Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Poland

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Poland in 2025 — 80.62%. Ranked 48 in the world out of 189. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 41.38 pp.

2025 80.62% −2.75 pp vs 2024
World rank 48of 189
Period maximum 106.63%2022
Period minimum 35.02%1992

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Poland, 1990–202505010015019901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 39.24%1991: 37.65%1992: 35.02%1993: 35.73%1994: 36.03%1995: 36.37%1996: 38.29%1997: 42.57%1998: 42.95%1999: 42.91%2000: 46.7%2001: 44.93%2002: 48.29%2003: 55.84%2004: 64.29%2005: 62.24%2006: 68.74%2007: 71.18%2008: 70.81%2009: 64.86%2010: 70.65%2011: 75.65%2012: 77.17%2013: 79.62%2014: 81.83%2015: 82.41%2016: 85.22%2017: 88.61%2018: 89.56%2019: 88.25%2020: 88.37%2021: 99.06%2022: 106.63%2023: 92.51%2024: 83.37%2025: 80.62%
Change over the period: +41.38 pp Annual average: 1.18 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Poland 80.62%
World 43.89%
Eastern Europe computed 61.84%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Poland, by year Poland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 80.62 −2.75 pp
2024 83.37 −9.14 pp
2023 92.51 −14.12 pp
2022 106.63 +7.57 pp
2021 99.06 +10.69 pp
2020 88.37 +0.12 pp
2019 88.25 −1.31 pp
2018 89.56 +0.95 pp
2017 88.61 +3.39 pp
2016 85.22 +2.82 pp
2015 82.41 +0.58 pp
2014 81.83 +2.2 pp
2013 79.62 +2.45 pp
2012 77.17 +1.53 pp
2011 75.65 +5 pp
2010 70.65 +5.79 pp
2009 64.86 −5.95 pp
2008 70.81 −0.37 pp
2007 71.18 +2.44 pp
2006 68.74 +6.5 pp
2005 62.24 −2.05 pp
2004 64.29 +8.45 pp
2003 55.84 +7.55 pp
2002 48.29 +3.36 pp
2001 44.93 −1.78 pp
2000 46.7 +3.8 pp
1999 42.91 −0.04 pp
1998 42.95 +0.39 pp
1997 42.57 +4.28 pp
1996 38.29 +1.92 pp
1995 36.37 +0.34 pp
1994 36.03 +0.29 pp
1993 35.73 +0.71 pp
1992 35.02 −2.63 pp
1991 37.65 −1.59 pp
1990 39.24

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.