Exports share of GDP in European Union
Exports from the European Union were equal to 49.6% of GDP in 2025.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
49.6%
Change from 2024
−0.8percentage points
World, 2025
29.5%
Exports share of GDP in European Union over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.6% | 29.5% |
| 2024 | 50.4% | 29.1% |
| 2023 | 51.8% | 29.1% |
| 2022 | 55.3% | 30.7% |
| 2021 | 49.7% | 28.5% |
| 2020 | 45.8% | 26.0% |
| 2019 | 48.6% | 27.9% |
| 2018 | 48.3% | 28.9% |
| 2017 | 47.5% | 28.0% |
| 2016 | 45.9% | 27.1% |
| 2015 | 46.3% | 28.0% |
| 2014 | 44.9% | 29.7% |
| 2013 | 44.3% | 30.0% |
| 2012 | 44.0% | 30.0% |
| 2011 | 42.5% | 30.3% |
| 2010 | 39.7% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 35.7% | 26.2% |
| 2008 | 40.6% | 30.7% |
| 2007 | 40.2% | 29.6% |
| 2006 | 39.1% | 28.6% |
| 2005 | 37.1% | 27.0% |
| 2004 | 35.7% | 25.7% |
| 2003 | 34.1% | 23.9% |
| 2002 | 34.9% | 23.1% |
| 2001 | 35.5% | 22.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.8 percentage points from 50.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 46.3%, the figure has changed by +3.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 29.5%.