Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — CIS

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in the CIS in 2025 — 34.6%. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 14.04 pp.

2025 34.6% −5.51 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 61.26%2000
Period minimum 20.56%1992

Trend over time

1992–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — CIS, 1992–20250204060801992199620002004200820122016202020241992: 20.56%1993: 20.61%1994: 31.07%1995: 39.17%1996: 43.69%1997: 43.21%1998: 51.35%1999: 59.55%2000: 61.26%2001: 55.07%2002: 53.03%2003: 54.1%2004: 53.32%2005: 53.58%2006: 52.77%2007: 50.48%2008: 52.25%2009: 45.68%2010: 46.81%2011: 46.44%2012: 44.42%2013: 41.87%2014: 42.57%2015: 41.1%2016: 39.78%2017: 41.27%2018: 46.24%2019: 44.72%2020: 42.68%2021: 47.56%2022: 43.37%2023: 42.38%2024: 40.11%2025: 34.6%
Change over the period: +14.04 pp Annual average: 0.43 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

CIS 34.6%
World 43.89%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 34.6 −5.51 pp
2024 40.11 −2.27 pp
2023 42.38 −0.99 pp
2022 43.37 −4.19 pp
2021 47.56 +4.88 pp
2020 42.68 −2.04 pp
2019 44.72 −1.52 pp
2018 46.24 +4.98 pp
2017 41.27 +1.49 pp
2016 39.78 −1.32 pp
2015 41.1 −1.48 pp
2014 42.57 +0.7 pp
2013 41.87 −2.54 pp
2012 44.42 −2.02 pp
2011 46.44 −0.37 pp
2010 46.81 +1.13 pp
2009 45.68 −6.56 pp
2008 52.25 +1.76 pp
2007 50.48 −2.28 pp
2006 52.77 −0.81 pp
2005 53.58 +0.26 pp
2004 53.32 −0.78 pp
2003 54.1 +1.07 pp
2002 53.03 −2.04 pp
2001 55.07 −6.19 pp
2000 61.26 +1.72 pp
1999 59.55 +8.2 pp
1998 51.35 +8.14 pp
1997 43.21 −0.48 pp
1996 43.69 +4.52 pp
1995 39.17 +8.1 pp
1994 31.07 +10.46 pp
1993 20.61 +0.06 pp
1992 20.56

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.