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Toy Exports
Produced by the SASI group (Sheffield) and Mark Newman (Michigan)
More toys are exported (US$ net) from
Eastern Asia than from any other
region. The value of net exports
depends on a combination of how
much is exported, how much is
imported, and the prices paid.
In terms of earnings from toy exports,
there is considerable variation
between Eastern Asian territories. Net
exports earnings per person from
Hong Kong are more than 10 times
greater than those from Taiwan, and
almost 100 times greater than those
from China.
Toys, including sports equipment,
make up 1% of worldwide exports
when measured in US dollars.
Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide net
exports of toys (in US$) that come from there. Net
exports are exports minus imports. When imports are
larger than exports the territory is not shown.
US$ worth of toys exported annually per person living in that territory*
REGIONAL NET TOYS EXPORTS
20
Eastern Asia
18
16
14
Japan
Western Europe
2
0
North America
4
Eastern Europe
6
South America
8
Middle East
12
10
Asia Pacific
Value
1.20
1.14
0.63
0.61
0.59
0.57
0.35
0.14
0.11
0.03
Southern Asia
Territory
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Belarus
Brazil
Viet Nam
Indonesia
Tunisia
Ukraine
Bulgaria
India
Northern Africa
Rank
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
33
Southeastern Africa
Technical notes
• Data source: United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development, 2002.
• *There were no net toy exports recorded for 167
territories. Ranks 26 to 31 were excluded from
the table because the estimates per person for
these positions were identical.
• See website for further information.
Value
800
91
75
62
38
15
14
11
9
8
Central Africa
Land area
Territory
Hong Kong (China)
Malta
Taiwan
Hungary
Austria
Slovenia
DPR Korea
Czech Republic
China
Italy
annual earnings from regional net toy
exports in billions of US$
MOST AND LEAST US$ OF NET TOY EXPORTS
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
“At City Toys Ltd., … Shenzhen, youngsters worked 16-hour days, seven days a week”
Agence France-Presse, 2000
www.worldmapper.org
© Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)
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