Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Belarus

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Belarus in 2025 — 96.11%. Ranked 27 in the world out of 189. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 54.47 pp.

2025 96.11% −13.39 pp vs 2024
World rank 27of 189
Period maximum 140.77%2012
Period minimum 27.7%1993

Trend over time

1992–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Belarus, 1992–20250501001501992199620002004200820122016202020241992: 41.64%1993: 27.7%1994: 37.34%1995: 74.19%1996: 86.83%1997: 113.18%1998: 102.61%1999: 103.66%2000: 125.4%2001: 127.38%2002: 117.25%2003: 120.64%2004: 130.78%2005: 108.2%2006: 113.86%2007: 116.99%2008: 118.44%2009: 98.03%2010: 105.13%2011: 138.49%2012: 140.77%2013: 106.59%2014: 97.17%2015: 100.43%2016: 106.61%2017: 116.03%2018: 120.16%2019: 112.45%2020: 100.94%2021: 116.47%2022: 103.74%2023: 114.42%2024: 109.5%2025: 96.11%
Change over the period: +54.47 pp Annual average: 1.65 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Belarus 96.11%
World 43.89%
Eastern Europe computed 61.84%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 96.11 −13.39 pp
2024 109.5 −4.92 pp
2023 114.42 +10.69 pp
2022 103.74 −12.73 pp
2021 116.47 +15.53 pp
2020 100.94 −11.52 pp
2019 112.45 −7.71 pp
2018 120.16 +4.13 pp
2017 116.03 +9.42 pp
2016 106.61 +6.18 pp
2015 100.43 +3.26 pp
2014 97.17 −9.42 pp
2013 106.59 −34.18 pp
2012 140.77 +2.27 pp
2011 138.49 +33.36 pp
2010 105.13 +7.1 pp
2009 98.03 −20.4 pp
2008 118.44 +1.45 pp
2007 116.99 +3.13 pp
2006 113.86 +5.66 pp
2005 108.2 −22.58 pp
2004 130.78 +10.15 pp
2003 120.64 +3.38 pp
2002 117.25 −10.12 pp
2001 127.38 +1.98 pp
2000 125.4 +21.74 pp
1999 103.66 +1.05 pp
1998 102.61 −10.57 pp
1997 113.18 +26.34 pp
1996 86.83 +12.64 pp
1995 74.19 +36.85 pp
1994 37.34 +9.64 pp
1993 27.7 −13.94 pp
1992 41.64

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.