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World map of countries according to their top exports

By Tom Paulson on 16 May 2014 0

Who woulda thunk Australia would be a leading exporter of coal, or that India’s leading export is precious stones? No surprise to see opium is tops for Afghanistan. Below is a fascinating map created by Simon Khosla for a GlobalPost article showing the lead exports for every country.

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Tom Paulson is founder and lead journalist at Humanosphere. Prior to operating this online news site, he reported on science, medicine, health policy, aid and development for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Contact him at tom[at]humanosphere.org or follow him on Twitter @tompaulson.