Mapped: What Every Country Exports MostKey TakeawaysAgricultural goods remain the largest export category for nearly a third of countries worldwide.The world’s four largest economies rely most on machinery and electronics exports.Canada, Russia, and Saudi Arabia are among the world’s largest exporters of fuels.Practically every country relies on international trade and global demand for its products. Yet nations differ immensely in what goods they ship to the rest of the world.This world map highlights the top export category for countries around the world, based on the latest available data (2024) from the World Trade Organization. Service exports are excluded.Blessings in the SoilWhen it comes to natural resource endowments, some countries have been blessed more than others. For many countries, these resources provide an early foundation for exports: extracting primary goods from the ground and selling them to foreign buyers.For example, countries like Canada, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia have all become major players in the global petroleum industry. Others, like Algeria, Russia, and Qatar, rely more on their massive natural gas deposits.The table below lists countries alongside their top export category in 2024.CountryTop Export Category (2024) AfghanistanAgriculture & Food AlbaniaTextile & Clothing AlgeriaFuels AngolaFuels Antigua and BarbudaAgriculture & Food ArgentinaAgriculture & Food ArmeniaMining Products AustraliaMining Products AustriaMachinery & Electronics AzerbaijanFuels BahamasFuels BahrainFuels BangladeshTextile & Clothing BarbadosFuels BelarusAgriculture & Food BelgiumChemicals & Pharma BelizeAgriculture & Food BeninAgriculture & Food BermudaTransport Equipment BhutanMining Products BoliviaMining Products Bosnia and HerzegovinaMachinery & Electronics BotswanaMining Products BrazilAgriculture & Food Brunei DarussalamFuels BulgariaMachinery & Electronics Burkina FasoAgriculture & Food BurundiAgriculture & Food Cabo VerdeAgriculture & Food CambodiaTextile & Clothing CameroonAgriculture & Food CanadaFuels Cayman IslandsFuels Central African RepublicTransport Equipment ChadFuels ChileMining Products ChinaMachinery & Electronics Chinese TaipeiMachinery & Electronics ColombiaFuels ComorosAgriculture & Food Costa RicaAgriculture & Food Côte d'IvoireAgriculture & Food CroatiaAgriculture & Food CubaAgriculture & Food CyprusFuels Czech RepublicMachinery & Electronics Congo, DRMining Products DenmarkChemicals & Pharma DjiboutiAgriculture & Food DominicaAgriculture & Food Dominican RepublicAgriculture & Food EcuadorAgriculture & Food EgyptAgriculture & Food El SalvadorTextile & Clothing Equatorial GuineaFuels EstoniaMachinery & Electronics EswatiniChemicals & Pharma EthiopiaAgriculture & Food European UnionMachinery & Electronics FijiAgriculture & Food FinlandMachinery & Electronics FranceChemicals & Pharma French PolynesiaTransport Equipment GabonFuels GeorgiaTransport Equipment GermanyMachinery & Electronics GhanaFuels GreeceFuels GreenlandAgriculture & Food GrenadaAgriculture & Food GuatemalaAgriculture & Food GuineaMining Products Guinea-BissauAgriculture & Food GuyanaFuels HaitiAgriculture & Food HondurasAgriculture & Food Hong KongMachinery & Electronics HungaryMachinery & Electronics IcelandAgriculture & Food IndiaFuels IndonesiaAgriculture & Food IranFuels IraqFuels IrelandChemicals & Pharma IsraelMachinery & Electronics ItalyMachinery & Electronics JamaicaFuels JapanMachinery & Electronics JordanChemicals & Pharma KazakhstanFuels KenyaAgriculture & Food KiribatiAgriculture & Food KuwaitFuels KyrgyzAgriculture & Food LaoFuels LatviaAgriculture & Food LebanonTransport Equipment LesothoTextile & Clothing LiberiaAgriculture & Food LibyaFuels LithuaniaAgriculture & Food LuxembourgMachinery & Electronics MacaoMachinery & Electronics MadagascarMining Products MalawiAgriculture & Food MalaysiaMachinery & Electronics MaldivesAgriculture & Food MaliAgriculture & Food MaltaMachinery & Electronics MauritaniaMining Products MauritiusAgriculture & Food MexicoMachinery & Electronics MoldovaAgriculture & Food MongoliaFuels MontenegroFuels MoroccoTransport Equipment MozambiqueFuels MyanmarAgriculture & Food NamibiaMining Products NepalAgriculture & Food NetherlandsMachinery & Electronics New CaledoniaMining Products New ZealandAgriculture & Food NicaraguaAgriculture & Food NigerFuels NigeriaFuels North MacedoniaChemicals & Pharma NorwayFuels OmanFuels PakistanTextile & Clothing PanamaMachinery & Electronics Papua New GuineaFuels ParaguayAgriculture & Food PeruMining Products PhilippinesMachinery & Electronics PolandMachinery & Electronics PortugalAgriculture & Food QatarFuels Republic of CongoFuels RomaniaMachinery & Electronics RussiaFuels RwandaAgriculture & Food Saint Kitts and NevisAgriculture & Food Saint LuciaAgriculture & Food Saint Vincent & GrenadinesAgriculture & Food SamoaFuels Sao Tomé and PrincipeAgriculture & Food Saudi ArabiaFuels SenegalFuels SerbiaMachinery & Electronics SeychellesAgriculture & Food Sierra LeoneMining Products SingaporeMachinery & Electronics SlovakTransport Equipment SloveniaChemicals & Pharma Solomon IslandsAgriculture & Food SomaliaAgriculture & Food South AfricaMining Products South KoreaMachinery & Electronics South SudanFuels SpainAgriculture & Food Sri LankaTextile & Clothing SudanAgriculture & Food SurinameAgriculture & Food SwedenMachinery & Electronics SwitzerlandChemicals & Pharma TajikistanMining Products TanzaniaAgriculture & Food ThailandMachinery & Electronics The GambiaAgriculture & Food Timor-LesteFuels TogoAgriculture & Food TongaAgriculture & Food Trinidad and TobagoChemicals & Pharma TunisiaMachinery & Electronics TürkiyeTransport Equipment TurkmenistanFuels UgandaAgriculture & Food UkraineAgriculture & Food United Arab EmiratesFuels United KingdomMachinery & Electronics United States of AmericaMachinery & Electronics UruguayAgriculture & Food UzbekistanTextile & Clothing VenezuelaFuels VietnamMachinery & Electronics YemenMining Products ZambiaMining Products ZimbabweMining ProductsOther countries have been blessed with different natural resources. Chile and Peru are both historically major copper producers, but in recent years have also energized global markets with their lithium reserves.Iron-rich Australia has had a similar experience, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo is known for its large deposits of minerals like cobalt and coltan.Then there are the countries sitting on some of the world’s most fertile farmland. Agricultural goods and foodstuffs have become the prime exports of countries like Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, Spain, and Ukraine.Competing in the Big LeaguesMany resource-rich countries eventually go beyond extractive industries like mining or hydrocarbons. Industrialization and technological advancement can move economies toward higher-value exports like machinery and electronics.This is the largest export category for all four of the world’s largest economies: the United States, China, Germany, and Japan.The sector encompasses big-ticket manufactured products like cars and trucks, as seen in countries like Mexico and Poland, but also includes major high-tech products like microchips. Some countries even specialize: the Netherlands, for example, houses ASML, which is the largest supplier to the semiconductor industry.China’s Machinery MightChina is the world’s largest exporter, with its trade surplus having topped $1 trillion in recent years. The country has become the world’s main manufacturing power, having displaced the United States in the 21st century.In some sectors, this manufacturing dominance has worried trading partners like the U.S. and Germany. In recent years, Washington has imposed sweeping tariffs on some Chinese imports, most notably electric vehicles.Regardless, the interconnectedness of global supply chains means that China still relies on inputs from around the world. It’s the top importer of Brazilian soy, for example, as well as the largest buyer of Iranian oil by far.Learn More on the Voronoi AppTo see the goods shaping global trade flows, check out Which Products Are Powering Trade Growth? on Voronoi.