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Antigua and Barbuda
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)

General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Global rank#129out of 189 countries
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Historical trend

10184.868.552.135.8197720012025Antigua and Barbuda · 2025: 41.48%Antigua and Barbuda

Analytical takeaways

  • Antigua and Barbuda records 41.48% for Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in 2025, ranking #129 globally out of 189 countries.
  • Merchandise trade (% of GDP) declined from 52.90% in 1977 to 41.48% in 2025, a decrease of 11.41%.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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