Trade as a share of GDP in European Union
Trade in goods and services was equal to 90.1% of GDP in the European Union 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
90.1%
Change from 2024
−1.5percentage points
World, 2025
68.5%
Trade as a share of GDP in European Union over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% 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 | 90.1% | 68.5% |
| 2024 | 91.6% | 56.7% |
| 2023 | 95.2% | 58.1% |
| 2022 | 103.7% | 62.1% |
| 2021 | 91.2% | 56.5% |
| 2020 | 83.8% | 51.9% |
| 2019 | 90.6% | 55.8% |
| 2018 | 90.4% | 57.0% |
| 2017 | 88.7% | 55.5% |
| 2016 | 85.8% | 53.8% |
| 2015 | 86.7% | 55.6% |
| 2014 | 85.5% | 58.0% |
| 2013 | 84.8% | 58.6% |
| 2012 | 85.1% | 59.3% |
| 2011 | 83.5% | 59.3% |
| 2010 | 78.3% | 56.2% |
| 2009 | 70.5% | 51.9% |
| 2008 | 80.8% | 60.3% |
| 2007 | 79.8% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | 78.0% | 58.4% |
| 2005 | 73.6% | 56.2% |
| 2004 | 70.4% | 54.2% |
| 2003 | 67.4% | 50.7% |
| 2002 | 68.4% | 49.0% |
| 2001 | 70.7% | 49.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.5 percentage points from 91.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 86.7%, the figure has changed by +3.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 68.5%.