Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Bolivia

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Bolivia in 2025 — 30.46%. Ranked 164 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 1.9 pp.

2025 30.46% −4.09 pp vs 2024
World rank 164of 189
Period maximum 73.22%2012
Period minimum 19.68%1984

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Bolivia, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 32.36%1962: 35.01%1964: 36.58%1966: 39.6%1968: 35.55%1970: 34.32%1972: 30.69%1974: 45.09%1976: 41.11%1978: 38.24%1980: 35.42%1982: 24.7%1984: 19.68%1986: 33.14%1988: 25.9%1990: 33.14%1992: 31.89%1994: 37.47%1996: 37.47%1998: 36.33%2000: 36.44%2002: 38.88%2004: 46.08%2006: 59.97%2008: 69.6%2010: 61.03%2012: 73.22%2014: 69.16%2016: 45.69%2018: 39.16%2020: 33.31%2022: 50.67%2024: 34.55%2025: 30.46%
Change over the period: −1.9 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Bolivia 30.46%
World 43.89%
South America computed 32.11%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 30.46 −4.09 pp
2024 34.55 −8.26 pp
2023 42.81 −7.86 pp
2022 50.67 +8.58 pp
2021 42.09 +8.78 pp
2020 33.31 −4.48 pp
2019 37.8 −1.37 pp
2018 39.16 +1.86 pp
2017 37.31 −8.39 pp
2016 45.69 −10.34 pp
2015 56.04 −13.12 pp
2014 69.16 +0.68 pp
2013 68.48 −4.74 pp
2012 73.22 +5.26 pp
2011 67.96 +6.93 pp
2010 61.03 +6.21 pp
2009 54.82 −14.79 pp
2008 69.6 +7.94 pp
2007 61.66 +1.69 pp
2006 59.97 +4.91 pp
2005 55.06 +8.98 pp
2004 46.08 +6.33 pp
2003 39.75 +0.87 pp
2002 38.88 +2.12 pp
2001 36.76 +0.32 pp
2000 36.44 +2.57 pp
1999 33.87 −2.46 pp
1998 36.33 −1.75 pp
1997 38.08 +0.6 pp
1996 37.47 −0.13 pp
1995 37.6 +0.13 pp
1994 37.47 +3.74 pp
1993 33.72 +1.83 pp
1992 31.89 −2.15 pp
1991 34.04 +0.91 pp
1990 33.14 +2.75 pp
1989 30.39 +4.48 pp
1988 25.9 −4.82 pp
1987 30.73 −2.41 pp
1986 33.14 +8.7 pp
1985 24.44 +4.76 pp
1984 19.68 −4.89 pp
1983 24.56 −0.14 pp
1982 24.7 −6.34 pp
1981 31.04 −4.37 pp
1980 35.42 −1.99 pp
1979 37.41 −0.83 pp
1978 38.24 −0.49 pp
1977 38.73 −2.38 pp
1976 41.11 −0.56 pp
1975 41.67 −3.42 pp
1974 45.09 +6.21 pp
1973 38.88 +8.18 pp
1972 30.69 −1.34 pp
1971 32.04 −2.28 pp
1970 34.32 −1.93 pp
1969 36.25 +0.7 pp
1968 35.55 −4.27 pp
1967 39.82 +0.22 pp
1966 39.6 −3.92 pp
1965 43.52 +6.94 pp
1964 36.58 +1.37 pp
1963 35.21 +0.2 pp
1962 35.01 +1.85 pp
1961 33.16 +0.8 pp
1960 32.36

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.