Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Guyana

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Guyana in 2025 — 106.69%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 12.69 pp.

2025 106.69% −1.21 pp vs 2024
World rank 20of 189
Period maximum 197.75%1993
Period minimum 60.78%2009

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Guyana, 1960–202505010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 94%1962: 86.69%1964: 93.44%1966: 99.25%1968: 97.93%1970: 100.82%1972: 101.62%1974: 120.98%1976: 141.49%1978: 113.39%1980: 126.16%1982: 111.83%1984: 96.66%1986: 90.16%1988: 107.78%1990: 143.22%1992: 196.48%1994: 176.42%1996: 162.03%1998: 142.71%2000: 150.28%2002: 144.6%2004: 157.91%2006: 62.06%2008: 69.65%2010: 66.33%2012: 84%2014: 71.66%2016: 64.45%2018: 78.31%2020: 88.46%2022: 101.27%2024: 107.9%2025: 106.69%
Change over the period: +12.69 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Guyana 106.69%
World 43.89%
South America computed 32.11%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Guyana, by year Guyana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 106.69 −1.21 pp
2024 107.9 −9.4 pp
2023 117.3 +16.04 pp
2022 101.27 −7.32 pp
2021 108.59 +20.13 pp
2020 88.46 −19.91 pp
2019 108.37 +30.07 pp
2018 78.31 +13.42 pp
2017 64.89 +0.44 pp
2016 64.45 +2.69 pp
2015 61.75 −9.91 pp
2014 71.66 −6.32 pp
2013 77.98 −6.02 pp
2012 84 +5.44 pp
2011 78.56 +12.23 pp
2010 66.33 +5.55 pp
2009 60.78 −8.87 pp
2008 69.65 +6.01 pp
2007 63.64 +1.58 pp
2006 62.06 −100.51 pp
2005 162.57 +4.66 pp
2004 157.91 +11.35 pp
2003 146.56 +1.95 pp
2002 144.6 −4.52 pp
2001 149.12 −1.16 pp
2000 150.28 +5.91 pp
1999 144.37 +1.66 pp
1998 142.71 −20.94 pp
1997 163.65 +1.62 pp
1996 162.03 +4.06 pp
1995 157.97 −18.45 pp
1994 176.42 −21.33 pp
1993 197.75 +1.27 pp
1992 196.48 +37.24 pp
1991 159.24 +16.02 pp
1990 143.22 +15.52 pp
1989 127.71 +19.92 pp
1988 107.78 −35.2 pp
1987 142.98 +52.82 pp
1986 90.16 −5.1 pp
1985 95.26 −1.4 pp
1984 96.66 +10.83 pp
1983 85.83 −25.99 pp
1982 111.83 −26.68 pp
1981 138.51 +12.35 pp
1980 126.16 +10.97 pp
1979 115.19 +1.79 pp
1978 113.39 −13.97 pp
1977 127.37 −14.13 pp
1976 141.49 −1.8 pp
1975 143.29 +22.31 pp
1974 120.98 +19.04 pp
1973 101.94 +0.32 pp
1972 101.62 +0.22 pp
1971 101.4 +0.58 pp
1970 100.82 +2.95 pp
1969 97.87 −0.06 pp
1968 97.93 +0.8 pp
1967 97.13 −2.12 pp
1966 99.25 +4.99 pp
1965 94.26 +0.82 pp
1964 93.44 −3.85 pp
1963 97.29 +10.6 pp
1962 86.69 −5.86 pp
1961 92.55 −1.45 pp
1960 94

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.