Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Colombia

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Colombia in 2025 — 26.36%. Ranked 173 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2 pp.

2025 26.36% −0.67 pp vs 2024
World rank 173of 189
Period maximum 38.89%2022
Period minimum 17.22%1965

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Colombia, 1960–20251020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 24.36%1962: 20.26%1964: 18.98%1966: 21.77%1968: 20.17%1970: 21.81%1972: 19.22%1974: 25.11%1976: 23.05%1978: 25.71%1980: 25.94%1982: 21.82%1984: 20.81%1986: 25.65%1988: 25.6%1990: 25.73%1992: 23.07%1994: 24.92%1996: 24.98%1998: 25.93%2000: 24.61%2002: 25.14%2004: 28.16%2006: 31.25%2008: 31.87%2010: 27.99%2012: 32.15%2014: 31.18%2016: 27.11%2018: 27.83%2020: 27.56%2022: 38.89%2024: 27.03%2025: 26.36%
Change over the period: +2 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Colombia 26.36%
World 43.89%
South America computed 32.11%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 26.36 −0.67 pp
2024 27.03 −3.59 pp
2023 30.62 −8.27 pp
2022 38.89 +7.06 pp
2021 31.83 +4.27 pp
2020 27.56 −0.98 pp
2019 28.54 +0.71 pp
2018 27.83 +1.22 pp
2017 26.61 −0.5 pp
2016 27.11 −3.47 pp
2015 30.58 −0.6 pp
2014 31.18 +0.24 pp
2013 30.94 −1.21 pp
2012 32.15 −1.03 pp
2011 33.18 +5.19 pp
2010 27.99 −0.29 pp
2009 28.28 −3.59 pp
2008 31.87 +1.38 pp
2007 30.49 −0.75 pp
2006 31.25 +2.13 pp
2005 29.12 +0.96 pp
2004 28.16 −0.34 pp
2003 28.49 +3.36 pp
2002 25.14 −0.45 pp
2001 25.58 +0.97 pp
2000 24.61 −1.18 pp
1999 25.8 −0.13 pp
1998 25.93 +0.71 pp
1997 25.22 +0.24 pp
1996 24.98 −0.94 pp
1995 25.92 +1 pp
1994 24.92 −0.58 pp
1993 25.51 +2.43 pp
1992 23.07 −1.48 pp
1991 24.55 −1.18 pp
1990 25.73 −1.38 pp
1989 27.11 +1.51 pp
1988 25.6 +0.96 pp
1987 24.64 −1.01 pp
1986 25.65 +3.61 pp
1985 22.05 +1.24 pp
1984 20.81 +0.25 pp
1983 20.56 −1.26 pp
1982 21.82 −0.48 pp
1981 22.31 −3.63 pp
1980 25.94 +1.69 pp
1979 24.25 −1.46 pp
1978 25.71 +3.71 pp
1977 22 −1.05 pp
1976 23.05 +0.45 pp
1975 22.6 −2.51 pp
1974 25.11 +3.48 pp
1973 21.63 +2.4 pp
1972 19.22 −1.43 pp
1971 20.65 −1.16 pp
1970 21.81 +1.78 pp
1969 20.03 −0.14 pp
1968 20.17 +2.88 pp
1967 17.29 −4.49 pp
1966 21.77 +4.55 pp
1965 17.22 −1.76 pp
1964 18.98 −0.74 pp
1963 19.73 −0.53 pp
1962 20.26 −1.54 pp
1961 21.8 −2.56 pp
1960 24.36

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.