Trade openness — all countries

Trade openness — G20

Trade openness in the G20 in 2025 — 51.72%. Since 1967, the indicator has risen by 30.53 pp.

2025 51.72% +9.1 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 51.72%2025
Period minimum 19.33%1970

Trend over time

1967–2025 · % of GDP

Trade openness — G20, 1967–2025102030405060196719731979198519911997200320092015202120251967: 21.19%1968: 22.24%1969: 22.56%1970: 19.33%1971: 19.57%1972: 20.14%1973: 22.51%1974: 27.64%1975: 26.32%1976: 27.2%1977: 27.46%1978: 27.14%1979: 29.67%1980: 32.32%1981: 31.7%1982: 29.9%1983: 28.52%1984: 29.09%1985: 28.04%1986: 26.35%1987: 27.05%1988: 27.76%1989: 29.02%1990: 29.69%1991: 28.94%1992: 30.82%1993: 28.6%1994: 29.15%1995: 30.9%1996: 31.83%1997: 33.23%1998: 33.28%1999: 33.29%2000: 35.9%2001: 35.04%2002: 35.27%2003: 36.51%2004: 39.43%2005: 41.49%2006: 44.28%2007: 45.53%2008: 47.52%2009: 39.84%2010: 43.7%2011: 46.7%2012: 46.2%2013: 45.98%2014: 45.69%2015: 42.63%2016: 40.7%2017: 42.03%2018: 43.42%2019: 41.87%2020: 38.45%2021: 42.01%2022: 45.49%2023: 42.87%2024: 42.62%2025: 51.72%
Change over the period: +30.53 pp Annual average: 0.53 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 51.72%
World 68.49%
Trade openness — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 51.72 +9.1 pp
2024 42.62 −0.25 pp
2023 42.87 −2.62 pp
2022 45.49 +3.49 pp
2021 42.01 +3.55 pp
2020 38.45 −3.41 pp
2019 41.87 −1.56 pp
2018 43.42 +1.39 pp
2017 42.03 +1.33 pp
2016 40.7 −1.93 pp
2015 42.63 −3.06 pp
2014 45.69 −0.3 pp
2013 45.98 −0.22 pp
2012 46.2 −0.5 pp
2011 46.7 +3 pp
2010 43.7 +3.87 pp
2009 39.84 −7.68 pp
2008 47.52 +1.99 pp
2007 45.53 +1.25 pp
2006 44.28 +2.79 pp
2005 41.49 +2.05 pp
2004 39.43 +2.93 pp
2003 36.51 +1.23 pp
2002 35.27 +0.23 pp
2001 35.04 −0.87 pp
2000 35.9 +2.62 pp
1999 33.29 +0 pp
1998 33.28 +0.06 pp
1997 33.23 +1.4 pp
1996 31.83 +0.93 pp
1995 30.9 +1.75 pp
1994 29.15 +0.55 pp
1993 28.6 −2.22 pp
1992 30.82 +1.88 pp
1991 28.94 −0.75 pp
1990 29.69 +0.67 pp
1989 29.02 +1.27 pp
1988 27.76 +0.7 pp
1987 27.05 +0.7 pp
1986 26.35 −1.69 pp
1985 28.04 −1.04 pp
1984 29.09 +0.57 pp
1983 28.52 −1.38 pp
1982 29.9 −1.8 pp
1981 31.7 −0.62 pp
1980 32.32 +2.65 pp
1979 29.67 +2.53 pp
1978 27.14 −0.32 pp
1977 27.46 +0.26 pp
1976 27.2 +0.88 pp
1975 26.32 −1.33 pp
1974 27.64 +5.14 pp
1973 22.51 +2.36 pp
1972 20.14 +0.57 pp
1971 19.57 +0.24 pp
1970 19.33 −3.22 pp
1969 22.56 +0.32 pp
1968 22.24 +1.04 pp
1967 21.19

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.