Commodity Origins

Which countries' tracked exports rest on a single commodity?

Kyrgyzstan gets 98% of the $7.3 billion of tracked-commodity exports this site can see for it from a single commodity, gold, the highest share of any of the 119 countries here. 48 countries get half or more of their tracked exports from one commodity.

This counts only the 112 commodities this site tracks, using each one's primary HS trade line in its latest year (CEPII BACI), for a country only once it has at least 5 of them and at least $100 million of tracked export value combined. A high share here means this site's basket is narrow for that country, not that its whole economy depends on one good: a country's true total exports include manufactured goods, services and other products this site does not track at all, and a trading or refining hub can show up as "dependent" on a commodity it mostly re-exports rather than produces (see producing, exporting and processing). Click a heading to sort.

Which category dominates each country's tracked exportsWorld map with each country coloured by category: Kyrgyzstan: Gold (98% of tracked exports); Switzerland: Gold (97% of tracked exports); Saudi Arabia: Crude oil (95% of tracked exports); Hong Kong: Gold (93% of tracked exports); Venezuela: Crude oil (92% of tracked exports); Burkina Faso: Gold (92% of tracked exports); Mali: Cotton (90% of tracked exports); Uzbekistan: Gold (88% of tracked exports); Singapore: Gold (87% of tracked exports); Zambia: Tobacco (87% of tracked exports); Zimbabwe: Tobacco (85% of tracked exports); Niger: Sesame seed (81% of tracked exports); Ethiopia: Coffee (80% of tracked exports); Gabon: Manganese (77% of tracked exports); Armenia: Gold (76% of tracked exports); Tunisia: Olive oil (73% of tracked exports); Nigeria: Crude oil (73% of tracked exports); Uganda: Coffee (71% of tracked exports); Pakistan: Rice (70% of tracked exports); Chile: Copper (69% of tracked exports); Sierra Leone: Iron ore (68% of tracked exports); Luxembourg: Cheese (67% of tracked exports); Mongolia: Coal (67% of tracked exports); Ghana: Gold (67% of tracked exports); Oman: Crude oil (66% of tracked exports); Sri Lanka: Tea (66% of tracked exports); Cameroon: Cocoa (66% of tracked exports); Syria: Olive oil (65% of tracked exports); Qatar: Natural gas (64% of tracked exports); Kazakhstan: Crude oil (64% of tracked exports); Papua New Guinea: Natural gas (62% of tracked exports); Azerbaijan: Crude oil (60% of tracked exports); Paraguay: Soybeans (60% of tracked exports); Algeria: Natural gas (60% of tracked exports); Tanzania: Gold (59% of tracked exports); Bahrain: Aluminum (59% of tracked exports); Japan: Gold (58% of tracked exports); United Arab Emirates: Crude oil (57% of tracked exports); Portugal: Olive oil (57% of tracked exports); Kenya: Tea (56% of tracked exports); Sudan: Sesame seed (55% of tracked exports); Benin: Cotton (54% of tracked exports); Croatia: Sawnwood (54% of tracked exports); Honduras: Coffee (53% of tracked exports); Belarus: Potash (52% of tracked exports); Jordan: Phosphate rock (52% of tracked exports); Other Asia, nes: Steel (51% of tracked exports); Malaysia: Crude oil (51% of tracked exports); Russia: Crude oil (50% of tracked exports); Ecuador: Crude oil (50% of tracked exports); South Korea: Steel (49% of tracked exports); Bangladesh: Shrimp (48% of tracked exports); Serbia: Copper (48% of tracked exports); Mexico: Crude oil (48% of tracked exports); DR Congo: Cobalt (47% of tracked exports); Myanmar: Natural gas (47% of tracked exports); Colombia: Crude oil (47% of tracked exports); Lithuania: Wheat (45% of tracked exports); Iran: Iron ore (45% of tracked exports); Norway: Natural gas (45% of tracked exports); Slovakia: Steel (45% of tracked exports); Canada: Crude oil (44% of tracked exports); Cambodia: Rice (44% of tracked exports); Finland: Sawnwood (43% of tracked exports); Bolivia: Tin (42% of tracked exports); Peru: Copper (42% of tracked exports); Romania: Wheat (41% of tracked exports); Israel: Potash (41% of tracked exports); Dominican Republic: Cocoa (40% of tracked exports); Ireland: Cheese (40% of tracked exports); Costa Rica: Pineapples (39% of tracked exports); South Africa: Gold (39% of tracked exports); Nepal: Cardamom (39% of tracked exports); Indonesia: Coal (38% of tracked exports); Uruguay: Beef (38% of tracked exports); Netherlands: Crude oil (38% of tracked exports); Ivory Coast: Gold (37% of tracked exports); Liberia: Iron ore (37% of tracked exports); Afghanistan: Cotton (37% of tracked exports); Moldova: Wheat (36% of tracked exports); Belgium: Natural gas (36% of tracked exports); Nicaragua: Coffee (35% of tracked exports); Mozambique: Natural gas (35% of tracked exports); New Zealand: Milk (35% of tracked exports); Sweden: Sawnwood (34% of tracked exports); Bulgaria: Wheat (34% of tracked exports); United States: Crude oil (34% of tracked exports); Denmark: Pork (34% of tracked exports); United Kingdom: Crude oil (33% of tracked exports); Philippines: Gold (32% of tracked exports); Madagascar: Nickel (32% of tracked exports); Australia: Iron ore (32% of tracked exports); Latvia: Sawnwood (31% of tracked exports); Guatemala: Bananas (31% of tracked exports); Lebanon: Phosphate rock (30% of tracked exports); Slovenia: Corn (30% of tracked exports); Togo: Phosphate rock (30% of tracked exports); Argentina: Corn (29% of tracked exports); Germany: Gold (29% of tracked exports); China: Steel (28% of tracked exports); Greece: Cheese (28% of tracked exports); Austria: Sawnwood (28% of tracked exports); Laos: Potash (27% of tracked exports); Thailand: Gold (27% of tracked exports); India: Rice (26% of tracked exports); Senegal: Peanuts (25% of tracked exports); Morocco: Tomatoes (25% of tracked exports); Poland: Chicken (25% of tracked exports); Spain: Olive oil (23% of tracked exports); Vietnam: Rice (23% of tracked exports); France: Natural gas (23% of tracked exports); Ukraine: Corn (22% of tracked exports); Brazil: Crude oil (22% of tracked exports); Czechia: Wheat (22% of tracked exports); Egypt: Urea (22% of tracked exports); Italy: Cheese (21% of tracked exports); Estonia: Sawnwood (21% of tracked exports); Hungary: Wheat (17% of tracked exports); Turkey: Steel (13% of tracked exports).Fiji: not enough tracked exportsTanzania: Gold (59% of tracked exports)Western Sahara: not enough tracked exportsCanada: Crude oil (44% of tracked exports)United States: Crude oil (34% of tracked exports)Kazakhstan: Crude oil (64% of tracked exports)Uzbekistan: Gold (88% of tracked exports)Papua New Guinea: Natural gas (62% of tracked exports)Indonesia: Coal (38% of tracked exports)Argentina: Corn (29% of tracked exports)Chile: Copper (69% of tracked exports)DR Congo: Cobalt (47% of tracked exports)Somalia: not enough tracked exportsKenya: Tea (56% of tracked exports)Sudan: Sesame seed (55% of tracked exports)Chad: not enough tracked exportsHaiti: not enough tracked exportsDominican Republic: Cocoa (40% of tracked exports)Russia: Crude oil (50% of tracked exports)Bahamas: not enough tracked exportsFalkland Isds (Malvinas): not enough tracked exportsNorway: Natural gas (45% of tracked exports)Greenland: not enough tracked exportsFr. South Antarctic Terr.: not enough tracked exportsTimor-Leste: not enough tracked exportsSouth Africa: Gold (39% of tracked exports)Lesotho: not enough tracked exportsMexico: Crude oil (48% of tracked exports)Uruguay: Beef (38% of tracked exports)Brazil: Crude oil (22% of tracked exports)Bolivia: Tin (42% of tracked exports)Peru: Copper (42% of tracked exports)Colombia: Crude oil (47% of tracked exports)Panama: not enough tracked exportsCosta Rica: Pineapples (39% of tracked exports)Nicaragua: Coffee (35% of tracked exports)Honduras: Coffee (53% of tracked exports)El Salvador: not enough tracked exportsGuatemala: Bananas (31% of tracked exports)Belize: not enough tracked exportsVenezuela: Crude oil (92% of tracked exports)Guyana: not enough tracked exportsSuriname: not enough tracked exportsFrance: Natural gas (23% of tracked exports)Ecuador: Crude oil (50% of tracked exports)Puerto Rico: not enough tracked exportsJamaica: not enough tracked exportsCuba: not enough tracked exportsZimbabwe: Tobacco (85% of tracked exports)Botswana: not enough tracked exportsNamibia: not enough tracked exportsSenegal: Peanuts (25% of tracked exports)Mali: Cotton (90% of tracked exports)Mauritania: not enough tracked exportsBenin: Cotton (54% of tracked exports)Niger: Sesame seed (81% of tracked exports)Nigeria: Crude oil (73% of tracked exports)Cameroon: Cocoa (66% of tracked exports)Togo: Phosphate rock (30% of tracked exports)Ghana: Gold (67% of tracked exports)Ivory Coast: Gold (37% of tracked exports)Guinea: not enough tracked exportsGuinea-Bissau: not enough tracked exportsLiberia: Iron ore (37% of tracked exports)Sierra Leone: Iron ore (68% of tracked exports)Burkina Faso: Gold (92% of tracked exports)Central African Republic: not enough tracked exportsRepublic of the Congo: not enough tracked exportsGabon: Manganese (77% of tracked exports)Equatorial Guinea: not enough tracked exportsZambia: Tobacco (87% of tracked exports)Malawi: not enough tracked exportsMozambique: Natural gas (35% of tracked exports)Eswatini: not enough tracked exportsAngola: not enough tracked exportsBurundi: not enough tracked exportsIsrael: Potash (41% of tracked exports)Lebanon: Phosphate rock (30% of tracked exports)Madagascar: Nickel (32% of tracked exports)Palestine: not enough tracked exportsGambia: not enough tracked exportsTunisia: Olive oil (73% of tracked exports)Algeria: Natural gas (60% of tracked exports)Jordan: Phosphate rock (52% of tracked exports)United Arab Emirates: Crude oil (57% of tracked exports)Qatar: Natural gas (64% of tracked exports)Kuwait: not enough tracked exportsIraq: not enough tracked exportsOman: Crude oil (66% of tracked exports)Vanuatu: not enough tracked exportsCambodia: Rice (44% of tracked exports)Thailand: Gold (27% of tracked exports)Laos: Potash (27% of tracked exports)Myanmar: Natural gas (47% of tracked exports)Vietnam: Rice (23% of tracked exports)North Korea: not enough tracked exportsSouth Korea: Steel (49% of tracked exports)Mongolia: Coal (67% of tracked exports)India: Rice (26% of tracked exports)Bangladesh: Shrimp (48% of tracked exports)Bhutan: not enough tracked exportsNepal: Cardamom (39% of tracked exports)Pakistan: Rice (70% of tracked exports)Afghanistan: Cotton (37% of tracked exports)Tajikistan: not enough tracked exportsKyrgyzstan: Gold (98% of tracked exports)Turkmenistan: not enough tracked exportsIran: Iron ore (45% of tracked exports)Syria: Olive oil (65% of tracked exports)Armenia: Gold (76% of tracked exports)Sweden: Sawnwood (34% of tracked exports)Belarus: Potash (52% of tracked exports)Ukraine: Corn (22% of tracked exports)Poland: Chicken (25% of tracked exports)Austria: Sawnwood (28% of tracked exports)Hungary: Wheat (17% of tracked exports)Moldova: Wheat (36% of tracked exports)Romania: Wheat (41% of tracked exports)Lithuania: Wheat (45% of tracked exports)Latvia: Sawnwood (31% of tracked exports)Estonia: Sawnwood (21% of tracked exports)Germany: Gold (29% of tracked exports)Bulgaria: Wheat (34% of tracked exports)Greece: Cheese (28% of tracked exports)Turkey: Steel (13% of tracked exports)Albania: not enough tracked exportsCroatia: Sawnwood (54% of tracked exports)Switzerland: Gold (97% of tracked exports)Luxembourg: Cheese (67% of tracked exports)Belgium: Natural gas (36% of tracked exports)Netherlands: Crude oil (38% of tracked exports)Portugal: Olive oil (57% of tracked exports)Spain: Olive oil (23% of tracked exports)Ireland: Cheese (40% of tracked exports)New Caledonia: not enough tracked exportsSolomon Islands: not enough tracked exportsNew Zealand: Milk (35% of tracked exports)Australia: Iron ore (32% of tracked exports)Sri Lanka: Tea (66% of tracked exports)China: Steel (28% of tracked exports)Taiwan: not enough tracked exportsItaly: Cheese (21% of tracked exports)Denmark: Pork (34% of tracked exports)United Kingdom: Crude oil (33% of tracked exports)Iceland: not enough tracked exportsAzerbaijan: Crude oil (60% of tracked exports)Georgia: not enough tracked exportsPhilippines: Gold (32% of tracked exports)Malaysia: Crude oil (51% of tracked exports)Brunei: not enough tracked exportsSlovenia: Corn (30% of tracked exports)Finland: Sawnwood (43% of tracked exports)Slovakia: Steel (45% of tracked exports)Czechia: Wheat (22% of tracked exports)Eritrea: not enough tracked exportsJapan: Gold (58% of tracked exports)Paraguay: Soybeans (60% of tracked exports)Yemen: not enough tracked exportsSaudi Arabia: Crude oil (95% of tracked exports)AntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: not enough tracked exportsMorocco: Tomatoes (25% of tracked exports)Egypt: Urea (22% of tracked exports)Libya: not enough tracked exportsEthiopia: Coffee (80% of tracked exports)Djibouti: not enough tracked exportsSomalilandUganda: Coffee (71% of tracked exports)Rwanda: not enough tracked exportsBosnia and Herzegovina: not enough tracked exportsNorth Macedonia: not enough tracked exportsSerbia: Copper (48% of tracked exports)Montenegro: not enough tracked exportsKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: not enough tracked exportsSouth Sudan: not enough tracked exports
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Largest single-commodity share of each country's tracked export value
CountryLargest commodityShare of tracked exportsTracked export valueCommodities tracked
KyrgyzstanGold98%$7.3 billion9
SwitzerlandGold97%$110.1 billion15
Saudi ArabiaCrude oil95%$197.0 billion27
Hong KongGold93%$38.4 billion22
VenezuelaCrude oil92%$10.6 billion6
Burkina FasoGold92%$9.0 billion7
MaliCotton90%$177 million5
UzbekistanGold88%$11.0 billion16
SingaporeGold87%$12.4 billion27
ZambiaTobacco87%$403 million5
ZimbabweTobacco85%$1.6 billion9
NigerSesame seed81%$712 million5
EthiopiaCoffee80%$1.8 billion6
GabonManganese77%$2.2 billion5
ArmeniaGold76%$7.5 billion9
TunisiaOlive oil73%$2.2 billion8
NigeriaCrude oil73%$55.6 billion20
UgandaCoffee71%$2.1 billion14
PakistanRice70%$5.8 billion23
ChileCopper69%$45.0 billion30
Sierra LeoneIron ore68%$1.2 billion6
LuxembourgCheese67%$345 million13
MongoliaCoal67%$12.3 billion8
GhanaGold67%$8.8 billion16
OmanCrude oil66%$43.8 billion11
Sri LankaTea66%$2.1 billion13
CameroonCocoa66%$2.0 billion9
SyriaOlive oil65%$475 million7
QatarNatural gas64%$69.4 billion5
KazakhstanCrude oil64%$56.3 billion40
Papua New GuineaNatural gas62%$8.7 billion10
AzerbaijanCrude oil60%$22.1 billion9
ParaguaySoybeans60%$5.3 billion8
AlgeriaNatural gas60%$36.2 billion6
TanzaniaGold59%$7.5 billion27
BahrainAluminum59%$6.1 billion7
JapanGold58%$33.9 billion34
United Arab EmiratesCrude oil57%$199.9 billion34
PortugalOlive oil57%$2.8 billion26
KenyaTea56%$2.5 billion17
SudanSesame seed55%$1.0 billion5
BeninCotton54%$930 million6
CroatiaSawnwood54%$896 million9
HondurasCoffee53%$2.5 billion12
BelarusPotash52%$2.0 billion6
JordanPhosphate rock52%$2.0 billion7
Other Asia, nesSteel51%$3.8 billion24
MalaysiaCrude oil51%$91.8 billion48
RussiaCrude oil50%$249.3 billion51
EcuadorCrude oil50%$30.9 billion15
South KoreaSteel49%$12.7 billion27
BangladeshShrimp48%$584 million5
SerbiaCopper48%$3.4 billion7
MexicoCrude oil48%$55.7 billion41
DR Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)Cobalt47%$6.4 billion5
MyanmarNatural gas47%$6.7 billion21
ColombiaCrude oil47%$25.8 billion17
LithuaniaWheat45%$2.7 billion19
IranIron ore45%$2.5 billion17
NorwayNatural gas45%$122.0 billion20
SlovakiaSteel45%$2.6 billion20
CanadaCrude oil44%$246.1 billion62
CambodiaRice44%$4.3 billion11
FinlandSawnwood43%$5.1 billion15
BoliviaTin42%$1.7 billion15
PeruCopper42%$49.5 billion31
RomaniaWheat41%$6.0 billion21
IsraelPotash41%$2.4 billion13
Dominican RepublicCocoa40%$1.1 billion8
IrelandCheese40%$4.2 billion14
Costa RicaPineapples39%$4.2 billion13
South AfricaGold39%$75.0 billion47
NepalCardamom39%$161 million5
IndonesiaCoal38%$90.0 billion36
UruguayBeef38%$4.0 billion13
NetherlandsCrude oil38%$65.2 billion98
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)Gold37%$15.7 billion22
LiberiaIron ore37%$789 million6
AfghanistanCotton37%$619 million11
MoldovaWheat36%$712 million9
BelgiumNatural gas36%$29.1 billion75
NicaraguaCoffee35%$1.7 billion11
MozambiqueNatural gas35%$9.5 billion18
New ZealandMilk35%$17.8 billion17
SwedenSawnwood34%$10.8 billion28
BulgariaWheat34%$4.1 billion23
United StatesCrude oil34%$364.2 billion109
DenmarkPork34%$8.5 billion20
United KingdomCrude oil33%$52.5 billion57
PhilippinesGold32%$9.6 billion19
MadagascarNickel32%$1.5 billion16
AustraliaIron ore32%$277.2 billion63
LatviaSawnwood31%$2.8 billion16
GuatemalaBananas31%$4.9 billion16
LebanonPhosphate rock30%$240 million6
SloveniaCorn30%$1.0 billion14
TogoPhosphate rock30%$1.2 billion7
ArgentinaCorn29%$26.2 billion35
GermanyGold29%$57.3 billion99
ChinaSteel28%$68.5 billion81
GreeceCheese28%$3.8 billion21
AustriaSawnwood28%$6.4 billion41
LaosPotash27%$3.0 billion15
ThailandGold27%$30.5 billion42
IndiaRice26%$44.8 billion70
SenegalPeanuts25%$777 million7
MoroccoTomatoes25%$6.3 billion17
PolandChicken25%$18.7 billion60
SpainOlive oil23%$29.9 billion85
VietnamRice23%$17.8 billion38
FranceNatural gas23%$36.9 billion80
UkraineCorn22%$25.9 billion27
BrazilCrude oil22%$206.7 billion58
CzechiaWheat22%$4.1 billion35
EgyptUrea22%$7.1 billion27
ItalyCheese21%$26.8 billion69
EstoniaSawnwood21%$1.5 billion14
HungaryWheat17%$4.9 billion33
Turkey (Türkiye)Steel13%$14.7 billion62

A trading hub is not a producer

Some of the highest shares belong to places that refine or trade a commodity rather than mine or grow it. Switzerland's tracked exports are 97% gold by this measure, which mostly reflects its bullion refining and trading industry, not a Swiss gold mine (see gold and the Switzerland page). Reading a row here alongside the producer-versus-exporter report and the country's own page is the way to tell a producer from a hub.

The least concentrated tracked-export mixes

At the other end, these countries' tracked exports are the most spread across commodities, so no single one dominates the basket this site can see.

Lowest single-commodity share among tracked exports
CountryLargest commodityIts share
Turkey (Türkiye)Steel13%
HungaryWheat17%
EstoniaSawnwood21%
ItalyCheese21%
EgyptUrea22%
CzechiaWheat22%

CEPII BACI trade values, each commodity's primary HS line, latest year (mostly 2024). Only countries with at least 5 tracked commodities and $100 million of combined tracked export value are shown.

More patterns

Every figure is computed from the same tables as the commodity pages. The full set is in patterns.json, and single facts from it appear each day on the facts page.