Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Saint Kitts and Nevis

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2025 — 37.52%. Ranked 145 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 67.61 pp.

2025 37.52% +1.97 pp vs 2024
World rank 145of 189
Period maximum 144.19%1961
Period minimum 32.99%2012

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1960–202505010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 105.12%1962: 95.68%1964: 134.16%1966: 124.4%1968: 109.59%1970: 98.16%1972: 95.88%1974: 95.19%1976: 129.59%1978: 80.92%1980: 100.79%1982: 70.91%1984: 72.01%1986: 66.57%1988: 68.91%1990: 63.52%1992: 49.97%1994: 50.82%1996: 51.21%1998: 46.18%2000: 54.3%2002: 49.89%2004: 43.99%2006: 45%2008: 48.35%2010: 38.78%2012: 32.99%2014: 34.13%2016: 38.14%2018: 36.13%2020: 36.54%2022: 36.17%2024: 35.55%2025: 37.52%
Change over the period: −67.61 pp Annual average: -1.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis 37.52%
World 43.89%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Saint Kitts and Nevis, by year Saint Kitts and Nevis All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 37.52 +1.97 pp
2024 35.55 +1.64 pp
2023 33.91 −2.26 pp
2022 36.17 +0.07 pp
2021 36.1 −0.44 pp
2020 36.54 +0.8 pp
2019 35.74 −0.39 pp
2018 36.13 +2.17 pp
2017 33.96 −4.18 pp
2016 38.14 +1.37 pp
2015 36.77 +2.64 pp
2014 34.13 −0.74 pp
2013 34.88 +1.89 pp
2012 32.99 −1.94 pp
2011 34.92 −3.86 pp
2010 38.78 −4.36 pp
2009 43.14 −5.21 pp
2008 48.35 +3.95 pp
2007 44.39 −0.61 pp
2006 45 +0.41 pp
2005 44.59 +0.6 pp
2004 43.99 −7.09 pp
2003 51.08 +1.19 pp
2002 49.89 +1.92 pp
2001 47.97 −6.34 pp
2000 54.3 +9.79 pp
1999 44.52 −1.67 pp
1998 46.18 −4 pp
1997 50.18 −1.02 pp
1996 51.21 +2.72 pp
1995 48.49 −2.33 pp
1994 50.82 −4.16 pp
1993 54.98 +5 pp
1992 49.97 −12.15 pp
1991 62.12 −1.4 pp
1990 63.52 −2.45 pp
1989 65.97 −2.94 pp
1988 68.91 −2.84 pp
1987 71.74 +5.17 pp
1986 66.57 +4.41 pp
1985 62.16 −9.85 pp
1984 72.01 −6.27 pp
1983 78.27 +7.36 pp
1982 70.91 −15.63 pp
1981 86.54 −14.25 pp
1980 100.79 +19.21 pp
1979 81.58 +0.66 pp
1978 80.92 +0.01 pp
1977 80.91 −48.68 pp
1976 129.59 −5.29 pp
1975 134.88 +39.68 pp
1974 95.19 −8.13 pp
1973 103.32 +7.44 pp
1972 95.88 −0.93 pp
1971 96.82 −1.34 pp
1970 98.16 −21.71 pp
1969 119.87 +10.28 pp
1968 109.59 +2.08 pp
1967 107.51 −16.89 pp
1966 124.4 −8.01 pp
1965 132.41 −1.75 pp
1964 134.16 +17.28 pp
1963 116.88 +21.2 pp
1962 95.68 −48.51 pp
1961 144.19 +39.07 pp
1960 105.12

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.