Exports (% of GDP) — all countries

Exports (% of GDP) — Central America

Exports (% of GDP) in Central America in 2025 — 38.04%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 27.07 pp.

2025 38.04% +1.63 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 41.66%2022
Period minimum 10.66%1975

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Exports (% of GDP) — Central America, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 10.96%1962: 11.36%1964: 10.76%1966: 11.56%1968: 11.15%1970: 11.61%1972: 11.92%1974: 12.35%1976: 12.46%1978: 14.41%1980: 13.02%1982: 16.47%1984: 17.94%1986: 18.94%1988: 21.33%1990: 20.35%1992: 17.11%1994: 14.49%1996: 26.22%1998: 24.84%2000: 25.44%2002: 23.22%2004: 26.46%2006: 27.91%2008: 28.6%2010: 30.32%2012: 32.92%2014: 32.17%2016: 35.9%2018: 37.88%2020: 37.18%2022: 41.66%2024: 36.41%2025: 38.04%
Change over the period: +27.07 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Central America 38.04%
World 29.48%
Exports (% of GDP) — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 38.04 +1.63 pp
2024 36.41 +0.75 pp
2023 35.66 −5.99 pp
2022 41.66 +2.64 pp
2021 39.02 +1.83 pp
2020 37.18 −0.17 pp
2019 37.36 −0.52 pp
2018 37.88 +1.33 pp
2017 36.55 +0.65 pp
2016 35.9 +1.84 pp
2015 34.06 +1.88 pp
2014 32.17 +0.36 pp
2013 31.81 −1.11 pp
2012 32.92 +0.95 pp
2011 31.97 +1.66 pp
2010 30.32 +2.31 pp
2009 28.01 −0.59 pp
2008 28.6 +0.41 pp
2007 28.19 +0.28 pp
2006 27.91 +1.02 pp
2005 26.89 +0.43 pp
2004 26.46 +1.49 pp
2003 24.97 +1.75 pp
2002 23.22 +0.19 pp
2001 23.03 −2.41 pp
2000 25.44 +0.78 pp
1999 24.65 −0.19 pp
1998 24.84 −0.17 pp
1997 25.02 −1.2 pp
1996 26.22 +1.79 pp
1995 24.43 +9.93 pp
1994 14.49 +1.16 pp
1993 13.33 −3.78 pp
1992 17.11 −1.06 pp
1991 18.17 −2.18 pp
1990 20.35 −0.16 pp
1989 20.52 −0.81 pp
1988 21.33 +1.25 pp
1987 20.08 +1.14 pp
1986 18.94 +2.82 pp
1985 16.11 −1.83 pp
1984 17.94 −1.63 pp
1983 19.57 +3.1 pp
1982 16.47 +4.45 pp
1981 12.02 −1 pp
1980 13.02 −1.68 pp
1979 14.7 +0.29 pp
1978 14.41 −0.82 pp
1977 15.24 +2.77 pp
1976 12.46 +1.8 pp
1975 10.66 −1.69 pp
1974 12.35 +0.2 pp
1973 12.15 +0.23 pp
1972 11.92 +0.55 pp
1971 11.36 −0.25 pp
1970 11.61 +0.27 pp
1969 11.34 +0.19 pp
1968 11.15 +0.19 pp
1967 10.96 −0.6 pp
1966 11.56 −0.1 pp
1965 11.66 +0.9 pp
1964 10.76 −0.67 pp
1963 11.43 +0.07 pp
1962 11.36 +0.42 pp
1961 10.94 −0.03 pp
1960 10.96

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.