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
1 Hong Kong SAR, China 371.02%
2 Djibouti 267.14%
3 Slovenia 237.45%
4 Viet Nam 180.05%
5 Singapore 177.64%
6 Slovak Republic 160.52%
7 Belgium 152.43%
8 Malaysia 151.73%
9 Kiribati 147.75%
10 Netherlands 139.54%
11 Czechia 137.32%
12 Hungary 133.08%
13 Cambodia 127.10%
14 Lao PDR 124.13%
15 Thailand 118.64%
16 North Macedonia 115.78%
17 Brunei Darussalam 109.99%
18 Suriname 108.10%
19 Mongolia 106.72%
20 Guyana 106.69%
21 Lesotho 102.89%
22 Libya 102.70%
23 Namibia 102.44%
24 Switzerland 101.73%
25 Latvia 99.56%
26 Estonia 98.40%
27 Belarus 96.11%
28 Nicaragua 95.90%
29 Lithuania 95.19%
30 Congo, Rep. 94.44%
31 Zambia 91.71%
32 Oman 91.03%
33 Bahrain 87.63%
34 Mauritania 87.29%
35 Liberia 86.96%
36 Tunisia 86.75%
37 Seychelles 86.72%
38 Eswatini 86.42%
39 Lebanon 85.88%
40 Serbia 84.58%
41 Solomon Islands 83.85%
42 Bulgaria 83.51%
43 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 83.50%
44 Bhutan 83.28%
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 83.25%
46 Guinea 82.72%
47 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 80.68%
48 Poland 80.62%
49 Syrian Arab Republic 79.18%
50 Austria 77.73%
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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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