# Trade as a share of GDP in United States

Trade as a share of GDP in United States was 25% in 2024. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 25 |
| 2023 | 24.9 |
| 2022 | 26.9 |
| 2021 | 25.2 |
| 2020 | 23.1 |
| 2019 | 26.3 |
| 2018 | 27.4 |
| 2017 | 27.1 |
| 2016 | 26.5 |
| 2015 | 27.7 |
| 2014 | 29.9 |
| 2013 | 29.9 |
| 2012 | 30.7 |
| 2011 | 30.8 |
| 2010 | 28.2 |
| 2009 | 24.8 |
| 2008 | 29.9 |
| 2007 | 28 |
| 2006 | 27 |
| 2005 | 25.6 |
| 2004 | 24.4 |
| 2003 | 22.6 |
| 2002 | 22.3 |
| 2001 | 23 |
| 2000 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 23.3 |
| 1998 | 22.8 |
| 1997 | 23.4 |
| 1996 | 22.7 |
| 1995 | 22.5 |
| 1994 | 21.1 |
| 1993 | 20 |
| 1992 | 20 |
| 1991 | 19.8 |
| 1990 | 19.8 |
| 1989 | 19.4 |
| 1988 | 19.1 |
| 1987 | 18 |
| 1986 | 16.9 |
| 1985 | 16.6 |
| 1984 | 17.5 |
| 1983 | 16.7 |
| 1982 | 17.5 |
| 1981 | 19.4 |
| 1980 | 20.1 |
| 1979 | 18.4 |
| 1978 | 17 |
| 1977 | 16.4 |
| 1976 | 16 |
| 1975 | 15.5 |
| 1974 | 16.4 |
| 1973 | 13.1 |
| 1972 | 11.3 |
| 1971 | 10.8 |
| 1970 | 10.8 |