Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Türkiye

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Türkiye in 2025 — 39.99%. Ranked 136 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 29.56 pp.

2025 39.99% −4.58 pp vs 2024
World rank 136of 189
Period maximum 66.72%2022
Period minimum 6.87%1969

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Türkiye, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 10.43%1962: 11.21%1964: 8.48%1966: 8.57%1968: 7.2%1970: 8.6%1972: 11.85%1974: 14.99%1976: 13.78%1978: 10.45%1980: 15.72%1982: 22.66%1984: 29.85%1986: 24.53%1988: 28.61%1990: 23.41%1992: 23.62%1994: 31.67%1996: 26.71%1998: 26.37%2000: 29.95%2002: 36.39%2004: 39.18%2006: 40.22%2008: 43.07%2010: 38.26%2012: 43.94%2014: 44.32%2016: 40.36%2018: 51.79%2020: 53.05%2022: 66.72%2024: 44.57%2025: 39.99%
Change over the period: +29.56 pp Annual average: 0.45 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Türkiye 39.99%
World 43.89%
Western Asia computed 46.07%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 39.99 −4.58 pp
2024 44.57 −9.54 pp
2023 54.12 −12.6 pp
2022 66.72 +7.59 pp
2021 59.13 +6.08 pp
2020 53.05 +2.63 pp
2019 50.42 −1.37 pp
2018 51.79 +5.12 pp
2017 46.67 +6.32 pp
2016 40.36 −1.77 pp
2015 42.13 −2.19 pp
2014 44.32 +0.43 pp
2013 43.89 −0.05 pp
2012 43.94 −0.57 pp
2011 44.51 +6.25 pp
2010 38.26 +1.09 pp
2009 37.17 −5.9 pp
2008 43.07 +2.6 pp
2007 40.47 +0.25 pp
2006 40.22 +2.79 pp
2005 37.43 −1.75 pp
2004 39.18 +2.21 pp
2003 36.97 +0.58 pp
2002 36.39 +0.42 pp
2001 35.97 +6.03 pp
2000 29.95 +3.92 pp
1999 26.03 −0.34 pp
1998 26.37 −1.99 pp
1997 28.36 +1.65 pp
1996 26.71 +2.29 pp
1995 24.42 −7.25 pp
1994 31.67 +6.85 pp
1993 24.82 +1.19 pp
1992 23.62 +0.69 pp
1991 22.94 −0.47 pp
1990 23.41 −2.19 pp
1989 25.59 −3.01 pp
1988 28.61 +0.68 pp
1987 27.93 +3.4 pp
1986 24.53 −4.18 pp
1985 28.71 −1.14 pp
1984 29.85 +5.64 pp
1983 24.21 +1.55 pp
1982 22.66 +3.51 pp
1981 19.16 +3.44 pp
1980 15.72 +7.54 pp
1979 8.18 −2.27 pp
1978 10.45 −2.42 pp
1977 12.86 −0.91 pp
1976 13.78 +0.44 pp
1975 13.34 −1.66 pp
1974 14.99 +1.91 pp
1973 13.09 +1.23 pp
1972 11.85 +0.42 pp
1971 11.43 +2.83 pp
1970 8.6 +1.73 pp
1969 6.87 −0.33 pp
1968 7.2 −0.52 pp
1967 7.72 −0.86 pp
1966 8.57 −0.08 pp
1965 8.66 +0.18 pp
1964 8.48 −1.72 pp
1963 10.2 −1.01 pp
1962 11.21 +0.52 pp
1961 10.69 +0.26 pp
1960 10.43

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.