Merchandise exports — all countries

Merchandise exports — Southern Asia

Merchandise exports in Southern Asia in 2025 — 655,277,000,000 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 23,120.3%.

2025 655B US$ +0.62% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 655B US$2025
Period minimum 2.82B US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Merchandise exports — Southern Asia, 1960–20250200B400B600B800B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,822,000,000 US$1962: 3,078,000,000 US$1964: 3,929,000,000 US$1966: 4,375,000,000 US$1968: 4,399,000,000 US$1970: 5,352,000,000 US$1972: 6,197,000,000 US$1974: 14,696,000,000 US$1976: 17,035,000,000 US$1978: 18,674,000,000 US$1980: 26,138,000,000 US$1982: 34,830,000,000 US$1984: 32,290,000,000 US$1986: 22,802,000,000 US$1988: 31,933,000,000 US$1990: 47,033,000,000 US$1992: 52,047,000,000 US$1994: 58,571,000,000 US$1996: 73,854,000,000 US$1998: 65,816,000,000 US$2000: 93,118,000,000 US$2002: 99,161,000,000 US$2004: 147,228,000,000 US$2006: 236,331,000,000 US$2008: 354,972,000,000 US$2010: 378,956,000,000 US$2012: 466,432,000,000 US$2014: 486,631,000,000 US$2016: 405,097,000,000 US$2018: 505,373,000,000 US$2020: 391,527,000,000 US$2022: 649,715,000,000 US$2024: 651,243,000,000 US$2025: 655,277,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +652B (+23,120.3%) Average annual rate: 8.74 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Southern Asia 655B US$
World 26.39T US$
Merchandise exports — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 655B +4.03B +0.62%
2024 651B +34.61B +5.61%
2023 617B −33.08B −5.09%
2022 650B +94.08B +16.93%
2021 556B +164B +41.92%
2020 392B −76B −16.26%
2019 468B −37.84B −7.49%
2018 505B +42.23B +9.12%
2017 463B +58.04B +14.33%
2016 405B −225M −0.06%
2015 405B −81.31B −16.71%
2014 487B +14.31B +3.03%
2013 472B +5.89B +1.26%
2012 466B −30.85B −6.2%
2011 497B +118B +31.22%
2010 379B +93.38B +32.7%
2009 286B −69.39B −19.55%
2008 355B +75.82B +27.16%
2007 279B +42.82B +18.12%
2006 236B +47.1B +24.89%
2005 189B +42B +28.53%
2004 147B +29.38B +24.93%
2003 118B +18.69B +18.85%
2002 99.16B +8.96B +9.93%
2001 90.21B −2.91B −3.13%
2000 93.12B +16.93B +22.22%
1999 76.19B +10.37B +15.76%
1998 65.82B −6.52B −9.01%
1997 72.34B −1.52B −2.06%
1996 73.85B +8.87B +13.66%
1995 64.98B +6.41B +10.94%
1994 58.57B +5.64B +10.65%
1993 52.93B +887M +1.7%
1992 52.05B +4.87B +10.32%
1991 47.18B +144M +0.31%
1990 47.03B +10.01B +27.04%
1989 37.02B +5.09B +15.94%
1988 31.93B +1.34B +4.37%
1987 30.6B +7.79B +34.18%
1986 22.8B −6.36B −21.8%
1985 29.16B −3.13B −9.7%
1984 32.29B −4.08B −11.22%
1983 36.37B +1.54B +4.42%
1982 34.83B +9.08B +35.25%
1981 25.75B −386M −1.48%
1980 26.14B +5.33B +25.63%
1979 20.81B +2.13B +11.42%
1978 18.67B +240M +1.3%
1977 18.43B +1.4B +8.21%
1976 17.04B +2.45B +16.78%
1975 14.59B −109M −0.74%
1974 14.7B +7.07B +92.76%
1973 7.62B +1.43B +23.03%
1972 6.2B −651M −9.51%
1971 6.85B +1.5B +27.95%
1970 5.35B +624M +13.2%
1969 4.73B +329M +7.48%
1968 4.4B −290M −6.18%
1967 4.69B +314M +7.18%
1966 4.38B +291M +7.13%
1965 4.08B +155M +3.95%
1964 3.93B +503M +14.68%
1963 3.43B +348M +11.31%
1962 3.08B +72M +2.4%
1961 3.01B +184M +6.52%
1960 2.82B

About the indicator

The value of exports of goods (excluding services) in current US dollars from WTO data, on an FOB basis. Unlike total exports of goods and services it allows a clean comparison of physical merchandise trade and the calculation of the merchandise trade balance.

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