Trade share of GDP

Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons.

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Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons.

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Trade share of GDP

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Period	Value	Status	Provenance & calculation
1990	≈ 75.29 Exact value 75.2851641940 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124895 · revision 1 Value 75.2851641940 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 75.2851641940 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 71.44 Exact value 71.4396654590 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124894 · revision 1 Value 71.4396654590 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 71.4396654590 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 76.10 Exact value 76.0962304692 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124893 · revision 1 Value 76.0962304692 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 76.0962304692 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 79.35 Exact value 79.3523385430 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124892 · revision 1 Value 79.3523385430 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 79.3523385430 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 78.00 Exact value 77.9973064577 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124891 · revision 1 Value 77.9973064577 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 77.9973064577 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 79.77 Exact value 79.7743735897 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124890 · revision 1 Value 79.7743735897 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 79.7743735897 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 84.06 Exact value 84.0571579902 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124889 · revision 1 Value 84.0571579902 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 84.0571579902 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 87.61 Exact value 87.6131965013 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124888 · revision 1 Value 87.6131965013 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 87.6131965013 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
1998	≈ 92.04 Exact value 92.0380202178 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124887 · revision 1 Value 92.0380202178 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 92.0380202178 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
1999	≈ 87.54 Exact value 87.5386136419 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124886 · revision 1 Value 87.5386136419 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 87.5386136419 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 86.52 Exact value 86.5249233826 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124885 · revision 1 Value 86.5249233826 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 86.5249233826 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
2001	≈ 80.85 Exact value 80.8527575070 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124884 · revision 1 Value 80.8527575070 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 80.8527575070 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 80.41 Exact value 80.4139436754 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124883 · revision 1 Value 80.4139436754 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 80.4139436754 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 83.33 Exact value 83.3277075503 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124882 · revision 1 Value 83.3277075503 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 83.3277075503 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 85.26 Exact value 85.2564775040 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124881 · revision 1 Value 85.2564775040 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 85.2564775040 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 89.22 Exact value 89.2226646400 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124880 · revision 1 Value 89.2226646400 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 89.2226646400 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
2006	≈ 89.81 Exact value 89.8145543221 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124879 · revision 1 Value 89.8145543221 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 89.8145543221 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 86.46 Exact value 86.4565956114 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124878 · revision 1 Value 86.4565956114 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 86.4565956114 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:56 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 86.40 Exact value 86.4015124905 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124877 · revision 1 Value 86.4015124905 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 86.4015124905 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 69.76 Exact value 69.7593172897 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124876 · revision 1 Value 69.7593172897 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 69.7593172897 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 67.51 Exact value 67.5120894037 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124875 · revision 1 Value 67.5120894037 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 67.5120894037 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 68.64 Exact value 68.6391459050 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124874 · revision 1 Value 68.6391459050 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 68.6391459050 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 67.05 Exact value 67.0485391394 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124873 · revision 1 Value 67.0485391394 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 67.0485391394 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 64.07 Exact value 64.0664108163 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124872 · revision 1 Value 64.0664108163 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 64.0664108163 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 65.19 Exact value 65.1912422181 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124871 · revision 1 Value 65.1912422181 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 65.1912422181 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 60.75 Exact value 60.7535621475 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124870 · revision 1 Value 60.7535621475 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 60.7535621475 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 62.18 Exact value 62.1784782931 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124869 · revision 1 Value 62.1784782931 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 62.1784782931 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 65.07 Exact value 65.0719536997 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124868 · revision 1 Value 65.0719536997 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 65.0719536997 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 66.79 Exact value 66.7874137888 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124867 · revision 1 Value 66.7874137888 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 66.7874137888 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 65.42 Exact value 65.4194732487 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124866 · revision 1 Value 65.4194732487 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 65.4194732487 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 59.75 Exact value 59.7463550719 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124865 · revision 1 Value 59.7463550719 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 59.7463550719 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2021	≈ 70.10 Exact value 70.1036933059 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124864 · revision 1 Value 70.1036933059 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 70.1036933059 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2022	≈ 79.05 Exact value 79.0523903154 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124863 · revision 1 Value 79.0523903154 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 79.0523903154 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2023	≈ 71.44 Exact value 71.4380310341 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124862 · revision 1 Value 71.4380310341 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 71.4380310341 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2024	≈ 69.85 Exact value 69.8533786395 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124861 · revision 1 Value 69.8533786395 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 69.8533786395 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified
2025	≈ 71.49 Exact value 71.4919046503 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #124860 · revision 1 Value 71.4919046503 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 71.4919046503 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:55 · source revision unspecified

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