Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Solomon Islands

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in the Solomon Islands in 2025 — 83.85%. Ranked 41 in the world out of 189. Since 1967, the indicator has risen by 16.4 pp.

2025 83.85% +5.19 pp vs 2024
World rank 41of 189
Period maximum 109.32%1989
Period minimum 33.45%2001

Trend over time

1967–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Solomon Islands, 1967–2025050100150196719731979198519911997200320092015202120251967: 67.45%1968: 64.09%1969: 62.92%1971: 49.94%1972: 68.95%1973: 57.9%1974: 62.69%1975: 65.67%1976: 64.98%1977: 70.86%1978: 72.05%1979: 92.55%1980: 89.14%1981: 81.03%1982: 66.87%1983: 75.05%1984: 94.73%1985: 92.43%1986: 93.48%1987: 93.47%1988: 101.99%1989: 109.32%1990: 74.93%1991: 86.14%1992: 79.54%1993: 88.45%1994: 69.76%1995: 68.59%1996: 61.3%1997: 59.82%1998: 53.76%1999: 48.36%2000: 38.35%2001: 33.45%2002: 36.08%2003: 40.22%2004: 46.58%2005: 52.09%2006: 54.76%2007: 66.02%2008: 69.3%2009: 53.75%2010: 69.92%2011: 83.37%2012: 83.19%2013: 79.63%2014: 71.73%2015: 66.21%2016: 64.59%2017: 72.94%2018: 72.42%2019: 64.91%2020: 54.16%2021: 57.56%2022: 64.98%2023: 75.56%2024: 78.66%2025: 83.85%
Change over the period: +16.4 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Solomon Islands 83.85%
World 43.89%
Melanesia computed 63.63%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Solomon Islands, by year Solomon Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 83.85 +5.19 pp
2024 78.66 +3.11 pp
2023 75.56 +10.58 pp
2022 64.98 +7.41 pp
2021 57.56 +3.4 pp
2020 54.16 −10.75 pp
2019 64.91 −7.51 pp
2018 72.42 −0.51 pp
2017 72.94 +8.35 pp
2016 64.59 −1.62 pp
2015 66.21 −5.52 pp
2014 71.73 −7.9 pp
2013 79.63 −3.56 pp
2012 83.19 −0.18 pp
2011 83.37 +13.45 pp
2010 69.92 +16.17 pp
2009 53.75 −15.55 pp
2008 69.3 +3.28 pp
2007 66.02 +11.26 pp
2006 54.76 +2.67 pp
2005 52.09 +5.51 pp
2004 46.58 +6.36 pp
2003 40.22 +4.14 pp
2002 36.08 +2.63 pp
2001 33.45 −4.89 pp
2000 38.35 −10.01 pp
1999 48.36 −5.4 pp
1998 53.76 −6.06 pp
1997 59.82 −1.48 pp
1996 61.3 −7.29 pp
1995 68.59 −1.16 pp
1994 69.76 −18.69 pp
1993 88.45 +8.9 pp
1992 79.54 −6.59 pp
1991 86.14 +11.21 pp
1990 74.93 −34.4 pp
1989 109.32 +7.34 pp
1988 101.99 +8.52 pp
1987 93.47 −0.01 pp
1986 93.48 +1.05 pp
1985 92.43 −2.3 pp
1984 94.73 +19.68 pp
1983 75.05 +8.17 pp
1982 66.87 −14.16 pp
1981 81.03 −8.11 pp
1980 89.14 −3.4 pp
1979 92.55 +20.49 pp
1978 72.05 +1.2 pp
1977 70.86 +5.88 pp
1976 64.98 −0.68 pp
1975 65.67 +2.97 pp
1974 62.69 +4.8 pp
1973 57.9 −11.06 pp
1972 68.95 +19.01 pp
1971 49.94
1969 62.92 −1.17 pp
1968 64.09 −3.36 pp
1967 67.45

Melanesia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.