Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Argentina

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Argentina in 2025 — 23.85%. Ranked 179 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 9.17 pp.

2025 23.85% +1.84 pp vs 2024
World rank 179of 189
Period maximum 35.45%2002
Period minimum 9.49%1966

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Argentina, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 14.67%1962: 14.03%1964: 9.71%1966: 9.49%1968: 9.6%1970: 10.98%1972: 11.07%1974: 10.44%1976: 13.58%1978: 11.49%1980: 24.12%1982: 15.37%1984: 10.86%1986: 10.93%1988: 11.39%1990: 11.62%1992: 11.85%1994: 14.44%1996: 17.48%1998: 19.35%2000: 18.12%2002: 35.45%2004: 34.63%2006: 34.7%2008: 35.26%2010: 29.5%2012: 27.1%2014: 25.49%2016: 20.4%2018: 24.25%2020: 25.21%2022: 26.88%2024: 22.01%2025: 23.85%
Change over the period: +9.17 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Argentina 23.85%
World 43.89%
South America computed 32.11%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 23.85 +1.84 pp
2024 22.01 +0.32 pp
2023 21.68 −5.2 pp
2022 26.88 −2.12 pp
2021 29 +3.79 pp
2020 25.21 −0.31 pp
2019 25.51 +1.27 pp
2018 24.25 +4.74 pp
2017 19.51 −0.89 pp
2016 20.4 +0.73 pp
2015 19.67 −5.82 pp
2014 25.49 −1.76 pp
2013 27.25 +0.15 pp
2012 27.1 −2.77 pp
2011 29.87 +0.37 pp
2010 29.5 +1.13 pp
2009 28.37 −6.89 pp
2008 35.26 +0.31 pp
2007 34.95 +0.25 pp
2006 34.7 −0.04 pp
2005 34.74 +0.11 pp
2004 34.63 +0.61 pp
2003 34.02 −1.43 pp
2002 35.45 +18.01 pp
2001 17.44 −0.68 pp
2000 18.12 +0.89 pp
1999 17.23 −2.12 pp
1998 19.35 −0.05 pp
1997 19.4 +1.92 pp
1996 17.48 +1.56 pp
1995 15.92 +1.48 pp
1994 14.44 +1.81 pp
1993 12.63 +0.78 pp
1992 11.85 +1.17 pp
1991 10.68 −0.95 pp
1990 11.62 −6.36 pp
1989 17.99 +6.59 pp
1988 11.39 +0.2 pp
1987 11.19 +0.26 pp
1986 10.93 −2.92 pp
1985 13.85 +3 pp
1984 10.86 −1.01 pp
1983 11.87 −3.51 pp
1982 15.37 −8.23 pp
1981 23.61 −0.51 pp
1980 24.12 +3.17 pp
1979 20.95 +9.46 pp
1978 11.49 −5.79 pp
1977 17.28 +3.7 pp
1976 13.58 +0.41 pp
1975 13.17 +2.73 pp
1974 10.44 −0.01 pp
1973 10.46 −0.61 pp
1972 11.07 +0.24 pp
1971 10.84 −0.14 pp
1970 10.98 +0.78 pp
1969 10.2 +0.6 pp
1968 9.6 −0.96 pp
1967 10.56 +1.07 pp
1966 9.49 −0.01 pp
1965 9.5 −0.22 pp
1964 9.71 −3.13 pp
1963 12.84 −1.19 pp
1962 14.03 +1.99 pp
1961 12.04 −2.63 pp
1960 14.67

About the indicator

The sum of exports and imports of goods as a percent of GDP. It differs from trade openness in that services are not counted here, and the difference between the two indicators is exactly what shows the weight of services in a country's foreign trade. The highest values come not from large exporters but from transshipment economies — Singapore, Hong Kong, Luxembourg — where goods are brought in to be sent out again, and both flows are counted in full.

Important: Goods only. The value can exceed 100% of GDP: exports and imports are counted at the full value of the goods while GDP is counted as value added, so in transshipment economies the values run to several hundred percent.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.