# Trade as a share of GDP in China

Trade as a share of GDP in China was 38% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 38 |
| 2024 | 38 |
| 2023 | 36.7 |
| 2022 | 37.5 |
| 2021 | 36.6 |
| 2020 | 34.3 |
| 2019 | 35.5 |
| 2018 | 36.9 |
| 2017 | 37 |
| 2016 | 36.2 |
| 2015 | 38.7 |
| 2014 | 44.1 |
| 2013 | 45.9 |
| 2012 | 47.5 |
| 2011 | 49.9 |
| 2010 | 49.9 |
| 2009 | 44.4 |
| 2008 | 56.7 |
| 2007 | 61.3 |
| 2006 | 63.6 |
| 2005 | 61.4 |
| 2004 | 58.6 |
| 2003 | 51.1 |
| 2002 | 42.2 |
| 2001 | 38.1 |
| 2000 | 39 |
| 1999 | 33.2 |
| 1998 | 32.2 |
| 1997 | 34.3 |
| 1996 | 33.6 |
| 1995 | 34.1 |
| 1994 | 35.6 |
| 1993 | 35.9 |
| 1992 | 30 |
| 1991 | 25.9 |
| 1990 | 24.2 |
| 1989 | 25.1 |
| 1988 | 30 |
| 1987 | 24.8 |
| 1986 | 19.8 |
| 1985 | 20.7 |
| 1984 | 19 |
| 1983 | 17.9 |
| 1982 | 19.7 |
| 1981 | 23.7 |
| 1980 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 16.5 |
| 1978 | 15.4 |
| 1977 | 9.3 |
| 1976 | 9.6 |
| 1975 | 10 |
| 1974 | 10.3 |
| 1973 | 8.1 |
| 1972 | 5.7 |
| 1971 | 4.9 |
| 1970 | 4.8 |
| 1969 | 4.9 |
| 1968 | 5.6 |
| 1967 | 5.6 |
| 1966 | 5.9 |
| 1965 | 5.9 |
| 1964 | 5.7 |
| 1963 | 5.7 |
| 1962 | 5.6 |
| 1961 | 5.8 |
| 1960 | 6.3 |