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
Median country
30.6%
half above, half below| # | Country | % of GDP | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 177.9% | 2025 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 2 | 106.8% | 2023 | Western Asia | |
| 3 | 98.2% | 2025 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 4 | 97.6% | 2025 | Western Asia | |
| 5 | 87.5% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 6 | 78.2% | 2024 | Southern Asia | |
| 7 | 71.6% | 2025 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 8 | 71.1% | 2025 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 9 | 71.0% | 2025 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| =10 | 68.6% | 2025 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| =10 | 68.6% | 2022 | Western Asia | |
| 12 | 68.1% | 2025 | Eastern Asia | |
| 13 | 66.1% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 14 | 55.8% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 15 | 48.1% | 2025 | Western Asia | |
| 16 | 47.4% | 2025 | Western Asia | |
| 17 | 45.8% | 2025 | Eastern Asia | |
| 18 | 43.0% | 2025 | Western Asia | |
| 19 | 39.8% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 20 | 31.6% | 2024 | Central Asia | |
| 21 | 31.5% | 2024 | Southern Asia | |
| 22 | 29.7% | 2025 | Western Asia | |
| 23 | 27.6% | 2025 | Western Asia | |
| 24 | 26.8% | 2025 | Central Asia | |
| 25 | 26.6% | 2025 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 26 | 25.8% | 2025 | Southern Asia | |
| 27 | 24.8% | 2025 | Western Asia | |
| 28 | 23.3% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 29 | 22.8% | 2025 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 30 | 22.3% | 2025 | Southern Asia | |
| =31 | 22.0% | 2024 | Eastern Asia | |
| =31 | 22.0% | 2025 | Central Asia | |
| 33 | 21.1% | 2025 | Eastern Asia | |
| 34 | 19.0% | 2025 | Southern Asia | |
| 35 | 15.7% | 2024 | Southern Asia | |
| 36 | 14.5% | 2025 | Central Asia | |
| 37 | 11.2% | 2024 | Central Asia | |
| 38 | 11.1% | 2025 | Southern Asia | |
| 39 | 10.6% | 2024 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 40 | 10.0% | 2025 | Southern Asia | |
| 41 | 8.8% | 2025 | Southern Asia | |
| 42 | 6.8% | 2022 | Western 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.
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.