Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Kazakhstan

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Kazakhstan in 2025 — 46.78%. Ranked 114 in the world out of 189. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 17.83 pp.

2025 46.78% −1.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 114of 189
Period maximum 81.73%2008
Period minimum 28.94%1992

Trend over time

1992–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Kazakhstan, 1992–2025204060801001992199620002004200820122016202020241992: 28.94%1993: 30.6%1994: 31.96%1995: 44.45%1996: 48.26%1997: 48.71%1998: 43.59%1999: 56.47%2000: 75.73%2001: 68.1%2002: 65.98%2003: 69.2%2004: 76.18%2005: 79.13%2006: 76.45%2007: 76.79%2008: 81.73%2009: 62.1%2010: 61.52%2011: 62.94%2012: 63.85%2013: 56.42%2014: 54.54%2015: 41.5%2016: 44.93%2017: 46.5%2018: 52.13%2019: 52.33%2020: 48.91%2021: 51.64%2022: 60.1%2023: 53.16%2024: 48.58%2025: 46.78%
Change over the period: +17.83 pp Annual average: 0.54 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Kazakhstan 46.78%
World 43.89%
Central Asia computed 47.04%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Kazakhstan, by year Kazakhstan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 46.78 −1.8 pp
2024 48.58 −4.58 pp
2023 53.16 −6.94 pp
2022 60.1 +8.46 pp
2021 51.64 +2.74 pp
2020 48.91 −3.42 pp
2019 52.33 +0.2 pp
2018 52.13 +5.63 pp
2017 46.5 +1.57 pp
2016 44.93 +3.43 pp
2015 41.5 −13.04 pp
2014 54.54 −1.88 pp
2013 56.42 −7.43 pp
2012 63.85 +0.91 pp
2011 62.94 +1.42 pp
2010 61.52 −0.58 pp
2009 62.1 −19.63 pp
2008 81.73 +4.94 pp
2007 76.79 +0.34 pp
2006 76.45 −2.68 pp
2005 79.13 +2.95 pp
2004 76.18 +6.99 pp
2003 69.2 +3.22 pp
2002 65.98 −2.12 pp
2001 68.1 −7.63 pp
2000 75.73 +19.26 pp
1999 56.47 +12.88 pp
1998 43.59 −5.13 pp
1997 48.71 +0.45 pp
1996 48.26 +3.81 pp
1995 44.45 +12.49 pp
1994 31.96 +1.36 pp
1993 30.6 +1.66 pp
1992 28.94

Central Asia, 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.