Export quality index (ACM1. Agricultural products) by country

This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters...

Countries reporting
166
Highest
1.16
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.1348
Niger
Median
0.8006
Years covered
52
1963–2014
Data points
7,433

What the numbers show

Export quality index (ACM1. Agricultural products) is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 1.16 in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.1348 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8006, and the mean is 0.7863.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 65.6%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 76.9%).

Export quality index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 1.16 2014 down 1.2% flat
2 Qatar 1.07 2014 down 6.3% rising
3 Kuwait 1.06 2014 up 0.5% flat
4 Norway 1.06 2014 up 3.1% rising
5 Belgium 1.06 2014 down 0.5% flat
6 Slovakia 1.05 2014 up 5.0% flat
7 Netherlands 1.04 2014 down 1.7% falling
8 Switzerland 1.04 2014 up 3.5% falling
9 Saudi Arabia 1.03 2014 up 6.7% flat
10 Germany 1.03 2014 up 0.0% flat
11 United Arab Emirates 1.03 2014 down 5.8% falling
12 Ireland 1.02 2014 down 1.4% rising
13 Singapore 1.01 2014 up 9.8% rising
14 Austria 1.01 2014 up 1.3% flat
15 Oman 1.01 2014 up 11.4% rising
16 Bahrain 1 2014 up 7.2% rising
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 2014 down 2.4% flat
18 Slovenia 0.9993 2014 down 3.4% falling
19 Czechia 0.995 2014 up 3.0% flat
20 France 0.9943 2014 down 0.5% flat
21 Republic of Korea 0.9837 2014 up 0.8% rising
22 Italy 0.9829 2014 down 1.3% flat
23 Croatia 0.9785 2014 up 0.3% flat
24 Denmark 0.9775 2014 up 1.7% falling
25 Hong Kong, China 0.9666 2014 up 1.3% rising
26 Hungary 0.9647 2014 up 2.2% rising
27 Botswana 0.9636 2014 down 3.6% falling
28 Lithuania 0.9624 2014 up 7.7% rising
29 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9602 2014 up 12.9% rising
30 Japan 0.9557 2014 down 2.2% rising
31 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9547 2014 up 10.9% falling
32 Portugal 0.9501 2014 down 1.7% rising
33 Cyprus 0.9468 2014 up 0.0% rising
34 Uruguay 0.9449 2014 up 9.4% falling
35 Saint Lucia 0.9436 2014 down 5.0% flat
36 Belarus 0.9406 2014 up 3.2% rising
37 Poland 0.9381 2014 up 4.7% rising
38 United States of America 0.9371 2014 down 2.5% falling
39 Spain 0.9359 2014 down 2.2% flat
40 Estonia 0.9355 2014 up 4.9% rising
41 Sweden 0.9346 2014 down 3.1% flat
42 Greece 0.9303 2014 down 2.2% falling
43 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9247 2014 down 6.9% falling
44 Costa Rica 0.921 2014 up 1.2% rising
45 Barbados 0.9128 2014 up 2.1% rising
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9123 2014 down 8.7% rising
47 Australia 0.9114 2014 down 3.8% falling
48 South Africa 0.9079 2014 up 0.7% flat
49 Iceland 0.9062 2014 down 2.1% falling
50 Israel 0.9021 2014 up 2.7% falling
51 Bulgaria 0.896 2014 up 1.6% flat
52 Türkiye 0.8945 2014 up 0.8% flat
53 Latvia 0.8939 2014 up 1.8% rising
54 Mali 0.8906 2014 down 14.3% rising
55 North Macedonia 0.8905 2014 up 1.5% flat
56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.8843 2014 up 58.7% rising
57 Lebanon 0.8835 2014 up 3.2% rising
58 Burkina Faso 0.8832 2014 up 1.6% rising
59 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8825 2014 up 1.9% flat
60 Georgia 0.8822 2014 up 6.9% rising
61 Albania 0.879 2014 up 0.0% rising
62 Canada 0.8771 2014 down 9.1% flat
63 Finland 0.8763 2014 down 5.5% falling
64 Panama 0.8754 2014 up 1.2% falling
65 Kazakhstan 0.8718 2014 up 6.4% rising
66 Azerbaijan 0.8643 2014 up 16.9% rising
67 Tunisia 0.8584 2014 down 4.0% rising
68 Armenia 0.856 2014 up 2.1% rising
69 Dominican Republic 0.8547 2014 up 8.7% rising
70 Romania 0.8534 2014 up 3.1% flat
71 Zimbabwe 0.8507 2014 up 8.4% falling
72 New Zealand 0.8505 2014 down 7.6% falling
73 Uzbekistan 0.8479 2014 down 1.6% falling
74 Chile 0.8468 2014 up 3.7% falling
75 Bahamas 0.834 2014 down 20.1% flat
76 Malta 0.8312 2014 up 4.0% rising
77 Dominica 0.8291 2014 down 2.1% falling
78 Iraq 0.8207 2014 down 0.9% falling
79 Egypt 0.81 2014 up 3.4% flat
80 Russian Federation 0.8083 2014 up 5.9% rising
81 Mexico 0.8047 2014 up 2.9% falling
82 Jordan 0.8014 2014 up 6.7% falling
83 Turkmenistan 0.8012 2014 down 4.5% falling
84 Algeria 0.8001 2014 down 13.3% falling
85 Belize 0.7967 2014 up 7.4% rising
86 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.796 2014 down 27.8% rising
87 Republic of Moldova 0.7927 2014 down 0.5% flat
88 Brazil 0.7758 2014 up 7.8% rising
89 Ukraine 0.7719 2014 down 1.9% flat
90 Ecuador 0.7708 2014 down 5.2% falling
91 Zambia 0.7693 2014 up 15.6% falling
92 Namibia 0.7665 2014 up 23.7% rising
93 Cameroon 0.7661 2014 up 2.4% flat
94 Ghana 0.7657 2014 down 2.9% falling
95 Chad 0.7645 2014 down 20.4% falling
96 Peru 0.762 2014 up 9.0% falling
97 Côte d'Ivoire 0.7597 2014 up 0.4% flat
98 Malaysia 0.7591 2014 up 1.1% flat
99 Haiti 0.7555 2014 up 20.3% rising
100 China 0.7549 2014 up 6.4% rising
101 Paraguay 0.7528 2014 down 3.5% rising
102 Thailand 0.7504 2014 up 6.0% rising
103 Philippines 0.749 2014 up 5.0% falling
104 Malawi 0.7487 2014 up 0.4% flat
105 Syrian Arab Republic 0.7427 2014 up 1.5% falling
106 Central African Republic 0.7416 2014 up 30.8% falling
107 Sierra Leone 0.7411 2014 up 11.2% flat
108 El Salvador 0.7396 2014 up 20.8% rising
109 Colombia 0.7389 2014 up 3.4% rising
110 Morocco 0.7329 2014 down 2.5% flat
111 Jamaica 0.7317 2014 up 4.0% falling
112 Benin 0.7289 2014 down 15.9% flat
113 Suriname 0.7281 2014 up 26.7% falling
114 Antigua and Barbuda 0.7275 2014 up 13.6% falling
115 Guatemala 0.723 2014 up 2.1% falling
116 Tajikistan 0.7215 2014 down 19.0% falling
117 Nigeria 0.7199 2014 up 0.9% falling
118 Liberia 0.7194 2014 up 7.3% falling
119 Seychelles 0.7183 2014 up 9.3% rising
120 Sri Lanka 0.7119 2014 up 13.7% flat
121 Lesotho 0.7101 2014 down 4.0% rising
122 Kyrgyzstan 0.7078 2014 up 3.7% falling
123 Grenada 0.706 2014 up 3.4% falling
124 Yemen 0.6989 2014 up 11.6% rising
125 Nepal 0.6741 2014 up 10.2% rising
126 Nicaragua 0.6666 2014 down 1.1% falling
127 Mongolia 0.6635 2014 down 23.1% falling
128 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6619 2014 down 10.4% falling
129 Eswatini 0.6613 2014 up 1.9% flat
130 Indonesia 0.659 2014 up 2.2% rising
131 Honduras 0.6415 2014 down 4.5% falling
132 India 0.6332 2014 up 16.8% flat
133 Sudan 0.6315 2011 up 2.1% falling
134 Argentina 0.6274 2014 down 4.8% falling
135 Myanmar 0.6273 2014 up 6.6% rising
136 Maldives 0.6121 2014 down 8.0% rising
137 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.6107 2014 up 13.8% falling
138 Angola 0.6069 2014 up 36.6% falling
139 Pakistan 0.6056 2014 down 2.2% flat
140 Cape Verde 0.6037 2014 down 14.1% falling
141 Mauritius 0.6003 2014 up 22.8% rising
142 Cambodia 0.5953 2014 up 16.8% rising
143 Equatorial Guinea 0.5799 2014 up 40.5% falling
144 Viet Nam 0.5787 2014 up 17.7% falling
145 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5732 2014 up 14.2% falling
146 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.5633 2014 up 29.1% falling
147 Mozambique 0.5605 2014 up 21.6% falling
148 Togo 0.5601 2014 down 35.2% flat
149 Gabon 0.5413 2014 up 22.8% falling
150 Djibouti 0.5352 2014 down 25.2% falling
151 Senegal 0.5206 2014 up 8.2% falling
152 Mauritania 0.5173 2014 up 17.8% falling
153 Uganda 0.4965 2014 down 0.5% rising
154 Kenya 0.4955 2014 up 12.6% falling
155 Guinea 0.4865 2014 down 6.7% falling
156 Bangladesh 0.4802 2014 up 49.3% rising
157 Rwanda 0.4774 2014 up 65.6% flat
158 Fiji 0.4723 2014 up 8.5% flat
159 Congo 0.4501 2014 up 9.0% falling
160 Madagascar 0.4292 2014 up 7.9% falling
161 Gambia 0.4234 2014 down 4.6% falling
162 Comoros 0.38 2014 up 14.5% falling
163 Ethiopia 0.3728 2014 up 16.5% falling
164 Guinea-Bissau 0.3487 2014 down 0.8% falling
165 Burundi 0.3253 2014 up 41.4% flat
166 Niger 0.1348 2014 down 76.9% falling

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Indicator
Export quality index (ACM1. Agricultural products)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
166 places, 7,433 data points, 1963–2014
Last refreshed

This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters (the world frontier). Data can be aggregated at various levels, including by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) up to the 4-digit level, by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) up to the 3-digit level, and by aggregate sectors such as Agriculture, Commodities, and Manufactures.