Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Pakistan

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Pakistan in 2025 — 23.67%. Ranked 180 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 9.06 pp.

2025 23.67% −1.01 pp vs 2024
World rank 180of 189
Period maximum 38.19%1974
Period minimum 10.26%1968

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Pakistan, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 32.73%1962: 28.79%1964: 29.57%1966: 23.62%1968: 10.26%1970: 12.21%1972: 24.72%1974: 38.19%1976: 26.56%1978: 30.84%1980: 33.69%1982: 25.59%1984: 27%1986: 27.46%1988: 28.88%1990: 32.4%1992: 34.15%1994: 31.08%1996: 33.88%1998: 28.62%2000: 20%2002: 21.59%2004: 23.69%2006: 28.88%2008: 30.98%2010: 30.1%2012: 27.46%2014: 26.65%2016: 21.43%2018: 23.45%2020: 22.57%2022: 27.12%2024: 24.68%2025: 23.67%
Change over the period: −9.06 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Pakistan 23.67%
World 43.89%
South Asia 30.04%
Southern Asia computed 30.86%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 23.67 −1.01 pp
2024 24.68 +1.34 pp
2023 23.34 −3.78 pp
2022 27.12 −1.8 pp
2021 28.92 +6.35 pp
2020 22.57 −0.38 pp
2019 22.95 −0.49 pp
2018 23.45 +0.06 pp
2017 23.38 +1.95 pp
2016 21.43 −0.65 pp
2015 22.09 −4.56 pp
2014 26.65 −0.32 pp
2013 26.97 −0.48 pp
2012 27.46 −2.64 pp
2011 30.09 −0.01 pp
2010 30.1 +3.85 pp
2009 26.26 −4.73 pp
2008 30.98 +3.6 pp
2007 27.39 −1.5 pp
2006 28.88 +0.37 pp
2005 28.52 +4.82 pp
2004 23.69 +1.48 pp
2003 22.22 +0.62 pp
2002 21.59 +1.59 pp
2001 20 +0 pp
2000 20 −9.59 pp
1999 29.59 +0.96 pp
1998 28.62 −3.91 pp
1997 32.54 −1.34 pp
1996 33.88 +1.8 pp
1995 32.08 +1 pp
1994 31.08 −0.16 pp
1993 31.24 −2.91 pp
1992 34.15 +1.35 pp
1991 32.8 +0.4 pp
1990 32.4 +2.9 pp
1989 29.5 +0.62 pp
1988 28.88 −1.08 pp
1987 29.97 +2.51 pp
1986 27.46 −0.25 pp
1985 27.71 +0.71 pp
1984 27 −2.3 pp
1983 29.3 +3.71 pp
1982 25.59 −4.71 pp
1981 30.3 −3.39 pp
1980 33.69 −1.67 pp
1979 35.35 +4.51 pp
1978 30.84 +5.72 pp
1977 25.12 −1.44 pp
1976 26.56 −2.52 pp
1975 29.08 −9.11 pp
1974 38.19 +3.93 pp
1973 34.26 +9.54 pp
1972 24.72 +14.4 pp
1971 10.31 −1.89 pp
1970 12.21 +0.17 pp
1969 12.03 +1.78 pp
1968 10.26 −13.75 pp
1967 24.01 +0.38 pp
1966 23.62 −1.98 pp
1965 25.6 −3.97 pp
1964 29.57 −0.49 pp
1963 30.06 +1.27 pp
1962 28.79 +4.08 pp
1961 24.72 −8.01 pp
1960 32.73

Southern 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.