Trade as a share of GDP in India

Trade in goods and services was equal to 46.3% of GDP in India in 2025.

Measure: Trade as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
India, 2025 46.3% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 45.9%
World, 2025 68.5% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2025 57.9% Middle value of 17 countries

Trade as a share of GDP in India 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.

Trade as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period IndiaWorld
2025 46.3% 68.5%
2024 45.9% 56.7%
2023 46.3% 58.1%
2022 50.7% 62.1%
2021 45.4% 56.5%
2020 37.8% 51.9%
2019 39.9% 55.8%
2018 43.6% 57.0%
2017 40.7% 55.5%
2016 40.1% 53.8%
2015 41.9% 55.6%
2014 48.9% 58.0%
2013 53.8% 58.6%
2012 55.8% 59.3%
2011 55.6% 59.3%
2010 49.3% 56.2%
2009 46.3% 51.9%
2008 53.4% 60.3%
2007 45.7% 58.7%
2006 45.7% 58.4%
2005 42.0% 56.2%
2004 37.5% 54.2%
2003 30.6% 50.7%
2002 29.5% 49.0%
2001 26.0% 49.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 45.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 41.9%, the figure has changed by +4.3 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 68.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for India
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices