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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
101 Cyprus 52.09%
102 Spain 50.27%
103 Uganda 49.85%
104 Iran, Islamic Rep. 49.32%
105 Canada 48.80%
106 Trinidad and Tobago 48.62%
107 Grenada 48.44%
108 Albania 47.89%
109 Cote d'Ivoire 47.85%
110 Palau 47.83%
111 Tuvalu 47.08%
112 Iceland 46.94%
113 Malta 46.94%
114 Kazakhstan 46.78%
115 Philippines 46.18%
116 Luxembourg 46.03%
117 Rwanda 45.93%
118 Sierra Leone 45.91%
119 Burundi 45.17%
120 Uzbekistan 44.48%
121 Saudi Arabia 44.23%
122 Vanuatu 43.81%
123 Togo 43.73%
124 France 43.65%
125 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 43.50%
126 Peru 42.80%
127 Ghana 42.52%
128 Panama 41.64%
129 Antigua and Barbuda 41.48%
130 Jamaica 41.28%
131 St. Lucia 41.18%
132 Turkmenistan 40.78%
133 Egypt, Arab Rep. 40.78%
134 Guatemala 40.68%
135 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 40.25%
136 Turkiye 39.99%
137 Tonga 39.46%
138 Madagascar 39.44%
139 Mali 39.35%
140 Dominica 39.10%
141 Angola 38.84%
142 Zimbabwe 38.70%
143 Samoa 38.12%
144 United Kingdom 37.59%
145 St. Kitts and Nevis 37.52%
146 South Sudan 37.16%
147 Nepal 36.73%
148 Benin 36.39%
149 Indonesia 36.30%
150 Myanmar 36.28%
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

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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