Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Finland

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Finland in 2025 — 53.28%. Ranked 96 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 14.39 pp.

2025 53.28% +0.04 pp vs 2024
World rank 96of 189
Period maximum 67.54%2006
Period minimum 33.68%1967

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Finland, 1960–2025304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 38.89%1962: 36.39%1964: 35.62%1966: 34.72%1968: 36.19%1970: 43.53%1972: 41.22%1974: 49.51%1976: 43.12%1978: 45.33%1980: 55.52%1982: 50.18%1984: 49%1986: 43.12%1988: 39.32%1990: 37.87%1992: 40.15%1994: 51.34%1996: 54.96%1998: 57.25%2000: 63.94%2002: 56.54%2004: 57.21%2006: 67.54%2008: 65.89%2010: 55.45%2012: 58.09%2014: 55.25%2016: 49.73%2018: 56.41%2020: 49.81%2022: 65.44%2024: 53.23%2025: 53.28%
Change over the period: +14.39 pp Annual average: 0.22 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Finland 53.28%
World 43.89%
Northern Europe computed 47.62%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 53.28 +0.04 pp
2024 53.23 −2.89 pp
2023 56.12 −9.32 pp
2022 65.44 +8.34 pp
2021 57.1 +7.29 pp
2020 49.81 −5.31 pp
2019 55.12 −1.29 pp
2018 56.41 +1.79 pp
2017 54.62 +4.89 pp
2016 49.73 −1.83 pp
2015 51.56 −3.69 pp
2014 55.25 −0.99 pp
2013 56.24 −1.85 pp
2012 58.09 −1.3 pp
2011 59.39 +3.94 pp
2010 55.45 +6.64 pp
2009 48.82 −17.07 pp
2008 65.89 −1.1 pp
2007 66.99 −0.55 pp
2006 67.54 +6.88 pp
2005 60.66 +3.45 pp
2004 57.21 +1.45 pp
2003 55.76 −0.79 pp
2002 56.54 −2.04 pp
2001 58.58 −5.36 pp
2000 63.94 +8.96 pp
1999 54.98 −2.27 pp
1998 57.25 −0.36 pp
1997 57.61 +2.64 pp
1996 54.96 +2.78 pp
1995 52.19 +0.84 pp
1994 51.34 +4.74 pp
1993 46.6 +6.45 pp
1992 40.15 +5.03 pp
1991 35.13 −2.75 pp
1990 37.87 −2.24 pp
1989 40.12 +0.79 pp
1988 39.32 −4 pp
1987 43.33 +0.21 pp
1986 43.12 −4.95 pp
1985 48.07 −0.93 pp
1984 49 −0.74 pp
1983 49.74 −0.45 pp
1982 50.18 −3.59 pp
1981 53.77 −1.75 pp
1980 55.52 +4.76 pp
1979 50.75 +5.43 pp
1978 45.33 −0.26 pp
1977 45.59 +2.47 pp
1976 43.12 −1.43 pp
1975 44.55 −4.96 pp
1974 49.51 +7.51 pp
1973 41.99 +0.77 pp
1972 41.22 −0.08 pp
1971 41.3 −2.23 pp
1970 43.53 +4.11 pp
1969 39.42 +3.23 pp
1968 36.19 +2.51 pp
1967 33.68 −1.04 pp
1966 34.72 −0.68 pp
1965 35.4 −0.22 pp
1964 35.62 +1.75 pp
1963 33.87 −2.52 pp
1962 36.39 −0.5 pp
1961 36.9 −1.99 pp
1960 38.89

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.