Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Haiti

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Haiti in 2025 — 16.15%. Ranked 188 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 10.57 pp.

2025 16.15% −4.15 pp vs 2024
World rank 188of 189
Period maximum 43.43%1980
Period minimum 15.36%1994

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Haiti, 1960–2025102030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 26.72%1962: 28.38%1964: 24.9%1966: 20.06%1968: 20.11%1970: 28.68%1972: 30.38%1974: 34.84%1976: 37.66%1978: 39.83%1980: 43.43%1982: 38.33%1984: 34.63%1986: 23.47%1988: 20.01%1990: 15.89%1992: 15.55%1994: 15.36%1996: 25.97%1998: 30%2000: 19.87%2002: 22.72%2004: 27.88%2006: 27.86%2008: 26.79%2010: 31.41%2012: 29.07%2014: 30.92%2016: 34.07%2018: 36.55%2020: 33.22%2022: 29.82%2024: 20.31%2025: 16.15%
Change over the period: −10.57 pp Annual average: -0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Haiti 16.15%
World 43.89%
Low-income countries computed 39.9%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Haiti, by year Haiti All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 16.15 −4.15 pp
2024 20.31 −8.67 pp
2023 28.97 −0.85 pp
2022 29.82 +1.87 pp
2021 27.95 −5.27 pp
2020 33.22 −4.42 pp
2019 37.64 +1.09 pp
2018 36.55 +2.07 pp
2017 34.47 +0.4 pp
2016 34.07 +3.33 pp
2015 30.74 −0.18 pp
2014 30.92 +0.96 pp
2013 29.96 +0.89 pp
2012 29.07 −0.04 pp
2011 29.11 −2.3 pp
2010 31.41 +8.13 pp
2009 23.28 −3.51 pp
2008 26.79 +2.91 pp
2007 23.88 −3.98 pp
2006 27.86 +0.49 pp
2005 27.37 −0.51 pp
2004 27.88 −2.39 pp
2003 30.26 +7.54 pp
2002 22.72 +2.4 pp
2001 20.33 +0.45 pp
2000 19.87 −12.85 pp
1999 32.72 +2.72 pp
1998 30 +4.24 pp
1997 25.76 −0.21 pp
1996 25.97 −1.15 pp
1995 27.12 +11.76 pp
1994 15.36 −7.8 pp
1993 23.16 +7.61 pp
1992 15.55 −0.74 pp
1991 16.29 +0.4 pp
1990 15.89 −0.01 pp
1989 15.9 −4.11 pp
1988 20.01 −9.94 pp
1987 29.94 +6.47 pp
1986 23.47 −6.89 pp
1985 30.36 −4.28 pp
1984 34.63 −2.75 pp
1983 37.39 −0.94 pp
1982 38.33 −3.11 pp
1981 41.44 −2 pp
1980 43.43 +1.14 pp
1979 42.29 +2.46 pp
1978 39.83 +1.6 pp
1977 38.23 +0.57 pp
1976 37.66 +4.05 pp
1975 33.61 −1.24 pp
1974 34.84 +5.71 pp
1973 29.13 −1.24 pp
1972 30.38 +0.88 pp
1971 29.49 +0.81 pp
1970 28.68 +9.29 pp
1969 19.4 −0.71 pp
1968 20.11 +1.15 pp
1967 18.96 −1.09 pp
1966 20.06 −0.04 pp
1965 20.1 −4.8 pp
1964 24.9 −2.23 pp
1963 27.13 −1.25 pp
1962 28.38 +4.4 pp
1961 23.98 −2.74 pp
1960 26.72

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.