Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Guatemala

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Guatemala in 2025 — 40.68%. Ranked 134 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 18.26 pp.

2025 40.68% −0.91 pp vs 2024
World rank 134of 189
Period maximum 61.55%2004
Period minimum 19.94%1962

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Guatemala, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 22.42%1962: 19.94%1964: 28.25%1966: 31.14%1968: 29.56%1970: 30.15%1972: 30.98%1974: 40.23%1976: 36.63%1978: 39.12%1980: 39.58%1982: 28.77%1984: 25.43%1986: 27.7%1988: 32.89%1990: 36.76%1992: 36.65%1994: 33.36%1996: 33.19%1998: 37.19%2000: 40.86%2002: 57.82%2004: 61.55%2006: 60.31%2008: 57.87%2010: 54.83%2012: 54.39%2014: 50.27%2016: 41.55%2018: 41.55%2020: 38.25%2022: 50.01%2024: 41.59%2025: 40.68%
Change over the period: +18.26 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Guatemala 40.68%
World 43.89%
Central America computed 69.64%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40.68 −0.91 pp
2024 41.59 −1.09 pp
2023 42.68 −7.32 pp
2022 50.01 +3.32 pp
2021 46.68 +8.44 pp
2020 38.25 −2 pp
2019 40.24 −1.31 pp
2018 41.55 +0.55 pp
2017 41 −0.55 pp
2016 41.55 −3.98 pp
2015 45.54 −4.74 pp
2014 50.27 −1.7 pp
2013 51.97 −2.42 pp
2012 54.39 −3.24 pp
2011 57.63 +2.8 pp
2010 54.83 +4.34 pp
2009 50.49 −7.38 pp
2008 57.87 −3.12 pp
2007 60.99 +0.68 pp
2006 60.31 +1.02 pp
2005 59.29 −2.26 pp
2004 61.55 +3.21 pp
2003 58.33 +0.51 pp
2002 57.82 +13.96 pp
2001 43.86 +3 pp
2000 40.86 +2.36 pp
1999 38.51 +1.31 pp
1998 37.19 +2.1 pp
1997 35.09 +1.91 pp
1996 33.19 −2.87 pp
1995 36.05 +2.7 pp
1994 33.36 −1.19 pp
1993 34.55 −2.1 pp
1992 36.65 +4.2 pp
1991 32.46 −4.3 pp
1990 36.76 +3.92 pp
1989 32.84 −0.05 pp
1988 32.89 −1.47 pp
1987 34.36 +6.66 pp
1986 27.7 +4.74 pp
1985 22.96 −2.47 pp
1984 25.43 +0.18 pp
1983 25.25 −3.52 pp
1982 28.77 −5.08 pp
1981 33.85 −5.72 pp
1980 39.58 −0.19 pp
1979 39.77 +0.64 pp
1978 39.12 −1.26 pp
1977 40.38 +3.75 pp
1976 36.63 −0.59 pp
1975 37.22 −3.01 pp
1974 40.23 +6.49 pp
1973 33.75 +2.77 pp
1972 30.98 +1.76 pp
1971 29.22 −0.92 pp
1970 30.15 +0.71 pp
1969 29.44 −0.12 pp
1968 29.56 −1.06 pp
1967 30.62 −0.52 pp
1966 31.14 −0.03 pp
1965 31.17 +2.92 pp
1964 28.25 +2.67 pp
1963 25.58 +5.64 pp
1962 19.94 −1.52 pp
1961 21.45 −0.97 pp
1960 22.42

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.