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Creative Services Exports, 2018

2018, as UNCTAD’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Creative Services Exports, 2018 covers 137 countries on 2 measures. Ireland is highest, at 51.9948; Macau is lowest, at 0.0070. The middle country reads 3.1521. Against 2017, 135 values changed (87 up, 48 down), 2 countries joined, 3 left.

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Creative Services Exports · Data for 2018

HighestIreland

51.9948

LowestMacau

0.0070

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Creative Services Exports, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 137 countries · select a heading to sort

Creative Services Exports, 2018: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe51.9948129,721.029—
SwedenSWENorthern Europe30.555923,381.863—
IsraelISRWestern Asia26.692413,946.893—
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe26.032767,731.247—
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe24.832634,569.285—
FinlandFINNorthern Europe24.72328,134.559—
United StatesUSANorthern America23.7632206,186.337—
JapanJPNEastern Asia23.405545,437.160—
IndiaINDSouthern Asia22.705046,535.152Estimated
RomaniaROUEastern Europe21.77166,105.636—
GermanyDEUWestern Europe21.692479,069.955—
CanadaCANNorthern America21.444622,593.838—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia16.210334,508.519—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia15.155741,140.333—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe14.403962,589.428—
HungaryHUNEastern Europe13.98624,190.654—
BelgiumBELWestern Europe13.565616,878.737—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe13.28181,437.955—
FranceFRAWestern Europe12.734138,550.620—
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe11.12633,468.555—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia11.053711,460.153—
UkraineUKREastern Europe10.86291,720.241—
BrazilBRASouth America10.78643,672.154—
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe10.4988380.209—
RussiaRUSEastern Europe10.47886,774.103—

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Ireland51.9948
  2. Sweden30.5559
  3. Israel26.6924
  4. Netherlands26.0327
  5. Switzerland24.8326

Lowest

  1. Macau0.0070
  2. Bahamas0.0143
  3. Mozambique0.0172
  4. Paraguay0.0192
  5. Tanzania0.0386

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.1521. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Creative services exports (US$ millions, current prices)

    HighestUnited States206,186.337

    LowestTonga0.045

    Middle country: 76.949

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −3countries joined / left
  • 135values changed, of 135 in both
  • 87 · 48rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Brunei+ Vietnam− Benin− DR Congo− Sudan

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from UNCTAD’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2018.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • 135 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2018). Creative Services Exports, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/creative-services-exports/2018

0615 held

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07Questions

Creative Services Exports, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest creative services exports in Creative Services Exports, 2018?

Ireland, at 51.9948, of the 137 countries in the file.

What year does Creative Services Exports, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Creative Services Exports, 2018 cover?

137.

Where can I download Creative Services Exports, 2018?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Creative Services Exports, 2018 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Creative Services Exports, 2024.

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