The World's Biggest Goods Exporters 2024

About This Dataset

The World's Biggest Goods Exporters 2024
Countries ranked by merchandise exports (USD billion) in 2024, using World Bank figures for the 205 countries that reported that year. China leads on 3,576, ahead of United States (2,062) and Germany (1,676). Merchandise exports in US dollars, covering goods only and excluding services. Re-exports count in full, which lifts trading hubs above producers of similar size.
Analysis

China (3,576), United States (2,062) and Germany (1,676) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 3,576 down to 405, a spread of 3,171. China is 1.73 times United States, the country in second place. 2 of the 20 reach half the leading figure, 1,788 or more. China stood at 3,379 in 2023, so its figure rose by 197 over the year. China also came first in 2023. Of the 20 in this table that also reported in 2023, 12 recorded a higher figure than the year before and 8 a lower one. The largest single move was China, from 3,379 to 3,576. The chart shows the twenty highest of 205 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.

Source:  World Bank

Key Findings

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China leads in Merchandise Exports (USD Billion) with 3,576 in 2024.
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Average Merchandise Exports (USD Billion) in 2024: 856  ·  median: 612.
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Gap in 2024: China is 8.8× larger than Vietnam.

The World's Biggest Goods Exporters 2024

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Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points
20
20 categories  ·  1 year
Top Value
3,576
China
Merchandise Exports (USD Billion) · 2024
Metrics
1
Merchandise Exports (USD Billion)
Period
2024
Single year snapshot

Methodology & source

Data source
World Bank
Coverage
20 entities · 2024 · 20 observations
Measure
Merchandise Exports (USD Billion)
Last updated
7 September 2026
Compiled by
The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
  • Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
  • Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.

Rankings & Full Data

20 records · Merchandise Exports (USD Billion) · ranked by 2024

✓ 20 sourced
# Category 2024 Source
🥇 China 3,576
🥈 United States 2,062
🥉 Germany 1,676
4 Netherlands 921
5 Japan 707
6 South Korea 684
7 Italy 673
8 Hong Kong 646
9 France 641
10 Mexico 618
11 United Arab Emirates 606
12 Canada 568
13 Belgium 555
14 United Kingdom 524
15 Singapore 506
16 Switzerland 447
17 India 443
18 Russia 434
19 Spain 429
20 Vietnam 405

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

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