Trade openness — all countries

Trade openness — BRICS

Trade openness in BRICS in 2025 — 39.32%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 27.09 pp.

2025 39.32% −0.38 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 54.56%2006
Period minimum 11.62%1962

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Trade openness — BRICS, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 12.23%1962: 11.62%1964: 12%1966: 12.37%1968: 13.22%1970: 12.9%1972: 14.48%1974: 24.61%1976: 24.03%1978: 23.02%1980: 28.29%1982: 25.09%1984: 25.05%1986: 19.46%1988: 24.64%1990: 27.45%1992: 48.76%1994: 33.63%1996: 30.82%1998: 31.1%2000: 38.3%2002: 43.12%2004: 52.09%2006: 54.56%2008: 53.92%2010: 46.99%2012: 47.79%2014: 45.57%2016: 39.34%2018: 41.33%2020: 37.99%2022: 43.12%2024: 39.7%2025: 39.32%
Change over the period: +27.09 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

BRICS 39.32%
World 68.49%
Trade openness — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 39.32 −0.38 pp
2024 39.7 −2.06 pp
2023 41.76 −1.36 pp
2022 43.12 +1.66 pp
2021 41.47 +3.48 pp
2020 37.99 −1.49 pp
2019 39.48 −1.85 pp
2018 41.33 +1.38 pp
2017 39.95 +0.61 pp
2016 39.34 −2.46 pp
2015 41.8 −3.77 pp
2014 45.57 −1.41 pp
2013 46.98 −0.81 pp
2012 47.79 −0.34 pp
2011 48.13 +1.14 pp
2010 46.99 +2.59 pp
2009 44.41 −9.51 pp
2008 53.92 +0.56 pp
2007 53.36 −1.2 pp
2006 54.56 +0.87 pp
2005 53.69 +1.59 pp
2004 52.09 +5.01 pp
2003 47.08 +3.96 pp
2002 43.12 +2.81 pp
2001 40.31 +2.01 pp
2000 38.3 +4.49 pp
1999 33.81 +2.71 pp
1998 31.1 −0.23 pp
1997 31.33 +0.51 pp
1996 30.82 −1.88 pp
1995 32.7 −0.94 pp
1994 33.63 −5.77 pp
1993 39.41 −9.35 pp
1992 48.76 +22.03 pp
1991 26.73 −0.72 pp
1990 27.45 −0.91 pp
1989 28.36 +3.73 pp
1988 24.64 +2.56 pp
1987 22.07 +2.61 pp
1986 19.46 −3.44 pp
1985 22.89 −2.16 pp
1984 25.05 −1.46 pp
1983 26.51 +1.42 pp
1982 25.09 −2.95 pp
1981 28.04 −0.25 pp
1980 28.29 +3.3 pp
1979 24.99 +1.97 pp
1978 23.02 −0.01 pp
1977 23.03 −1 pp
1976 24.03 −0.43 pp
1975 24.46 −0.15 pp
1974 24.61 +7 pp
1973 17.61 +3.13 pp
1972 14.48 +0.87 pp
1971 13.61 +0.71 pp
1970 12.9 +0.29 pp
1969 12.61 −0.61 pp
1968 13.22 +0.35 pp
1967 12.86 +0.5 pp
1966 12.37 +0.67 pp
1965 11.7 −0.3 pp
1964 12 −1.19 pp
1963 13.19 +1.57 pp
1962 11.62 −0.44 pp
1961 12.06 −0.17 pp
1960 12.23

About the indicator

The sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — the standard indicator of the trade openness of an economy. Values above 100% are not an anomaly: they mean that trade turnover exceeds annual GDP, which is typical of trading hubs and of small economies built into supply chains.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.