Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Denmark

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Denmark in 2025 — 61.53%. Ranked 76 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 9.64 pp.

2025 61.53% +1.19 pp vs 2024
World rank 76of 189
Period maximum 65.21%2022
Period minimum 40.98%1972

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Denmark, 1960–20254050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 51.89%1962: 47.77%1964: 48.81%1966: 45.73%1968: 43.51%1970: 45.46%1972: 40.98%1974: 51.71%1976: 48.41%1978: 44.25%1980: 50.97%1982: 53.41%1984: 55.37%1986: 50.33%1988: 48.24%1990: 50.79%1992: 50.53%1994: 50.66%1996: 51.58%1998: 54.21%2000: 59.04%2002: 60.3%2004: 57.64%2006: 62.83%2008: 63.75%2010: 55.68%2012: 60.4%2014: 59.82%2016: 57.93%2018: 59.8%2020: 58.14%2022: 65.21%2024: 60.34%2025: 61.53%
Change over the period: +9.64 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Denmark 61.53%
World 43.89%
Northern Europe computed 47.62%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 61.53 +1.19 pp
2024 60.34 −1.31 pp
2023 61.65 −3.56 pp
2022 65.21 +4.57 pp
2021 60.64 +2.5 pp
2020 58.14 −2.45 pp
2019 60.58 +0.79 pp
2018 59.8 +0.85 pp
2017 58.94 +1.02 pp
2016 57.93 −2.08 pp
2015 60.01 +0.19 pp
2014 59.82 −0.62 pp
2013 60.44 +0.04 pp
2012 60.4 +0.13 pp
2011 60.27 +4.59 pp
2010 55.68 +0.78 pp
2009 54.9 −8.85 pp
2008 63.75 +0.91 pp
2007 62.83 −0 pp
2006 62.83 +2.23 pp
2005 60.61 +2.97 pp
2004 57.64 +0.89 pp
2003 56.74 −3.56 pp
2002 60.3 +1.46 pp
2001 58.85 −0.19 pp
2000 59.04 +5.04 pp
1999 53.99 −0.22 pp
1998 54.21 −0.15 pp
1997 54.36 +2.78 pp
1996 51.58 −0.81 pp
1995 52.39 +1.73 pp
1994 50.66 +2.4 pp
1993 48.26 −2.27 pp
1992 50.53 −1.21 pp
1991 51.74 +0.95 pp
1990 50.79 −0.48 pp
1989 51.27 +3.03 pp
1988 48.24 +1.37 pp
1987 46.87 −3.46 pp
1986 50.33 −6.25 pp
1985 56.58 +1.21 pp
1984 55.37 +1.8 pp
1983 53.57 +0.16 pp
1982 53.41 −1.39 pp
1981 54.79 +3.83 pp
1980 50.97 +3.95 pp
1979 47.02 +2.77 pp
1978 44.25 −2.68 pp
1977 46.93 −1.47 pp
1976 48.41 +1.2 pp
1975 47.21 −4.5 pp
1974 51.71 +5.97 pp
1973 45.74 +4.76 pp
1972 40.98 −2.45 pp
1971 43.42 −2.04 pp
1970 45.46 +1.14 pp
1969 44.32 +0.81 pp
1968 43.51 −0.07 pp
1967 43.58 −2.15 pp
1966 45.73 −1.58 pp
1965 47.31 −1.5 pp
1964 48.81 +1.13 pp
1963 47.68 −0.08 pp
1962 47.77 −0.55 pp
1961 48.31 −3.58 pp
1960 51.89

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.