Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Panama

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Panama in 2025 — 41.64%. Ranked 128 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 15.39 pp.

2025 41.64% −4.44 pp vs 2024
World rank 128of 189
Period maximum 102.1%2012
Period minimum 17.92%1988

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Panama, 1960–202505010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 26.25%1962: 30.67%1964: 30.15%1966: 32.94%1968: 32.17%1970: 34.49%1972: 33.64%1974: 47.21%1976: 41.96%1978: 36.92%1980: 39.23%1982: 33.71%1984: 27.48%1986: 23.21%1988: 17.92%1990: 29.2%1992: 31.41%1994: 31.89%1996: 37%1998: 37.95%2000: 35.42%2002: 29.9%2004: 30.05%2006: 100.8%2008: 99.35%2010: 91.71%2012: 102.1%2014: 72.65%2016: 53.76%2018: 51.23%2020: 42.45%2022: 58.22%2024: 46.08%2025: 41.64%
Change over the period: +15.39 pp Annual average: 0.24 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Panama 41.64%
World 43.89%
Central America computed 69.64%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 41.64 −4.44 pp
2024 46.08 −14.8 pp
2023 60.88 +2.66 pp
2022 58.22 +8.13 pp
2021 50.09 +7.64 pp
2020 42.45 −4.57 pp
2019 47.02 −4.21 pp
2018 51.23 −0.11 pp
2017 51.34 −2.42 pp
2016 53.76 −6.94 pp
2015 60.7 −11.95 pp
2014 72.65 −7.69 pp
2013 80.34 −21.76 pp
2012 102.1 +0.22 pp
2011 101.88 +10.17 pp
2010 91.71 +3.21 pp
2009 88.5 −10.85 pp
2008 99.35 −2.37 pp
2007 101.72 +0.92 pp
2006 100.8 +0.64 pp
2005 100.16 +70.1 pp
2004 30.05 +1.02 pp
2003 29.04 −0.87 pp
2002 29.9 −1.72 pp
2001 31.63 −3.79 pp
2000 35.42 −1.79 pp
1999 37.2 −0.75 pp
1998 37.95 +0.92 pp
1997 37.03 +0.03 pp
1996 37 +4.24 pp
1995 32.76 +0.86 pp
1994 31.89 +0.68 pp
1993 31.21 −0.2 pp
1992 31.41 +2.39 pp
1991 29.02 −0.19 pp
1990 29.2 +7.17 pp
1989 22.03 +4.11 pp
1988 17.92 −6.45 pp
1987 24.37 +1.16 pp
1986 23.21 −3.2 pp
1985 26.42 −1.06 pp
1984 27.48 −1.76 pp
1983 29.24 −4.47 pp
1982 33.71 −2.06 pp
1981 35.77 −3.46 pp
1980 39.23 −0.91 pp
1979 40.14 +3.22 pp
1978 36.92 −3.69 pp
1977 40.61 −1.35 pp
1976 41.96 −6.41 pp
1975 48.37 +1.17 pp
1974 47.21 +13.76 pp
1973 33.44 −0.2 pp
1972 33.64 −0.02 pp
1971 33.66 −0.83 pp
1970 34.49 +1.58 pp
1969 32.92 +0.74 pp
1968 32.17 +0.27 pp
1967 31.9 −1.04 pp
1966 32.94 +1.27 pp
1965 31.67 +1.52 pp
1964 30.15 −0.29 pp
1963 30.44 −0.23 pp
1962 30.67 +3.96 pp
1961 26.71 +0.46 pp
1960 26.25

Central America, 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.