Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global merchandise exports (%) by country
Countries reporting
237
Highest
14.6%
China
Lowest
0.0%
Tuvalu
Median
0.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
6,761
What the numbers show
Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global merchandise exports (%) is currently reported for 237 countries. The highest value is 14.6% in China; the lowest is 0.0% in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.5%.
Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 3,013.0%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).
Developing countries’ and least developed … merchandise exports: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 14.6% | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 8.4% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 3 | Germany | 6.9% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 4 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3.8% | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 5 | Japan | 2.9% | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 6 | South Korea | 2.8% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 6 | Republic of Korea | 2.8% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 8 | Italy | 2.8% | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 9 | France | 2.6% | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 10 | Mexico | 2.5% | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 2.5% | 2024 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 12 | Canada | 2.3% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 13 | Belgium | 2.2% | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 2.1% | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.1% | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 16 | Singapore | 2.1% | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 17 | Switzerland | 1.8% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 18 | India | 1.8% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 19 | Russia | 1.8% | 2024 | down 32.2% | flat |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 1.8% | 2024 | down 32.2% | flat |
| 21 | Spain | 1.7% | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 22 | Vietnam | 1.7% | 2024 | up 109.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Viet Nam | 1.7% | 2024 | up 109.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.6% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 25 | Poland | 1.6% | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 26 | Australia | 1.4% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 27 | Brazil | 1.4% | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 28 | Malaysia | 1.4% | 2024 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 1.2% | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 30 | Thailand | 1.2% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 31 | Indonesia | 1.1% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 32 | Czechia | 1.1% | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 33 | Turkey | 1.1% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 33 | Türkiye | 1.1% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 35 | Ireland | 1.0% | 2024 | up 55.2% | falling |
| 36 | Austria | 0.9% | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 37 | Sweden | 0.8% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 38 | Norway | 0.7% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 39 | Hungary | 0.6% | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 40 | Denmark | 0.5% | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 41 | Slovakia | 0.5% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 42 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.5% | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 43 | South Africa | 0.5% | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 44 | Iraq | 0.4% | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 45 | Romania | 0.4% | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 46 | Chile | 0.4% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 47 | Qatar | 0.4% | 2024 | down 44.3% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | 0.4% | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 0.3% | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 50 | Argentina | 0.3% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 51 | Slovenia | 0.3% | 2024 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 52 | Finland | 0.3% | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 53 | Kuwait | 0.3% | 2024 | down 42.1% | flat |
| 54 | Peru | 0.3% | 2024 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 55 | Philippines | 0.3% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 56 | Oman | 0.3% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 57 | Israel | 0.3% | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 58 | Greece | 0.2% | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 59 | Nigeria | 0.2% | 2024 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 60 | Colombia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 29.8% | flat |
| 61 | Algeria | 0.2% | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 0.2% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 0.2% | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 64 | Morocco | 0.2% | 2024 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 65 | New Zealand | 0.2% | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 66 | Egypt | 0.2% | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 67 | Ukraine | 0.2% | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 68 | Belarus | 0.2% | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 69 | Lithuania | 0.2% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 70 | Angola | 0.2% | 2024 | down 48.2% | flat |
| 71 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 72 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 73 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 74 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.1% | 2024 | up 193.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Libya | 0.1% | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 76 | Caribbean | 0.1% | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 77 | Cambodia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 202.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 79 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 80 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 0.1% | 2024 | up 49.9% | falling |
| 82 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 83 | Ghana | 0.1% | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 84 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1% | 2024 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 84 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.1% | 2024 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 86 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 87 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2024 | up 1,218.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Uzbekistan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 89 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 90 | Serbia and Montenegro [former] | 0.1% | 2007 | up 157.4% | rising |
| 91 | Melanesia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 93 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Myanmar | 0.1% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 95 | Guatemala | 0.1% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 96 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.1% | 2024 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 0.1% | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 98 | Sudan [former] | 0.1% | 2011 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1% | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 100 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 101 | Panama | 0.1% | 2024 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 102 | Gabon | 0.1% | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 103 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 569.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 45.0% | rising |
| 106 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 106 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0% | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 108 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 109 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2024 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 110 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 111 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 112 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 270.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Laos | 0.0% | 2024 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0% | 2024 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.0% | 2024 | down 42.7% | rising |
| 116 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 117 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.0% | 2024 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 118 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 119 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 120 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 121 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 171.5% | rising |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2024 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 123 | Congo | 0.0% | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 124 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 125 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2024 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 126 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 127 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 128 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 129 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 130 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2024 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 131 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 132 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2024 | up 78.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Mali | 0.0% | 2024 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 134 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3,013.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2024 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 136 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 137 | Chad | 0.0% | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 138 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 139 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2024 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 140 | Albania | 0.0% | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 141 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 142 | Malta | 0.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 143 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 144 | Benin | 0.0% | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 145 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 145 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 147 | Syria | 0.0% | 2024 | up 123.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0% | 2024 | up 123.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 244.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 153 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2024 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 154 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 155 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 54.9% | falling |
| 156 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 157 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 158 | Niger | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 159 | Togo | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 160 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2024 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 161 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 162 | State of Palestine | 0.0% | 2024 | up 23.5% | falling |
| 163 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2024 | down 48.1% | rising |
| 164 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 165 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 128.2% | rising |
| 166 | Netherlands Antilles [former] | 0.0% | 2010 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 167 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 168 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 169 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 170 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 171 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2024 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 172 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 174 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 175 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2024 | down 41.8% | rising |
| 176 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 177 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2024 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 178 | Polynesia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 181 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 182 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 183 | Curacao | 0.0% | 2024 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 183 | Curaçao | 0.0% | 2024 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 185 | Belize | 0.0% | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 186 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 187 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 188 | American Samoa | 0.0% | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2024 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Micronesia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.0% | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 192 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 193 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2024 | up 111.0% | falling |
| 194 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 195 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2024 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 196 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 197 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.0% | 2024 | up 347.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 199 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2024 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 200 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2024 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 202 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 203 | Saint Helena | 0.0% | 2024 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 204 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 205 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2024 | up 330.9% | volatile |
| 205 | Timor-Leste | 0.0% | 2024 | up 330.9% | volatile |
| 207 | Cabo Verde | 0.0% | 2024 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 208 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 140.5% | volatile |
| 209 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 210 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 211 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 212 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 213 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 214 | Guam | 0.0% | 2024 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 215 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 215 | Naoero | 0.0% | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 217 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 218 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2024 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 219 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2024 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 220 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 221 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 222 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2024 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 223 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2024 | up 84.9% | rising |
| 224 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 225 | Anguilla | 0.0% | 2024 | up 125.0% | falling |
| 226 | Cook Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 227 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2024 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 228 | Montserrat | 0.0% | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 229 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 230 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 231 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0% | 2024 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 232 | Palau | 0.0% | 2024 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 233 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0% | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 234 | Niue | 0.0% | 2024 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 235 | Tokelau | 0.0% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 235 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 237 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 100.0%
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 51.7%
- Developing regions 48.3%
- Europe and Northern America 47.0%
- Asia 42.9%
- Europe 36.2%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 32.9%
- Eastern Asia 25.0%
- Western Europe 18.2%
- Americas 16.7%
- Northern America 10.8%
- United States of America 8.4%
- South-eastern Asia 7.9%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 7.6%
- Western Asia 6.8%
- Eastern Europe 6.5%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 6.0%
- Northern Europe 5.8%
- Southern Europe 5.7%
- Central and Southern Asia 3.2%
- South America 3.0%
- Central America 2.8%
- Southern Asia 2.7%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2.6%
- Africa 2.6%
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 2.4%
- Other non-specified areas in Eastern Asia 1.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.8%
- Oceania 1.6%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 1.2%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.1%
- Northern Africa 0.8%
- Western Africa 0.6%
- Southern Africa 0.5%
- Central Asia 0.5%
- Middle Africa 0.4%
- Eastern Africa 0.3%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 0.1%
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 0.0%