Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Myanmar

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Myanmar in 2025 — 36.28%. Ranked 150 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 52.88 pp.

2025 36.28% −0.68 pp vs 2024
World rank 150of 189
Period maximum 128.59%1965
Period minimum 20.11%1989

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Myanmar, 1960–202505010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 89.16%1962: 76.28%1964: 122.5%1966: 120.09%1968: 40.18%1970: 46.67%1972: 38.21%1974: 29.86%1976: 32.12%1978: 59.55%1980: 80.33%1982: 54.55%1984: 41.79%1986: 37.78%1988: 26.8%1990: 28.13%1992: 49.01%1994: 37.99%1996: 34.36%1998: 57.76%2000: 44.82%2002: 78.77%2004: 42.86%2006: 48.8%2008: 34.96%2010: 27.09%2012: 30.16%2014: 42.59%2016: 43.5%2018: 52.97%2020: 43.84%2022: 55.4%2024: 36.96%2025: 36.28%
Change over the period: −52.88 pp Annual average: -0.81 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Myanmar 36.28%
World 43.89%
South-Eastern Asia computed 100.39%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 36.28 −0.68 pp
2024 36.96 −9.77 pp
2023 46.73 −8.67 pp
2022 55.4 +10.96 pp
2021 44.44 +0.59 pp
2020 43.84 −4.89 pp
2019 48.74 −4.24 pp
2018 52.97 +2.81 pp
2017 50.16 +6.66 pp
2016 43.5 −4 pp
2015 47.5 +4.91 pp
2014 42.59 +3.97 pp
2013 38.62 +8.46 pp
2012 30.16 −0.28 pp
2011 30.44 +3.35 pp
2010 27.09 −2.74 pp
2009 29.83 −5.12 pp
2008 34.96 −12.11 pp
2007 47.07 −1.73 pp
2006 48.8 +1.38 pp
2005 47.42 +4.56 pp
2004 42.86 −0.4 pp
2003 43.26 −35.51 pp
2002 78.77 −1.61 pp
2001 80.38 +35.57 pp
2000 44.82 +4.46 pp
1999 40.36 −17.4 pp
1998 57.76 −3.71 pp
1997 61.47 +27.12 pp
1996 34.36 −6.97 pp
1995 41.33 +3.34 pp
1994 37.99 −6.27 pp
1993 44.26 −4.75 pp
1992 49.01 −2.44 pp
1991 51.45 +23.32 pp
1990 28.13 +8.02 pp
1989 20.11 −6.68 pp
1988 26.8 −4.69 pp
1987 31.49 −6.29 pp
1986 37.78 −2.25 pp
1985 40.03 −1.76 pp
1984 41.79 −5.4 pp
1983 47.19 −7.36 pp
1982 54.55 −21.24 pp
1981 75.79 −4.54 pp
1980 80.33 +5.88 pp
1979 74.45 +14.91 pp
1978 59.55 +7.23 pp
1977 52.31 +20.19 pp
1976 32.12 −2.56 pp
1975 34.68 +4.82 pp
1974 29.86 −3.06 pp
1973 32.93 −5.28 pp
1972 38.21 −11.84 pp
1971 50.05 +3.38 pp
1970 46.67 −5.27 pp
1969 51.94 +11.75 pp
1968 40.18 −18.82 pp
1967 59 −61.1 pp
1966 120.09 −8.5 pp
1965 128.59 +6.09 pp
1964 122.5 +38.36 pp
1963 84.14 +7.86 pp
1962 76.28 +4.12 pp
1961 72.16 −17 pp
1960 89.16

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.