Exports (% of GDP) — all countries

Exports (% of GDP) — OECD

Exports (% of GDP) in the OECD in 2025 — 28.25%. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 15.78 pp.

2025 28.25% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 30.27%2022
Period minimum 12.48%1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · % of GDP

Exports (% of GDP) — OECD, 1970–202510152025303519701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 12.48%1971: 12.58%1972: 12.81%1973: 14.11%1974: 16.53%1975: 15.9%1976: 16.2%1977: 16.33%1978: 16.24%1979: 17.24%1980: 18.31%1981: 17.97%1982: 17.37%1983: 16.71%1984: 16.98%1985: 16.58%1986: 15.92%1987: 16.15%1988: 16.48%1989: 16.95%1990: 17.52%1991: 17.26%1992: 17.24%1993: 16.57%1994: 17.28%1995: 18.6%1996: 19.15%1997: 20.05%1998: 20.2%1999: 19.77%2000: 20.8%2001: 20.39%2002: 20.3%2003: 20.8%2004: 22.29%2005: 23.16%2006: 24.71%2007: 26.01%2008: 27.19%2009: 23.57%2010: 25.68%2011: 27.71%2012: 27.59%2013: 28%2014: 28.19%2015: 27.05%2016: 26.43%2017: 27.54%2018: 28.33%2019: 27.72%2020: 25.57%2021: 27.85%2022: 30.27%2023: 28.63%2024: 28.15%2025: 28.25%
Change over the period: +15.78 pp Annual average: 0.29 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: OECD

OECD 28.25%
World 29.48%
Exports (% of GDP) — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 28.25 +0.1 pp
2024 28.15 −0.48 pp
2023 28.63 −1.64 pp
2022 30.27 +2.42 pp
2021 27.85 +2.28 pp
2020 25.57 −2.15 pp
2019 27.72 −0.62 pp
2018 28.33 +0.79 pp
2017 27.54 +1.11 pp
2016 26.43 −0.62 pp
2015 27.05 −1.14 pp
2014 28.19 +0.19 pp
2013 28 +0.41 pp
2012 27.59 −0.12 pp
2011 27.71 +2.03 pp
2010 25.68 +2.11 pp
2009 23.57 −3.62 pp
2008 27.19 +1.19 pp
2007 26.01 +1.3 pp
2006 24.71 +1.55 pp
2005 23.16 +0.87 pp
2004 22.29 +1.49 pp
2003 20.8 +0.5 pp
2002 20.3 −0.09 pp
2001 20.39 −0.41 pp
2000 20.8 +1.03 pp
1999 19.77 −0.43 pp
1998 20.2 +0.15 pp
1997 20.05 +0.9 pp
1996 19.15 +0.55 pp
1995 18.6 +1.31 pp
1994 17.28 +0.71 pp
1993 16.57 −0.67 pp
1992 17.24 −0.02 pp
1991 17.26 −0.26 pp
1990 17.52 +0.57 pp
1989 16.95 +0.47 pp
1988 16.48 +0.33 pp
1987 16.15 +0.23 pp
1986 15.92 −0.67 pp
1985 16.58 −0.4 pp
1984 16.98 +0.27 pp
1983 16.71 −0.66 pp
1982 17.37 −0.6 pp
1981 17.97 −0.33 pp
1980 18.31 +1.07 pp
1979 17.24 +0.99 pp
1978 16.24 −0.08 pp
1977 16.33 +0.12 pp
1976 16.2 +0.3 pp
1975 15.9 −0.63 pp
1974 16.53 +2.42 pp
1973 14.11 +1.3 pp
1972 12.81 +0.23 pp
1971 12.58 +0.1 pp
1970 12.48

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.