Trade as a share of GDP
The sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP, a common measure of how open an economy is to trade.
Highest in 2024
359.4%
Hong Kong SAR, China
Lowest in 2024
2.0%
Sudan
Euro area, 2024
88.6%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024
172
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
172 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
Trend 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.
| Period | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.5% | – | 38.0% | 46.3% |
| 2024 | 56.7% | 25.0% | 38.0% | 45.9% |
| 2023 | 58.1% | 24.9% | 36.7% | 46.3% |
| 2022 | 62.1% | 26.9% | 37.5% | 50.7% |
| 2021 | 56.5% | 25.2% | 36.6% | 45.4% |
| 2020 | 51.9% | 23.1% | 34.3% | 37.8% |
| 2019 | 55.8% | 26.3% | 35.5% | 39.9% |
| 2018 | 57.0% | 27.4% | 36.9% | 43.6% |
| 2017 | 55.5% | 27.1% | 37.0% | 40.7% |
| 2016 | 53.8% | 26.5% | 36.2% | 40.1% |
| 2015 | 55.6% | 27.7% | 38.7% | 41.9% |
| 2014 | 58.0% | 29.9% | 44.1% | 48.9% |
| 2013 | 58.6% | 29.9% | 45.9% | 53.8% |
| 2012 | 59.3% | 30.7% | 47.5% | 55.8% |
| 2011 | 59.3% | 30.8% | 49.9% | 55.6% |
| 2010 | 56.2% | 28.2% | 49.9% | 49.3% |
| 2009 | 51.9% | 24.8% | 44.4% | 46.3% |
| 2008 | 60.3% | 29.9% | 56.7% | 53.4% |
| 2007 | 58.7% | 28.0% | 61.3% | 45.7% |
| 2006 | 58.4% | 27.0% | 63.6% | 45.7% |
| 2005 | 56.2% | 25.6% | 61.4% | 42.0% |
| 2004 | 54.2% | 24.4% | 58.6% | 37.5% |
| 2003 | 50.7% | 22.6% | 51.1% | 30.6% |
| 2002 | 49.0% | 22.3% | 42.2% | 29.5% |
| 2001 | 49.0% | 23.0% | 38.1% | 26.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 172 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Hong Kong SAR, China (359.4%) and the lowest Sudan (2.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 79.9% and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 18 countries and fell in 16.
- The figure for the world was 56.7% in 2024, against 55.8% in 2019 (+0.9 percentage points).
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Hong Kong SAR, China 359.4%
- 2 Luxembourg 351.3%
- 3 Singapore 313.3%
- 4 Ireland 246.2%
- 5 Djibouti 241.2%
- 6 Malta 217.7%
- 7 Cyprus 190.4%
- 8 Seychelles 175.9%
- 9 Viet Nam 173.9%
- 10 Slovakia 171.2%
- 11 Aruba 164.1%
- 12 Naoero 160.5%
- 13 Belgium 159.0%
- 14 Bahrain 157.5%
- 15 Maldives 156.5%
- 16 Slovenia 155.7%
- 17 Netherlands 154.0%
- 18 Lesotho 152.5%
- 19 Estonia 151.0%
- 20 Armenia 150.1%
- 21 Hungary 147.9%
- 22 Mauritius 145.4%
- 23 Cambodia 143.4%
- 24 Lithuania 142.4%
- 25 Macao SAR, China 142.1%
- 26 Mongolia 138.4%
- 27 Libya 137.5%
- 28 Malaysia 137.4%
- 29 North Macedonia 136.3%
- 30 Thailand 135.7%
- 31 Brunei 132.6%
- 32 Denmark 131.8%
- 33 Czechia 131.5%
- 34 Latvia 131.3%
- 35 Switzerland 130.4%
- 36 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 130.3%
- 37 Kyrgyzstan 130.1%
- 38 Belarus 128.2%
- 39 Cuba 124.9%
- 40 Fiji 119.0%
- 41 Marshall Islands 118.2%
- 42 Oman 114.9%
- 43 Kosovo 113.8%
- 44 Serbia 111.7%
- 45 Solomon Islands 111.4%
- 46 Bulgaria 110.2%
- 47 Montenegro 109.9%
- 48 Belize 109.0%
- 49 Austria 108.8%
- 50 Namibia 108.0%
- 51 Eswatini 107.5%
- 52 Tunisia 106.3%
- 53 Sweden 106.0%
- 54 Palau 105.8%
- 55 Faroe Islands 105.8%
- 56 Croatia 104.9%
- 57 Georgia 103.5%
- 58 Kiribati 102.1%
- 59 Poland 100.4%
- 60 Nicaragua 99.1%
- 61 Guinea 97.8%
- 62 Cabo Verde 96.9%
- 63 Micronesia 96.4%
- 64 Mozambique 95.6%
- 65 Timor-Leste 95.4%
- 66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 94.8%
- 67 Puerto Rico (US) 94.6%
- 68 Democratic Republic of the Congo 94.2%
- 69 Kuwait 94.0%
- 70 Mauritania 93.6%
- 71 Republic of the Congo 93.2%
- 72 Morocco 92.2%
- 73 Gabon 92.0%
- 74 Honduras 91.7%
- 75 Greece 89.8%
- 76 Portugal 89.7%
- 77 Moldova 88.9%
- 78 Iceland 86.2%
- 79 El Salvador 85.7%
- 80 South Korea 84.6%
- 81 Afghanistan 83.8%
- 82 Panama 83.7%
- 83 Finland 83.5%
- 84 Azerbaijan 82.6%
- 85 Lebanon 82.2%
- 86 Bermuda 80.2%
- 87 Ukraine 79.7%
- 88 Norway 79.6%
- 89 Samoa 79.5%
- 90 Albania 79.5%
- 91 Bhutan 79.4%
- 92 Bahamas 79.2%
- 93 Germany 79.1%
- 94 Tonga 77.6%
- 95 Romania 77.2%
- 96 Iraq 77.1%
- 97 Paraguay 77.1%
- 98 Mexico 75.4%
- 99 West Bank and Gaza 74.6%
- 100 Equatorial Guinea 74.3%
- 101 Vanuatu 73.4%
- 102 Rwanda 71.7%
- 103 Spain 70.0%
- 104 Costa Rica 69.9%
- 105 Botswana 69.4%
- 106 Ghana 69.0%
- 107 Senegal 68.2%
- 108 France 68.1%
- 109 Philippines 65.9%
- 110 Canada 65.1%
- 111 French Polynesia 64.5%
- 112 Chile 64.0%
- 113 United Kingdom 62.8%
- 114 Italy 62.6%
- 115 Zambia 62.5%
- 116 South Africa 61.6%
- 117 Burkina Faso 60.5%
- 118 Tajikistan 59.1%
- 119 Madagascar 57.5%
- 120 Uzbekistan 57.5%
- 121 Ecuador 57.4%
- 122 Kazakhstan 57.2%
- 123 Saudi Arabia 56.4%
- 124 Türkiye 54.6%
- 125 Israel 54.4%
- 126 Iran 52.1%
- 127 Dominican Republic 51.8%
- 128 Peru 51.7%
- 129 Uruguay 51.5%
- 130 Côte d'Ivoire 51.3%
- 131 New Zealand 50.7%
- 132 Angola 49.8%
- 133 Mali 49.8%
- 134 Guatemala 47.3%
- 135 Australia 47.1%
- 136 Bolivia 47.0%
- 137 Central African Republic 46.4%
- 138 India 45.9%
- 139 Japan 44.9%
- 140 Chad 44.6%
- 141 São Tomé and Príncipe 44.3%
- 142 Indonesia 42.8%
- 143 Uganda 42.7%
- 144 Gambia 42.2%
- 145 Sri Lanka 42.1%
- 146 Malawi 41.9%
- 147 Zimbabwe 41.5%
- 148 Comoros 41.5%
- 149 Tanzania 41.3%
- 150 Benin 40.6%
- 151 Sierra Leone 40.5%
- 152 Guinea-Bissau 40.4%
- 153 New Caledonia 40.4%
- 154 Nepal 40.2%
- 155 Algeria 40.1%
- 156 Kenya 40.0%
- 157 Egypt 39.6%
- 158 Russia 39.4%
- 159 China 38.0%
- 160 Colombia 36.3%
- 161 Brazil 35.6%
- 162 Cameroon 34.4%
- 163 Turkmenistan 28.7%
- 164 Argentina 27.9%
- 165 Pakistan 27.6%
- 166 Bangladesh 26.8%
- 167 Venezuela 26.2%
- 168 United States 25.0%
- 169 Niger 24.4%
- 170 Haiti 18.7%
- 171 Ethiopia 17.4%
- 172 Sudan 2.0%
- East Asia and Pacific 58.4%
- Euro area 88.6%
- Europe and Central Asia 82.8%
- European Union 91.6%
- Latin America and Caribbean 49.7%
- Middle East and North Africa 61.1%
- North America 28.5%
- OECD members 56.9%
- South Asia 44.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 55.7%
- World 56.7%
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