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Exports of goods and services, billion USD, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 41 countries was 10.28 billion U.S. dollars. The highest value was in South Africa: 124.7 billion U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in Burundi: 0.14 billion U.S. dollars. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: billion U.S. dollars; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Exports, billion dollars, 2023 Global rank Available data
South Africa 124.7 1 1960 - 2023
Angola 34.66 2 2002 - 2023
DR Congo 29.37 3 1994 - 2023
Ghana 25.99 4 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 19.34 5 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 13.6 6 1990 - 2023
Kenya 12.63 7 1960 - 2023
Gabon 12.36 8 1960 - 2023
Zambia 11.26 9 1994 - 2023
Ethiopia 10.79 10 2011 - 2023
Mozambique 9.49 11 1991 - 2023
Guinea 9.23 12 1986 - 2023
R. of Congo 8.72 13 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 8.19 14 1965 - 2023
Mauritius 7.68 15 1976 - 2023
Zimbabwe 7.6 16 1975 - 2023
Senegal 7.09 17 1960 - 2023
Botswana 6.26 18 1960 - 2023
Mali 6.08 19 1967 - 2023
Burkina Faso 5.87 20 1960 - 2023
Chad 5.72 21 1960 - 2023
Uganda 5.66 22 1960 - 2023
Namibia 5.36 23 1980 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 4.52 24 2005 - 2023
Madagascar 4.24 25 1960 - 2023
Benin 4.17 26 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 4.08 27 1961 - 2023
Rwanda 3.58 28 1960 - 2023
Togo 2.19 29 1963 - 2023
Somalia 2.16 30 1960 - 2023
Seychelles 1.84 31 1976 - 2023
Niger 1.48 32 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 1.38 33 1964 - 2023
Sudan 1.21 34 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.97 35 1980 - 2023
Lesotho 0.91 36 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.37 37 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.28 38 1970 - 2023
Gambia 0.23 39 1966 - 2023
Comoros 0.18 40 1980 - 2023
Burundi 0.14 41 1960 - 2023


New - World map: Exports, billion dollars




Definition: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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