# Trade as a share of GDP in Ireland

Trade as a share of GDP in Ireland was 240% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 240 |
| 2024 | 246.2 |
| 2023 | 239.6 |
| 2022 | 237.8 |
| 2021 | 231 |
| 2020 | 258.8 |
| 2019 | 257.7 |
| 2018 | 222.5 |
| 2017 | 233.3 |
| 2016 | 239.7 |
| 2015 | 223.7 |
| 2014 | 211.2 |
| 2013 | 199.7 |
| 2012 | 190.4 |
| 2011 | 186.3 |
| 2010 | 190.1 |
| 2009 | 173.6 |
| 2008 | 160 |
| 2007 | 153.4 |
| 2006 | 150 |
| 2005 | 148.2 |
| 2004 | 146.6 |
| 2003 | 146.5 |
| 2002 | 163.7 |
| 2001 | 174.8 |
| 2000 | 175 |
| 1999 | 159.9 |
| 1998 | 157.8 |
| 1997 | 142.3 |
| 1996 | 138.9 |
| 1995 | 136.1 |
| 1994 | 126.5 |
| 1993 | 116.6 |
| 1992 | 109.5 |
| 1991 | 106.4 |
| 1990 | 105 |
| 1989 | 112.5 |
| 1988 | 105.2 |
| 1987 | 100.7 |
| 1986 | 97.1 |
| 1985 | 107.8 |
| 1984 | 108.3 |
| 1983 | 97.7 |
| 1982 | 94 |
| 1981 | 101 |
| 1980 | 102.3 |
| 1979 | 105.3 |
| 1978 | 99.7 |
| 1977 | 98 |
| 1976 | 91.2 |
| 1975 | 83 |
| 1974 | 90.7 |
| 1973 | 75.2 |
| 1972 | 67.6 |
| 1971 | 72.2 |
| 1970 | 74.4 |