Singapore and Macao each exceed US$1.2B of exports per km².
Exports per square kilometre is measured as export value divided by land area for compact, trade-intensive economies. The data ranks Singapore, Macao, Hong Kong, Malta and Luxembourg using export values and area denominators. Singapore leads at about US$1.34B per km², while Macao also exceeds US$1.2B per km². The measure includes services and re-export activity where the source data support it, so it is export-density rather than domestic manufacturing output.
| Rank | Entry | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | US$1.34B/km² |
| 2 | Macao | US$1.27B/km² |
| 3 | Hong Kong | US$666M/km² |
| 4 | Malta | US$92.5M/km² |
| 5 | Luxembourg | US$68.9M/km² |
Source 1: World Bank World Development Indicators
Publisher: World Bank
Dataset/table: World Development Indicators
Units: Current US dollars, percentages, population and square kilometres
Date checked: 2026-05-17
Evidence: Provides the common GDP, population, area, trade-share and electricity-use indicators used for cross-country derived metrics.
Source 2: World Bank World Development Indicators
Publisher: World Bank
Dataset/table: World Development Indicators
Units: Current US dollars
Date checked: 2026-05-17
Evidence: Supports nominal GDP values used as numerators in density and output-per-electricity calculations.
Source 3: World Bank World Development Indicators
Publisher: World Bank
Dataset/table: World Development Indicators
Units: Percent of GDP
Date checked: 2026-05-17
Evidence: Supports exports as a share of GDP for export intensity and export-dependence calculations.
Source 4: World Bank World Development Indicators
Publisher: World Bank
Dataset/table: World Development Indicators
Units: Square kilometres
Date checked: 2026-05-17
Evidence: Supports the area denominator used for GDP, export and import intensity per square kilometre.
Source 5: World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) Country Profile
Publisher: World Bank WITS
Dataset/table: WITS Country Profile — merchandise trade · World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS)
Units: Current US dollars
Date checked: 2026-05-17
Evidence: Supports Macao export and import values used for square-kilometre intensity.
Exports are goods and services for World Development Indicators countries; Macao uses World Integrated Trade Solution current exports because it gives a cleaner public value. Values are rounded.
For World Development Indicators economies, export value equals GDP multiplied by exports of goods and services as a share of GDP, then divided by area. Macao uses World Integrated Trade Solution current export value divided by area.
Most values use World Bank World Development Indicators; Macao uses WITS/World Development Indicators due cleaner public export-value reporting for the territory.
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