Exports of goods and services as a share of GDP (Eurostat)
The value of goods and services sold to the rest of the world, as a percentage of GDP. Small open economies can exceed 100% because exports include imported inputs.
38 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.6% | 40.1%p (provisional) | 33.7%p (provisional) | 36.5%p (provisional) |
| 2024 | 50.4% | 41.3%p (provisional) | 34.0%p (provisional) | 37.2%p (provisional) |
| 2023 | 51.6% | 42.9%p (provisional) | 34.4% | 37.8% |
| 2022 | 55.2% | 45.5% | 36.6% | 39.7% |
| 2021 | 49.6% | 42.2% | 31.3% | 33.8% |
| 2020 | 45.7% | 38.9% | 28.6% | 30.5% |
| 2019 | 48.5% | 42.1% | 32.9% | 34.7% |
| 2018 | 48.2% | 42.3% | 32.9% | 34.9% |
| 2017 | 47.4% | 42.1% | 32.3% | 34.9% |
| 2016 | 45.8% | 41.5% | 31.5% | 33.6% |
| 2015 | 46.2% | 42.5% | 31.7% | 33.3% |
| 2014 | 44.9% | 41.6% | 30.7% | 33.2% |
| 2013 | 44.3% | 41.6% | 30.6% | 32.8% |
| 2012 | 44.0% | 42.7% | 30.4% | 31.3% |
| 2011 | 42.4% | 41.6% | 29.5% | 29.4% |
| 2010 | 39.7% | 39.5% | 27.8% | 25.8% |
| 2009 | 35.8% | 35.5% | 25.9% | 23.0% |
| 2008 | 40.6% | 40.9% | 29.2% | 25.5% |
| 2007 | 40.2% | 40.6% | 28.9% | 25.9% |
| 2006 | 39.1% | 39.0% | 28.9% | 25.2% |
| 2005 | 37.1% | 36.0% | 28.2% | 24.9% |
| 2004 | 35.7% | 33.9% | 27.5% | 25.4% |
| 2003 | 34.1% | 31.3% | 27.1% | 25.6% |
| 2002 | 34.9% | 31.2% | 28.7% | 26.6% |
| 2001 | 35.5% | 30.6% | 29.4% | 27.9% |
Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 38 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Luxembourg (202.7%) and the lowest Türkiye (24.7%).
- Half of the countries are above 51.8% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 8 countries and fell in 29.
- The figure for the European Union was 49.6% in 2025, against 45.7% in 2020 (+3.9 percentage points).
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Before comparing
- Values above 100% are valid for economies with large re-export and processing trade.
Source and dates
All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Luxembourg 202.7%p (provisional)
- 2 Ireland 146.9%
- 3 Malta 130.3%
- 4 Cyprus 99.3%p (provisional)
- 5 Slovakia 83.2%
- 6 Netherlands 81.6%
- 7 Estonia 78.2%
- 8 Switzerland 78.1%
- 9 Slovenia 78.0%
- 10 Belgium 76.0%p (provisional)
- 11 Hungary 72.8%p (provisional)
- 12 Lithuania 71.3%
- 13 Denmark 69.2%
- 14 Czechia 66.8%
- 15 North Macedonia 60.8%p (provisional)
- 16 Latvia 60.7%
- 17 Austria 54.9%
- 18 Serbia 53.6%p (provisional)
- 19 Sweden 52.7%
- 20 Bulgaria 50.8%
- 21 Poland 50.0%
- 22 Croatia 48.0%p (provisional)
- 23 Kosovo 47.6%p (provisional)
- 24 Norway 45.6%
- 25 Portugal 43.4%p (provisional)
- 26 Finland 42.8%
- 27 Iceland 40.4%
- 28 Germany 40.1%p (provisional)
- 29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.9%
- 30 Montenegro 39.6%
- 31 Greece 39.3%p (provisional)
- 32 Albania 37.0%p (provisional)
- 33 Spain 36.5%p (provisional)
- 34 Romania 35.2%p (provisional)
- 35 France 33.7%p (provisional)
- 36 Moldova 31.8%p (provisional)
- 37 Italy 31.6%
- 38 Türkiye 24.7%
- European Union 49.6%
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.