Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$), per square kilometre by country

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
204
Highest
662.65 million current US$ per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
104.29 current US$ per square kilometre
Yemen
Median
102,323 current US$ per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,220

What the numbers show

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$), per square kilometre is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 662.65 million current US$ per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 104.29 current US$ per square kilometre in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 102,323 current US$ per square kilometre, and the mean is 7.30 million current US$ per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 144 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 2,504.0%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 99.2%).

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$), per: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 662.65 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 14.5% volatile
2 Hong Kong 548.54 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 25.5% volatile
3 Gibraltar 47.57 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 43.7% volatile
4 Macao 32.88 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% volatile
5 Netherlands 27.03 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 38.2% volatile
6 Belgium 18.45 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 21.1% rising
7 Bahrain 15.34 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 14.9% volatile
8 Switzerland 10.63 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 17.4% volatile
9 Nauru 10.59 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 239.9% volatile
10 Malta 10.21 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 2.5% volatile
11 Qatar 8.45 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 25.9% volatile
12 Luxembourg 6.55 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 7.7% rising
13 South Korea 6.48 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 14.5% volatile
14 Marshall Islands 5.29 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 129.8% volatile
15 Germany 4.85 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 17.5% volatile
16 United Arab Emirates 4.51 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 30.8% volatile
17 Slovenia 3.62 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 114.6% volatile
18 San Marino 3.56 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 138.8% rising
19 Czechia 3.31 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 57.6% volatile
20 Denmark 3.24 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 17.6% volatile
21 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 3.06 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 913.6% volatile
22 Ireland 3.01 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 78.6% volatile
23 Israel 2.73 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% volatile
24 Austria 2.71 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 27.8% volatile
25 Slovakia 2.44 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 37.1% volatile
26 Italy 2.25 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 29.6% volatile
27 United Kingdom 2.01 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 5.7% volatile
28 Brunei 2.00 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 8.0% volatile
29 Japan 1.97 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% volatile
30 Hungary 1.73 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 45.8% volatile
31 Faroe Islands 1.71 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 110.7% volatile
32 Trinidad and Tobago 1.48 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 59.9% volatile
33 Poland 1.24 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 85.5% volatile
34 Seychelles 1.19 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 68.8% volatile
35 France 1.18 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 10.6% volatile
36 Vietnam 1.10 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 167.7% volatile
37 Malaysia 951,523 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 36.9% volatile
38 Portugal 889,990 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 33.3% volatile
39 Spain 816,273 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 34.6% volatile
40 Mauritius 815,538 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 28.4% volatile
41 Barbados 745,400 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% volatile
42 Lithuania 683,270 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 31.8% volatile
43 Aruba 609,783 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 15.9% rising
44 Bermuda 588,798 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 17.2% volatile
45 Thailand 548,731 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 25.6% volatile
46 Maldives 544,352 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% volatile
47 Cyprus 492,181 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 171.0% volatile
48 Norway 487,364 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 16.8% volatile
49 Sweden 478,515 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 17.4% volatile
50 Estonia 453,555 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 22.3% volatile
51 Croatia 445,064 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 97.8% volatile
52 Romania 435,796 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 52.9% volatile
53 Greece 426,879 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 62.0% volatile
54 Bulgaria 420,035 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 57.1% volatile
55 Azerbaijan 410,123 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 41.4% volatile
56 Guam 406,913 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 107.9% rising
57 Lebanon 376,077 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 21.0% volatile
58 Serbia 367,488 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 118.4% rising
59 China 364,478 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 55.0% volatile
60 Latvia 362,586 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 57.4% volatile
61 North Macedonia 356,644 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 109.2% volatile
62 Costa Rica 355,519 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 58.1% volatile
63 Micronesia (country) 335,139 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 960.3% volatile
64 Kuwait 332,340 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 37.9% volatile
65 Turkey 325,981 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 56.8% volatile
66 El Salvador 313,616 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 17.8% volatile
67 Mexico 304,374 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 55.9% volatile
68 Armenia 302,653 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 488.7% volatile
69 Bangladesh 298,167 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 79.2% volatile
70 Gambia 279,840 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 2,504.0% volatile
71 Tuvalu 274,459 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 388.2% volatile
72 Finland 266,668 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% volatile
73 Palestine 252,513 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 68.8% volatile
74 Iraq 247,373 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 26.6% volatile
75 Dominican Republic 246,633 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 32.1% volatile
76 Philippines 244,536 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 35.1% volatile
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis 241,768 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 10.5% rising
78 United States 220,505 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 28.0% volatile
79 Curacao 209,855 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 401.8% volatile
80 Djibouti 206,528 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 180.2% volatile
81 Sri Lanka 186,878 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 18.3% volatile
82 Jamaica 180,976 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 24.6% volatile
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 180,039 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 65.9% volatile
84 Equatorial Guinea 168,947 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 65.7% volatile
85 Antigua and Barbuda 162,111 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 61.6% volatile
86 Albania 159,600 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 80.0% volatile
87 New Zealand 157,410 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 6.7% volatile
88 Saudi Arabia 149,868 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 32.2% volatile
89 India 144,320 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 41.3% volatile
90 Saint Lucia 138,266 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 39.4% rising
91 Indonesia 136,727 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 40.6% volatile
92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 133,628 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% rising
93 Guatemala 132,420 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 42.3% volatile
94 Chile 126,584 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 24.0% volatile
95 Jordan 125,285 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 70.2% volatile
96 Ecuador 125,108 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 24.9% volatile
97 Cambodia 124,884 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 139.2% volatile
98 Belarus 124,474 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 31.1% volatile
99 Moldova 122,382 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 68.8% volatile
100 Eswatini 122,024 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% rising
101 Tunisia 120,975 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 15.1% volatile
102 Bahamas 108,615 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 55.2% volatile
103 Dominica 96,031 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 35.2% rising
104 New Caledonia 93,964 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 43.3% volatile
105 Morocco 93,307 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 94.3% volatile
106 Georgia 87,587 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 109.5% volatile
107 American Samoa 87,049 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 65.6% volatile
108 South Africa 85,191 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 16.5% rising
109 Ghana 73,757 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 32.8% volatile
110 Oman 73,481 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 58.9% volatile
111 Nigeria 69,102 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 44.0% volatile
112 Iceland 65,689 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 31.9% volatile
113 Grenada 64,656 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 44.9% volatile
114 Canada 64,609 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 26.5% volatile
115 Rwanda 63,921 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 153.3% volatile
116 Ukraine 62,174 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 42.7% volatile
117 Cote d'Ivoire 56,790 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 32.5% volatile
118 Honduras 53,048 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 51.2% volatile
119 Montenegro 51,288 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 39.5% flat
120 Peru 50,092 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 53.9% volatile
121 Gabon 49,167 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 2.8% volatile
122 Australia 47,101 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 45.8% volatile
123 Uruguay 44,583 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% volatile
124 Panama 44,386 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 316.9% volatile
125 Colombia 44,120 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 15.0% volatile
126 Cape Verde 42,393 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 147.1% volatile
127 Brazil 40,592 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 43.4% volatile
128 Fiji 40,079 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 15.1% volatile
129 Guyana 39,421 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 470.1% volatile
130 Egypt 39,155 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 39.4% volatile
131 Pakistan 36,796 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 12.9% volatile
132 Laos 35,862 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 148.4% volatile
133 Haiti 34,590 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 7.0% volatile
134 Lesotho 31,544 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 167.1% rising
135 Angola 30,863 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 43.1% volatile
136 Turkmenistan 30,628 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 29.5% volatile
137 Paraguay 30,025 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 26.6% volatile
138 Uganda 29,990 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 190.7% volatile
139 Kazakhstan 29,165 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 4.4% volatile
140 Nicaragua 28,251 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 42.7% volatile
141 Russia 27,792 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 13.6% volatile
142 Togo 26,754 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 13.1% volatile
143 Senegal 26,217 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 132.1% volatile
144 Comoros 26,204 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 193.8% volatile
145 Uzbekistan 24,916 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 62.0% volatile
146 Papua New Guinea 23,971 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 44.5% volatile
147 Argentina 23,840 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 10.1% volatile
148 Congo 23,379 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 23.0% volatile
149 Algeria 23,033 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 16.8% volatile
150 Myanmar 22,492 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 28.5% volatile
151 Guinea 20,199 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 179.2% volatile
152 Libya 18,800 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 28.6% volatile
153 Bhutan 18,433 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 53.8% volatile
154 Zimbabwe 17,944 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 89.3% volatile
155 Kyrgyzstan 17,646 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 92.1% volatile
156 Sao Tome and Principe 17,017 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 135.5% volatile
157 Syria 16,297 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 95.0% volatile
158 Burkina Faso 16,297 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 78.3% volatile
159 Guinea-Bissau 15,168 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 210.1% volatile
160 Solomon Islands 14,267 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 18.8% volatile
161 Zambia 14,036 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 1.3% volatile
162 Tonga 13,025 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 26.9% rising
163 Kenya 12,235 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 25.9% volatile
164 Democratic Republic of Congo 12,230 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 470.5% volatile
165 Samoa 11,824 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 40.9% volatile
166 East Timor 11,133 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 58.9% volatile
167 Belize 11,091 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 38.8% volatile
168 Mozambique 10,469 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 105.0% volatile
169 Malawi 10,241 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 19.6% volatile
170 Bolivia 9,975 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 11.8% volatile
171 Mongolia 9,759 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 255.9% volatile
172 Tajikistan 9,428 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% rising
173 Cameroon 9,412 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% volatile
174 Benin 9,341 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 77.1% volatile
175 Botswana 8,966 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 35.9% rising
176 Iran 8,674 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 77.4% volatile
177 Nepal 8,424 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 39.9% volatile
178 Venezuela 8,356 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 90.8% volatile
179 Cuba 8,227 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 77.5% volatile
180 Tanzania 8,205 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 64.7% volatile
181 Kiribati 7,419 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 10.0% volatile
182 Sudan 7,247 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 238.0% volatile
183 Sierra Leone 7,121 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 28.8% volatile
184 Namibia 6,896 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 6.5% rising
185 Burundi 6,106 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 23.8% volatile
186 Madagascar 5,319 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 97.5% volatile
187 Vanuatu 5,166 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 75.8% volatile
188 Palau 4,154 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 81.7% falling
189 Eritrea 3,963 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 72.8% volatile
190 Mauritania 3,944 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 65.1% volatile
191 Mali 3,668 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 144.4% volatile
192 Chad 3,355 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 41.2% volatile
193 North Korea 3,115 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 89.2% volatile
194 Ethiopia 2,534 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 53.2% volatile
195 Greenland 2,450 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 101.6% volatile
196 Liberia 1,596 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 459.3% volatile
197 Somalia 1,581 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 61.0% volatile
198 Suriname 1,053 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 74.1% volatile
199 South Sudan 1,032 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 71.9% volatile
200 Afghanistan 672.73 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 17.3% volatile
201 French Polynesia 651.5 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 98.5% falling
202 Niger 370.01 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 64.9% volatile
203 Central African Republic 186.12 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 118.4% volatile
204 Yemen 104.29 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 99.2% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
251 places, 13,220 data points, 1961–2023
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Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.