| Jim Whitney |
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 |
Who exports less than the US?
| Exports of goods and services as a share of GDP | |||
| 2008 Export share | 2010 HDI percentile | ||
United States |
12.9 | 98 | |
| 1 | Pakistan |
12.8 | 27 |
| 2 | Haiti | 12.7 | 15 |
| 3 | Ethiopia |
11.4 | 8 |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 10.7 | 7 |
| 5 | Eritrea | 4.4 | NA |
| 6 | Myanmar |
0.1 | 22 |
| Median: | 10.3 | 14.5 | |
| *HDI=Human Development Index; sample = 169 countries | |||
Top 10 exporters
| Exports of goods and services as a share of GDP | |||
| 2008 Export share | 2010 HDI percentile | ||
| 1 | Singapore | 233.4 | 85 |
2 |
Hong Kong, China (SAR) |
212.4 | 88 |
| 3 | Luxembourg |
174.7 | 86 |
| 4 |
Seychelles |
118.4 | NA |
| 5 | Malaysia |
103.2 | 67 |
| 6 | Bahrain | 96.8 | 78 |
| 7 | Macao | 97.2 | NA |
| 8 | Malta | 84.7 | 81 |
| 9 | Belgium | 84.6 | 90 |
| 10 |
Ireland |
83.4 | 98 |
| Median: | 100.2 | 83.5 | |
*HDI Source: United Nations. Human Development Report 2010.
Table 2 -
Human Development Index trends, 1980–2010
Class copy:
http://faculty.oxy.edu/whitney/classes/ec311/realworld/un_hdi_trends.xls