Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Australia and New Zealand

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Australia and New Zealand in 2025 — 36%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 9.75 pp.

2025 36% +0.01 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 42.21%2022
Period minimum 24%1972

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Australia and New Zealand, 1960–202520253035404519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 26.25%1962: 24.71%1964: 26.96%1966: 26.92%1968: 25.79%1970: 25.67%1972: 24%1974: 28.23%1976: 26.49%1978: 27.12%1980: 31.85%1982: 27.18%1984: 28.2%1986: 28.42%1988: 30.37%1990: 28.16%1992: 28.73%1994: 33.03%1996: 32.79%1998: 31.78%2000: 34.63%2002: 36.1%2004: 33.28%2006: 36.17%2008: 37.96%2010: 36.65%2012: 34.3%2014: 33.5%2016: 32.74%2018: 35.01%2020: 34.8%2022: 42.21%2024: 35.98%2025: 36%
Change over the period: +9.75 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 36%
World 43.89%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 36 +0.01 pp
2024 35.98 −1.7 pp
2023 37.68 −4.53 pp
2022 42.21 +3.6 pp
2021 38.62 +3.82 pp
2020 34.8 −0.85 pp
2019 35.65 +0.63 pp
2018 35.01 +0.01 pp
2017 35 +2.26 pp
2016 32.74 +2.31 pp
2015 30.43 −3.07 pp
2014 33.5 +1.14 pp
2013 32.36 −1.95 pp
2012 34.3 −3.26 pp
2011 37.56 +0.91 pp
2010 36.65 +1.5 pp
2009 35.15 −2.81 pp
2008 37.96 +1.28 pp
2007 36.68 +0.51 pp
2006 36.17 +1.75 pp
2005 34.42 +1.14 pp
2004 33.28 −1.66 pp
2003 34.94 −1.15 pp
2002 36.1 +0.56 pp
2001 35.54 +0.91 pp
2000 34.63 +0.78 pp
1999 33.85 +2.07 pp
1998 31.78 +0.42 pp
1997 31.36 −1.43 pp
1996 32.79 −0.03 pp
1995 32.82 −0.21 pp
1994 33.03 +2.84 pp
1993 30.19 +1.46 pp
1992 28.73 +1.23 pp
1991 27.5 −0.67 pp
1990 28.16 −0.81 pp
1989 28.97 −1.39 pp
1988 30.37 −0.23 pp
1987 30.6 +2.18 pp
1986 28.42 −0.87 pp
1985 29.29 +1.09 pp
1984 28.2 +2.28 pp
1983 25.92 −1.26 pp
1982 27.18 −2.12 pp
1981 29.29 −2.55 pp
1980 31.85 +2.25 pp
1979 29.59 +2.47 pp
1978 27.12 +0.58 pp
1977 26.55 +0.06 pp
1976 26.49 +1.14 pp
1975 25.35 −2.88 pp
1974 28.23 −0.09 pp
1973 28.31 +4.31 pp
1972 24 −0.72 pp
1971 24.72 −0.95 pp
1970 25.67 −0.11 pp
1969 25.78 −0 pp
1968 25.79 +0.17 pp
1967 25.61 −1.3 pp
1966 26.92 −0.91 pp
1965 27.82 +0.86 pp
1964 26.96 +0.81 pp
1963 26.15 +1.44 pp
1962 24.71 −0.55 pp
1961 25.26 −0.99 pp
1960 26.25

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.