Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Sweden

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Sweden in 2025 — 61.18%. Ranked 78 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 26.86 pp.

2025 61.18% −2.53 pp vs 2024
World rank 78of 189
Period maximum 69.7%2022
Period minimum 31.31%1967

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Sweden, 1960–2025304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 34.32%1962: 32.18%1964: 33.2%1966: 32.58%1968: 32.09%1970: 36.29%1972: 34.53%1974: 49.49%1976: 42.66%1978: 40.64%1980: 45.35%1982: 47.62%1984: 51.18%1986: 46.55%1988: 46.14%1990: 42.76%1992: 37.38%1994: 53.03%1996: 52.01%1998: 56.54%2000: 60.86%2002: 55.52%2004: 58.17%2006: 65.16%2008: 68.37%2010: 62.4%2012: 61.26%2014: 56.58%2016: 54.64%2018: 61.23%2020: 56.13%2022: 69.7%2024: 63.71%2025: 61.18%
Change over the period: +26.86 pp Annual average: 0.41 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Sweden 61.18%
World 43.89%
Northern Europe computed 47.62%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 61.18 −2.53 pp
2024 63.71 −3.75 pp
2023 67.46 −2.24 pp
2022 69.7 +10.08 pp
2021 59.62 +3.5 pp
2020 56.13 −4.06 pp
2019 60.19 −1.04 pp
2018 61.23 +3.84 pp
2017 57.39 +2.75 pp
2016 54.64 −0.87 pp
2015 55.51 −1.07 pp
2014 56.58 +0.4 pp
2013 56.18 −5.08 pp
2012 61.26 −2.54 pp
2011 63.8 +1.39 pp
2010 62.4 +4.69 pp
2009 57.71 −10.65 pp
2008 68.37 +2.65 pp
2007 65.72 +0.55 pp
2006 65.16 +3.21 pp
2005 61.95 +3.78 pp
2004 58.17 +2.6 pp
2003 55.57 +0.05 pp
2002 55.52 −1.73 pp
2001 57.26 −3.61 pp
2000 60.86 +4.92 pp
1999 55.95 −0.6 pp
1998 56.54 +1.24 pp
1997 55.3 +3.29 pp
1996 52.01 −2.46 pp
1995 54.48 +1.44 pp
1994 53.03 +9.46 pp
1993 43.57 +6.19 pp
1992 37.38 −1.04 pp
1991 38.42 −4.34 pp
1990 42.76 −3.43 pp
1989 46.19 +0.04 pp
1988 46.14 −0.48 pp
1987 46.63 +0.08 pp
1986 46.55 −5.23 pp
1985 51.78 +0.61 pp
1984 51.18 +0.11 pp
1983 51.06 +3.44 pp
1982 47.62 +3.22 pp
1981 44.4 −0.95 pp
1980 45.35 −0.38 pp
1979 45.73 +5.09 pp
1978 40.64 −0.94 pp
1977 41.58 −1.08 pp
1976 42.66 +0.57 pp
1975 42.09 −7.4 pp
1974 49.49 +10.53 pp
1973 38.96 +4.43 pp
1972 34.53 −0.48 pp
1971 35.01 −1.28 pp
1970 36.29 +2.12 pp
1969 34.16 +2.08 pp
1968 32.09 +0.78 pp
1967 31.31 −1.27 pp
1966 32.58 −0.86 pp
1965 33.44 +0.24 pp
1964 33.2 +0.77 pp
1963 32.43 +0.24 pp
1962 32.18 −0.56 pp
1961 32.74 −1.58 pp
1960 34.32

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.