Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Oman

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Oman in 2025 — 91.03%. Ranked 32 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 41.3 pp.

2025 91.03% −10.36 pp vs 2024
World rank 32of 189
Period maximum 101.39%2024
Period minimum 16.16%1964

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Oman, 1960–202505010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 49.73%1962: 24.88%1964: 16.16%1966: 17.71%1968: 60.89%1970: 62.81%1972: 58.87%1974: 73.88%1976: 72.61%1978: 74.55%1980: 91.61%1982: 96.48%1984: 83.38%1986: 73.82%1988: 66.9%1990: 62.4%1992: 65.78%1994: 64.96%1996: 69.38%1998: 70.64%2000: 73.9%2002: 75.73%2004: 78.01%2006: 76.62%2008: 87.18%2010: 87.05%2012: 92.41%2014: 86.32%2016: 70.76%2018: 73.8%2020: 81.66%2022: 95.25%2024: 101.39%2025: 91.03%
Change over the period: +41.3 pp Annual average: 0.64 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Oman 91.03%
World 43.89%
Western Asia computed 46.07%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Oman, by year Oman All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 91.03 −10.36 pp
2024 101.39 +9.29 pp
2023 92.1 −3.15 pp
2022 95.25 +8.69 pp
2021 86.56 +4.9 pp
2020 81.66 +10.99 pp
2019 70.67 −3.13 pp
2018 73.8 +0.41 pp
2017 73.39 +2.63 pp
2016 70.76 −6.65 pp
2015 77.42 −8.91 pp
2014 86.32 −13.56 pp
2013 99.88 +7.47 pp
2012 92.41 +0.65 pp
2011 91.76 +4.71 pp
2010 87.05 +4.84 pp
2009 82.21 −4.97 pp
2008 87.18 +2.88 pp
2007 84.3 +7.68 pp
2006 76.62 −1.29 pp
2005 77.91 −0.1 pp
2004 78.01 +3.33 pp
2003 74.68 −1.06 pp
2002 75.73 −0.86 pp
2001 76.59 +2.69 pp
2000 73.9 +6.39 pp
1999 67.51 −3.13 pp
1998 70.64 −0.43 pp
1997 71.07 +1.69 pp
1996 69.38 +2.94 pp
1995 66.45 +1.49 pp
1994 64.96 −2.47 pp
1993 67.43 +1.65 pp
1992 65.78 +2.32 pp
1991 63.46 +1.06 pp
1990 62.4 −4.79 pp
1989 67.19 +0.29 pp
1988 66.9 −6.6 pp
1987 73.5 −0.33 pp
1986 73.82 −9.49 pp
1985 83.31 −0.06 pp
1984 83.38 −3.24 pp
1983 86.62 −9.86 pp
1982 96.48 −1.45 pp
1981 97.93 +6.32 pp
1980 91.61 +16.18 pp
1979 75.43 +0.87 pp
1978 74.55 +1.08 pp
1977 73.47 +0.86 pp
1976 72.61 −13.67 pp
1975 86.28 +12.4 pp
1974 73.88 +0.39 pp
1973 73.49 +14.61 pp
1972 58.87 −3.25 pp
1971 62.12 −0.69 pp
1970 62.81 −1.35 pp
1969 64.17 +3.28 pp
1968 60.89 +27.29 pp
1967 33.6 +15.89 pp
1966 17.71 +0.33 pp
1965 17.38 +1.22 pp
1964 16.16 −7.21 pp
1963 23.37 −1.51 pp
1962 24.88 −34.29 pp
1961 59.17 +9.43 pp
1960 49.73

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.