Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — ASEAN

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in ASEAN in 2025 — 100.41%. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 47.63 pp.

2025 100.41% +5.36 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 133.41%2005
Period minimum 41.04%1969

Trend over time

1965–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — ASEAN, 1965–2025050100150196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 52.78%1967: 42.96%1969: 41.04%1971: 47.48%1973: 55.32%1975: 56.57%1977: 56.98%1979: 68.26%1981: 68.22%1983: 68.74%1985: 59.05%1987: 63.32%1989: 84.47%1991: 91.3%1993: 88.17%1995: 100.78%1997: 104.68%1999: 118.77%2001: 123.7%2003: 118.81%2005: 133.41%2007: 121.39%2009: 98.33%2011: 101.83%2013: 97.69%2015: 89.58%2017: 89.72%2019: 86.24%2021: 98.32%2023: 92.73%2025: 100.41%
Change over the period: +47.63 pp Annual average: 0.79 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

ASEAN 100.41%
World 43.89%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — ASEAN, by year ASEAN All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 100.41 +5.36 pp
2024 95.05 +2.32 pp
2023 92.73 −11.26 pp
2022 103.98 +5.67 pp
2021 98.32 +12.69 pp
2020 85.63 −0.61 pp
2019 86.24 −7.1 pp
2018 93.34 +3.62 pp
2017 89.72 +6.16 pp
2016 83.56 −6.02 pp
2015 89.58 −8.16 pp
2014 97.74 +0.05 pp
2013 97.69 −1.83 pp
2012 99.51 −2.31 pp
2011 101.83 +3.18 pp
2010 98.64 +0.31 pp
2009 98.33 −24.33 pp
2008 122.66 +1.27 pp
2007 121.39 −7.52 pp
2006 128.91 −4.5 pp
2005 133.41 +4.12 pp
2004 129.29 +10.48 pp
2003 118.81 +1.9 pp
2002 116.91 −6.79 pp
2001 123.7 −7.72 pp
2000 131.41 +12.64 pp
1999 118.77 −8.67 pp
1998 127.44 +22.76 pp
1997 104.68 +8.62 pp
1996 96.06 −4.72 pp
1995 100.78 +6.51 pp
1994 94.27 +6.09 pp
1993 88.17 −1.17 pp
1992 89.34 −1.96 pp
1991 91.3 +0.88 pp
1990 90.42 +5.94 pp
1989 84.47 +9.51 pp
1988 74.96 +11.64 pp
1987 63.32 +7.19 pp
1986 56.13 −2.92 pp
1985 59.05 −8.27 pp
1984 67.32 −1.42 pp
1983 68.74 +2.93 pp
1982 65.81 −2.41 pp
1981 68.22 −3 pp
1980 71.22 +2.97 pp
1979 68.26 +10.54 pp
1978 57.71 +0.73 pp
1977 56.98 +0.73 pp
1976 56.25 −0.32 pp
1975 56.57 −7.65 pp
1974 64.22 +8.9 pp
1973 55.32 +6.93 pp
1972 48.39 +0.9 pp
1971 47.48 +1.51 pp
1970 45.97 +4.93 pp
1969 41.04 −0.17 pp
1968 41.21 −1.75 pp
1967 42.96 −7.35 pp
1966 50.31 −2.47 pp
1965 52.78

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.