Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Paraguay

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Paraguay in 2025 — 61.31%. Ranked 77 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 38.46 pp.

2025 61.31% −1.48 pp vs 2024
World rank 77of 189
Period maximum 64.89%2023
Period minimum 14.37%1983

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Paraguay, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 22.85%1962: 20.24%1964: 21.8%1966: 23.18%1968: 22.99%1970: 23.38%1972: 21.85%1974: 27.37%1976: 23.6%1978: 25%1980: 20.8%1982: 18.49%1984: 20.46%1986: 21.8%1988: 25.47%1990: 39.76%1992: 29.05%1994: 54.19%1996: 55.02%1998: 55.88%2000: 50.36%2002: 55.6%2004: 62.04%2006: 61.18%2008: 62.73%2010: 60.67%2012: 56.62%2014: 54%2016: 50.56%2018: 55.63%2020: 52.88%2022: 61.69%2024: 62.79%2025: 61.31%
Change over the period: +38.46 pp Annual average: 0.59 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Paraguay 61.31%
World 43.89%
South America computed 32.11%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 61.31 −1.48 pp
2024 62.79 −2.11 pp
2023 64.89 +3.21 pp
2022 61.69 +1.32 pp
2021 60.36 +7.49 pp
2020 52.88 −1.21 pp
2019 54.09 −1.54 pp
2018 55.63 +2.92 pp
2017 52.71 +2.15 pp
2016 50.56 −0.94 pp
2015 51.5 −2.5 pp
2014 54 −2.09 pp
2013 56.1 −0.52 pp
2012 56.62 −3.01 pp
2011 59.63 −1.04 pp
2010 60.67 +6.9 pp
2009 53.77 −8.96 pp
2008 62.73 +3.46 pp
2007 59.27 −1.91 pp
2006 61.18 −2.78 pp
2005 63.96 +1.92 pp
2004 62.04 −0.54 pp
2003 62.58 +6.98 pp
2002 55.6 +2.17 pp
2001 53.43 +3.06 pp
2000 50.36 +6.02 pp
1999 44.35 −11.54 pp
1998 55.88 −2.37 pp
1997 58.25 +3.23 pp
1996 55.02 −1.95 pp
1995 56.97 +2.79 pp
1994 54.19 +20.89 pp
1993 33.3 +4.25 pp
1992 29.05 −2.41 pp
1991 31.46 −8.31 pp
1990 39.76 +2.64 pp
1989 37.12 +11.65 pp
1988 25.47 +1.6 pp
1987 23.87 +2.07 pp
1986 21.8 −2.75 pp
1985 24.55 +4.1 pp
1984 20.46 +6.09 pp
1983 14.37 −4.12 pp
1982 18.49 +2.56 pp
1981 15.93 −4.87 pp
1980 20.8 −3.38 pp
1979 24.17 −0.83 pp
1978 25 −3.06 pp
1977 28.06 +4.45 pp
1976 23.6 −1.67 pp
1975 25.27 −2.1 pp
1974 27.37 +2.66 pp
1973 24.71 +2.86 pp
1972 21.85 −0.27 pp
1971 22.12 −1.26 pp
1970 23.38 −0.35 pp
1969 23.73 +0.74 pp
1968 22.99 −0.96 pp
1967 23.95 +0.77 pp
1966 23.18 −1.84 pp
1965 25.02 +3.23 pp
1964 21.8 +1.48 pp
1963 20.32 +0.08 pp
1962 20.24 −1.81 pp
1961 22.05 −0.8 pp
1960 22.85

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.