Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global services exports (%) by country
Countries reporting
224
Highest
13.0%
United States
Lowest
0.0%
Tuvalu
Median
0.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
6,249
What the numbers show
Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global services exports (%) is currently reported for 224 countries. The highest value is 13.0% in United States; 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 88 countries rose and 135 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 772.9%), and the largest decrease in Gabon (down 95.5%).
Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 13.0% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 7.3% | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 7.3% | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 4 | Ireland | 5.9% | 2024 | up 101.2% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 5.3% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 6 | China | 5.0% | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 7 | France | 4.5% | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 8 | Singapore | 4.5% | 2024 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 9 | India | 4.2% | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 10 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3.8% | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 11 | Japan | 2.6% | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 12 | Spain | 2.5% | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 13 | Switzerland | 2.0% | 2024 | down 17.5% | flat |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 2.0% | 2024 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 1.9% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 1.8% | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 17 | Italy | 1.8% | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 18 | Belgium | 1.7% | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 19 | South Korea | 1.6% | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 19 | Republic of Korea | 1.6% | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 21 | Denmark | 1.4% | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 22 | Poland | 1.3% | 2024 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 23 | Sweden | 1.3% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 24 | Turkey | 1.3% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 24 | Türkiye | 1.3% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 26 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.2% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 27 | Austria | 1.1% | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 28 | Israel | 1.0% | 2024 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 29 | Australia | 0.9% | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 30 | Thailand | 0.8% | 2024 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 31 | Portugal | 0.7% | 2024 | up 20.5% | flat |
| 32 | Mexico | 0.6% | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 33 | Norway | 0.6% | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 34 | Greece | 0.6% | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 0.6% | 2024 | up 164.5% | rising |
| 36 | Caribbean | 0.6% | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 37 | Malaysia | 0.6% | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 38 | Philippines | 0.6% | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 39 | Brazil | 0.5% | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 40 | Romania | 0.5% | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 41 | Czechia | 0.5% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 42 | Russia | 0.5% | 2024 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 42 | Russian Federation | 0.5% | 2024 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 44 | Finland | 0.5% | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 45 | Indonesia | 0.4% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 46 | Hungary | 0.4% | 2024 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 47 | Cyprus | 0.4% | 2024 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 48 | Qatar | 0.3% | 2024 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Egypt | 0.3% | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 50 | Morocco | 0.3% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 51 | Malta | 0.3% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 52 | Croatia | 0.3% | 2024 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 53 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2024 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 54 | Vietnam | 0.3% | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 54 | Viet Nam | 0.3% | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 56 | New Zealand | 0.2% | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 57 | Panama | 0.2% | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 58 | Colombia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 59 | Ukraine | 0.2% | 2024 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 60 | Argentina | 0.2% | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 61 | Bahrain | 0.2% | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 0.2% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 0.2% | 2024 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 64 | South Africa | 0.2% | 2024 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 65 | Serbia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 85.3% | rising |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 0.2% | 2024 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 67 | Slovakia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 68 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 69 | Estonia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 70 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.1% | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 71 | Kuwait | 0.1% | 2024 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 73 | Chile | 0.1% | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 74 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 40.6% | falling |
| 75 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2024 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 76 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 21.1% | flat |
| 77 | Ghana | 0.1% | 2024 | up 171.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Iraq | 0.1% | 2024 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 80 | Ethiopia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 82 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 83 | Albania | 0.1% | 2024 | up 92.3% | rising |
| 84 | Georgia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 85 | Cuba | 0.1% | 2023 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 86 | Peru | 0.1% | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 87 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 88 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.1% | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2024 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 90 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 91 | Lebanon | 0.1% | 2024 | down 72.3% | falling |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 0.1% | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 93 | Uzbekistan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 94 | Serbia and Montenegro [former] | 0.1% | 2004 | — | rising |
| 95 | Mauritius | 0.1% | 2024 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 96 | El Salvador | 0.1% | 2024 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 97 | Oman | 0.1% | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 98 | Bahamas | 0.1% | 2024 | up 29.6% | falling |
| 99 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Kenya | 0.1% | 2024 | down 34.1% | rising |
| 101 | Jamaica | 0.1% | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 102 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 103 | Cambodia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 104 | Cayman Islands | 0.1% | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 105 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 106 | Guatemala | 0.1% | 2024 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 107 | Nigeria | 0.1% | 2024 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 108 | Netherlands Antilles [former] | 0.0% | 2010 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 109 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 111 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 112 | Kosovo | 0.0% | 2024 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 128.8% | rising |
| 114 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 115 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2021 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 117 | Melanesia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 118 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 119 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 119 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 121 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 122 | Polynesia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 123 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2024 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 124 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 125 | Myanmar | 0.0% | 2023 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 127 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 128 | Curacao | 0.0% | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 128 | Curaçao | 0.0% | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 130 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 131 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 132 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 133 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 134 | Laos | 0.0% | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 134 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0% | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 136 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 137 | Sudan [former] | 0.0% | 2011 | up 240.1% | rising |
| 138 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 185.2% | rising |
| 139 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 140 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 142 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2024 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 143 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 144 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2024 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 145 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 146 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 146 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2024 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 149 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 150 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 151 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2024 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 152 | Belize | 0.0% | 2024 | up 40.3% | flat |
| 153 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 154 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 155 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.0% | 2024 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 156 | Togo | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 157 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2024 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 158 | Cabo Verde | 0.0% | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 159 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 160 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 161 | Libya | 0.0% | 2023 | up 118.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 163 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.0% | 2021 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2023 | up 96.7% | falling |
| 166 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2021 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Chad | 0.0% | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 169 | State of Palestine | 0.0% | 2024 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 170 | Mali | 0.0% | 2024 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 171 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2021 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 172 | Benin | 0.0% | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 173 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 772.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2024 | up 164.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 96.3% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2024 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 177 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Anguilla | 0.0% | 2024 | up 65.3% | falling |
| 179 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 180 | Syria | 0.0% | 2021 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0% | 2021 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2024 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0% | 2024 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 185 | Congo | 0.0% | 2021 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 186 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 187 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 189 | Micronesia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 190 | Niger | 0.0% | 2024 | down 45.4% | rising |
| 191 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 46.2% | rising |
| 192 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 193 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2024 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 194 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 195 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 196 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2024 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 197 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2023 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 198 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2024 | down 70.3% | falling |
| 199 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2023 | down 86.9% | falling |
| 200 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 2023 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 201 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.0% | 2018 | up 139.9% | flat |
| 202 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 203 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 204 | Angola | 0.0% | 2024 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 205 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 206 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 207 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 208 | Palau | 0.0% | 2024 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 209 | Cook Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | down 68.1% | rising |
| 210 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 210 | Timor-Leste | 0.0% | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 212 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 213 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0% | 2023 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 214 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2024 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 215 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2024 | down 37.2% | rising |
| 216 | Gabon | 0.0% | 2024 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 217 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 217 | Naoero | 0.0% | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 219 | Montserrat | 0.0% | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 220 | Niue | 0.0% | 2017 | up 88.5% | rising |
| 221 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 222 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2024 | down 69.1% | falling |
| 223 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2024 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 224 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
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) 68.5%
- Europe and Northern America 63.5%
- Europe 48.6%
- Developing regions 31.5%
- Asia 30.4%
- Western Europe 20.4%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 18.8%
- Americas 18.0%
- Northern Europe 17.7%
- Northern America 14.8%
- United States of America 13.0%
- Eastern Asia 11.6%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 7.3%
- South-Eastern Asia 7.3%
- Southern Europe 6.7%
- Western Asia 6.5%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 5.3%
- Central and Southern Asia 5.0%
- Southern Asia 4.7%
- Eastern Europe 3.9%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 3.2%
- Africa 1.8%
- South America 1.3%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1.2%
- Central America 1.2%
- Oceania 1.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.0%
- Northern Africa 0.8%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 0.8%
- Other non-specified areas in Eastern Asia 0.7%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.6%
- Eastern Africa 0.5%
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 0.5%
- Central Asia 0.3%
- Western Africa 0.2%
- Southern Africa 0.2%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 0.1%
- Middle Africa 0.0%