Europe is one of the world’s most powerful economic entities, shipping 35.7% of globally exported products in 2025 compared to 36.7% five years earlier for 2024.
Based on dollar amounts, international product sales originating from Europe gained 15.6% from $8.138 trillion five years earlier in 2021.
Year over year, the overall value of European exported products grew 7% starting from $8.552 trillion for 2024.
Given Europe’s estimated population of about 744.4 million people in 2025, the total US$9.134 trillion worth of European exports in 2025 translates to approximately $12,275 per European resident. That per-capita metric surpasses the average $11,500 calculated for one year earlier.
The five biggest European exporters (Germany, Netherlands, Italy, France and Belgium) sold nearly half (48.9%) of products sold on international markets in 2025. This compares with 49.7% for the prior year.
As the following statistical analysis also shows, European Union member Germany continues its reign as Europe’s leading seller of exported products generating 19.3% of the European total.
Meanwhile the United Kingdom has become the strongest non-EU exporter at 6.1% ahead of the Russian Federation at 4%.
Top European Export Countries
Leading the list below are the top European export countries that attained the highest dollar value in worldwide product shipments during 2025. Also shown is the percentage gain or loss in the value of each country’s exported goods from 2024 to 2025.
- Germany: US$1.766 trillion (up 5.3% from 2024)
- Netherlands: $737.6 billion (up 5.5%)
- Italy: $726.8 billion (up 7.8%)
- France: $670.5 billion (up 6.4%)
- Belgium: $567.7 billion (up 3.3%)
- United Kingdom: $557 billion (up 6.2%)
- Switzerland: $555.7 billion (up 24.4%)
- Spain: $433.3 billion (up 7.3%)
- Poland: $411.7 billion (up 8.2%)
- Russia: $368.5 billion (down -10.3%)
- Ireland: $291.3 billion (up 20.2%)
- Czech Republic: $282 billion (up 8.8%)
- Austria: $222.5 billion (up 3.9%)
- Sweden: $208.5 billion (up 6.5%)
- Norway: $171 billion (up 1.8%)
- Hungary: $163.7 billion (up 5.9%)
- Denmark: $148.5 billion (up 11%)
- Slovakia: $125.2 billion (up 8.3%)
- Romania: $109.1 billion (up 8.7%)
- Portugal: $89.5 billion (up 8.2%)
- Finland: $84.1 billion (up 11.3%)
- Slovenia: $80.8 billion (up 21.3%)
- Greece: $54.9 billion (up 1.5%)
- Bulgaria: $47.1 billion (down -1.7%)
- Ukraine: $42.2 billion (up 4.4%)
- Lithuania: $41.6 billion (up 4.5%)
- Serbia: $36.1 billion (up 9.4%)
- Croatia: $28.2 billion (up 8.3%)
- Latvia: $22.1 billion (up 12.1%)
- Estonia: $21.5 billion (up 8.6%)
- Luxembourg: $16.7 billion (up 6.7%)
- North Macedonia: $9.9 billion (up 17.7%)
- Bosnia/Herzegovina: $9.8 billion (up 10.3%)
- Iceland: $7.2 billion (up 3.6%)
- Cyprus: $6.3 billion (up 12.3%)
- Belarus: $5 billion (down -27.7%)
- Malta: $3.8 billion (up 0.6%)
- Moldova: $3.8 billion (up 6.4%)
- Albania: $3.7 billion (down -6.5%)
- Faroe Islands: $2.1 billion (up 22.9%)
- Montenegro: $939.5 million (up 42.2%)
- Gibraltar: $243.7 million (up 61.5%)
- Andorra: $119 million (up 2%)
The top 10 exporters represent nearly three-quarter (74.4%) of the total value of all goods exported from Europe during 2025.
In this study, the fastest-growing European exporters from 2024 to 2025 were Gibraltar (up 61.5%), Montenegro (up 42.2%), Switzerland (up 24.4%), Faroe Islands (up 22.9%), Slovenia (up 21.3%) and Ireland (up 20.2%).
Decliners ranged from Belarus (down -27.7% from 2024) to Russia (down -10.3%), Albania (down -6.5%) and Bulgaria (down -1.7%).
See also Germany’s Top Trading Partners, Netherlands Top Trading Partners, United Kingdom’s Top Trading Partners, Russia’s Top Trading Partners and Ukraine’s Top Trading Partners
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook, Europe: European Union. Accessed on July 27, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on July 27, 2026
Wikipedia, European Union. Accessed on July 27, 2026
Statista, Population of Selected European Countries 2025. Accessed on July 27, 2026
Wikipedia, Member State of the European Union. Accessed on July 27, 2026