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Marshall Islands
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#82out of 189 countries
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Historical trend

13711592.770.848.8198820072025Marshall Islands · 2025: 59.42%Marshall Islands

Analytical takeaways

  • Marshall Islands records 59.42% for Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in 2025, ranking #82 globally out of 189 countries.
  • Merchandise trade (% of GDP) increased from 50.93% in 1988 to 59.42% in 2025, a gain of 8.49%.
  • 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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