Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2025 — 43.5%. Ranked 125 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 40.69 pp.

2025 43.5% −5.15 pp vs 2024
World rank 125of 189
Period maximum 104.73%1971
Period minimum 41.08%2019

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1960–202540608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 84.18%1962: 75.73%1964: 88.09%1966: 80.75%1968: 91.21%1970: 102.98%1972: 76.13%1974: 97.19%1976: 100.63%1978: 85.46%1980: 87.44%1982: 85.27%1984: 97.02%1986: 93.88%1988: 103.13%1990: 91.11%1992: 75.55%1994: 62.19%1996: 53.7%1998: 65.04%2000: 49.07%2002: 43.46%2004: 47.83%2006: 48.02%2008: 58.01%2010: 52.74%2012: 54.66%2014: 53.05%2016: 46.91%2018: 45.01%2020: 43.49%2022: 48.93%2024: 48.65%2025: 43.5%
Change over the period: −40.69 pp Annual average: -0.63 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 43.5%
World 43.89%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, by year Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 43.5 −5.15 pp
2024 48.65 +2.3 pp
2023 46.35 −2.58 pp
2022 48.93 +3.02 pp
2021 45.91 +2.42 pp
2020 43.49 +2.41 pp
2019 41.08 −3.93 pp
2018 45.01 +0.93 pp
2017 44.07 −2.84 pp
2016 46.91 −1.4 pp
2015 48.31 −4.74 pp
2014 53.05 −1.73 pp
2013 54.79 +0.13 pp
2012 54.66 +2.82 pp
2011 51.84 −0.91 pp
2010 52.74 −0.73 pp
2009 53.48 −4.53 pp
2008 58.01 +5.46 pp
2007 52.55 +4.53 pp
2006 48.02 −0.26 pp
2005 48.28 +0.45 pp
2004 47.83 +0.88 pp
2003 46.95 +3.48 pp
2002 43.46 −5.66 pp
2001 49.13 +0.05 pp
2000 49.07 −14.91 pp
1999 63.98 −1.05 pp
1998 65.04 −2.25 pp
1997 67.29 +13.59 pp
1996 53.7 −2.95 pp
1995 56.64 −5.55 pp
1994 62.19 −4.87 pp
1993 67.06 −8.49 pp
1992 75.55 −5.68 pp
1991 81.23 −9.88 pp
1990 91.11 −2.95 pp
1989 94.07 −9.06 pp
1988 103.13 +17.12 pp
1987 86 −7.88 pp
1986 93.88 −3.62 pp
1985 97.5 +0.48 pp
1984 97.02 +6.23 pp
1983 90.79 +5.53 pp
1982 85.27 +4.94 pp
1981 80.32 −7.12 pp
1980 87.44 +0.24 pp
1979 87.21 +1.74 pp
1978 85.46 +4.41 pp
1977 81.05 −19.58 pp
1976 100.63 +1.35 pp
1975 99.29 +2.09 pp
1974 97.19 +17.63 pp
1973 79.56 +3.44 pp
1972 76.13 −28.6 pp
1971 104.73 +1.75 pp
1970 102.98 +6.88 pp
1969 96.1 +4.89 pp
1968 91.21 +9.11 pp
1967 82.1 +1.35 pp
1966 80.75 −5.3 pp
1965 86.05 −2.04 pp
1964 88.09 +7.84 pp
1963 80.24 +4.51 pp
1962 75.73 +4.3 pp
1961 71.43 −12.76 pp
1960 84.18

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.