Export to import ratio by country
Countries reporting
46
Highest
1.4
Ireland
Lowest
0.59
Kosovo*
Median
1.04
Years covered
19
2007–2025
Data points
883
What the numbers show
Export to import ratio is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 1.4 in Ireland; the lowest is 0.59 in Kosovo*.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.04, and the mean is 1.02.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 40.0%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 18.1%).
Export to import ratio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 1.4 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 2 | Norway | 1.35 | 2025 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 1.2 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 4 | Denmark | 1.19 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 4 | Malta | 1.19 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands | 1.16 | 2025 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 6 | Netherlands | 1.16 | 2025 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 8 | Switzerland | 1.13 | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 9 | Spain | 1.12 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 10 | Czechia | 1.1 | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 11 | Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) | 1.09 | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 12 | Slovenia | 1.07 | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 12 | Hungary | 1.07 | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 12 | Slovenia | 1.07 | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 1.06 | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 15 | Cyprus | 1.06 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 15 | Lithuania | 1.06 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 1.06 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 15 | Italy | 1.06 | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 15 | Lithuania | 1.06 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 1.06 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 22 | Austria | 1.05 | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 23 | Sweden | 1.04 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 24 | Finland | 1.03 | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 25 | Portugal | 1.02 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Estonia | 1.01 | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 26 | Estonia | 1.01 | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 28 | Slovakia | 1 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 28 | Slovakia | 1 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 30 | Türkiye | 0.99 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 30 | France | 0.99 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 0.98 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 33 | Belgium | 0.97 | 2025 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 34 | Iceland | 0.95 | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 35 | Serbia | 0.93 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 35 | Latvia | 0.93 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 35 | Latvia | 0.93 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 38 | Croatia | 0.9 | 2025 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 38 | Croatia | 0.9 | 2025 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 38 | Greece | 0.9 | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 41 | Romania | 0.87 | 2025 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 42 | Albania | 0.84 | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 43 | North Macedonia | 0.81 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 44 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.75 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 45 | Montenegro | 0.61 | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 46 | Kosovo* | 0.59 | 2025 | up 37.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.