Trade as a share of GDP by country

Trade in goods and services as a share of GDP, shown as a percentage.

Countries reporting
191
Highest
396.6%
Hong Kong
Lowest
2.4%
Sudan
Median
82.2%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
9,006

What the numbers show

Trade as a share of GDP is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 396.6% in Hong Kong; the lowest is 2.4% in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 82.2%, and the mean is 93.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 167.

Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Cuba (up 217.9%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 87.0%).

Trade as a share of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Hong Kong 396.6% 2025 up 1.9% rising
2 Luxembourg 349.9% 2025 down 0.4% rising
3 San Marino 341.0% 2023 up 6.1% rising
4 Singapore 320.3% 2025 down 2.8% rising
5 Ireland 240.0% 2025 up 7.3% rising
6 Malta 219.0% 2025 up 5.7% rising
7 Djibouti 206.3% 2025 down 23.1% falling
8 United States Virgin Islands 205.6% 2022 up 30.8% volatile
9 United Arab Emirates 199.0% 2023 up 26.5% rising
10 Guyana 194.4% 2005 down 8.9% rising
11 Vietnam 190.3% 2025 up 31.3% rising
12 Cyprus 189.5% 2025 up 38.0% rising
13 Seychelles 172.3% 2025 down 8.1% rising
14 Slovakia 170.3% 2025 down 5.1% rising
15 Nauru 165.4% 2025 down 17.3% flat
16 Aruba 164.1% 2024 up 4.9% falling
17 Bahrain 157.5% 2024 down 6.6% falling
18 Maldives 156.5% 2024 down 5.7% flat
19 Estonia 155.8% 2025 up 4.9% rising
20 Curacao 155.3% 2018 down 6.9% flat
21 Lesotho 154.0% 2025 up 18.7% rising
22 Belgium 152.9% 2025 down 1.4% rising
23 Slovenia 151.9% 2025 up 3.2% rising
24 Netherlands 150.1% 2025 down 6.4% rising
25 Switzerland 147.2% 2025 up 26.5% rising
26 Jordan 146.0% 2007 up 20.9% rising
27 Lithuania 142.1% 2025 up 2.8% rising
28 Hungary 140.8% 2025 down 15.8% rising
29 Mauritius 139.9% 2025 up 5.1% rising
30 Macao 139.1% 2025 up 16.7% falling
31 Thailand 138.4% 2025 up 10.9% rising
32 Libya 137.7% 2025 up 141.9% rising
33 Malaysia 136.4% 2025 up 3.8% rising
34 Cambodia 136.1% 2025 up 11.4% rising
35 North Macedonia 133.0% 2025 up 17.0% rising
36 Papua New Guinea 131.1% 2004 up 40.5% rising
37 Mongolia 130.7% 2025 up 45.8% rising
38 Latvia 129.7% 2025 up 2.6% rising
39 Denmark 129.2% 2025 up 22.9% rising
40 Somalia 128.1% 2025 up 67.4% rising
41 Czechia 128.0% 2025 down 16.9% rising
42 Cuba 124.9% 2024 up 217.9% falling
43 American Samoa 124.7% 2022 down 29.3% falling
44 Brunei 123.6% 2025 up 37.5% rising
45 Fiji 119.0% 2024 up 7.4% rising
46 Antigua and Barbuda 118.3% 2022 down 16.4% falling
47 Marshall Islands 115.9% 2025 down 16.3% rising
48 Oman 114.9% 2024 up 12.3% flat
49 Serbia 112.9% 2025 up 20.7% rising
50 Belarus 112.1% 2025 down 3.3% rising
51 Solomon Islands 111.4% 2024 up 19.2% falling
52 Belize 109.0% 2024 up 1.7% rising
53 Namibia 108.6% 2025 up 11.7% falling
54 Eswatini 107.5% 2024 up 17.3% rising
55 Austria 107.0% 2025 up 3.8% rising
56 Palau 105.8% 2024 down 27.4% falling
57 Montenegro 105.8% 2025 up 1.6% rising
58 Faroe Islands 105.8% 2024 down 0.4% rising
59 Sweden 104.3% 2025 up 24.0% rising
60 Guinea 103.7% 2025 up 43.1% rising
61 Bulgaria 102.5% 2025 down 19.1% rising
62 Kiribati 102.1% 2024 down 2.0% falling
63 Armenia 101.7% 2025 up 41.9% rising
64 Tunisia 101.4% 2025 up 16.3% rising
65 Croatia 101.0% 2025 up 11.4% rising
66 Georgia 100.6% 2025 up 3.7% rising
67 Qatar 100.2% 2022 down 5.2% rising
68 Mozambique 97.1% 2025 down 1.7% rising
69 Poland 97.0% 2025 up 5.2% rising
70 Nicaragua 96.4% 2025 down 1.8% rising
71 East Timor 95.4% 2024 up 15.4% falling
72 Cape Verde 95.3% 2025 up 1.4% rising
73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 95.1% 2025 up 7.7% flat
74 Mauritania 94.0% 2025 up 21.6% rising
75 Kuwait 94.0% 2024 down 6.0% falling
76 Northern Mariana Islands 93.2% 2022 down 18.9% falling
77 Morocco 93.1% 2025 up 38.4% rising
78 Micronesia (country) 93.1% 2025 down 12.5% flat
79 Moldova 92.7% 2025 up 4.2% falling
80 Kyrgyzstan 92.4% 2025 down 16.7% rising
81 Greenland 91.9% 2023 down 4.2% falling
82 Congo 91.7% 2025 down 21.9% rising
83 Honduras 91.5% 2025 down 14.7% rising
84 Suriname 91.0% 2010 falling
85 Puerto Rico 90.5% 2025 down 16.9% rising
86 El Salvador 88.2% 2025 up 15.1% rising
87 Democratic Republic of Congo 87.3% 2025 up 51.2% rising
88 Portugal 86.4% 2025 up 7.1% rising
89 South Korea 86.4% 2025 up 14.6% rising
90 Gabon 84.9% 2025 up 14.8% falling
91 Afghanistan 83.8% 2024 rising
92 Panama 83.7% 2024 down 27.2% falling
93 Greece 83.5% 2025 up 27.9% rising
94 Finland 83.4% 2025 up 15.9% rising
95 Iceland 82.5% 2025 down 13.1% rising
96 Lebanon 82.2% 2024 up 3.0% flat
97 Bermuda 80.2% 2024 up 4.8% flat
98 Mexico 79.9% 2025 up 13.5% volatile
99 Azerbaijan 79.8% 2025 up 10.0% falling
100 Albania 79.5% 2025 up 11.6% rising
101 Bhutan 79.4% 2024 down 9.7% rising
102 Bahamas 79.2% 2024 down 1.6% falling
103 Norway 79.1% 2025 up 14.8% falling
104 Germany 78.5% 2025 up 1.0% rising
105 Tonga 77.6% 2024 up 3.8% falling
106 Ukraine 77.2% 2025 down 28.4% rising
107 Iraq 77.1% 2024 up 11.8% volatile
108 Paraguay 76.5% 2025 up 14.3% rising
109 Romania 76.2% 2025 down 8.7% rising
110 Laos 75.1% 2016 down 8.4% rising
111 Equatorial Guinea 74.9% 2025 down 24.2% falling
112 Palestine 74.8% 2025 up 5.6% falling
113 Vanuatu 73.4% 2024 down 19.7% falling
114 Guam 71.9% 2022 down 6.4% flat
115 Costa Rica 71.5% 2025 up 17.7% rising
116 Senegal 71.1% 2025 up 22.3% rising
117 Samoa 70.6% 2025 down 5.4% falling
118 Botswana 69.5% 2025 down 38.4% flat
119 Spain 69.5% 2025 up 9.2% rising
120 Ghana 69.0% 2024 up 8.0% rising
121 France 67.2% 2025 up 5.8% rising
122 Philippines 66.8% 2025 up 12.9% rising
123 South Sudan 65.6% 2015 down 32.6% falling
124 Burkina Faso 65.0% 2025 up 10.0% rising
125 Chile 65.0% 2025 up 9.5% rising
126 French Polynesia 64.5% 2024 up 14.6% rising
127 Canada 63.5% 2025 down 4.0% rising
128 Zambia 62.5% 2024 down 17.9% rising
129 Italy 62.5% 2025 up 12.8% rising
130 United Kingdom 62.5% 2025 up 9.3% rising
131 Gambia 62.2% 2025 up 39.6% falling
132 South Africa 60.9% 2025 up 7.4% rising
133 Iran 60.2% 2025 up 52.8% rising
134 Togo 59.9% 2023 down 27.0% falling
135 Ecuador 59.4% 2025 up 24.1% rising
136 Tajikistan 59.1% 2024 up 8.2% falling
137 Saudi Arabia 57.9% 2025 down 13.7% falling
138 Uzbekistan 57.4% 2025 up 111.2% falling
139 Kazakhstan 57.2% 2024 down 12.0% falling
140 Rwanda 56.7% 2025 up 23.9% rising
141 Yemen 56.1% 2018 down 31.0% falling
142 Cote d'Ivoire 54.6% 2025 up 3.5% falling
143 Madagascar 54.2% 2025 down 11.4% rising
144 Israel 53.0% 2025 down 10.2% falling
145 Central African Republic 52.9% 2025 down 0.4% falling
146 Peru 51.8% 2025 up 14.7% rising
147 Dominican Republic 51.5% 2025 down 1.6% rising
148 Egypt 51.3% 2025 up 47.3% flat
149 New Zealand 50.7% 2024 down 8.1% flat
150 Uganda 50.2% 2025 up 33.2% flat
151 Turkey 49.9% 2025 down 3.7% volatile
152 Uruguay 49.7% 2025 up 9.7% rising
153 Sierra Leone 49.1% 2025 up 34.6% falling
154 Mali 48.8% 2025 down 9.0% rising
155 Eritrea 47.4% 2011 down 34.2% falling
156 Bolivia 47.0% 2024 down 44.9% rising
157 Sao Tome and Principe 46.6% 2025 down 58.7% falling
158 Guatemala 46.5% 2025 down 6.7% rising
159 India 46.3% 2025 up 10.4% volatile
160 Chad 46.1% 2025 down 4.9% rising
161 Australia 45.9% 2025 up 10.6% rising
162 Japan 44.9% 2024 up 22.0% rising
163 Indonesia 43.4% 2025 up 3.5% rising
164 Nepal 42.6% 2025 down 8.8% rising
165 Sri Lanka 41.8% 2025 down 10.9% falling
166 Zimbabwe 41.5% 2024 down 24.1% rising
167 Comoros 40.9% 2025 up 8.1% rising
168 Guinea-Bissau 40.9% 2025 down 24.8% rising
169 New Caledonia 40.4% 2024 down 31.5% rising
170 Malawi 39.4% 2025 down 13.0% falling
171 Algeria 39.0% 2025 down 26.7% falling
172 Tanzania 39.0% 2025 down 4.4% rising
173 China 38.0% 2025 down 1.9% volatile
174 Kenya 37.5% 2025 down 7.0% falling
175 Benin 37.1% 2025 down 34.6% rising
176 Syria 35.4% 2022 up 0.2% rising
177 Colombia 35.4% 2025 down 7.8% rising
178 Brazil 35.3% 2025 up 30.9% rising
179 Angola 34.6% 2025 down 37.0% falling
180 Niger 33.9% 2025 down 24.2% rising
181 Russia 33.7% 2025 down 31.7% falling
182 Ethiopia 33.5% 2025 down 15.6% falling
183 Cameroon 33.4% 2025 down 26.7% falling
184 Argentina 30.4% 2025 up 35.0% rising
185 Turkmenistan 28.2% 2025 down 61.5% falling
186 Bangladesh 28.0% 2025 down 33.6% rising
187 Pakistan 27.2% 2025 up 1.9% rising
188 United States 25.0% 2024 down 16.4% rising
189 Venezuela 25.0% 2025 down 58.6% volatile
190 Haiti 15.9% 2025 down 62.1% falling
191 Sudan 2.4% 2025 down 87.0% falling

About this data

Indicator
Trade as a share of GDP
Unit
% of GDP
Source
National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
191 places, 9,006 data points, 1960–2025
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Trade in goods and services as a share of GDP, shown as a percentage.