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...
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
About this data
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.