Merchandise trade (% of GDP)

For 2025, Merchandise trade (% of GDP) is led by Hong Kong SAR, China at 371.02%. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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.

Countries ranked 189
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0.092.8186278371Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 371.02%371DjiboutiDjibouti: 267.14%267SloveniaSlovenia: 237.45%237Viet NamViet Nam: 180.05%180SingaporeSingapore: 177.64%178Slovak RepublicSlovak Republic: 160.52%161BelgiumBelgium: 152.43%152MalaysiaMalaysia: 151.73%152KiribatiKiribati: 147.75%148NetherlandsNetherlands: 139.54%140CzechiaCzechia: 137.32%137HungaryHungary: 133.08%133
Rank Country Value
51 Mozambique 77.49%
52 Honduras 77.37%
53 Morocco 75.21%
54 Croatia 75.19%
55 Mexico 73.55%
56 Armenia 73.28%
57 Gabon 72.80%
58 Kuwait 72.31%
59 Moldova 72.25%
60 Korea, Rep. 71.63%
61 Jordan 71.19%
62 Fiji 70.62%
63 Iraq 70.02%
64 Cabo Verde 69.98%
65 Kyrgyz Republic 69.95%
66 Georgia 67.69%
67 Burkina Faso 67.50%
68 El Salvador 66.14%
69 Congo, Dem. Rep. 66.13%
70 Germany 65.47%
71 Azerbaijan 65.08%
72 Ireland 62.72%
73 Portugal 62.10%
74 Papua New Guinea 62.04%
75 Montenegro 61.77%
76 Denmark 61.53%
77 Paraguay 61.31%
78 Sweden 61.18%
79 Tajikistan 61.13%
80 Senegal 59.96%
81 Romania 59.52%
82 Marshall Islands 59.42%
83 Qatar 58.60%
84 Ukraine 57.85%
85 Botswana 57.78%
86 Mauritius 57.42%
87 South Africa 57.23%
88 Timor-Leste 56.88%
89 Belize 56.37%
90 Chile 55.87%
91 Naoero 55.67%
92 Italy 54.68%
93 Andorra 54.65%
94 Gambia, The 54.29%
95 Ecuador 53.56%
96 Finland 53.28%
97 Greece 52.50%
98 Maldives 52.49%
99 Costa Rica 52.39%
100 Norway 52.36%
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Analytical takeaways

  • Hong Kong SAR, China sits at the top of the Merchandise trade (% of GDP) distribution in 2025 at 371.02%, with a lead of 103.88% over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Ecuador at 53.56%, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Sudan (14.96%), and the page currently covers 189 countries.

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