Exports (% of GDP) — all countries

Exports (% of GDP) — South Asia

Exports (% of GDP) in South Asia in 2025 — 21.04%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 15.06 pp.

2025 21.04% +0.27 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 24.94%2013
Period minimum 4.53%1965

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Exports (% of GDP) — South Asia, 1960–2025010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.98%1962: 5.67%1964: 4.81%1966: 5.55%1968: 5.12%1970: 5.08%1972: 4.81%1974: 5.45%1976: 7.35%1978: 6.89%1980: 6.72%1982: 6.51%1984: 6.76%1986: 5.76%1988: 6.56%1990: 7.61%1992: 9.6%1994: 10.79%1996: 11.34%1998: 12.18%2000: 14.01%2002: 14.88%2004: 17.97%2006: 21.37%2008: 23.86%2010: 22.11%2012: 24.24%2014: 22.66%2016: 18.65%2018: 19.2%2020: 17.54%2022: 22.56%2024: 20.77%2025: 21.04%
Change over the period: +15.06 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

South Asia 21.04%
World 29.48%
Exports (% of GDP) — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 21.04 +0.27 pp
2024 20.77 −0.5 pp
2023 21.26 −1.3 pp
2022 22.56 +2.55 pp
2021 20.01 +2.47 pp
2020 17.54 −0.6 pp
2019 18.14 −1.06 pp
2018 19.2 +0.95 pp
2017 18.25 −0.41 pp
2016 18.65 −0.97 pp
2015 19.63 −3.03 pp
2014 22.66 −2.28 pp
2013 24.94 +0.69 pp
2012 24.24 −0.02 pp
2011 24.26 +2.15 pp
2010 22.11 +1.74 pp
2009 20.37 −3.49 pp
2008 23.86 +2.88 pp
2007 20.98 −0.39 pp
2006 21.37 +1.62 pp
2005 19.75 +1.78 pp
2004 17.97 +2.6 pp
2003 15.37 +0.49 pp
2002 14.88 +1.28 pp
2001 13.6 −0.4 pp
2000 14.01 +1.54 pp
1999 12.46 +0.28 pp
1998 12.18 +0.38 pp
1997 11.8 +0.46 pp
1996 11.34 −0.6 pp
1995 11.93 +1.14 pp
1994 10.79 +0.04 pp
1993 10.75 +1.15 pp
1992 9.6 +0.54 pp
1991 9.06 +1.45 pp
1990 7.61 +0.15 pp
1989 7.46 +0.9 pp
1988 6.56 +0.44 pp
1987 6.12 +0.36 pp
1986 5.76 −0.11 pp
1985 5.88 −0.88 pp
1984 6.76 +0.37 pp
1983 6.38 −0.12 pp
1982 6.51 −0.01 pp
1981 6.51 −0.21 pp
1980 6.72 −0.64 pp
1979 7.37 +0.48 pp
1978 6.89 −0.52 pp
1977 7.41 +0.06 pp
1976 7.35 +1.34 pp
1975 6.01 +0.56 pp
1974 5.45 +0.36 pp
1973 5.09 +0.27 pp
1972 4.81 +0.15 pp
1971 4.66 −0.41 pp
1970 5.08 +0.31 pp
1969 4.77 −0.36 pp
1968 5.12 −0.17 pp
1967 5.29 −0.26 pp
1966 5.55 +1.01 pp
1965 4.53 −0.28 pp
1964 4.81 −0.63 pp
1963 5.44 −0.22 pp
1962 5.67 −0.18 pp
1961 5.85 −0.13 pp
1960 5.98

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.