Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Indonesia

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Indonesia in 2025 — 36.3%. Ranked 149 in the world out of 189. Since 1967, the indicator has risen by 13.12 pp.

2025 36.3% +0.61 pp vs 2024
World rank 149of 189
Period maximum 89.74%1998
Period minimum 19.61%1969

Trend over time

1967–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Indonesia, 1967–20250255075100196719731979198519911997200320092015202120251967: 23.18%1968: 20.45%1969: 19.61%1970: 23.06%1971: 25.04%1972: 30.36%1973: 36.5%1974: 43.67%1975: 38.97%1976: 38.15%1977: 37.29%1978: 35.63%1979: 44.34%1980: 45.17%1981: 41.55%1982: 43.43%1983: 46.27%1984: 42.17%1985: 33.83%1986: 33.51%1987: 39.54%1988: 38.81%1989: 40.87%1990: 44.76%1991: 47.17%1992: 47.84%1993: 41.23%1994: 40.72%1995: 42.57%1996: 40.79%1997: 49.87%1998: 89.74%1999: 60.4%2000: 66.05%2001: 59.14%2002: 49.83%2003: 45.28%2004: 48.92%2005: 56.92%2006: 50.52%2007: 48.84%2008: 52.36%2009: 39.56%2010: 38.86%2011: 42.66%2012: 41.59%2013: 40.46%2014: 39.79%2015: 34.04%2016: 30.06%2017: 32.07%2018: 35.39%2019: 30.29%2020: 28.79%2021: 36.05%2022: 40.14%2023: 35.06%2024: 35.69%2025: 36.3%
Change over the period: +13.12 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Indonesia 36.3%
World 43.89%
South-Eastern Asia computed 100.39%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Indonesia, by year Indonesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 36.3 +0.61 pp
2024 35.69 +0.63 pp
2023 35.06 −5.07 pp
2022 40.14 +4.09 pp
2021 36.05 +7.25 pp
2020 28.79 −1.5 pp
2019 30.29 −5.1 pp
2018 35.39 +3.31 pp
2017 32.07 +2.01 pp
2016 30.06 −3.98 pp
2015 34.04 −5.75 pp
2014 39.79 −0.67 pp
2013 40.46 −1.13 pp
2012 41.59 −1.07 pp
2011 42.66 +3.8 pp
2010 38.86 −0.69 pp
2009 39.56 −12.8 pp
2008 52.36 +3.51 pp
2007 48.84 −1.67 pp
2006 50.52 −6.4 pp
2005 56.92 +8 pp
2004 48.92 +3.64 pp
2003 45.28 −4.55 pp
2002 49.83 −9.31 pp
2001 59.14 −6.91 pp
2000 66.05 +5.65 pp
1999 60.4 −29.33 pp
1998 89.74 +39.86 pp
1997 49.87 +9.08 pp
1996 40.79 −1.78 pp
1995 42.57 +1.85 pp
1994 40.72 −0.51 pp
1993 41.23 −6.61 pp
1992 47.84 +0.67 pp
1991 47.17 +2.41 pp
1990 44.76 +3.89 pp
1989 40.87 +2.07 pp
1988 38.81 −0.74 pp
1987 39.54 +6.03 pp
1986 33.51 −0.32 pp
1985 33.83 −8.34 pp
1984 42.17 −4.1 pp
1983 46.27 +2.85 pp
1982 43.43 +1.88 pp
1981 41.55 −3.62 pp
1980 45.17 +0.83 pp
1979 44.34 +8.72 pp
1978 35.63 −1.66 pp
1977 37.29 −0.86 pp
1976 38.15 −0.82 pp
1975 38.97 −4.7 pp
1974 43.67 +7.17 pp
1973 36.5 +6.14 pp
1972 30.36 +5.32 pp
1971 25.04 +1.98 pp
1970 23.06 +3.45 pp
1969 19.61 −0.84 pp
1968 20.45 −2.74 pp
1967 23.18

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.