# Trade as a share of GDP in Bangladesh

Trade as a share of GDP in Bangladesh was 28% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `trade_share_gdp`
- Place id: `bd`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Sum of exports and imports of goods and services, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank series.
- Note: Can exceed 100%, because exports and imports are both counted against GDP, which is only value added. Small open economies with large re-export or transit trade reach several hundred percent.
- Source: World Bank, Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/trade-share-gdp/bangladesh
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=trade_share_gdp&place=bd

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 28 |
| 2024 | 26.8 |
| 2023 | 31 |
| 2022 | 33.8 |
| 2021 | 27.7 |
| 2020 | 26.3 |
| 2019 | 31.6 |
| 2018 | 32.5 |
| 2017 | 30 |
| 2016 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 42.1 |
| 2014 | 44.5 |
| 2013 | 46.3 |
| 2012 | 48.1 |
| 2011 | 47.4 |
| 2010 | 37.8 |
| 2009 | 40.1 |
| 2008 | 42.6 |
| 2007 | 39.9 |
| 2006 | 38.1 |
| 2005 | 34.4 |
| 2004 | 26.9 |
| 2003 | 27.7 |
| 2002 | 29 |
| 2001 | 32.1 |
| 2000 | 29.3 |
| 1999 | 28.4 |
| 1998 | 27.9 |
| 1997 | 26.3 |
| 1996 | 26.1 |
| 1995 | 28.2 |
| 1994 | 22.9 |
| 1993 | 23.1 |
| 1992 | 19.9 |
| 1991 | 18.9 |
| 1990 | 19 |
| 1989 | 18.3 |
| 1988 | 17.7 |
| 1987 | 16.7 |
| 1986 | 17 |
| 1985 | 18.2 |
| 1984 | 16.8 |
| 1983 | 20.3 |
| 1982 | 20.6 |
| 1981 | 19.2 |
| 1980 | 23.4 |
| 1979 | 21.9 |
| 1978 | 21 |
| 1977 | 19.4 |
| 1976 | 22.4 |
| 1975 | 11 |
| 1974 | 14 |
| 1973 | 18.4 |
| 1972 | 19.4 |
| 1971 | 17 |
| 1970 | 20.8 |
| 1969 | 19.8 |
| 1968 | 19.9 |
| 1967 | 21.9 |
| 1966 | 22.9 |
| 1965 | 23 |
| 1964 | 24.2 |
| 1963 | 21.6 |
| 1962 | 21.6 |
| 1961 | 22.5 |
| 1960 | 19.3 |