Greenlandic person here. Our biggest export is either shrimp or fish, depending on the quotas given by our government the guven year, and great and interesting video btw!
The maps count fully self governing territories as separate countries. So somewhere where the locals have little control like Puerto Rico is not included, but a place that is fully self governing, but not quite independent, like the Falkland Islands is included. Last year Hong Kong moved towards the first category, but the locals still have a small amount of autonomy, so Hong Kong may still qualify.
I mean he did also list Guam, American Samoa, Wallis and Futuna, Norfolk Island, Keeling Islands, Northern Mariana Islands and Montserrat as independent countries.
China is actually totally ok with Hong Kong being listed as a separate economic entity. In fact, stuff imported from Hongkong is required to be labeled as made in Hong Kong by Chinese laws. The same applies to Taiwan
@@martimsalvador9186 eu acho que sim. em videos anteriores a pronuncia das cidades brasileiras era em português. ou é de portugal, ou do brasil, mas sem sotaque
I think the problem with that is that there are probably countries that don't have their "thing". Like generalists - jack of all trades, master of none.
@@MinecraftMasterNo1 Lol, no. They have their own parliaments, and Denmark has accepted that both could become independent, if they so wish. Besides, Pitcairn Islands are a British Overseas Territory.
@@MinecraftMasterNo1 That’s not true either. One party even campaigned to have the subsidy removed in one go. Probably 90% or more of the people want to work towards stopping the subsidies, and they have. It has been reduced multiple times over the years. Honestly, where do you get your info?
At 6:16 , Wallis and Futuna are not a country but a French overseas collectivity. Fun fact about this place, this collectivity is run by 3 king. So, in a certain way, French still have king... 3 king. But only in a overseas territory.
The French President is, because he is head of the French state, co-prince of Andorra. So, technically, the French President is systematically a Prince.
@@tiagoprado7001 those traitors! to disclose our greatest treasure! i really love those damn pastries. I remember going with my grandmother to a pastry shop on Saturdays that had the best pastries in the region. it was 30 km, but it was worth it. and whenever I go to Lisbon I bring a box of pastries from Belém. nothing brings more joy to dinner.
Thank you so much for this video! It helped clear my confusions and I also used this video as a reference for my school assignment. Can you please do a video on each country's biggest imports? Love your videos!
Most of the countries that you stated exported the least are territories of larger nations such as America or Australia. If you do another video can you have a list of the least exporting UN states?
Depending on source, Finlands' biggest export could have already changed from Refined Fuel Products (20%-35% drop from very dominating position) towards Industrial Goods and/or Machinery. And with so many Refinery deals failing in 2020-2021 (due mostly political resistance), it'll likely happen soon-ish if not already.
How about a video on the most surprising products made in each country. For instance Switzerland is actually a wine producing country. But they don't export it.
Switzerland does export wine in small amounts, I've bought it here in Estonia just out of curiosity. But, the price is too high for regular consumption.
Just a FYI ... The Bahamas doesn't so much export cruise ships as register them. This is like the difference between raw and crude oil production, I suppose....
Interesting video. Incidentally, you mention transport as the UK's main export, that's no surprise when London is the busiest airspace and one of the most visited, and also hosting the largest aerospace trade fair in the world. Lastly, you didn't mention intangibles, for example the USA and UK export over half a trillion dollars worth of services and the two largest exporters of such in the world.
When this video was made the US was self-efficient with their oil and exported the more oil in the world. Now with a new president, we import all oil and are no longer allow to use the oil that we have. Gas prices went from $1.00 a gallon to $3.50 with in a year.
When you see how many countries have a top export of oil you realise why it’s so hard to convince those in power to switch to clean energy. It’s interesting that Europe is the continent with very few exporting large sums of oil and it’s also the continent furthest ahead in terms of switching to green energy.
I think it would be interesting to know who is importing all this oil. Ultimately, climate change is a demand-led problem, it's more the fault of the people pouring it into their gas-guzzlers than the folk digging it out of the ground. So we need to know who is buying all this oil and then put pressure on them to curb their thirst for the stuff.
Not exactly. India's top export is refined fractions of crude, but at the same time, India's largest import (till a couple years ago) was crude oil. That is so because (despite having the world's 4th largest refinery capacity after US, China and Russia) India has no major domestic reserves of crude oil. This has led to the entire Government of India to focus on a long term strategy to reduce crude oil imports because they are the largest/2nd largest chunk of our import bill and we are running a net trade deficit. As a result, Indian Government has pushed massively for renewables and EVs, and the latest push is towards Green Hydrogen production. Entire Indian Railways has gone electric, phasing out Diesel locos entirely (no other major railway network in the world can claim to be even close). So despite refined fractions being top export of India, India is actually working hard to switch to green energy (India is the only major nation to meet and exceed its Paris Climate Deal's goals, with some goals being completed 7 years in advance). *This is a complete antithesis to your assertion.*
I would be interested in seeing a video on world food exports and imports - which countries export and import which food products and how much, including wine and olive oil. It would also be interesting to see how California would compare to world countries if it were a separate country, since so much food is produced here.
A little mini series of this would be great with another video about the famous exports and then another with maybe the top 10-15 most exported goods and who is the biggest exporter of them.
6:45 this is false Iceland does not export aluminum ore it exports aluminum this is because of Iceland cheap electricity this means that no aluminum ore is mined in Iceland therefore no aluminum ore is exported from Iceland
Greenland, meanwhile, used to be a major exporter of a mineral called cryolite, which is very important in the aluminium production industry. It was in fact the only place in the world where this mineral was known to exist in concentration high enough for economically viable extraction. The mines were depleted decades ago and now all cryolite used in industry has to be produced synthetically from other minerals. To this day, cryolite remains the only natural resource on earth that humans have totally depleted.
it seems the most influential countries in trade are in oil, followed closely by vehicles, id be interested to see how oil countries expand their influence in the future, as countries which mostly export cars seem somewhat limited to themselves
A more interesting map would be the largest exports as a percentage of the global market (not including exclusive exports). So a country may export a lot of gold or diamonds in relation to it's own economy but they may only be 4-5% of the global market, whereas the same country may produce less Tuna in relation to it's own economy, but that might account for 40% of the global market and so that is what it would be labelled for.
Also worth pointing out that most exported products doesn't translate straight to most exporting industry. Like in Finland refined oil maybe most exported product (though I also found link that said it to be machinery and electronics they're both around 12 %). But Forestry sector in Finland makes over 20 % of all exports. It's divided in to paper, timber, wood and pulp in terms of products.
@@wladjarosz345 cool I did not know that. I just noticed many bottles of Apple Juice at the store yesterday were marked product of Ukraine. I mentioned something to a buddy of mine who drives tanker trucks here in New York State and he told me that he picks up loads of apple juice that come in on tanker ships from Ukraine at leased twice a week and transports it to near by dairys to have it pasteurized and bottled there. I guess the way it works is he brings in a load of milk from local farmers to the dairy at night while they unload that trailer and process the milk he goes to the port to pick up a load of juice to set in a holding area at the dairy. He then pick up the milk trailer which has already been emptied and cleaned and heads home. From what I gathered milk is processed between 6p.m. and 6a.m. and juice from 8a.m. to 8pm allowing an hour between process times to flush the pipes and clean the tanks in the building.
This map fudged ALOT of countries. It ignored or grouped many countries together, while also giving some places (islands) an independence they have never known.
It would be interesting to update this list to include non-product exports such as services, financial sector, education, or even human resources working in particular industries abroad as migrant workers
Most countries in the world uses the original division of America that is a single continent, USA just teaches the "new" model representing the "Rich America" and the "Poor America", they also created "Latin America" to set them apart from Mexico when in teorical logic Canada would fit in Latin America and some south american countries wouldnt.
@@FWU100 Geographically north and south are two different continents. Aside from that it's just how you were taught. Europe and Asian are just one continent geographically, but are often described as 2 different continents as another example. Not sure what countries you mean with "most countries" though. I've only really heard people from South America calling it The Americas. Both are correct in your everyday use when trying to talk about a certain part of the world.
Maybe like Indian cultural influenced places United because Indian culture spreaded many place but they didn’t conquer that land ,india has fought very few battles with foreign power so better it should be the whole land where their was Indian influence or else their is already video by realifelore which is about if Indian subcontinent United and Indian cultural influence places our South Asia , south east Asia ,Central Asia and partially east Asia as well then it will be big ,if it’s big then it will be more interesting
With your "countries which export the most" are the values stated belonging to the country or including those exported through the county's ports on the half of other countries? E.g. Rotterdam is Europe's largest port and the value of exported goods is higher than what I have found online
The "world market leader" list would certainly be interesting, so Portugal with cork, and Germany with... Tunnel boring machines? Airplane toilets? It's probably the latter, Herrenknecht at least has competitors.
Hey on your leaderboard for countries that export the most you forgot to put the UK in there, in 2019 I think they exported just under 700 billion pounds worth
Having lived in Bermuda for a long time, and zero petroleum or natural gas is extracted or refined (its all imported), I have no idea how petroleum is listed as its #1 export.
Africa's mineral wealth is a curse. Scramble of Africa in the 19th century. Exploitation of natives to mine them. And continuing conflict even today over control of those resources.
Make a video which goes through the countries that have the largest export of a certain product.. Some countries will be the largest exporter of a number of products.. It would be a very interesting video..
While I am a big fan of the video as a whole, one minor detail that bothered me was the way the Americas were separated, with Central America and the Caribbean being displayed with South America rather than North America. While most of these countries are culturally more akin to those of South America, they are a part of the continent of North America (Central America not being its own continent). As many people erroneously see North America as only consisting of Canada, the U.S.A and Mexico, I believe it is important to have North America grouped together correctly as much as possible to help reinforce the true scope of the continent. While not relevant to the overall message of your video, I thought I'd share my thoughts.
