Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Peru

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Peru in 2025 — 42.8%. Ranked 126 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 11.23 pp.

2025 42.8% −1.73 pp vs 2024
World rank 126of 189
Period maximum 50.42%2008
Period minimum 15.35%1987

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Peru, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 31.57%1962: 32.79%1964: 28.62%1966: 26.08%1968: 26.36%1970: 22.48%1972: 18.93%1974: 21.89%1976: 21.06%1978: 24.94%1980: 35.68%1982: 28.44%1984: 28.57%1986: 22.52%1988: 37.63%1990: 22.39%1992: 20.97%1994: 22.39%1996: 25.02%1998: 25.18%2000: 27.77%2002: 27.76%2004: 34.31%2006: 44.2%2008: 50.42%2010: 44.75%2012: 45.91%2014: 40.32%2016: 37.92%2018: 41.01%2020: 37.6%2022: 50.33%2024: 44.53%2025: 42.8%
Change over the period: +11.23 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Peru 42.8%
World 43.89%
South America computed 32.11%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Peru, by year Peru All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 42.8 −1.73 pp
2024 44.53 +0.83 pp
2023 43.69 −6.63 pp
2022 50.33 +1.5 pp
2021 48.82 +11.22 pp
2020 37.6 −1.25 pp
2019 38.86 −2.15 pp
2018 41.01 +1.51 pp
2017 39.5 +1.57 pp
2016 37.92 +0.27 pp
2015 37.65 −2.67 pp
2014 40.32 −2.55 pp
2013 42.87 −3.04 pp
2012 45.91 −3.34 pp
2011 49.25 +4.5 pp
2010 44.75 +4.08 pp
2009 40.67 −9.75 pp
2008 50.42 +2.86 pp
2007 47.55 +3.36 pp
2006 44.2 +4.92 pp
2005 39.27 +4.96 pp
2004 34.31 +4.51 pp
2003 29.81 +2.04 pp
2002 27.76 +0.2 pp
2001 27.56 −0.21 pp
2000 27.77 +2.05 pp
1999 25.73 +0.54 pp
1998 25.18 −1.27 pp
1997 26.46 +1.43 pp
1996 25.02 +0.5 pp
1995 24.53 +2.13 pp
1994 22.39 +0.53 pp
1993 21.86 +0.9 pp
1992 20.97 +2.9 pp
1991 18.07 −4.32 pp
1990 22.39 −2.04 pp
1989 24.43 −13.2 pp
1988 37.63 +22.28 pp
1987 15.35 −7.16 pp
1986 22.52 −8.96 pp
1985 31.47 +2.91 pp
1984 28.57 −1.69 pp
1983 30.26 +1.82 pp
1982 28.44 −1.19 pp
1981 29.63 −6.05 pp
1980 35.68 +2.39 pp
1979 33.29 +8.35 pp
1978 24.94 −0.06 pp
1977 25.01 +3.95 pp
1976 21.06 −1.63 pp
1975 22.69 +0.79 pp
1974 21.89 +2.51 pp
1973 19.38 +0.45 pp
1972 18.93 −1.04 pp
1971 19.98 −2.51 pp
1970 22.48 −0.55 pp
1969 23.03 −3.33 pp
1968 26.36 +0.87 pp
1967 25.49 −0.59 pp
1966 26.08 −0.98 pp
1965 27.06 −1.56 pp
1964 28.62 −1.9 pp
1963 30.51 −2.28 pp
1962 32.79 −0.51 pp
1961 33.3 +1.73 pp
1960 31.57

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.