Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Trinidad and Tobago

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Trinidad and Tobago in 2025 — 48.62%. Ranked 106 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 59.84 pp.

2025 48.62% −12.11 pp vs 2024
World rank 106of 189
Period maximum 190.11%1974
Period minimum 48.62%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Trinidad and Tobago, 1960–202505010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 108.46%1962: 112.7%1964: 117.15%1966: 122.01%1968: 117.54%1970: 124.84%1972: 122.21%1974: 190.11%1976: 168.93%1978: 112.48%1980: 116.34%1982: 83.15%1984: 52.75%1986: 57.07%1988: 56.46%1990: 60.56%1992: 51.38%1994: 60.68%1996: 80.67%1998: 86.98%2000: 92.98%2002: 83.51%2004: 85.65%2006: 112.36%2008: 101.33%2010: 78.81%2012: 81.22%2014: 87.46%2016: 66.39%2018: 76.42%2020: 49.76%2022: 68.82%2024: 60.73%2025: 48.62%
Change over the period: −59.84 pp Annual average: -0.92 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Trinidad and Tobago 48.62%
World 43.89%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 48.62 −12.11 pp
2024 60.73 −7.27 pp
2023 68.01 −0.81 pp
2022 68.82 +9.45 pp
2021 59.37 +9.61 pp
2020 49.76 −7.85 pp
2019 57.61 −18.81 pp
2018 76.42 +10.81 pp
2017 65.6 −0.79 pp
2016 66.39 −8.05 pp
2015 74.44 −13.02 pp
2014 87.46 −22.39 pp
2013 109.85 +28.63 pp
2012 81.22 −14.94 pp
2011 96.15 +17.35 pp
2010 78.81 −5.07 pp
2009 83.88 −17.45 pp
2008 101.33 +4.02 pp
2007 97.31 −15.05 pp
2006 112.36 +14.52 pp
2005 97.83 +12.18 pp
2004 85.65 +5.43 pp
2003 80.23 −3.29 pp
2002 83.51 −5.43 pp
2001 88.94 −4.04 pp
2000 92.98 +11.54 pp
1999 81.44 −5.55 pp
1998 86.98 −9.41 pp
1997 96.4 +15.73 pp
1996 80.67 +2.46 pp
1995 78.21 +17.53 pp
1994 60.68 −6.24 pp
1993 66.92 +15.54 pp
1992 51.38 −17.42 pp
1991 68.8 +8.25 pp
1990 60.56 −4.19 pp
1989 64.75 +8.28 pp
1988 56.46 +0.58 pp
1987 55.88 −1.19 pp
1986 57.07 +7.27 pp
1985 49.8 −2.95 pp
1984 52.75 −10.81 pp
1983 63.56 −19.59 pp
1982 83.15 −15.33 pp
1981 98.48 −17.86 pp
1980 116.34 +13.9 pp
1979 102.45 −10.04 pp
1978 112.48 −14.93 pp
1977 127.41 −41.52 pp
1976 168.93 +36.29 pp
1975 132.64 −57.47 pp
1974 190.11 +75.8 pp
1973 114.3 −7.9 pp
1972 122.21 −10.82 pp
1971 133.03 +8.19 pp
1970 124.84 +2.02 pp
1969 122.82 +5.28 pp
1968 117.54 +5.2 pp
1967 112.34 −9.67 pp
1966 122.01 +3.35 pp
1965 118.66 +1.51 pp
1964 117.15 +6.42 pp
1963 110.73 −1.98 pp
1962 112.7 −4.74 pp
1961 117.44 +8.98 pp
1960 108.46

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.