Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Moldova

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Moldova in 2025 — 72.25%. Ranked 59 in the world out of 189. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 24.39 pp.

2025 72.25% +2.94 pp vs 2024
World rank 59of 189
Period maximum 114.33%2007
Period minimum 46.84%1993

Trend over time

1992–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Moldova, 1992–20254060801001201992199620002004200820122016202020241992: 47.86%1993: 46.84%1994: 71.96%1995: 90.42%1996: 110.02%1997: 105.95%1998: 97.01%1999: 89.68%2000: 96.94%2001: 98.6%2002: 101.21%2003: 110.5%2004: 105.99%2005: 113.21%2006: 109.88%2007: 114.33%2008: 107.19%2009: 83.85%2010: 77.36%2011: 88.04%2012: 84.68%2013: 83.4%2014: 81.44%2015: 76.36%2016: 75.99%2017: 76.26%2018: 75.24%2019: 73.46%2020: 68.37%2021: 75.38%2022: 93.29%2023: 76.14%2024: 69.31%2025: 72.25%
Change over the period: +24.39 pp Annual average: 0.74 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Moldova 72.25%
World 43.89%
Eastern Europe computed 61.84%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 72.25 +2.94 pp
2024 69.31 −6.82 pp
2023 76.14 −17.15 pp
2022 93.29 +17.91 pp
2021 75.38 +7.02 pp
2020 68.37 −5.1 pp
2019 73.46 −1.78 pp
2018 75.24 −1.03 pp
2017 76.26 +0.27 pp
2016 75.99 −0.36 pp
2015 76.36 −5.08 pp
2014 81.44 −1.96 pp
2013 83.4 −1.28 pp
2012 84.68 −3.36 pp
2011 88.04 +10.68 pp
2010 77.36 −6.49 pp
2009 83.85 −23.34 pp
2008 107.19 −7.15 pp
2007 114.33 +4.45 pp
2006 109.88 −3.33 pp
2005 113.21 +7.21 pp
2004 105.99 −4.51 pp
2003 110.5 +9.29 pp
2002 101.21 +2.61 pp
2001 98.6 +1.66 pp
2000 96.94 +7.26 pp
1999 89.68 −7.33 pp
1998 97.01 −8.94 pp
1997 105.95 −4.07 pp
1996 110.02 +19.61 pp
1995 90.42 +18.46 pp
1994 71.96 +25.12 pp
1993 46.84 −1.02 pp
1992 47.86

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.