Exports (% of GDP) — all countries

Exports (% of GDP) — Southern Asia

Exports (% of GDP) in Southern Asia in 2025 — 20.43%. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 14.86 pp.

2025 20.43% +0.16 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 23.72%2013
Period minimum 5.31%1986

Trend over time

1965–2025 · % of GDP

Exports (% of GDP) — Southern Asia, 1965–20250102030196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 5.57%1967: 6.6%1969: 6.4%1971: 7.37%1973: 11.37%1975: 15.95%1977: 15.59%1979: 13.73%1981: 8.66%1983: 9.7%1985: 7.29%1987: 7.45%1989: 8.51%1991: 11%1993: 13.41%1995: 13.97%1997: 13.04%1999: 13.71%2001: 14.05%2003: 16.34%2005: 20.59%2007: 21.36%2009: 19.96%2011: 23.4%2013: 23.72%2015: 18.58%2017: 17.85%2019: 17.8%2021: 19.32%2023: 20.75%2025: 20.43%
Change over the period: +14.86 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Southern Asia 20.43%
World 29.48%
Exports (% of GDP) — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 20.43 +0.16 pp
2024 20.27 −0.49 pp
2023 20.75 −1.1 pp
2022 21.85 +2.53 pp
2021 19.32 +2.41 pp
2020 16.91 −0.89 pp
2019 17.8 −1.53 pp
2018 19.33 +1.48 pp
2017 17.85 −0.14 pp
2016 17.99 −0.59 pp
2015 18.58 −3.05 pp
2014 21.64 −2.09 pp
2013 23.72 +1.06 pp
2012 22.66 −0.74 pp
2011 23.4 +1.75 pp
2010 21.66 +1.7 pp
2009 19.96 −3.05 pp
2008 23 +1.65 pp
2007 21.36 −0.4 pp
2006 21.76 +1.18 pp
2005 20.59 +2.31 pp
2004 18.27 +1.94 pp
2003 16.34 +0.51 pp
2002 15.82 +1.78 pp
2001 14.05 −0.35 pp
2000 14.4 +0.69 pp
1999 13.71 +1.15 pp
1998 12.56 −0.49 pp
1997 13.04 −0.41 pp
1996 13.45 −0.52 pp
1995 13.97 +0.21 pp
1994 13.76 +0.36 pp
1993 13.41 +2.29 pp
1992 11.12 +0.12 pp
1991 11 +1.57 pp
1990 9.42 +0.91 pp
1989 8.51 +1.26 pp
1988 7.25 −0.2 pp
1987 7.45 +2.14 pp
1986 5.31 −1.98 pp
1985 7.29 −1.47 pp
1984 8.75 −0.95 pp
1983 9.7 −0.53 pp
1982 10.23 +1.58 pp
1981 8.66 −0.45 pp
1980 9.1 −4.63 pp
1979 13.73 +1.56 pp
1978 12.17 −3.42 pp
1977 15.59 −2.13 pp
1976 17.71 +1.77 pp
1975 15.95 −1.14 pp
1974 17.09 +5.71 pp
1973 11.37 +3.52 pp
1972 7.85 +0.48 pp
1971 7.37 +0.54 pp
1970 6.83 +0.43 pp
1969 6.4 −0.25 pp
1968 6.65 +0.04 pp
1967 6.6 −0.09 pp
1966 6.69 +1.12 pp
1965 5.57

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.