Countries in Asia by exports

Goods and services sold abroad, as a share of GDP. Trading hubs that re-export can pass 100%. 42 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

Map: Exports — Asia
Highest
177.9%
Singapore
Median country
30.6%
half above, half below
Lowest
6.8%
Syria
Countries in Asia by exports, World Bank, mostly 2025
#Country% of GDPYearRegion
1Singapore177.9%2025South-Eastern Asia
2United Arab Emirates106.8%2023Western Asia
3Vietnam98.2%2025South-Eastern Asia
4Cyprus97.6%2025Western Asia
5Bahrain87.5%2024Western Asia
6Maldives78.2%2024Southern Asia
7Brunei71.6%2025South-Eastern Asia
8Thailand71.1%2025South-Eastern Asia
9Malaysia71.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
=10Cambodia68.6%2025South-Eastern Asia
=10Qatar68.6%2022Western Asia
12Mongolia68.1%2025Eastern Asia
13Oman66.1%2024Western Asia
14Kuwait55.8%2024Western Asia
15Armenia48.1%2025Western Asia
16Georgia47.4%2025Western Asia
17South Korea45.8%2025Eastern Asia
18Azerbaijan43.0%2025Western Asia
19Iraq39.8%2024Western Asia
20Kazakhstan31.6%2024Central Asia
21Bhutan31.5%2024Southern Asia
22Saudi Arabia29.7%2025Western Asia
23Israel27.6%2025Western Asia
24Kyrgyzstan26.8%2025Central Asia
25Philippines26.6%2025South-Eastern Asia
26Iran25.8%2025Southern Asia
27Turkey24.8%2025Western Asia
28Lebanon23.3%2024Western Asia
29Indonesia22.8%2025South-Eastern Asia
30India22.3%2025Southern Asia
=31Japan22.0%2024Eastern Asia
=31Uzbekistan22.0%2025Central Asia
33China21.1%2025Eastern Asia
34Sri Lanka19.0%2025Southern Asia
35Afghanistan15.7%2024Southern Asia
36Turkmenistan14.5%2025Central Asia
37Tajikistan11.2%2024Central Asia
38Bangladesh11.1%2025Southern Asia
39Timor-Leste10.6%2024South-Eastern Asia
40Pakistan10.0%2025Southern Asia
41Nepal8.8%2025Southern Asia
42Syria6.8%2022Western Asia

No World Bank figure for 6 countries: Jordan, Laos, Myanmar, North Korea, Taiwan, Yemen.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place% of GDPStatus
Hong Kong199.8%Territory of China
Macao92.3%Territory of China
Palestine21.2%Status disputed

Questions

Which country in Asia has the highest exports for the size of its economy?
Singapore has the highest exports for the size of its economy in Asia: 177.9% of GDP (2025). Next come the United Arab Emirates (106.8% of GDP) and Vietnam (98.2% of GDP).
Which country in Asia has the lowest exports for the size of its economy?
Syria, with 6.8% of GDP (2022).
What is the typical exports of a country in Asia?
The median of the 42 countries in Asia is 30.6% of GDP: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?
Goods and services sold abroad, as a share of GDP. Trading hubs that re-export can pass 100%. Source: World Bank, mostly 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.