Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Venezuela

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Venezuela in 2025 — 22.48%. Ranked 183 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 23.1 pp.

2025 22.48% −1.78 pp vs 2024
World rank 183of 189
Period maximum 58.62%1974
Period minimum 16.73%2022

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Venezuela, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 45.58%1962: 41.36%1964: 45.42%1966: 41.91%1968: 44.29%1970: 43.58%1972: 40.27%1974: 58.62%1976: 53.99%1978: 53.3%1980: 52.52%1982: 43.6%1984: 39.71%1986: 28.36%1988: 38.14%1990: 51.09%1992: 46.76%1994: 43.27%1996: 46.69%1998: 36.7%2000: 42.46%2002: 42.78%2004: 50.11%2006: 54.06%2008: 46.04%2010: 26.64%2012: 39.98%2014: 54.87%2016: 37.39%2018: 45.25%2020: 27.08%2022: 16.73%2024: 24.26%2025: 22.48%
Change over the period: −23.1 pp Annual average: -0.36 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Venezuela 22.48%
World 43.89%
South America computed 32.11%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Venezuela, by year Venezuela All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.48 −1.78 pp
2024 24.26 +5.95 pp
2023 18.32 +1.59 pp
2022 16.73 −3.1 pp
2021 19.84 −7.24 pp
2020 27.08 −4.53 pp
2019 31.61 −13.64 pp
2018 45.25 +8.55 pp
2017 36.7 −0.7 pp
2016 37.39 −19 pp
2015 56.4 +1.53 pp
2014 54.87 +1.67 pp
2013 53.2 +13.22 pp
2012 39.98 −4.51 pp
2011 44.49 +17.85 pp
2010 26.64 −3.42 pp
2009 30.06 −15.98 pp
2008 46.04 −4.35 pp
2007 50.39 −3.67 pp
2006 54.06 −0.74 pp
2005 54.8 +4.69 pp
2004 50.11 +6.48 pp
2003 43.63 +0.85 pp
2002 42.78 +6.18 pp
2001 36.6 −5.86 pp
2000 42.46 +6.71 pp
1999 35.75 −0.95 pp
1998 36.7 −8.12 pp
1997 44.83 −1.87 pp
1996 46.69 +6.5 pp
1995 40.19 −3.07 pp
1994 43.27 −2.03 pp
1993 45.3 −1.46 pp
1992 46.76 −2.45 pp
1991 49.21 −1.88 pp
1990 51.09 +2.59 pp
1989 48.49 +10.36 pp
1988 38.14 −3.99 pp
1987 42.13 +13.77 pp
1986 28.36 −8.02 pp
1985 36.38 −3.32 pp
1984 39.71 +9.57 pp
1983 30.13 −13.47 pp
1982 43.6 −7.79 pp
1981 51.39 −1.13 pp
1980 52.52 +0.8 pp
1979 51.72 −1.57 pp
1978 53.3 −3.29 pp
1977 56.58 +2.6 pp
1976 53.99 +0.1 pp
1975 53.89 −4.73 pp
1974 58.62 +13.41 pp
1973 45.22 +4.95 pp
1972 40.27 +0.02 pp
1971 40.25 −3.33 pp
1970 43.58 −3.12 pp
1969 46.7 +2.41 pp
1968 44.29 −4.6 pp
1967 48.89 +6.98 pp
1966 41.91 −4.08 pp
1965 45.99 +0.57 pp
1964 45.42 +8.15 pp
1963 37.27 −4.1 pp
1962 41.36 −1.05 pp
1961 42.42 −3.16 pp
1960 45.58

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.