UNCTAD Statistics

The @UNCTAD Statistics Service provides official statistics and other indicators, cutting across UNCTAD’s areas of work.

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Africa attracted $70bn in foreign direct investment in 2025.

More telling is where investors are increasingly positioning themselves: in strategic sectors such as energy, infrastructure & critical minerals.

Read more in the World Investment Report 2026: https://t.co/pvhfAcZu6e

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World export volumes increased by 1.4% in the first quarter of 2026 (seasonally adjusted index), broadly unchanged from the 1.4% growth recorded in the previous quarter.

📊Read the insight: https://t.co/Db7L55rvMJ
🔢Get the data: https://t.co/0ecLdEYZol

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In May 2026, the UNCTAD Commodity Price Index increased by 39.3%, year on year.

📊Read the insight: https://t.co/sjZIVTU5mR
🔢Get the data: https://t.co/wXV4KBj0Lv

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𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗜: 𝗔 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗸 @WSISprocess Forum 2026
UNCTAD and partners will discuss how official statistics and data ecosystems can strengthen trustworthy, inclusive AI.

📅 9 July 2026 | 16:00–16:45 CEST in Geneva
➡️ https://t.co/HOPWXsOzki

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Asian ports continue to dominate global rankings, with Shanghai (2 372), Ningbo-Zhoushan (2 041), and Singapore (1 834) leading in the second quarter of 2026.

📊Read the insight: https://t.co/z4Neloe5X4
🔢Get the data: https://t.co/wFRKZehcy9

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Bilateral connections in Asia, especially those involving China, have strengthened over the last twenty years and now surpass many other connections.

📊Read the insight: https://t.co/1L1odKIZ5s
🔢Get the data: https://t.co/FbUU3ILlSB

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Ocean-related goods trade surpassed $1 trillion in 2025, up 8% – with most value coming from manufacturing, processing and services rather than primary commodities.

What can coastal developing countries do to capture more value from this trend?

https://t.co/q9ZzJ8FlQe

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In 2025, trade in ocean goods and services reached $2.5 trillion. Alongside well-known ocean sectors such as international marine and coastal tourism (32%) and maritime freight transport (20%).

📊Read the insight: https://t.co/c7e6v9sP7q
🔢Get the data: https://t.co/wrVC3KcjZr

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On 24 June, @UNCTAD presented MyACTA, a new application for collecting data on informal cross-border trade.
🔗 Meeting: https://t.co/pM139maooZ

📱 MyACTA: https://t.co/TodeCljfZZ

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The Syrian Arab Republic (+84.7%) recorded the largest increases in liner shipping connectivity in the second quarter of 2026, while the sharpest declines were observed in Qatar (−66.6%).

📊Read the insight: https://t.co/1L1odKIZ5s
🔢Get the data: https://t.co/oQaC7uNRa8

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At the start of 2026, the global merchant fleet comprised around 116,000 vessels of at least 100 gross tons (GT).
Several economies play specialized roles in the global maritime industry.

📊Read the insight: https://t.co/awzyCxL8HW
🔢Get the data: https://t.co/3vO5OqLrDv

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The UNCTAD Commodity Price Index was 39.0% higher in April 2026 than a year earlier. This high growth was driven by prices of minerals, ores and metals that continued rising rapidly (+45.7%).

📊Read the insight: https://t.co/sjZIVTU5mR
🔢Get the data: https://t.co/wXV4KBj0Lv

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Data on SDG 16.4.1 (illicit financial flows) are now available, covering trade misinvoicing (@UNCTAD) and crime-related IFFs (@UNODC).
This first release includes a small set of countries, marking the start of a gradual expansion.

👉Get the data: https://t.co/GiMENBP6Km

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🗓️Happening now in Bangkok

The Kick-off Workshop on Better Statistics for Digital Services Trade and Gender-Responsive Trade Policies is bringing together policymakers, statisticians, researchers, and trade experts.

➡️ More about the event: https://t.co/OD3fAsvbFO

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At the Youth Network Town Hall, co-organized by @UNCTAD , participants explored the path from recommendations to action.
Opening the event, Anu Peltola highlighted the Youth Network's important contribution to advancing the #BeyondGDP agenda.

➡️https://t.co/hH21RMsxfY

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Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have pushed up oil prices and hit vulnerable economies hard.

Some depend on the Gulf for a significant share of their energy imports and now face the added challenge of securing alternative supplies.

Read more: https://t.co/aPnFv4QVlX

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On World Oceans Day, new @UNCTAD data show that services surpassed goods to account for over half of ocean trade ($2.5 trillion) in 2025.

How can developing economies turn this shift into greater value creation and stronger ocean conservation?

Explore: https://t.co/mmnqjZ22xg

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From 2024 to 2025, the euro, the yen and the pound sterling appreciated against the United States dollar respectively at rates of 4%, 1% and 3%. The yuan was stable.

📊Read the insight: https://t.co/4c7P9EjVfZ
🔢Get the data: https://t.co/9lDqjAmBnD

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Globalization rebounded in 2025 as trade-to-GDP rose again.

But fragmentation is growing: Trade is concentrating in large economies, geographically closer trade links are growing faster, and geopolitics continue to reshape flows.

Explore: https://t.co/Ih6YUduUrq

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The age structure in developing economies is pyramid-shaped. By contrast, in developed economies, the largest age groups are 35 to 69 years old.

🔢 Get the data: https://t.co/V5REqNokrn
📊 Read the insights: https://t.co/KMvRKrxWyH