3B | $21B | |
| $74M | $136M | $396M | $257M | $498M | $880M | $2.59B | $18.7B | |
| – | – | – | – | $8.38B | $19.7B | $13.8B | $18.4B | |
| – | – | $403M | $661M | $536M | $2.9B | $7.58B | $15.8B | |
| $180M | $249M | $1.22B | $2.17B | $5.74B | $6.75B | $10.3B | $15.6B | |
| – | – | – | – | $2.51B | $6.5B | $6.48B | $15.6B | |
| $113M | $290M | $1.52B | $1.16B | $2.71B | $8.46B | $11.5B | $15.6B | |
| $38M | $104M | $1.03B | $1.18B | $2.1B | $5.74B | $9.08B | $15.5B | |
| $224M | $108M | $477M | $325M | $1.62B | $8.66B | $16.7B | $15.3B | |
| $51M | $56M | $401M | $671M | $666M | $1.47B | $8.93B | $15.1B | |
| $11M | $34M | $574M | $1.06B | $1.9B | $7.03B | $7.94B | $14.9B | |
| $385M | $342M | $1.06B | $1.91B | $5.43B | $8.6B | $10B | $13.6B | |
| $362M | $1B | $1.3B | $1.31B | $892M | $7.2B | $7.92B | $13.3B | |
| $129M | $282M | $345M | $152M | $403M | $1.62B | $4.15B | $12.5B | |
| $1M | $7M | $28M | $79M | $330M | $1.75B | $6.12B | $12.4B | |
| $63M | $179M | $830M | $934M | $3.34B | $6.26B | $7.68B | $12B | |
| $21M | $109M | $361M | $340M | $859M | $11B | $9.48B | $11.9B | |
| $47M | $144M | $2.17B | $2.2B | $2.6B | $8.69B | $7.35B | $11.6B | |
| $129M | $233M | $1.06B | $1.69B | $2.3B | $6.72B | $6.86B | $11.2B | |
| $28M | $63M | $310M | $959M | $2.2B | $6.51B | $8.52B | $11.1B | |
| $4M | $18M | $90M | $152M | $209M | $1.59B | $4.37B | $11.1B | |
| $83M | $95M | $4.58B | $2.21B | $3.9B | $8.91B | $6.61B | $10.5B | |
| $113M | $152M | $477M | $761M | $920M | $2.16B | $3.93B | $10.2B | |
| $155M | $252M | $511M | $331M | $734M | $4.05B | $6.06B | $9.96B | |
| – | – | – | – | $1.07B | $4.8B | $6.16B | $9.81B | |
| $173M | $370M | $1.41B | $1.73B | $1.93B | $3.2B | $4.4B | $9.71B | |
| $51M | $190M | $942M | $926M | $1.23B | $6.4B | $7.02B | $9.7B | |
| – | – | – | – | $1.32B | $3.35B | $6.64B | $9.06B | |
| $63M | $179M | $451M | $330M | $881M | $3.25B | $5.09B | $8.89B | |
| $112M | $305M | $1.25B | $1.03B | $1.73B | $5.17B | $6.03B | $8.6B | |
| $2.31B | $3.17B | $19.2B | $17.5B | $33.5B | $65.7B | $5.01B | $8.6B | |
| – | – | – | – | $294M | $1.01B | $2.54B | $8.4B | |
| $75M | $156M | $281M | $126M | $364M | $3B | $3.72B | $8.1B | |
| $78M | $122M | $425M | $298M | $486M | $2.33B | $3.26B | $7.59B | |
| $18M | $31M | $911M | $981M | $2.49B | $6.92B | $4.89B | $7.5B | |
| – | – | – | – | $323M | $1.68B | $3.34B | $7.29B | |
| $73M | $147M | $918M | $1.59B | $1.9B | $4.6B | $4.58B | $7.17B | |
| – | – | $1.46B | $1.09B | $1.32B | $4.03B | $3.87B | $7.02B | |
| $287M | $482M | $4.08B | $1.96B | $4.27B | $11B | $5.52B | $6.82B | |
| $117M | $229M | $967M | $582M | $2.94B | $4.5B | $4.81B | $6.43B | |
| $54M | $108M | $532M | $951M | $951M | $1.4B | $3.06B | $6.19B | |
| $21M | $10M | $13M | $25M | $32M | $85M | $2.79B | $6.09B | |
| $8M | $26M | $502M | $1.78B | $2.68B | $4.69B | $4.26B | $5.12B | |
| $97M | $226M | $1.38B | $2B | $1.83B | $3.88B | $3.13B | $5.1B | |
| $13M | $33M | $205M | $359M | $545M | $2B | $4.79B | $4.86B | |
| $43M | $190M | $955M | $494M | $715M | $5.02B | $4.09B | $4.6B | |
| $2M | $89M | $194M | $469M | $355M | $2.07B | $2.83B | $4.51B | |
| $49M | – | – | $230M | $261M | $1.54B | $2.51B | $4.35B | |
| $13M | $30M | $71M | $188M | $183M | $3.6B | $1.81B | $4B | |
| $18M | $33M | $63M | $288M | $392M | $1.28B | $3B | $3.99B | |
| $11M | $39M | $483M | $1.13B | $2.45B | $3.59B | $2.84B | $3.82B | |
| – | – | – | – | $472M | $1.54B | $2.47B | $3.78B | |
| $113M | $203M | $2.11B | $4.21B | $4.63B | $12.8B | $2.73B | $3.39B | |
| – | – | – | – | $511M | $1.76B | $1.97B | $2.85B | |
| $182M | $298M | $543M | $374M | $1.81B | $11.4B | $3.8B | $2.8B | |
| $44M | $144M | $514M | $472M | $396M | $2.03B | $2.19B | $2.69B | |
| $34M | $25M | $14M | $62M | $1.1B | $13.3B | $2.86B | $2.6B | |
| $75M | $145M | $401M | $319M | $824M | $1.15B | $2.03B | $2.5B | |
| – | – | – | – | $785M | $1.2B | $1.41B | $2.49B | |
| $4M | $25M | $72M | $110M | $52M | $297M | $1.41B | $2.45B | |
| $17M | $71M | $369M | $556M | $910M | $1.8B | $1.75B | $2.37B | |
| $39M | $69M | $431M | $1.19B | $1.56B | $2.26B | $1.79B | $2.34B | |
| $17M | $42M | $80M | $204M | $804M | $856M | $856M | $2.31B | |
| $83M | $214M | $600M | $868M | $329M | $222M | $608M | $2.07B | |
| $13M | $32M | $566M | $282M | $283M | $1.15B | $1.12B | $1.9B | |
| $15M | $55M | $338M | $268M | $363M | $976M | $1.21B | $1.8B | |
| $159M | $342M | $963M | $1.16B | $1.3B | $1.33B | $1.25B | $1.69B | |
| $618M | $1.05B | $5.58B | $5.1B | $1.68B | $4.91B | $1.7B | $1.62B | |
| $83M | $101M | $224M | $138M | $13M | $341M | $423M | $1.53B | |
| – | – | – | $150M | $123M | $355M | $513M | $1.3B | |
| $46M | $87M | $470M | $497M | $585M | $841M | $826M | $1.13B | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | $783M | $955M | |
| $25M | $60M | $295M | $417M | $379M | $1.11B | $771M | $947M | |
| $50M | $86M | $670M | $235M | $137M | $388M | $777M | $926M | |
| – | – | $17M | $70M | $103M | $641M | $651M | $800M | |
| $4M | $6M | $58M | $62M | $220M | $878M | $845M | $773M | |
| $6M | $90M | $5.01B | $238M | $555M | $620M | $335M | $711M | |
| $4M | $8M | $74M | $70M | $69M | $224M | $379M | $677M | |
| – | – | – | – | – | $437M | $419M | $646M | |
| – | – | – | – | $37M | $13M | $583M | $631M | |
| – | – | $900M | $1.86B | $708M | $2.56B | $90M | $611M | |
| $33M | $40M | $226M | $160M | $318M | $579M | $885M | $554M | |
| $2M | $2M | $21M | $56M | $194M | $400M | $432M | $550M | |
| $8M | $17M | $31M | $31M | $16M | $68M | $61M | $514M | |
| $8M | $19M | $111M | $129M | $196M | $478M | $289M | $444M | |
| $2M | $4M | $8M | $78M | $109M | $198M | $286M | $444M | |
| $24M | $40M | $226M | $216M | $272M | $429M | $345M | $428M | |
| $7M | $24M | $65M | $75M | $50M | $101M | $162M | $332M | |
| $4M | $4M | $11M | $19M | $62M | $127M | $214M | $313M | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | $167M | $277M | |
| $14M | $30M | $116M | $120M | $161M | $140M | $134M | $255M | |
| $11M | $3M | $23M | $692M | $4.08B | $6.44B | $404M | $196M | |
| – | – | – | $4M | $22M | $30M | $125M | $109M | |
| – | – | – | – | – | $16M | $264M | $103M | |
| $11M | $2M | $5M | $6M | $11M | $44M | $53M | $96M | |
| $3M | $9M | $58M | $127M | $43M | $215M | $55M | $85M | |
| $5M | $12M | $36M | $19M | $26M | $49M | $46M | $78M | |
| – | – | – | $3M | $9M | $32M | $44M | $72M | |
| $3M | $5M | $9M | $18M | $14M | $21M | $21M | $48M | |
| $7M | $8M | $16M | $4M | $3M | $11M | $14M | $38M | |
| $3M | $4M | $15M | $83M | $47M | $42M | $55M | $37M | |
| $4M | $6M | $17M | $27M | $48M | $25M | $25M | $35M | |
| $6M | $4M | $24M | $28M | $33M | $32M | $52M | $34M | |
| $2M | $11M | $26M | $21M | $52M | $46M | $22M | $32M | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | $12M | $31M | |
| $4M | $6M | $10M | $55M | $54M | $37M | $16M | $24M | |
| $7M | $5M | $17M | $9M | $65M | $70M | $37M | $24M | |
| $2M | $8M | $3M | $3M | $4M | $4M | $9M | $20M | |
| $4M | $3M | $7M | $11M | $9M | $8M | $15M | $13M | |
| – | – | – | – | $12M | $6M | $7M | $3M | |
| – | – | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| Countries with data | 150 | 149 | 155 | 159 | 184 | 187 | 190 | 190 |
Notes on reading this history
Yearly values come from the same World Bank indicator. The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. The ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it may not match a single year’s ranking here.
Amounts are in US dollars of each year (not adjusted for inflation), so a ratio between an old amount and a new one is not a measure of real change in volume. Exchange-rate changes can also move an amount even when trade volumes have not changed.
Source: Merchandise exports (current US$), indicator TX.VAL.MRCH.CD.WT. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org
World Bank data last updated: 2026-10-08
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