Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Brunei Darussalam

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Brunei Darussalam in 2025 — 109.99%. Ranked 17 in the world out of 189. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 21.43 pp.

2025 109.99% −10.95 pp vs 2024
World rank 17of 189
Period maximum 258.7%1971
Period minimum 47.73%1980

Trend over time

1965–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Brunei Darussalam, 1965–20250100200300196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 88.57%1967: 90.63%1969: 99.87%1971: 258.7%1973: 110.6%1975: 52.96%1977: 52.13%1979: 50.66%1981: 49.44%1983: 51.63%1985: 51.48%1987: 51.71%1989: 55.02%1991: 61.9%1993: 64.3%1995: 58.35%1997: 59.93%1999: 62.15%2001: 78.72%2003: 80.19%2005: 73.38%2007: 72.73%2009: 81%2011: 86.88%2013: 83.23%2015: 74.11%2017: 71.37%2019: 90.15%2021: 140.17%2023: 124.05%2025: 109.99%
Change over the period: +21.43 pp Annual average: 0.36 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Brunei Darussalam 109.99%
World 43.89%
South-Eastern Asia computed 100.39%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Brunei Darussalam, by year Brunei Darussalam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 109.99 −10.95 pp
2024 120.94 −3.11 pp
2023 124.05 −16.31 pp
2022 140.36 +0.19 pp
2021 140.17 +40.63 pp
2020 99.54 +9.4 pp
2019 90.15 +11 pp
2018 79.15 +7.78 pp
2017 71.37 +5.11 pp
2016 66.26 −7.84 pp
2015 74.11 −8.41 pp
2014 82.51 −0.71 pp
2013 83.23 −3.78 pp
2012 87 +0.13 pp
2011 86.88 +3.38 pp
2010 83.5 +2.5 pp
2009 81 +0.06 pp
2008 80.94 +8.21 pp
2007 72.73 −0.91 pp
2006 73.64 +0.26 pp
2005 73.38 −1.79 pp
2004 75.17 −5.02 pp
2003 80.19 −2.83 pp
2002 83.02 +4.3 pp
2001 78.72 +2.48 pp
2000 76.24 +14.1 pp
1999 62.15 −2.89 pp
1998 65.04 +5.11 pp
1997 59.93 −4.99 pp
1996 64.92 +6.57 pp
1995 58.35 −4.48 pp
1994 62.83 −1.47 pp
1993 64.3 +2.94 pp
1992 61.36 −0.54 pp
1991 61.9 +8.69 pp
1990 53.21 −1.81 pp
1989 55.02 +0.95 pp
1988 54.07 +2.36 pp
1987 51.71 −6.83 pp
1986 58.54 +7.06 pp
1985 51.48 +1.3 pp
1984 50.18 −1.45 pp
1983 51.63 +0.81 pp
1982 50.82 +1.38 pp
1981 49.44 +1.71 pp
1980 47.73 −2.93 pp
1979 50.66 −1.19 pp
1978 51.85 −0.28 pp
1977 52.13 −0.02 pp
1976 52.15 −0.81 pp
1975 52.96 +2.73 pp
1974 50.22 −60.37 pp
1973 110.6 +6.47 pp
1972 104.13 −154.57 pp
1971 258.7 +158.74 pp
1970 99.96 +0.09 pp
1969 99.87 −0.24 pp
1968 100.11 +9.48 pp
1967 90.63 −3.53 pp
1966 94.16 +5.59 pp
1965 88.57

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.