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  • Exports of goods and services: GDP by Type of Expenditure at current prices - US dollars.
  • Exports of goods and services > Constant 2000 US$ per capita: Exports of goods and services (constant 2000 US$). Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Exports of goods and services > Current US$, % of GDP: Exports of goods and services (current US$). Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Exports of goods, services and primary income > BoP, current US$: Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$). Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods exports, service exports and primary income receipts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Exports of goods, services and primary income > BoP, current US$, % of GDP: Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$). Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods exports, service exports and primary income receipts. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Goods and services: Exports of goods and services as a % of GDP, 2000
  • Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Exports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
  • High-technology exports > Current US$ per capita: High-technology exports (current US$). High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • High-technology exports > Current US$, % of GDP: High-technology exports (current US$). High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Leading export market: Country or customs union which is the main recipient of exports.
  • Merchandise exports by the reporting economy > Current US$, % of GDP: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$). Merchandise exports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current US$. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Per $ GDP: The total US dollar amount of exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
  • Per capita: The total US dollar amount of exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Primary: Primary exports as % of manufactured export, 2000.
  • Transport services > % of service exports, BoP: Transport services (% of service exports, BoP). Transport covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, pipeline, space and electricity transmission) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, the movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. Excluded are freight insurance (included in insurance services); goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers (included in goods); maintenance and repairs on transport equipment (included in maintenance and repair services n.i.e.); and repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities (included in construction).
  • Merchandise exports > Current US$, % of GDP: Merchandise exports (current US$). Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Merchandise exports to developing economies in South Asia > % of total merchandise exports: Merchandise exports to developing economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports). Merchandise exports to developing economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to developing economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.
  • Goods and services > Current LCU: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments. Data are in current local currency.
  • Partners: A rank ordering of trading partners starting with the most important; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value
  • Merchandise trade > % of GDP: Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Merchandise trade as a share of GDP is the sum of merchandise exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars.
  • High technology: High-technology exports as % of manufactured export, 2000.
  • Goods and services > Current US$ > Per capita: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • External balance on goods and services > Current US$ per capita: External balance on goods and services (current US$). External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Commercial service exports > Current US$ per capita: Commercial service exports (current US$). Commercial service exports are total service exports minus exports of government services not included elsewhere. International transactions in services are defined by the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (1993) as the economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Definitions may vary among reporting economies. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Time to export > Days: Time to export (days). Time is recorded in calendar days. The time calculation for a procedure starts from the moment it is initiated and runs until it is completed. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen. It is assumed that neither the exporter nor the importer wastes time and that each commits to completing each remaining procedure without delay. Procedures that can be completed in parallel are measured as simultaneous. The waiting time between procedures--for example, during unloading of the cargo--is included in the measure.
  • Merchandise exports > Current US$: Merchandise exports (current US$). Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.
  • Exports of goods, services and primary income > BoP, current US$ per capita: Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$). Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods exports, service exports and primary income receipts. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Time to export > Days per million: Time to export (days). Time is recorded in calendar days. The time calculation for a procedure starts from the moment it is initiated and runs until it is completed. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen. It is assumed that neither the exporter nor the importer wastes time and that each commits to completing each remaining procedure without delay. Procedures that can be completed in parallel are measured as simultaneous. The waiting time between procedures--for example, during unloading of the cargo--is included in the measure. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • External balance on goods and services > Current US$, % of GDP: External balance on goods and services (current US$). External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Manufactured: Manufactured exports as % of manufactured export, 2000.
  • Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports). Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.
  • High-technology exports > Current US$: High-technology exports (current US$). High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Exports of goods and services > Current US$: Exports of goods and services (current US$). Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Goods and services > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
  • Goods and services > BoP > Current US$: Exports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Goods and services > Current US$: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Commercial service exports > Current US$, % of GDP: Commercial service exports (current US$). Commercial service exports are total service exports minus exports of government services not included elsewhere. International transactions in services are defined by the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (1993) as the economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Definitions may vary among reporting economies. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Trade in services > % of GDP: Trade in services (% of GDP). Trade in services is the sum of service exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars.
  • Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per capita: Exports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Exports of goods and services per capita: GDP by Type of Expenditure at current prices - US dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Merchandise exports by the reporting economy > Current US$ per capita: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$). Merchandise exports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current US$. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Commercial service exports > Current US$: Commercial service exports (current US$). Commercial service exports are total service exports minus exports of government services not included elsewhere. International transactions in services are defined by the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (1993) as the economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Definitions may vary among reporting economies.
  • Commodities: A rank ordering of exported products starting with the most important; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value.
  • Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ per capita: Exports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
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STAT Singapore South Korea HISTORY
Exports of goods and services 554.86 billion
Ranked 10th. 		638.25 billion
Ranked 7th. 15% more than Singapore
Exports of goods and services > Constant 2000 US$ per capita $76,952.75
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than South Korea 		$11,427.08
Ranked 21st.
Exports of goods and services > Current US$, % of GDP 200.66%
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than South Korea 		56.5%
Ranked 24th.
Exports of goods, services and primary income > BoP, current US$ $624.38 billion
Ranked 13th. 		$683.07 billion
Ranked 10th. 9% more than Singapore
Exports of goods, services and primary income > BoP, current US$, % of GDP 227.3%
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than South Korea 		60.47%
Ranked 35th.
Goods and services 180%
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than South Korea 		45%
Ranked 59th.
Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 2.43 BoP $ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than South Korea 		0.425 BoP $ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 66th.
High-technology exports > Current US$ per capita $24,390.87
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than South Korea 		$2,451.26
Ranked 7th.
High-technology exports > Current US$, % of GDP 51.6%
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than South Korea 		10.95%
Ranked 7th.
Leading export market Hong Kong China
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy > Current US$, % of GDP 168.23%
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than South Korea 		50.47%
Ranked 33th.
Per $ GDP $2.19 per $1 of GDP
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than South Korea 		$0.37 per $1 of GDP
Ranked 60th.
Per capita $69,178.80 per capita
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than South Korea 		$7,727.63 per capita
Ranked 32nd.
Primary 14%
Ranked 94th. 56% more than South Korea 		9%
Ranked 109th.
Transport services > % of service exports, BoP 35.68%
Ranked 20th. 		36.96%
Ranked 18th. 4% more than Singapore
Merchandise exports > Current US$, % of GDP 148.67%
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than South Korea 		48.5%
Ranked 30th.
Merchandise exports to developing economies in South Asia > % of total merchandise exports 4.85%
Ranked 38th. 74% more than South Korea 		2.78%
Ranked 59th.
Goods and services > Current LCU 472354900000 342800400000000
Partners Hong Kong 11.6%, Malaysia 11.5%, US 11.2%, Indonesia 9.7%, China 9.7%, Japan 4.6%, Hong Kong 11.6% China 23.2%, US 10.1%, Japan 5.8%, Hong Kong 5.3%
Merchandise trade > % of GDP 286.9%
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than South Korea 		94.5%
Ranked 35th.
High technology 63%
Ranked 2nd. 80% more than South Korea 		35%
Ranked 7th.
Goods and services > Current US$ > Per capita 65,358.45$ per capita
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than South Korea 		6,931$ per capita
Ranked 27th.
External balance on goods and services > Current US$ per capita $11,464.11
Ranked 5th. 16 times more than South Korea 		$695.58
Ranked 26th.
Commercial service exports > Current US$ per capita $22,355.93
Ranked 3rd. 10 times more than South Korea 		$2,192.21
Ranked 32nd.
Time to export > Days 6
Ranked 184th. 		8
Ranked 179th. 33% more than Singapore
Merchandise exports > Current US$ $408.39 billion
Ranked 15th. 		$547.87 billion
Ranked 8th. 34% more than Singapore
Exports of goods, services and primary income > BoP, current US$ per capita $117,533.36
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than South Korea 		$13,660.35
Ranked 33th.
Time to export > Days per million 1.13
Ranked 126th. 7 times more than South Korea 		0.16
Ranked 173th.
External balance on goods and services > Current US$, % of GDP 22.17%
Ranked 10th. 7 times more than South Korea 		3.08%
Ranked 32nd.
Manufactured 86%
Ranked 12th. 		91%
Ranked 7th. 6% more than Singapore
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 33.01%
Ranked 36th. 		46.28%
Ranked 21st. 40% more than Singapore
High-technology exports > Current US$ $126.43 billion
Ranked 6th. 4% more than South Korea 		$122.02 billion
Ranked 7th.
Exports of goods and services > Current US$ $551.21 billion
Ranked 13th. 		$638.25 billion
Ranked 9th. 16% more than Singapore
Goods and services > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 2.43$ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than South Korea 		0.425$ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 66th.
Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ 283.56 billion BoP $
Ranked 14th. 		334.37 billion BoP $
Ranked 11th. 18% more than Singapore
Goods and services > Current US$ 283.77 billion$
Ranked 11th. 		334.73 billion$
Ranked 8th. 18% more than Singapore
Commercial service exports > Current US$, % of GDP 43.23%
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than South Korea 		9.7%
Ranked 36th.
Trade in services > % of GDP 86.55%
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than South Korea 		19.39%
Ranked 69th.
Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per capita 65,310.38 BoP $ per capita
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than South Korea 		6,923.62 BoP $ per capita
Ranked 35th.
Exports of goods and services per capita 104,445.86
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than South Korea 		12,763.93
Ranked 40th.
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy > Current US$ per capita $79,518.71
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than South Korea 		$11,299.18
Ranked 33th.
Commercial service exports > Current US$ $118.76 billion
Ranked 8th. 8% more than South Korea 		$109.62 billion
Ranked 9th.
Commodities machinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, mineral fuels wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals
Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ per capita 66,473.96 BoP $
Ranked 2nd. 10 times more than South Korea 		6,946.08 BoP $
Ranked 34th.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; World Bank national accounts data. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Bank national accounts data. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank World Development Indicators.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank World Development Indicators. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; World Development Indicators database; United Nations, Comtrade database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations, Comtrade database. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; World Trade Organization Trade Profiles database, loaded 2010; World Bank staff estimates. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Trade Organization. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; World Bank staff estimates; World Trade Organization, and World Bank GDP estimates.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank World Development Indicators. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; World Trade Organization.; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations, Comtrade database.; World Bank national accounts data; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates. World Bank World Development Indicators.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Bank staff estimates. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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