Trade as a share of GDP in World
Trade in goods and services was equal to 68.5% of GDP in the world in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2025
68.5%
Change from 2024
+11.8percentage points
European Union, 2025
90.1%
Trade as a share of GDP in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.5% | 90.1% |
| 2024 | 56.7% | 91.6% |
| 2023 | 58.1% | 95.2% |
| 2022 | 62.1% | 103.7% |
| 2021 | 56.5% | 91.2% |
| 2020 | 51.9% | 83.8% |
| 2019 | 55.8% | 90.6% |
| 2018 | 57.0% | 90.4% |
| 2017 | 55.5% | 88.7% |
| 2016 | 53.8% | 85.8% |
| 2015 | 55.6% | 86.7% |
| 2014 | 58.0% | 85.5% |
| 2013 | 58.6% | 84.8% |
| 2012 | 59.3% | 85.1% |
| 2011 | 59.3% | 83.5% |
| 2010 | 56.2% | 78.3% |
| 2009 | 51.9% | 70.5% |
| 2008 | 60.3% | 80.8% |
| 2007 | 58.7% | 79.8% |
| 2006 | 58.4% | 78.0% |
| 2005 | 56.2% | 73.6% |
| 2004 | 54.2% | 70.4% |
| 2003 | 50.7% | 67.4% |
| 2002 | 49.0% | 68.4% |
| 2001 | 49.0% | 70.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +11.8 percentage points from 56.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 55.6%, the figure has changed by +12.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 90.1%.