Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Faroe Islands

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in the Faroe Islands in 2024 — 80.78%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 199. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 8.94 pp.

2024 80.78% −9.15 pp vs 2023
World rank 49of 199
Period maximum 98.82%1984
Period minimum 67.29%2009

Trend over time

1965–2024 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Faroe Islands, 1965–202460708090100196519711977198319891995200120072013201920241965: 89.73%1966: 77.64%1967: 80.03%1968: 75.17%1969: 81.3%1970: 75.35%1971: 79.62%1972: 77.93%1973: 91.17%1974: 91.48%1975: 85.31%1976: 87.26%1977: 85.11%1978: 81.94%1979: 77.58%1980: 81.34%1981: 83.95%1982: 77.02%1983: 83.85%1984: 98.82%1985: 92.97%1986: 84.92%1987: 96.78%1988: 85.28%1989: 79.36%1990: 78.68%1991: 81.17%1992: 84.7%1993: 71.75%1994: 74.86%1995: 75.1%1996: 79.43%1997: 79.89%1998: 74.59%1999: 83.18%2000: 94.37%2001: 87.39%2002: 80.78%2003: 88.69%2004: 72.13%2005: 76.26%2006: 71.42%2007: 75.33%2008: 73.9%2009: 67.29%2010: 69.43%2011: 79.62%2012: 86.73%2013: 81.86%2014: 74.16%2015: 75.1%2016: 77.56%2017: 81.51%2018: 78.34%2019: 81.34%2020: 77.51%2021: 83.04%2022: 94.63%2023: 89.93%2024: 80.78%
Change over the period: −8.94 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Faroe Islands 80.78%
World 44.3%
Northern Europe computed 47.13%
High-income countries computed 45.26%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Faroe Islands, by year Faroe Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 80.78 −9.15 pp
2023 89.93 −4.7 pp
2022 94.63 +11.59 pp
2021 83.04 +5.53 pp
2020 77.51 −3.83 pp
2019 81.34 +3 pp
2018 78.34 −3.17 pp
2017 81.51 +3.95 pp
2016 77.56 +2.46 pp
2015 75.1 +0.94 pp
2014 74.16 −7.7 pp
2013 81.86 −4.87 pp
2012 86.73 +7.11 pp
2011 79.62 +10.19 pp
2010 69.43 +2.14 pp
2009 67.29 −6.61 pp
2008 73.9 −1.43 pp
2007 75.33 +3.91 pp
2006 71.42 −4.84 pp
2005 76.26 +4.14 pp
2004 72.13 −16.56 pp
2003 88.69 +7.91 pp
2002 80.78 −6.62 pp
2001 87.39 −6.97 pp
2000 94.37 +11.19 pp
1999 83.18 +8.59 pp
1998 74.59 −5.3 pp
1997 79.89 +0.46 pp
1996 79.43 +4.33 pp
1995 75.1 +0.24 pp
1994 74.86 +3.11 pp
1993 71.75 −12.94 pp
1992 84.7 +3.53 pp
1991 81.17 +2.48 pp
1990 78.68 −0.68 pp
1989 79.36 −5.92 pp
1988 85.28 −11.5 pp
1987 96.78 +11.87 pp
1986 84.92 −8.05 pp
1985 92.97 −5.86 pp
1984 98.82 +14.98 pp
1983 83.85 +6.83 pp
1982 77.02 −6.93 pp
1981 83.95 +2.61 pp
1980 81.34 +3.76 pp
1979 77.58 −4.36 pp
1978 81.94 −3.16 pp
1977 85.11 −2.15 pp
1976 87.26 +1.94 pp
1975 85.31 −6.17 pp
1974 91.48 +0.31 pp
1973 91.17 +13.24 pp
1972 77.93 −1.69 pp
1971 79.62 +4.27 pp
1970 75.35 −5.95 pp
1969 81.3 +6.14 pp
1968 75.17 −4.86 pp
1967 80.03 +2.39 pp
1966 77.64 −12.08 pp
1965 89.73

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.