Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Ukraine

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Ukraine in 2025 — 57.85%. Ranked 84 in the world out of 189. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 37.37 pp.

2025 57.85% −1.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 84of 189
Period maximum 91.73%2004
Period minimum 20.48%1992

Trend over time

1992–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Ukraine, 1992–202502550751001992199620002004200820122016202020241992: 20.48%1993: 26.43%1994: 40.06%1995: 59.34%1996: 71.82%1997: 62.53%1998: 65.21%1999: 74.18%2000: 88.12%2001: 81.51%2002: 79.47%2003: 88.61%2004: 91.73%2005: 78.85%2006: 74.55%2007: 73.9%2008: 81.06%2009: 70.15%2010: 79.59%2011: 89.2%2012: 83.89%2013: 74.08%2014: 81.14%2015: 83.1%2016: 80.99%2017: 82.86%2018: 79.86%2019: 72.04%2020: 66.1%2021: 70.54%2022: 61.38%2023: 55.93%2024: 58.95%2025: 57.85%
Change over the period: +37.37 pp Annual average: 1.13 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ukraine 57.85%
World 43.89%
Eastern Europe computed 61.84%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Ukraine, by year Ukraine All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 57.85 −1.1 pp
2024 58.95 +3.03 pp
2023 55.93 −5.45 pp
2022 61.38 −9.16 pp
2021 70.54 +4.44 pp
2020 66.1 −5.93 pp
2019 72.04 −7.82 pp
2018 79.86 −3 pp
2017 82.86 +1.86 pp
2016 80.99 −2.1 pp
2015 83.1 +1.95 pp
2014 81.14 +7.06 pp
2013 74.08 −9.8 pp
2012 83.89 −5.32 pp
2011 89.2 +9.61 pp
2010 79.59 +9.44 pp
2009 70.15 −10.91 pp
2008 81.06 +7.16 pp
2007 73.9 −0.65 pp
2006 74.55 −4.3 pp
2005 78.85 −12.88 pp
2004 91.73 +3.12 pp
2003 88.61 +9.14 pp
2002 79.47 −2.03 pp
2001 81.51 −6.61 pp
2000 88.12 +13.94 pp
1999 74.18 +8.97 pp
1998 65.21 +2.68 pp
1997 62.53 −9.29 pp
1996 71.82 +12.48 pp
1995 59.34 +19.28 pp
1994 40.06 +13.63 pp
1993 26.43 +5.95 pp
1992 20.48

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.