Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Syria

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Syria in 2025 — 79.18%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 38.14 pp.

2025 79.18% −13.74 pp vs 2024
World rank 49of 189
Period maximum 92.92%2024
Period minimum 24.48%1971

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Syria, 1960–2025025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 41.04%1962: 35.84%1964: 30.76%1966: 34.42%1968: 27.43%1970: 26.3%1972: 27.03%1974: 38.94%1976: 45.29%1978: 37.94%1980: 47.71%1982: 37.14%1984: 34.1%1986: 30.49%1988: 33.58%1990: 53.72%1992: 49.67%1994: 84.11%1996: 68.02%1998: 44.64%2000: 44.62%2002: 53.03%2004: 62.94%2006: 66.39%2008: 63.77%2010: 49.45%2012: 36.22%2014: 52.93%2016: 58.03%2018: 44.49%2020: 67.38%2022: 36.41%2024: 92.92%2025: 79.18%
Change over the period: +38.14 pp Annual average: 0.59 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Syria 79.18%
World 43.89%
Western Asia computed 46.07%
Low-income countries computed 39.9%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 79.18 −13.74 pp
2024 92.92 +26.67 pp
2023 66.25 +29.84 pp
2022 36.41 −18.26 pp
2021 54.68 −12.7 pp
2020 67.38 +25.57 pp
2019 41.81 −2.68 pp
2018 44.49 −8.71 pp
2017 53.2 −4.84 pp
2016 58.03 +5.61 pp
2015 52.42 −0.51 pp
2014 52.93 +3.52 pp
2013 49.41 +13.2 pp
2012 36.22 −8.94 pp
2011 45.16 −4.29 pp
2010 49.45 +0.85 pp
2009 48.6 −15.17 pp
2008 63.77 −0.98 pp
2007 64.75 −1.64 pp
2006 66.39 −1.43 pp
2005 67.81 +4.88 pp
2004 62.94 +13.27 pp
2003 49.67 −3.36 pp
2002 53.03 +3.23 pp
2001 49.8 +5.19 pp
2000 44.62 −1.35 pp
1999 45.96 +1.33 pp
1998 44.64 −10.13 pp
1997 54.77 −13.25 pp
1996 68.02 −4.57 pp
1995 72.58 −11.53 pp
1994 84.11 +30.92 pp
1993 53.19 +3.52 pp
1992 49.67 +1.94 pp
1991 47.73 −5.99 pp
1990 53.72 +2.26 pp
1989 51.45 +17.87 pp
1988 33.58 −0 pp
1987 33.59 +3.1 pp
1986 30.49 −3.69 pp
1985 34.18 +0.08 pp
1984 34.1 −2.65 pp
1983 36.76 −0.39 pp
1982 37.14 −9.74 pp
1981 46.89 −0.82 pp
1980 47.71 −2.37 pp
1979 50.08 +12.14 pp
1978 37.94 −11.07 pp
1977 49.01 +3.73 pp
1976 45.29 +6.98 pp
1975 38.3 −0.63 pp
1974 38.94 +9.18 pp
1973 29.76 +2.73 pp
1972 27.03 +2.55 pp
1971 24.48 −1.82 pp
1970 26.3 +0.6 pp
1969 25.7 −1.73 pp
1968 27.43 +0.85 pp
1967 26.58 −7.84 pp
1966 34.42 +8.47 pp
1965 25.95 −4.81 pp
1964 30.76 −4.56 pp
1963 35.32 −0.52 pp
1962 35.84 +3.15 pp
1961 32.69 −8.35 pp
1960 41.04

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.