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Which countries' tracked exports rest on a single commodity?

Name: Which countries' tracked exports rest on a single commodity?
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Derived report snapshot · 2026-10-04 · Original report

Kyrgyzstan gets 98% of the $7.2 billion of tracked-commodity exports this site can see for it from a single commodity, gold, the highest share of any of the 115 countries here. 46 countries get half or more of their tracked exports from one commodity.

This counts only the 96 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.

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Largest single-commodity share of each country's tracked export value
Country	Largest commodity	Share of tracked exports	Tracked export value	Commodities tracked
Kyrgyzstan	Gold	98%	$7.2 billion	8
Switzerland	Gold	97%	$110.0 billion	11
Saudi Arabia	Crude oil	95%	$197.0 billion	24
Hong Kong	Gold	93%	$38.3 billion	14
Venezuela	Crude oil	92%	$10.6 billion	6
Burkina Faso	Gold	92%	$9.0 billion	7
Mali	Cotton	90%	$177 million	5
Singapore	Gold	88%	$12.3 billion	22
Uzbekistan	Gold	88%	$11.0 billion	16
Zimbabwe	Tobacco	85%	$1.6 billion	7
Niger	Sesame seed	81%	$712 million	5
Ethiopia	Coffee	80%	$1.8 billion	5
Gabon	Manganese	77%	$2.2 billion	5
Armenia	Gold	76%	$7.4 billion	8
Tunisia	Olive oil	74%	$2.2 billion	7
Nigeria	Crude oil	73%	$55.6 billion	15
Uganda	Coffee	71%	$2.1 billion	14
Luxembourg	Cheese	71%	$326 million	8
Pakistan	Rice	70%	$5.8 billion	19
Chile	Copper	69%	$45.0 billion	29
Mongolia	Coal	67%	$12.3 billion	6
Ghana	Gold	67%	$8.8 billion	16
Oman	Crude oil	66%	$43.8 billion	8
Sri Lanka	Tea	66%	$2.1 billion	13
Cameroon	Cocoa	66%	$2.0 billion	9
Syria	Olive oil	65%	$475 million	7
Qatar	Natural gas	64%	$69.4 billion	5
Kazakhstan	Crude oil	64%	$56.2 billion	33
Papua New Guinea	Natural gas	62%	$8.7 billion	10
Azerbaijan	Crude oil	60%	$22.1 billion	9
Paraguay	Soybeans	60%	$5.3 billion	8
Kenya	Tea	60%	$2.3 billion	14
Algeria	Natural gas	60%	$36.2 billion	6
Tanzania	Gold	59%	$7.5 billion	27
Bahrain	Aluminum	59%	$6.1 billion	6
Japan	Gold	59%	$33.7 billion	25
United Arab Emirates	Crude oil	57%	$199.9 billion	31
Portugal	Olive oil	57%	$2.8 billion	24
Croatia	Sawnwood	56%	$863 million	6
Sudan	Sesame seed	55%	$1.0 billion	5
Benin	Cotton	54%	$930 million	6
Honduras	Coffee	53%	$2.5 billion	12
Belarus	Potash	52%	$2.0 billion	6
Jordan	Phosphate rock	52%	$2.0 billion	7
Other Asia, nes	Steel	52%	$3.8 billion	16
Malaysia	Crude oil	51%	$91.6 billion	38
Russia	Crude oil	50%	$248.9 billion	43
South Korea	Steel	50%	$12.5 billion	17
Ecuador	Crude oil	50%	$30.9 billion	15
Myanmar	Natural gas	49%	$6.5 billion	17
Serbia	Copper	48%	$3.4 billion	7
Mexico	Crude oil	48%	$55.5 billion	36
Colombia	Crude oil	47%	$25.8 billion	17
Iran	Iron ore	45%	$2.5 billion	14
Lithuania	Wheat	45%	$2.7 billion	18
Norway	Natural gas	45%	$121.2 billion	14
Slovakia	Steel	45%	$2.6 billion	16
Canada	Crude oil	44%	$245.5 billion	55
Bolivia	Tin	44%	$1.6 billion	11
Cambodia	Rice	44%	$4.3 billion	11
Finland	Sawnwood	44%	$5.1 billion	13
Israel	Potash	43%	$2.3 billion	12
South Africa	Gold	42%	$69.4 billion	36
Peru	Copper	42%	$49.5 billion	29
Romania	Wheat	41%	$6.0 billion	20
Dominican Republic	Cocoa	40%	$1.1 billion	8
Ireland	Cheese	40%	$4.2 billion	12
Senegal	Peanuts	40%	$492 million	5
Costa Rica	Pineapples	39%	$4.2 billion	13
Nepal	Cardamom	39%	$161 million	5
Indonesia	Coal	38%	$89.9 billion	34
Uruguay	Beef	38%	$4.0 billion	13
Netherlands	Crude oil	38%	$64.6 billion	84
Liberia	Iron ore	37%	$780 million	5
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)	Gold	37%	$15.7 billion	22
Mozambique	Natural gas	37%	$9.0 billion	15
Madagascar	Nickel	37%	$1.3 billion	13
Belgium	Natural gas	37%	$28.1 billion	66
Afghanistan	Cotton	37%	$619 million	11
Moldova	Wheat	36%	$712 million	9
Nicaragua	Coffee	35%	$1.7 billion	11
New Zealand	Milk	35%	$17.8 billion	16
Sweden	Sawnwood	35%	$10.8 billion	20
Bulgaria	Wheat	35%	$4.1 billion	20
United States	Crude oil	34%	$362.8 billion	93
Denmark	Pork	34%	$8.5 billion	19
United Kingdom	Crude oil	34%	$51.1 billion	48
Philippines	Gold	32%	$9.6 billion	19
Australia	Iron ore	32%	$276.3 billion	53
Latvia	Sawnwood	31%	$2.8 billion	15
Guatemala	Bananas	31%	$4.9 billion	14
Lebanon	Phosphate rock	30%	$240 million	6
Slovenia	Corn	30%	$1.0 billion	11
Togo	Phosphate rock	30%	$1.2 billion	7
China	Steel	30%	$65.6 billion	65
Germany	Gold	29%	$55.9 billion	85
Laos	Potash	29%	$2.8 billion	11
Argentina	Corn	29%	$26.2 billion	34
Austria	Sawnwood	28%	$6.2 billion	33
Greece	Cheese	28%	$3.8 billion	21
Thailand	Gold	28%	$30.2 billion	31
India	Rice	27%	$44.3 billion	59
Morocco	Tomatoes	26%	$6.2 billion	13
Poland	Chicken	25%	$18.6 billion	53
Spain	Olive oil	23%	$29.6 billion	73
Vietnam	Rice	23%	$17.7 billion	31
France	Natural gas	23%	$36.7 billion	69
Ukraine	Corn	23%	$25.8 billion	23
Czechia	Wheat	23%	$4.0 billion	27
Brazil	Crude oil	23%	$203.6 billion	50
Egypt	Urea	22%	$7.0 billion	25
Italy	Cheese	22%	$26.3 billion	59
Estonia	Sawnwood	21%	$1.5 billion	14
Hungary	Wheat	17%	$4.9 billion	28
Turkey (Türkiye)	Steel	14%	$13.5 billion	53

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
Country	Largest commodity	Its share
Turkey (Türkiye)	Steel	14%
Hungary	Wheat	17%
Estonia	Sawnwood	21%
Italy	Cheese	22%
Egypt	Urea	22%
Brazil	Crude oil	23%

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.

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Recreated from Commodity Origins' published derived reports under CC BY 4.0. Report figures retain the publisher's definitions, coverage and reporting years. Selection of underlying commodity rows in our commodity explorer is separate and may have different coverage. Source notes above identify the upstream data; no publisher endorsement is implied.

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