The following list sorts countries and some territories by their exports of services. According to the World Trade Organization (WTO), service exports refer to the cross-border sale or supply of services by residents of one country to residents of another country.
Service exports can include a wide range of activities such as transportation, tourism, telecommunications, financial and insurance services, computer and information services, business and professional services, and many others. [1] The WTO defines services broadly to include all economic activities other than the production and trade of physical goods.
Country | Exports (in millions USD) | Year |
---|---|---|
United States | 1,026,593 | 2023 |
United Kingdom | 584,214 | 2023 |
Germany | 439,944 | 2023 |
Ireland | 397,591 | 2023 |
France | 369,985 | 2023 |
India | 337,540 | 2023 |
China | 332,055 | 2023 |
Singapore | 328,051 | 2023 |
Netherlands | 290,166 | 2023 |
Japan | 206,913 | 2023 |
Spain | 198,304 | 2023 |
Switzerland | 167,316 | 2023 |
Luxembourg | 148,680 | 2023 |
Italy | 147,966 | 2023 |
Belgium | 146,277 | 2023 |
Canada | 145,757 | 2023 |
South Korea | 124,486 | 2023 |
Denmark | 116,070 | 2023 |
Poland | 108,021 | 2023 |
Sweden | 104,866 | 2023 |
Turkey | 101,684 | 2023 |
Hong Kong | 98,571 | 2023 |
Austria | 89,686 | 2023 |
Israel | 82,971 | 2023 |
Australia | 74,741 | 2023 |
Thailand | 56,662 | 2023 |
Mexico | 56,270 | 2023 |
Portugal | 55,950 | 2023 |
Greece | 53,185 | 2023 |
Norway | 50,943 | 2023 |
Saudi Arabia | 48,512 | 2023 |
Philippines | 48,285 | 2023 |
Brazil | 45,194 | 2023 |
Romania | 43,751 | 2023 |
Malaysia | 42,671 | 2023 |
Russia | 41,177 | 2023 |
Czech Republic | 39,706 | 2023 |
Hungary | 36,106 | 2023 |
Finland | 34,350 | 2023 |
Egypt | 33,649 | 2023 |
Indonesia | 33,276 | 2023 |
Qatar | 30,974 | 2023 |
Morocco | 25,451 | 2023 |
Croatia | 24,217 | 2023 |
Cyprus | 24,109 | 2023 |
Lithuania | 21,806 | 2023 |
Malta | 21,599 | 2022 |
Vietnam | 19,594 | 2023 |
Panama | 17,473 | 2023 |
New Zealand | 16,489 | 2023 |
Ukraine | 16,415 | 2023 |
Argentina | 16,111 | 2023 |
Colombia | 15,644 | 2023 |
Bahrain | 15,530 | 2023 |
Bulgaria | 15,274 | 2023 |
Costa Rica | 14,796 | 2023 |
South Africa | 14,251 | 2023 |
Serbia | 14,143 | 2023 |
Macao | 13,109 | 2022 |
Dominican Republic | 12,911 | 2023 |
Slovenia | 12,819 | 2023 |
Estonia | 12,647 | 2023 |
Slovakia | 12,565 | 2023 |
Kuwait | 11,302 | 2023 |
Kazakhstan | 10,288 | 2023 |
Chile | 9,792 | 2023 |
Iraq | 9,034 | 2023 |
Ghana | 8,662 | 2023 |
Tunisia | 8,610 | 2023 |
Belarus | 8,504 | 2023 |
Latvia | 8,127 | 2023 |
Jordan | 7,955 | 2023 |
Lebanon | 7,922 | 2023 |
Pakistan | 7,512 | 2023 |
Ethiopia | 7,396 | 2023 |
Syria | 7,333 | 2010 |
Albania | 7,193 | 2023 |
Georgia | 7,054 | 2023 |
Myanmar | 6,683 | 2019 |
Iceland | 6,647 | 2023 |
Kenya | 6,440 | 2022 |
Bangladesh | 6,378 | 2023 |
Azerbaijan | 6,285 | 2023 |
Uruguay | 6,167 | 2023 |
Peru | 5,808 | 2023 |
Armenia | 5,630 | 2023 |
Sri Lanka | 5,416 | 2023 |
Jamaica | 5,273 | 2023 |
Uzbekistan | 5,118 | 2023 |
El Salvador | 5,109 | 2023 |
Tanzania | 4,762 | 2023 |
Maldives | 4,458 | 2023 |
Nigeria | 4,441 | 2023 |
Guatemala | 4,273 | 2023 |
Cambodia | 4,188 | 2023 |
Bahamas | 3,906 | 2022 |
Algeria | 3,830 | 2023 |
Honduras | 3,716 | 2023 |
Oman | 3,638 | 2023 |
Cayman Islands | 3,355 | 2021 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,282 | 2023 |
Kosovo | 3,214 | 2023 |
Mauritius | 3,200 | 2023 |
Ecuador | 3,188 | 2023 |
Montenegro | 2,994 | 2023 |
North Macedonia | 2,865 | 2023 |
Aruba | 2,648 | 2022 |
Andorra | 2,537 | 2022 |
Paraguay | 2,455 | 2023 |
Moldova | 2,440 | 2023 |
Uganda | 1,840 | 2022 |
Seychelles | 1,833 | 2023 |
Cameroon | 1,717 | 2022 |
Nepal | 1,640 | 2023 |
Mongolia | 1,587 | 2023 |
Nicaragua | 1,561 | 2023 |
Sudan | 1,551 | 2022 |
Curaçao | 1,546 | 2022 |
Barbados | 1,523 | 2017 |
Iran | 1,382 | 2000 |
Kyrgyzstan | 1,375 | 2022 |
Fiji | 1,329 | 2022 |
Senegal | 1,289 | 2021 |
Venezuela | 1,285 | 2016 |
Saint Lucia | 1,275 | 2023 |
Sint Maarten | 1,272 | 2023 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1,166 | 2023 |
Madagascar | 1,142 | 2022 |
Bermuda | 1,126 | 2021 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1,123 | 2023 |
Bolivia | 1,111 | 2023 |
Djibouti | 1,073 | 2022 |
Rwanda | 1,043 | 2023 |
Namibia | 1,043 | 2023 |
French Polynesia | 1,023 | 2016 |
Mozambique | 1,012 | 2023 |
Belize | 977 | 2021 |
Zambia | 933 | 2023 |
Ivory Coast | 913 | 2022 |
Palestine | 890 | 2023 |
San Marino | 887 | 2021 |
South Sudan | 842 | 2022 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 821 | 2018 |
Grenada | 788 | 2023 |
Cape Verde | 714 | 2023 |
Afghanistan | 700 | 2020 |
Botswana | 641 | 2023 |
Benin | 552 | 2022 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 547 | 2023 |
New Caledonia | 540 | 2016 |
Togo | 514 | 2020 |
Burkina Faso | 504 | 2022 |
Mali | 479 | 2022 |
Yemen | 466 | 2016 |
Malawi | 464 | 2022 |
Laos | 406 | 2022 |
Brunei | 340 | 2023 |
Zimbabwe | 331 | 2020 |
Niger | 330 | 2022 |
Mauritania | 307 | 2022 |
Samoa | 304 | 2023 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 293 | 2023 |
Gabon | 277 | 2015 |
Tajikistan | 244 | 2023 |
Republic of the Congo | 240 | 2021 |
Guyana | 237 | 2022 |
Gambia | 216 | 2022 |
Faroe Islands | 207 | 2011 |
Liberia | 192 | 2022 |
Papua New Guinea | 178 | 2021 |
Suriname | 173 | 2023 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 169 | 2021 |
Dominica | 162 | 2023 |
Guinea | 146 | 2022 |
Eswatini | 145 | 2023 |
Bhutan | 128 | 2023 |
Burundi | 119 | 2023 |
Solomon Islands | 115 | 2023 |
Comoros | 110 | 2022 |
Haiti | 101 | 2022 |
Libya | 83 | 2021 |
Vanuatu | 78 | 2022 |
Angola | 76 | 2023 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 75 | 2022 |
Timor-Leste | 69 | 2023 |
Eritrea | 61 | 2000 |
Tonga | 45 | 2022 |
Sierra Leone | 41 | 2022 |
Federated States of Micronesia | 38 | 2014 |
Guinea-Bissau | 35 | 2022 |
Palau | 22 | 2022 |
Lesotho | 16 | 2023 |
Nauru | 19 | 2018 |
Kiribati | 11 | 2022 |
Marshall Islands | 9 | 2021 |
Tuvalu | 2 | 2022 |
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