Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Ecuador

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Ecuador in 2025 — 53.56%. Ranked 95 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 41 pp.

2025 53.56% +1.94 pp vs 2024
World rank 95of 189
Period maximum 61.61%2008
Period minimum 12.56%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Ecuador, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 12.56%1962: 15.87%1964: 13.15%1966: 13.54%1968: 18.63%1970: 16.21%1972: 20.24%1974: 27.31%1976: 24.37%1978: 25.69%1980: 26.47%1982: 22.56%1984: 25.05%1986: 26%1988: 29.93%1990: 30.03%1992: 30.44%1994: 33.07%1996: 35.02%1998: 34.95%2000: 49.31%2002: 42.41%2004: 45.4%2006: 54.37%2008: 61.61%2010: 55.88%2012: 56.13%2014: 52.04%2016: 33.91%2018: 41.69%2020: 39.92%2022: 56.58%2024: 51.62%2025: 53.56%
Change over the period: +41 pp Annual average: 0.63 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ecuador 53.56%
World 43.89%
South America computed 32.11%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 53.56 +1.94 pp
2024 51.62 +0.27 pp
2023 51.35 −5.23 pp
2022 56.58 +7.7 pp
2021 48.88 +8.96 pp
2020 39.92 −1.8 pp
2019 41.72 +0.04 pp
2018 41.69 +4.23 pp
2017 37.46 +3.55 pp
2016 33.91 −7.08 pp
2015 40.99 −11.04 pp
2014 52.04 −1.8 pp
2013 53.84 −2.29 pp
2012 56.13 −3.07 pp
2011 59.2 +3.32 pp
2010 55.88 +7.7 pp
2009 48.18 −13.43 pp
2008 61.61 +5.01 pp
2007 56.6 +2.23 pp
2006 54.37 +3.76 pp
2005 50.61 +5.21 pp
2004 45.4 +3.66 pp
2003 41.74 −0.66 pp
2002 42.41 −1.01 pp
2001 43.42 −5.89 pp
2000 49.31 +11.29 pp
1999 38.01 +3.07 pp
1998 34.95 −1.34 pp
1997 36.29 +1.26 pp
1996 35.02 +0.23 pp
1995 34.79 +1.72 pp
1994 33.07 +4.21 pp
1993 28.86 −1.58 pp
1992 30.44 −0.46 pp
1991 30.9 +0.87 pp
1990 30.03 −0.27 pp
1989 30.3 +0.37 pp
1988 29.93 −0.05 pp
1987 29.97 +3.97 pp
1986 26 −1.24 pp
1985 27.24 +2.2 pp
1984 25.05 +2.69 pp
1983 22.36 −0.2 pp
1982 22.56 +1.02 pp
1981 21.54 −4.94 pp
1980 26.47 +0.34 pp
1979 26.13 +0.44 pp
1978 25.69 +1.88 pp
1977 23.81 −0.57 pp
1976 24.37 −0.99 pp
1975 25.36 −1.94 pp
1974 27.31 +3.44 pp
1973 23.87 +3.63 pp
1972 20.24 +0.67 pp
1971 19.57 +3.36 pp
1970 16.21 +2.23 pp
1969 13.98 −4.65 pp
1968 18.63 +2.81 pp
1967 15.82 +2.28 pp
1966 13.54 −0.24 pp
1965 13.78 +0.64 pp
1964 13.15 −0.45 pp
1963 13.59 −2.28 pp
1962 15.87 +2.59 pp
1961 13.29 +0.72 pp
1960 12.56

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.