Trade partner concentration by country

Mexico is the most concentrated economy tracked here — 63% of its two-way trade runs through United States alone. The index below sums the squared shares of each country's top 5 disclosed trading partners (0-10,000 scale, higher = more concentrated); it is a lower-bound proxy, not an official HHI computed over every partner.

#CountryConcentration indexLargest partnerPartner share
1Mexico4,113United States63%
2Canada3,527United States58%
3Hong Kong2,803China52%
4Ireland1,299United States32%
5Austria1,176Germany33%
6Slovenia1,043Switzerland29%
7Luxembourg1,039Germany22%
8Portugal1,016Spain27%
9Czechia911Germany27%
10Brazil843China25%
11New Zealand798China22%
12Poland777Germany26%
13Slovakia724Germany18%
14Thailand720China20%
15South Korea687China20%
16Belgium679Netherlands16%
17Japan670China19%
18Switzerland623United States18%
19Hungary601Germany22%
20Netherlands571Germany18%
21Norway570Germany14%
22Latvia566Lithuania18%
23Croatia510Germany12%
24Finland499Sweden14%
25Malta485Italy13%
26Denmark479Germany16%
27Romania476Germany18%
28United States472Mexico15%
29France462Germany14%
30Estonia459Finland12%
31Singapore430China12%
32Spain409Germany12%
33Lithuania403Poland12%
34India397United States13%
35Cyprus394Greece16%
36Sweden391Germany13%
37Italy383Germany12%
38United Kingdom373United States13%
39Bulgaria372Germany13%
40Germany294Netherlands10%
41Greece245Germany9.7%

Source & methodology

We use primary trade sources for every country. See our methodology page for how we source and verify this data.

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