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 (ACM1. Agricultural products): 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 | 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 | South 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 | 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 | 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 | Turkey | 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 | 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 | Russia | 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 | Laos | 0.796 | 2014 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 87 | 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 | Cote 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 | Syria | 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 | 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 | 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 | Vietnam | 0.5787 | 2014 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 145 | Tanzania | 0.5732 | 2014 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 146 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 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.