--- title: Maps Show Countries' Highest Valued Exports From CIA Factbook Data description: Find out which products make the most money across the globe canonical: https://time.com/106666/world-export-maps/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-21T12:30:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:39.807Z og:title: These Maps Show Every Country’s Most Valuable Exports og:description: From oil to gold to opium og:url: https://time.com/106666/world-export-maps/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Maps Show Every Country’s Most Valuable Exports twitter:description: From oil to gold to opium twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Maps Show Every Country's Most Valuable Exports by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 21, 2014 12:30 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 21, 2014 12:30 PM UTC Ever wonder what exports ultimately bring in the most money around the world? For many countries, it’s obviously oil, but for others, commodities ranging from soybeans to opium to diamonds bring in the most cash. To visualize this information, GlobalPost [gathered data](http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/business/global-economy/140502/world-commodities-exports-map) from the CIA Factbook to determine each nation’s highest valued export, and then created a series of maps. See the results broken down by region:       CORRECTION: This map incorrectly identifies Mexico’s most valuable export. It is manufactured goods. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/106666/world-export-maps/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/106666/world-export-maps/"},"headline":"These Maps Show Every Country's Most Valuable Exports","datePublished":"2014-05-21T12:30:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:39.807Z","description":"Find out which products make the most money across the globe","url":"https://time.com/106666/world-export-maps/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Maps","World","exports"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/106666/world-export-maps/","name":"These Maps Show Every Country's Most Valuable Exports"}}]}] ```