Trade openness — all countries

Trade openness — Latin America & Caribbean

Trade openness in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 49.14%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 27.42 pp.

2025 49.14% −0.51 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 56%2022
Period minimum 19.65%1967

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Trade openness — Latin America & Caribbean, 1960–202510203040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 21.73%1962: 19.67%1964: 20.18%1966: 20.26%1968: 20.49%1970: 22.19%1972: 23.4%1974: 29.2%1976: 27.09%1978: 27.5%1980: 30.08%1982: 27.71%1984: 29.88%1986: 28.38%1988: 32.36%1990: 32.94%1992: 30.33%1994: 29.04%1996: 32.7%1998: 33.32%2000: 36.25%2002: 38.87%2004: 42.73%2006: 43.14%2008: 45.21%2010: 41.35%2012: 45.58%2014: 44.65%2016: 44.04%2018: 48.19%2020: 45.97%2022: 56%2024: 49.65%2025: 49.14%
Change over the period: +27.42 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 49.14%
World 68.49%
Trade openness — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 49.14 −0.51 pp
2024 49.65 +0.92 pp
2023 48.73 −7.27 pp
2022 56 +3.4 pp
2021 52.6 +6.63 pp
2020 45.97 −1.74 pp
2019 47.71 −0.48 pp
2018 48.19 +3.85 pp
2017 44.34 +0.3 pp
2016 44.04 −0.96 pp
2015 44.99 +0.35 pp
2014 44.65 −0.55 pp
2013 45.19 −0.39 pp
2012 45.58 +1.95 pp
2011 43.63 +2.28 pp
2010 41.35 +2.26 pp
2009 39.09 −6.12 pp
2008 45.21 +1.95 pp
2007 43.26 +0.12 pp
2006 43.14 +0.62 pp
2005 42.51 −0.21 pp
2004 42.73 +2.03 pp
2003 40.69 +1.83 pp
2002 38.87 +2.23 pp
2001 36.64 +0.39 pp
2000 36.25 +1.65 pp
1999 34.6 +1.29 pp
1998 33.32 +0.23 pp
1997 33.09 +0.39 pp
1996 32.7 +0.61 pp
1995 32.08 +3.05 pp
1994 29.04 +0.49 pp
1993 28.55 −1.78 pp
1992 30.33 +0.76 pp
1991 29.57 −3.37 pp
1990 32.94 +0.75 pp
1989 32.2 −0.16 pp
1988 32.36 +3.19 pp
1987 29.17 +0.79 pp
1986 28.38 −0.98 pp
1985 29.36 −0.52 pp
1984 29.88 +0.64 pp
1983 29.24 +1.53 pp
1982 27.71 −1.37 pp
1981 29.08 −1 pp
1980 30.08 +1.22 pp
1979 28.86 +1.36 pp
1978 27.5 −0.48 pp
1977 27.97 +0.88 pp
1976 27.09 −0.36 pp
1975 27.45 −1.75 pp
1974 29.2 +4.49 pp
1973 24.71 +1.31 pp
1972 23.4 +0.74 pp
1971 22.65 +0.46 pp
1970 22.19 +1.26 pp
1969 20.93 +0.44 pp
1968 20.49 +0.84 pp
1967 19.65 −0.61 pp
1966 20.26 −0.05 pp
1965 20.3 +0.12 pp
1964 20.18 −2.89 pp
1963 23.07 +3.39 pp
1962 19.67 −1.21 pp
1961 20.88 −0.85 pp
1960 21.73

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.