Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Luxembourg

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Luxembourg in 2025 — 46.03%. Ranked 116 in the world out of 189. Since 1999, the indicator has fallen by 42.66 pp.

2025 46.03% +0.74 pp vs 2024
World rank 116of 189
Period maximum 116.81%2006
Period minimum 45.29%2024

Trend over time

1999–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Luxembourg, 1999–202540608010012019992002200520082011201420172020202320251999: 88.68%2000: 92.59%2001: 103.28%2002: 96.68%2003: 99.31%2004: 103.51%2005: 110.76%2006: 116.81%2007: 98.79%2008: 98.31%2009: 85.68%2010: 79.77%2011: 80.6%2012: 77.58%2013: 69.22%2014: 66.5%2015: 67.3%2016: 60.54%2017: 58.8%2018: 57.1%2019: 58.27%2020: 47.51%2021: 49.74%2022: 54.95%2023: 48.97%2024: 45.29%2025: 46.03%
Change over the period: −42.66 pp Annual average: -1.64 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Luxembourg 46.03%
World 43.89%
Western Europe computed 76.24%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Luxembourg, by year Luxembourg All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 46.03 +0.74 pp
2024 45.29 −3.69 pp
2023 48.97 −5.97 pp
2022 54.95 +5.2 pp
2021 49.74 +2.23 pp
2020 47.51 −10.76 pp
2019 58.27 +1.17 pp
2018 57.1 −1.7 pp
2017 58.8 −1.75 pp
2016 60.54 −6.76 pp
2015 67.3 +0.8 pp
2014 66.5 −2.72 pp
2013 69.22 −8.36 pp
2012 77.58 −3.02 pp
2011 80.6 +0.83 pp
2010 79.77 −5.92 pp
2009 85.68 −12.63 pp
2008 98.31 −0.48 pp
2007 98.79 −18.03 pp
2006 116.81 +6.05 pp
2005 110.76 +7.25 pp
2004 103.51 +4.2 pp
2003 99.31 +2.63 pp
2002 96.68 −6.6 pp
2001 103.28 +10.7 pp
2000 92.59 +3.9 pp
1999 88.68

Western Europe, 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.