Trade openness — all countries

Trade openness — Singapore

Trade openness in Singapore in 2025 — 320.31%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 19 pp.

2025 320.31% +7.01 pp vs 2024
World rank 3of 138
Period maximum 437.33%2008
Period minimum 229.05%1972

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Trade openness — Singapore, 1960–202520030040050019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 339.31%1962: 286.64%1964: 255.03%1966: 253.78%1968: 256.8%1970: 271.06%1972: 229.05%1974: 313.96%1976: 305.9%1978: 334.6%1980: 410.94%1982: 372.54%1984: 313.12%1986: 294.83%1988: 359.87%1990: 344.33%1992: 311.31%1994: 316.22%1996: 334.91%1998: 312.08%2000: 364.36%2002: 349.75%2004: 401.52%2006: 425.36%2008: 437.33%2010: 369.69%2012: 369.21%2014: 360.47%2016: 301.34%2018: 325.73%2020: 331.08%2022: 330.25%2024: 313.3%2025: 320.31%
Change over the period: −19 pp Annual average: -0.29 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Singapore 320.31%
World 68.49%
South-Eastern Asia computed 129.54%
Trade openness — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 320.31 +7.01 pp
2024 313.3 −10.4 pp
2023 323.7 −6.55 pp
2022 330.25 +3.71 pp
2021 326.53 −4.55 pp
2020 331.08 +6.81 pp
2019 324.27 −1.46 pp
2018 325.73 +10.32 pp
2017 315.4 +14.06 pp
2016 301.34 −28.13 pp
2015 329.47 −31 pp
2014 360.47 −6.57 pp
2013 367.04 −2.17 pp
2012 369.21 −9.89 pp
2011 379.1 +9.41 pp
2010 369.69 +11.49 pp
2009 358.19 −79.13 pp
2008 437.33 +43.04 pp
2007 394.29 −31.07 pp
2006 425.36 +4.93 pp
2005 420.43 +18.91 pp
2004 401.52 +24.31 pp
2003 377.22 +27.47 pp
2002 349.75 +0.45 pp
2001 349.29 −15.07 pp
2000 364.36 +27.88 pp
1999 336.48 +24.41 pp
1998 312.08 −11.79 pp
1997 323.86 −11.05 pp
1996 334.91 −10.55 pp
1995 345.46 +29.24 pp
1994 316.22 +2.8 pp
1993 313.42 +2.1 pp
1992 311.31 −12.58 pp
1991 323.89 −20.44 pp
1990 344.33 −3.24 pp
1989 347.57 −12.29 pp
1988 359.87 +34.83 pp
1987 325.04 +30.21 pp
1986 294.83 −9.32 pp
1985 304.14 −8.98 pp
1984 313.12 −20.02 pp
1983 333.15 −39.39 pp
1982 372.54 −27.24 pp
1981 399.78 −11.16 pp
1980 410.94 +35.93 pp
1979 375.01 +40.41 pp
1978 334.6 +7.62 pp
1977 326.98 +21.08 pp
1976 305.9 +22.33 pp
1975 283.57 −30.39 pp
1974 313.96 +68.24 pp
1973 245.73 +16.68 pp
1972 229.05 −30.24 pp
1971 259.3 −11.76 pp
1970 271.06 −2.64 pp
1969 273.7 +16.9 pp
1968 256.8 +20.87 pp
1967 235.93 −17.84 pp
1966 253.78 −3.76 pp
1965 257.54 +2.51 pp
1964 255.03 −41.85 pp
1963 296.88 +10.24 pp
1962 286.64 −12.76 pp
1961 299.4 −39.9 pp
1960 339.31

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.