Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Brazil

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Brazil in 2025 — 28.16%. Ranked 170 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 12.13 pp.

2025 28.16% +0.02 pp vs 2024
World rank 170of 189
Period maximum 32.09%2022
Period minimum 10.68%1967

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Brazil, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 16.03%1962: 13.98%1964: 12.85%1966: 11.44%1968: 11.83%1970: 13.2%1972: 15.02%1974: 20.15%1976: 15.57%1978: 13.84%1980: 19%1982: 15.2%1984: 22.41%1986: 14.78%1988: 16.09%1990: 14.01%1992: 17.95%1994: 15.18%1996: 12.31%1998: 12.94%2000: 17.36%2002: 21.61%2004: 24.37%2006: 21.18%2008: 22.39%2010: 17.82%2012: 19.28%2014: 18.8%2016: 18.09%2018: 22.16%2020: 25.44%2022: 32.09%2024: 28.14%2025: 28.16%
Change over the period: +12.13 pp Annual average: 0.19 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Brazil 28.16%
World 43.89%
South America computed 32.11%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 28.16 +0.02 pp
2024 28.14 +1.1 pp
2023 27.04 −5.05 pp
2022 32.09 +1.23 pp
2021 30.86 +5.42 pp
2020 25.44 +3.32 pp
2019 22.12 −0.04 pp
2018 22.16 +3.7 pp
2017 18.46 +0.37 pp
2016 18.09 −2.29 pp
2015 20.38 +1.58 pp
2014 18.8 −0.81 pp
2013 19.61 +0.32 pp
2012 19.28 +0.46 pp
2011 18.82 +1 pp
2010 17.82 +0.59 pp
2009 17.23 −5.16 pp
2008 22.39 +1.78 pp
2007 20.61 −0.57 pp
2006 21.18 −0.82 pp
2005 22 −2.37 pp
2004 24.37 +2.14 pp
2003 22.23 +0.62 pp
2002 21.61 +0.77 pp
2001 20.83 +3.48 pp
2000 17.36 +0.72 pp
1999 16.64 +3.7 pp
1998 12.94 −0.33 pp
1997 13.27 +0.96 pp
1996 12.31 −0.77 pp
1995 13.08 −2.1 pp
1994 15.18 −2.79 pp
1993 17.96 +0.01 pp
1992 17.95 +2.02 pp
1991 15.93 +1.92 pp
1990 14.01 +0.87 pp
1989 13.14 −2.95 pp
1988 16.09 +0.97 pp
1987 15.12 +0.34 pp
1986 14.78 −4.18 pp
1985 18.95 −3.46 pp
1984 22.41 +2.01 pp
1983 20.41 +5.2 pp
1982 15.2 −3.16 pp
1981 18.36 −0.63 pp
1980 19 +3.16 pp
1979 15.83 +2 pp
1978 13.84 −0.55 pp
1977 14.39 −1.18 pp
1976 15.57 −1.66 pp
1975 17.23 −2.92 pp
1974 20.15 +4.36 pp
1973 15.79 +0.77 pp
1972 15.02 +1.5 pp
1971 13.52 +0.31 pp
1970 13.2 +0.89 pp
1969 12.31 +0.48 pp
1968 11.83 +1.14 pp
1967 10.68 −0.76 pp
1966 11.44 −0.54 pp
1965 11.98 −0.86 pp
1964 12.85 +0.42 pp
1963 12.42 −1.56 pp
1962 13.98 −2.59 pp
1961 16.57 +0.54 pp
1960 16.03

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.