Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Spain

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Spain in 2025 — 50.27%. Ranked 102 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 38.63 pp.

2025 50.27% −2.34 pp vs 2024
World rank 102of 189
Period maximum 62.79%2022
Period minimum 11.65%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Spain, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11.65%1962: 13.89%1964: 14.45%1966: 16.39%1968: 15.72%1970: 17.42%1972: 18.02%1974: 23.17%1976: 22.13%1978: 19.83%1980: 23.56%1982: 26.53%1984: 30.43%1986: 24.79%1988: 26.6%1990: 26.74%1992: 26.03%1994: 31.23%1996: 35.57%1998: 40.18%2000: 45.38%2002: 41.02%2004: 41.22%2006: 42.99%2008: 42.92%2010: 40.72%2012: 47.53%2014: 49.51%2016: 48.34%2018: 51.5%2020: 49.19%2022: 62.79%2024: 52.61%2025: 50.27%
Change over the period: +38.63 pp Annual average: 0.59 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Spain 50.27%
World 43.89%
Southern Europe computed 57.41%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 50.27 −2.34 pp
2024 52.61 −2.49 pp
2023 55.1 −7.69 pp
2022 62.79 +8.06 pp
2021 54.73 +5.53 pp
2020 49.19 −1.16 pp
2019 50.36 −1.14 pp
2018 51.5 +0.7 pp
2017 50.8 +2.46 pp
2016 48.34 −0.92 pp
2015 49.26 −0.26 pp
2014 49.51 +1.18 pp
2013 48.34 +0.81 pp
2012 47.53 +1.6 pp
2011 45.92 +5.21 pp
2010 40.72 +5.93 pp
2009 34.78 −8.14 pp
2008 42.92 −0.59 pp
2007 43.51 +0.53 pp
2006 42.99 +1.29 pp
2005 41.69 +0.48 pp
2004 41.22 +1.05 pp
2003 40.17 −0.85 pp
2002 41.02 −2.2 pp
2001 43.22 −2.16 pp
2000 45.38 +7.58 pp
1999 37.8 −2.39 pp
1998 40.18 +3.49 pp
1997 36.7 +1.13 pp
1996 35.57 +1.15 pp
1995 34.42 +3.19 pp
1994 31.23 +4.14 pp
1993 27.09 +1.06 pp
1992 26.03 −0.58 pp
1991 26.61 −0.13 pp
1990 26.74 −1.24 pp
1989 27.98 +1.38 pp
1988 26.6 +0.45 pp
1987 26.15 +1.36 pp
1986 24.79 −5.21 pp
1985 30.01 −0.43 pp
1984 30.43 +1.79 pp
1983 28.64 +2.11 pp
1982 26.53 +0.63 pp
1981 25.9 +2.34 pp
1980 23.56 +3.21 pp
1979 20.35 +0.52 pp
1978 19.83 −1.37 pp
1977 21.2 −0.93 pp
1976 22.13 +1.24 pp
1975 20.89 −2.28 pp
1974 23.17 +4.25 pp
1973 18.92 +0.9 pp
1972 18.02 +0.9 pp
1971 17.11 −0.3 pp
1970 17.42 +0.88 pp
1969 16.54 +0.81 pp
1968 15.72 +0.98 pp
1967 14.75 −1.64 pp
1966 16.39 +0.79 pp
1965 15.6 +1.15 pp
1964 14.45 +0.75 pp
1963 13.7 −0.19 pp
1962 13.89 +1.23 pp
1961 12.66 +1.01 pp
1960 11.65

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.