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Rubber tree rootsOverall sales of globally exported natural rubber totaled US$17.5 billion in 2025.
That dollar amount grew by 5.8% from $16.6 billion five years earlier from 2021.
Year over year, natural rubber shipments rose 8.6% compared to $16.2 billion starting in 2024.
The five largest exporters are Thailand, Ivory Coast, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia. Collectively, that powerful subgroup of top five international suppliers generated over three-quarters (76.3%) of worldwide sales for exported natural rubber in 2025.
Among continents, providers in Asian countries exported $12.5 billion worth or 71.4% of international natural rubber sales. Exporters in Africa supplied 22.1% worth of the global total trailed by suppliers in Europe at another 4.7%.
Accounting for a tinier percentage of exported natural rubber were exporters in Latin America (1.3%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, North America (0.5%), then Oceania namely Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand (0.03%).
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for natural rubber is 4001.
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of natural rubber during 2025.
- Thailand: US$5 billion (28.6% of natural rubber exports)
- Ivory Coast: $3.3 billion (18.5%)
- Indonesia: $3 billion (16.9%)
- Vietnam: $1.2 billion (6.7%)
- Malaysia: $954.2 million (5.4%)
- Myanmar: $788.8 million (4.5%)
- Laos: $688.2 million (3.9%)
- Cambodia: $562 million (3.2%)
- Belgium: $413.1 million (2.4%)
- Ghana: $217 million (1.2%)
- Guatemala: $189.3 million (1.1%)
- Philippines: $153.1 million (0.9%)
- Germany: $146 million (0.8%)
- Liberia: $134.9 million (0.8%)
- Cameroon: $102 million (0.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 95.6% of total natural rubber exported in 2025.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing natural rubber exporters from 2024 to 2025 were: Myanmar (up 249.6%), Ghana (up 64.6%), Cameroon (up 33.6%) and Ivory Coast (up 32.2%).
Those countries that posted year-over-year declines in their exported natural rubber sales were: Liberia (down -17.8%), Vietnam (down -9.2%), Cambodia (down -5.6%) and Malaysia (down -3.2%).
By value, the 99 exporters in the following automated database generated 100% of natural rubber shipped worldwide in 2025.
| 1 | Thailand | $5,019,034,000 | +1% |
| 2 | Ivory Coast | $3,250,096,000 | +32.2% |
| 3 | Indonesia | $2,972,964,000 | +2.4% |
| 4 | Vietnam | $1,180,697,000 | -9.2% |
| 5 | Malaysia | $954,195,000 | -3.2% |
| 6 | Myanmar | $788,777,000 | +249.6% |
| 7 | Laos | $688,190,000 | +9.4% |
| 8 | Cambodia | $561,975,000 | -5.6% |
| 9 | Belgium | $413,094,000 | +4.8% |
| 10 | Ghana | $217,002,000 | +64.6% |
| 11 | Guatemala | $189,341,000 | +2.3% |
| 12 | Philippines | $153,132,000 | +16.6% |
| 13 | Germany | $146,044,000 | +14.8% |
| 14 | Liberia | $134,910,000 | -17.8% |
| 15 | Cameroon | $102,024,000 | +33.6% |
| 16 | Nigeria | $84,806,000 | +19.6% |
| 17 | United States | $67,898,000 | -23.3% |
| 18 | Singapore | $61,788,000 | -19.5% |
| 19 | Netherlands | $54,358,000 | -0.3% |
| 20 | France | $52,593,000 | +1.7% |
| 21 | Luxembourg | $47,264,000 | +40.3% |
| 22 | Guinea | $45,111,000 | -68.7% |
| 23 | mainland China | $43,334,000 | +33.5% |
| 24 | South Korea | $30,990,000 | +102.7% |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | $30,815,000 | +18.7% |
| 26 | Romania | $25,283,000 | +7.9% |
| 27 | Türkiye | $21,115,000 | -7.5% |
| 28 | Brazil | $19,592,000 | -13.2% |
| 29 | Colombia | $18,553,000 | -5.5% |
| 30 | Hungary | $16,957,000 | -46.9% |
| 31 | United Kingdom | $11,775,000 | +78.3% |
| 32 | Poland | $11,400,000 | -27.6% |
| 33 | Gabon | $11,174,000 | +48.3% |
| 34 | Canada | $10,915,000 | +13.7% |
| 35 | Democratic Republic Congo | $9,410,000 | +15.8% |
| 36 | Bangladesh | $9,097,000 | +19.2% |
| 37 | Italy | $8,938,000 | -18.4% |
| 38 | Spain | $8,398,000 | -46.5% |
| 39 | India | $7,767,000 | -8.7% |
| 40 | Mexico | $5,882,000 | +144.2% |
| 41 | South Africa | $5,788,000 | +527.8% |
| 42 | Czech Republic | $5,649,000 | +19.3% |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | $5,041,000 | +13.1% |
| 44 | Malawi | $4,636,000 | +4.9% |
| 45 | Free Zones | $4,008,000 | -10.9% |
| 46 | Slovenia | $3,415,000 | -25.1% |
| 47 | Slovakia | $3,000,000 | +16.6% |
| 48 | Serbia | $2,597,000 | +28.1% |
| 49 | Congo | $2,203,000 | 0% |
| 50 | Armenia | $2,062,000 | +59.2% |
| 51 | Chile | $1,985,000 | +106.8% |
| 52 | Sweden | $1,923,000 | -23.3% |
| 53 | Taiwan | $1,662,000 | -50.2% |
| 54 | Russia | $1,587,000 | -64.6% |
| 55 | Israel | $1,221,000 | +287.6% |
| 56 | Lithuania | $828,000 | +129.4% |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | $758,000 | -38.4% |
| 58 | Egypt | $752,000 | +58% |
| 59 | Chad | $735,000 | +175.3% |
| 60 | Austria | $707,000 | +21.7% |
| 61 | Portugal | $598,000 | -80.7% |
| 62 | Switzerland | $512,000 | -30.1% |
| 63 | Greece | $511,000 | +85.1% |
| 64 | Denmark | $462,000 | -34.3% |
| 65 | Australia | $407,000 | -34.2% |
| 66 | Mozambique | $300,000 | +73.4% |
| 67 | Estonia | $250,000 | +1.2% |
| 68 | Finland | $217,000 | +135.9% |
| 69 | Japan | $193,000 | -61.9% |
| 70 | Hong Kong | $183,000 | +14.4% |
| 71 | Peru | $183,000 | -97.9% |
| 72 | Norway | $176,000 | +24.8% |
| 73 | Sierra Leone | $157,000 | +1863% |
| 74 | Bulgaria | $128,000 | +228.2% |
| 75 | Montenegro | $105,000 | 0% |
| 76 | Zambia | $97,000 | +90.2% |
| 77 | Ecuador | $83,000 | -86% |
| 78 | Kazakhstan | $76,000 | -65.9% |
| 79 | Panama | $71,000 | -76.9% |
| 80 | Croatia | $66,000 | +842.9% |
| 81 | Ireland | $54,000 | +350% |
| 82 | Iceland | $52,000 | +246.7% |
| 83 | Kenya | $36,000 | +50% |
| 84 | Jordan | $26,000 | 0% |
| 85 | Bahrain | $15,000 | +275% |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | $9,000 | -98.3% |
| 87 | Tanzania | $9,000 | -69% |
| 88 | Pakistan | $7,000 | -22.2% |
| 89 | Costa Rica | $7,000 | -96.1% |
| 90 | US Minor Outlying Is | $6,000 | 0% |
| 91 | Namibia | $3,000 | -57.1% |
| 92 | New Zealand | $2,000 | 0% |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | $2,000 | 0% |
| 94 | Bolivia | $1,000 | 0% |
| 95 | Nicaragua | $1,000 | 0% |
| 96 | Morocco | $1,000 | 0% |
| 97 | Rwanda | $1,000 | 0% |
| 98 | Ukraine | $1,000 | -98.6% |
| 99 | Trinidad/Tobago | $1,000 | -50% |
Widening our scope to all natural rubber exporters, the fastest growers from 2024 to 2025 were Sierra Leone (up 1,863%), Croatia (up 842.9%), South Africa (up 527.8%), Ireland (up 350%) and Israel (up 287.6%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns in the above table. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that no 2024 data was available.
Countries Earning Largest Trade Surpluses from Natural Rubber
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for natural rubber during 2025. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the surplus between the value of each country’s natural rubber exports and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Thailand: US$5 billion (net export surplus up 1.2% since 2024)
- Ivory Coast: $3.2 billion (up 32.2%)
- Indonesia: $2.9 billion (up 4.2%)
- Myanmar: $786.2 million (up 249.5%)
- Laos: $688 million (up 9.5%)
- Cambodia: $482.9 million (down -3.7%)
- Vietnam: $265.4 million (reversing a -$322.8 million deficit)
- Ghana: $216.9 million (up 66.4%)
- Guatemala: $188.5 million (up 1.9%)
- Belgium: $163 million (down -1.2%)
- Philippines: $131.7 million (up 26.7%)
- Liberia: $121 million (up 116%)
- Cameroon: $102 million (up 33.8%)
- Nigeria: $83.5 million (up 20.8%)
- Guinea: $45.1 million (down -68.7%)
World-leader natural rubber exporter Thailand generated the highest surplus in the international trade of natural rubber. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms Thailand’s strong competitive advantage under this specific resource category.
Countries Facing Worst Trade Deficits from Natural Rubber
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for natural rubber during 2025. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the deficit between the value of each country’s natural rubber import purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- mainland China: -US$5.7 billion (net export deficit up 44% since 2024)
- United States: -$1.9 billion (up 7.5%)
- Japan: -$1.4 billion (up 14.6%)
- India: -$906.8 million (down -13.9%)
- Malaysia: -$621.1 million (down -8.3%)
- South Korea: -$570.7 million (up 0%)
- Türkiye: -$525.8 million (up 11.8%)
- Brazil: -$366.8 million (up 42.3%)
- Spain: -$330.2 million (down -2.8%)
- Italy: -$265.1 million (up 6.7%)
- Germany: -$263.9 million (down -20.4%)
- Luxembourg: -$258.7 million (up 97.5%)
- Mexico: -$253.8 million (up 3.8%)
- Canada: -$232.9 million (up 4.2%)
- Poland: -$228.8 million (up 8.6%)
Mainland China recorded the highest deficit in the international trade of natural rubber. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights China’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific resource category but also signals opportunities for natural rubber-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful demand of Chinese manufacturers.
Natural Rubber Exporting Companies
Below are rubber manufacturing companies that dominate the worldwide rubber trade, with a focus on rubber tire makers.
- Bridgestone Corp (Japan)
- Michelin (France)
- Goodyear (United States)
- Continental A.G. (Germany)
- Pirelli & C. S.p.A. (Italy)
- Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (Japan)
- Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. (South Korea)
- Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (Japan)
- Maxxis International/Cheng Shin Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)
- Zhongce Rubber Group Co. Ltd. (China)
These 10 companies accounted for almost two-thirds of worldwide rubber tire sales based on data from 2021.
According to global trade intelligence firm Zepol, the following companies are also important players in the rubber industry.
- PT PP London Sumatra Indonesia TBK (Indonesia)
- Lee Rubber (Malaysia)
- Transityre (France)
See also Natural Rubber Imports by Country, Thailand’s Top 10 Exports, Thailand’s Top Trading Partners, Indonesia’s Top 10 Exports and Indonesia’s Top Trading Partners
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on July 31, 2026
Global Rubber Markets (GRM), Bridgestone ranks as world’s top tire producer again (September 8, 2021). Accessed on July 31, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on July 31, 2026
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on July 31, 2026
Wikipedia, Natural rubber. Accessed on July 31, 2026
Zepol’s company summary highlights by HTS code. Accessed on July 31, 2026
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