Exports (% of GDP) — all countries

Exports (% of GDP) — Eastern Asia

Exports (% of GDP) in Eastern Asia in 2025 — 26.9%. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 11.23 pp.

2025 26.9% +1.64 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 29.96%2007
Period minimum 12.68%1988

Trend over time

1981–2025 · % of GDP

Exports (% of GDP) — Eastern Asia, 1981–2025101520253019811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 15.67%1982: 15.37%1983: 14.63%1984: 15.78%1985: 14.99%1986: 12.76%1987: 12.75%1988: 12.68%1989: 13.04%1990: 13.38%1991: 13.1%1992: 13.35%1993: 12.85%1994: 13.13%1995: 13.44%1996: 14.44%1997: 16.22%1998: 16.64%1999: 15.55%2000: 16.93%2001: 16.87%2002: 18.32%2003: 20.12%2004: 22.96%2005: 25.19%2006: 28.14%2007: 29.96%2008: 29.76%2009: 23.39%2010: 26.38%2011: 26.78%2012: 26.32%2013: 27.07%2014: 26.76%2015: 24.91%2016: 22.92%2017: 23.61%2018: 23.35%2019: 22.2%2020: 21.33%2021: 23.28%2022: 24.71%2023: 23.9%2024: 25.26%2025: 26.9%
Change over the period: +11.23 pp Annual average: 0.26 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Eastern Asia 26.9%
World 29.48%
Exports (% of GDP) — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 26.9 +1.64 pp
2024 25.26 +1.36 pp
2023 23.9 −0.81 pp
2022 24.71 +1.42 pp
2021 23.28 +1.95 pp
2020 21.33 −0.87 pp
2019 22.2 −1.14 pp
2018 23.35 −0.26 pp
2017 23.61 +0.69 pp
2016 22.92 −1.99 pp
2015 24.91 −1.85 pp
2014 26.76 −0.32 pp
2013 27.07 +0.75 pp
2012 26.32 −0.46 pp
2011 26.78 +0.4 pp
2010 26.38 +3 pp
2009 23.39 −6.37 pp
2008 29.76 −0.2 pp
2007 29.96 +1.82 pp
2006 28.14 +2.95 pp
2005 25.19 +2.23 pp
2004 22.96 +2.85 pp
2003 20.12 +1.8 pp
2002 18.32 +1.45 pp
2001 16.87 −0.06 pp
2000 16.93 +1.38 pp
1999 15.55 −1.08 pp
1998 16.64 +0.41 pp
1997 16.22 +1.78 pp
1996 14.44 +1.01 pp
1995 13.44 +0.31 pp
1994 13.13 +0.28 pp
1993 12.85 −0.5 pp
1992 13.35 +0.24 pp
1991 13.1 −0.28 pp
1990 13.38 +0.34 pp
1989 13.04 +0.36 pp
1988 12.68 −0.07 pp
1987 12.75 −0.01 pp
1986 12.76 −2.23 pp
1985 14.99 −0.79 pp
1984 15.78 +1.15 pp
1983 14.63 −0.73 pp
1982 15.37 −0.3 pp
1981 15.67

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.