# Trade as a share of GDP in Bhutan

Trade as a share of GDP in Bhutan was 79.4% in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `trade_share_gdp`
- Place id: `bt`
- 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/bhutan
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=trade_share_gdp&place=bt

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 79.4 |
| 2023 | 81.7 |
| 2022 | 85.6 |
| 2021 | 77.6 |
| 2020 | 71.8 |
| 2019 | 76.1 |
| 2018 | 79.7 |
| 2017 | 76.8 |
| 2016 | 76.4 |
| 2015 | 89.6 |
| 2014 | 87.9 |
| 2013 | 95.1 |
| 2012 | 94 |
| 2011 | 102.8 |
| 2010 | 105 |
| 2009 | 101.6 |
| 2008 | 102 |
| 2007 | 106.9 |
| 2006 | 108.2 |
| 2005 | 97.7 |
| 2004 | 89.1 |
| 2003 | 72.8 |
| 2002 | 70.3 |
| 2001 | 71.1 |
| 2000 | 74 |
| 1999 | 85.9 |
| 1998 | 85.6 |
| 1997 | 85.2 |
| 1996 | 84.6 |
| 1995 | 83.9 |
| 1994 | 72.1 |
| 1993 | 78.8 |
| 1992 | 91.8 |
| 1991 | 76 |
| 1990 | 61.2 |
| 1989 | 68.8 |
| 1988 | 80.5 |
| 1987 | 64.3 |
| 1986 | 73.8 |
| 1985 | 69.8 |
| 1984 | 61.2 |
| 1983 | 61.1 |
| 1982 | 64.7 |
| 1981 | 66.8 |
| 1980 | 54.1 |