Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Cambodia

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Cambodia in 2025 — 127.1%. Ranked 13 in the world out of 189. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 118.42 pp.

2025 127.1% +7.66 pp vs 2024
World rank 13of 189
Period maximum 130.71%2022
Period minimum 1.77%1976

Trend over time

1975–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Cambodia, 1975–2025050100150197519801985199019952000200520102015202020251975: 8.68%1976: 1.77%1977: 4.75%1978: 4.57%1979: 22.8%1980: 26.33%1981: 23.31%1982: 22.18%1983: 20.76%1984: 19.39%1985: 12.7%1986: 13.79%1987: 15.62%1988: 9.56%1989: 13.23%1990: 17.82%1991: 22.29%1992: 28.42%1993: 29.8%1994: 44.21%1995: 59.34%1996: 48.93%1997: 52.27%1998: 63%1999: 77.33%2000: 90.09%2001: 86.69%2002: 94.22%2003: 92.69%2004: 101.83%2005: 99.33%2006: 101.35%2007: 94.07%2008: 92.13%2009: 80.19%2010: 86.42%2011: 99.82%2012: 107.64%2013: 81.89%2014: 79.57%2015: 90.19%2016: 84.5%2017: 87.07%2018: 91.08%2019: 95.69%2020: 105.78%2021: 130.17%2022: 130.71%2023: 112.36%2024: 119.43%2025: 127.1%
Change over the period: +118.42 pp Annual average: 2.37 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cambodia 127.1%
World 43.89%
South-Eastern Asia computed 100.39%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Cambodia, by year Cambodia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 127.1 +7.66 pp
2024 119.43 +7.08 pp
2023 112.36 −18.35 pp
2022 130.71 +0.54 pp
2021 130.17 +24.39 pp
2020 105.78 +10.09 pp
2019 95.69 +4.61 pp
2018 91.08 +4.01 pp
2017 87.07 +2.57 pp
2016 84.5 −5.69 pp
2015 90.19 +10.62 pp
2014 79.57 −2.33 pp
2013 81.89 −25.74 pp
2012 107.64 +7.82 pp
2011 99.82 +13.4 pp
2010 86.42 +6.23 pp
2009 80.19 −11.94 pp
2008 92.13 −1.94 pp
2007 94.07 −7.28 pp
2006 101.35 +2.02 pp
2005 99.33 −2.5 pp
2004 101.83 +9.14 pp
2003 92.69 −1.52 pp
2002 94.22 +7.53 pp
2001 86.69 −3.39 pp
2000 90.09 +12.75 pp
1999 77.33 +14.33 pp
1998 63 +10.73 pp
1997 52.27 +3.34 pp
1996 48.93 −10.4 pp
1995 59.34 +15.13 pp
1994 44.21 +14.41 pp
1993 29.8 +1.38 pp
1992 28.42 +6.13 pp
1991 22.29 +4.46 pp
1990 17.82 +4.6 pp
1989 13.23 +3.67 pp
1988 9.56 −6.06 pp
1987 15.62 +1.83 pp
1986 13.79 +1.09 pp
1985 12.7 −6.69 pp
1984 19.39 −1.37 pp
1983 20.76 −1.42 pp
1982 22.18 −1.13 pp
1981 23.31 −3.02 pp
1980 26.33 +3.53 pp
1979 22.8 +18.23 pp
1978 4.57 −0.18 pp
1977 4.75 +2.98 pp
1976 1.77 −6.91 pp
1975 8.68

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.