Exports (% of GDP) — all countries

Exports (% of GDP) — Latin America & Caribbean

Exports (% of GDP) in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 26.15%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 12.25 pp.

2025 26.15% +0.38 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 28.08%2022
Period minimum 11.73%1971

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Exports (% of GDP) — Latin America & Caribbean, 1960–2025101520253019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 13.9%1962: 12.63%1964: 12.37%1966: 12.33%1968: 12.02%1970: 12.12%1972: 12.19%1974: 14.29%1976: 13.35%1978: 13.14%1980: 14.72%1982: 14.51%1984: 17.39%1986: 15.78%1988: 17.63%1990: 17.52%1992: 16.45%1994: 14.88%1996: 16.51%1998: 16.9%2000: 20.5%2002: 23.61%2004: 26.3%2006: 25.54%2008: 23.85%2010: 21.18%2012: 22.23%2014: 21.73%2016: 22.59%2018: 24.53%2020: 25%2022: 28.08%2024: 25.77%2025: 26.15%
Change over the period: +12.25 pp Annual average: 0.19 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 26.15%
World 29.48%
Exports (% of GDP) — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 26.15 +0.38 pp
2024 25.77 +0.56 pp
2023 25.2 −2.88 pp
2022 28.08 +0.9 pp
2021 27.18 +2.17 pp
2020 25 +0.27 pp
2019 24.73 +0.2 pp
2018 24.53 +2.15 pp
2017 22.38 −0.21 pp
2016 22.59 +0.13 pp
2015 22.47 +0.73 pp
2014 21.73 +0.13 pp
2013 21.6 −0.63 pp
2012 22.23 −0.24 pp
2011 22.48 +1.3 pp
2010 21.18 +0.26 pp
2009 20.92 −2.93 pp
2008 23.85 −0.62 pp
2007 24.47 −1.07 pp
2006 25.54 −0.01 pp
2005 25.55 −0.74 pp
2004 26.3 +0.82 pp
2003 25.47 +1.86 pp
2002 23.61 +2.68 pp
2001 20.93 +0.43 pp
2000 20.5 +0.92 pp
1999 19.59 +2.68 pp
1998 16.9 +0.3 pp
1997 16.61 +0.1 pp
1996 16.51 +0.16 pp
1995 16.36 +1.47 pp
1994 14.88 +0.21 pp
1993 14.67 −1.78 pp
1992 16.45 −0.27 pp
1991 16.72 −0.8 pp
1990 17.52 +0.18 pp
1989 17.34 −0.29 pp
1988 17.63 +1.69 pp
1987 15.94 +0.17 pp
1986 15.78 −1.59 pp
1985 17.37 −0.02 pp
1984 17.39 +0.42 pp
1983 16.97 +2.46 pp
1982 14.51 +0.5 pp
1981 14.01 −0.71 pp
1980 14.72 +0.29 pp
1979 14.42 +1.28 pp
1978 13.14 −0.92 pp
1977 14.07 +0.71 pp
1976 13.35 +0.67 pp
1975 12.69 −1.61 pp
1974 14.29 +1.51 pp
1973 12.78 +0.59 pp
1972 12.19 +0.46 pp
1971 11.73 −0.39 pp
1970 12.12 −0.03 pp
1969 12.15 +0.13 pp
1968 12.02 −0.17 pp
1967 12.18 −0.15 pp
1966 12.33 −0.41 pp
1965 12.74 +0.37 pp
1964 12.37 −2.23 pp
1963 14.6 +1.98 pp
1962 12.63 −0.59 pp
1961 13.22 −0.68 pp
1960 13.9

About the indicator

Exports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — a measure of how far an economy is oriented toward external markets. In small open economies and transit hubs the indicator can exceed 100% of GDP: exports are counted at the full value of the goods while GDP is counted as value added, so re-exports and assembly production inflate the figure.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.