Trade as a share of GDP in United States

Trade in goods and services was equal to 25.0% of GDP in United States in 2024.

Measure: Trade as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank
United States, 2024 25.0% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 24.9%
World, 2024 56.7% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 85.4% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 168th of 172 See the full ranking

Trade as a share of GDP in United States 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 United StatesWorld
2025 – 68.5%
2024 25.0% 56.7%
2023 24.9% 58.1%
2022 26.9% 62.1%
2021 25.2% 56.5%
2020 23.1% 51.9%
2019 26.3% 55.8%
2018 27.4% 57.0%
2017 27.1% 55.5%
2016 26.5% 53.8%
2015 27.7% 55.6%
2014 29.9% 58.0%
2013 29.9% 58.6%
2012 30.7% 59.3%
2011 30.8% 59.3%
2010 28.2% 56.2%
2009 24.8% 51.9%
2008 29.9% 60.3%
2007 28.0% 58.7%
2006 27.0% 58.4%
2005 25.6% 56.2%
2004 24.4% 54.2%
2003 22.6% 50.7%
2002 22.3% 49.0%
2001 23.0% 49.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 24.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 29.9%, the figure has changed by −4.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 172 countries with data for 2024, United States has the 168th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 56.7%.

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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
1970 to 2024 for United States
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