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China
Trade (% of GDP)

Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services. 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#122out of 138 countries
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Historical trend

63.648.934.219.54.8196019932025China · 2025: 37.96%China

Analytical takeaways

  • China records 37.96% for Trade (% of GDP) in 2025, ranking #122 globally out of 138 countries.
  • Trade (% of GDP) increased from 6.31% in 1960 to 37.96% in 2025, a gain of 31.65%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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