Countries by trade as a share of GDP
Hong Kong had the highest trade as a share of GDP of 182 countries in 2014, at 426%. Sudan had the lowest, at 20.8%. The median was 80% and the figure for the World was 58%. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2014
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2014 (%) | Change on 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 426 | -16.6 pts |
| 2 | Singapore | 360.5 | -6.6 pts |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 333.4 | +12.9 pts |
| 4 | Djibouti | 298.6 | -49.2 pts |
| 5 | Seychelles | 213.4 | +16.8 pts |
| 6 | Ireland | 211.2 | +11.4 pts |
| 7 | Nauru | 197.2 | +17.9 pts |
| 8 | Malta | 181.3 | -6.1 pts |
| 9 | Slovakia | 176.8 | -4.1 pts |
| 10 | American Samoa | 174.8 | +1 pts |
| 11 | Bahrain | 168.6 | -16 pts |
| 12 | Hungary | 168.4 | +3.9 pts |
| 13 | Maldives | 166 | |
| 14 | Curaçao | 164.4 | -2 pts |
| 15 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 164.3 | +22 pts |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 159.5 | +2.1 pts |
| 17 | Belgium | 158.6 | +1 pts |
| 18 | Estonia | 158 | -6.6 pts |
| 19 | Aruba | 156.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 20 | Czechia | 156.4 | +10.9 pts |
| 21 | Netherlands | 151.7 | +1.1 pts |
| 22 | Marshall Islands | 149.9 | -12.1 pts |
| 23 | Slovenia | 146.5 | +1.3 pts |
| 24 | Palau | 145.8 | +4.9 pts |
| 25 | Lithuania | 143.3 | -13.3 pts |
| 26 | Antigua and Barbuda | 141.5 | |
| 27 | Malaysia | 138.3 | -4.4 pts |
| 28 | Vietnam | 135.4 | +4.6 pts |
| 29 | Mauritius | 135.1 | -1.5 pts |
| 30 | Thailand | 130.9 | -1.6 pts |
| 31 | Cyprus | 130.8 | +9.9 pts |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 130.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 33 | Latvia | 130 | +0.4 pts |
| 34 | Lesotho | 126.3 | -7.1 pts |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 125.1 | -8.9 pts |
| 36 | Cambodia | 124.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 37 | Northern Mariana Islands | 119.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 38 | Botswana | 119.5 | -6.3 pts |
| 39 | Switzerland | 119.2 | -13.6 pts |
| 40 | Macao | 118.6 | -2.8 pts |
| 41 | Mozambique | 116.4 | +7 pts |
| 42 | Panama | 115 | -18.1 pts |
| 43 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 114.8 | +31.3 pts |
| 44 | Honduras | 113 | -3.3 pts |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 112.5 | +7.7 pts |
| 46 | Fiji | 110.8 | -15.5 pts |
| 47 | Belarus | 110.7 | -9.2 pts |
| 48 | Mongolia | 109.3 | +9 pts |
| 49 | Belize | 107.1 | -1.6 pts |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 106.7 | -4.3 pts |
| 51 | Micronesia | 106.6 | -7.7 pts |
| 52 | Faroe Islands | 106.1 | -7.9 pts |
| 53 | Austria | 104.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 54 | Equatorial Guinea | 104.4 | -2.5 pts |
| 55 | Republic of the Congo | 104.2 | +11.2 pts |
| 56 | Kiribati | 104.2 | +7.4 pts |
| 57 | Denmark | 103.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 58 | Namibia | 103.1 | +5.4 pts |
| 59 | Turkmenistan | 102.8 | -6.7 pts |
| 60 | Brunei | 102.4 | -8.5 pts |
| 61 | Puerto Rico | 102.4 | -2.5 pts |
| 62 | Oman | 102.3 | -10.3 pts |
| 63 | Ukraine | 100.7 | +6.7 pts |
| 64 | Montenegro | 100.4 | -3.3 pts |
| 65 | Kuwait | 100 | +2.4 pts |
| 66 | Laos | 99.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 67 | Qatar | 99 | -3.3 pts |
| 68 | Tunisia | 96.1 | -2.8 pts |
| 69 | Iceland | 95.3 | -2.4 pts |
| 70 | Georgia | 95 | +1.1 pts |
| 71 | Moldova | 94.2 | -1.5 pts |
| 72 | Solomon Islands | 93.5 | -6.2 pts |
| 73 | Poland | 92 | +1.6 pts |
| 74 | Eswatini | 91.6 | +6.4 pts |
| 75 | Mauritania | 91.6 | -10.8 pts |
| 76 | Vanuatu | 91.4 | -2.1 pts |
| 77 | Cape Verde | 91.3 | +5.1 pts |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 90.6 | +2.6 pts |
| 79 | Serbia | 88.4 | +4 pts |
| 80 | Bhutan | 87.9 | -7.1 pts |
| 81 | Greenland | 87.1 | -8.8 pts |
| 82 | South Korea | 86.9 | -7.2 pts |
| 83 | Bolivia | 85.3 | +4 pts |
| 84 | Croatia | 85.2 | +4.3 pts |
| 85 | Sweden | 83.8 | +2.2 pts |
| 86 | Romania | 83.4 | +2 pts |
| 87 | Timor-Leste | 82.7 | +3.1 pts |
| 88 | Somalia | 81.7 | -1.6 pts |
| 89 | Bahamas | 80.5 | -4 pts |
| 90 | Samoa | 80.5 | +2.6 pts |
| 91 | Portugal | 80.2 | +2.2 pts |
| 92 | Lebanon | 79.8 | -6.4 pts |
| 93 | Guam | 78.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 94 | El Salvador | 78.1 | -2.3 pts |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 78 | -2.3 pts |
| 96 | Germany | 76.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 97 | Guinea | 76.8 | -3.7 pts |
| 98 | Libya | 76.5 | -29.8 pts |
| 99 | Bermuda | 76.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 100 | Zambia | 76.2 | -4.3 pts |
| 101 | Armenia | 75.8 | -1.8 pts |
| 102 | Albania | 75 | -0.7 pts |
| 103 | Tonga | 74.7 | -8 pts |
| 104 | Finland | 74.6 | -2.9 pts |
| 105 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 74.1 | +1.6 pts |
| 106 | Gabon | 73.5 | -17.1 pts |
| 107 | Morocco | 71.9 | -2 pts |
| 108 | Togo | 70.9 | -11.2 pts |
| 109 | Angola | 69.6 | -7.8 pts |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 69.5 | -5.2 pts |
| 111 | Paraguay | 69.1 | -4.3 pts |
| 112 | Iraq | 69 | +1.6 pts |
| 113 | Norway | 67.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 114 | Palestine | 67.7 | +1.5 pts |
| 115 | Greece | 66.4 | +3.5 pts |
| 116 | Chile | 65.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 117 | Benin | 65.3 | +6.1 pts |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 65.2 | +1.1 pts |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 65 | -0.4 pts |
| 120 | South Sudan | 64.6 | +13.8 pts |
| 121 | Canada | 64.4 | +2.1 pts |
| 122 | Mexico | 64.1 | +1.4 pts |
| 123 | Venezuela | 64.1 | +1.5 pts |
| 124 | Ghana | 63.8 | +3.1 pts |
| 125 | Spain | 63.4 | +1.7 pts |
| 126 | France | 62.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 127 | Madagascar | 62 | +5.6 pts |
| 128 | Israel | 61.8 | -2.4 pts |
| 129 | Ecuador | 61.4 | -2 pts |
| 130 | South Africa | 59.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 131 | New Caledonia | 59 | +0.1 pts |
| 132 | Burkina Faso | 58.8 | -5.2 pts |
| 133 | United Kingdom | 58.8 | -2.9 pts |
| 134 | Senegal | 58.4 | -2.2 pts |
| 135 | Gambia | 58.3 | +12.8 pts |
| 136 | Philippines | 57.5 | +1.6 pts |
| 137 | Algeria | 56.9 | -2.2 pts |
| 138 | French Polynesia | 56.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 139 | Dominican Republic | 55.7 | -1.2 pts |
| 140 | New Zealand | 55.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 141 | Guatemala | 55.1 | -1.6 pts |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 54.7 | -4 pts |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 54.6 | -17.1 pts |
| 144 | Italy | 54.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 145 | Türkiye | 54.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 146 | Syria | 54.3 | +9.6 pts |
| 147 | Côte d’Ivoire | 53.7 | -4.7 pts |
| 148 | Central African Republic | 53.1 | +14.7 pts |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | 51.1 | -2.2 pts |
| 150 | Mali | 51.1 | -3.5 pts |
| 151 | Cameroon | 50.8 | +1.2 pts |
| 152 | Uruguay | 49.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 153 | India | 48.9 | -4.9 pts |
| 154 | Yemen | 48.2 | -4.3 pts |
| 155 | Indonesia | 48.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 156 | Russia | 47.8 | +1.5 pts |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.9 | +6.9 pts |
| 158 | Peru | 46.9 | -2.9 pts |
| 159 | Kenya | 46.2 | -1.3 pts |
| 160 | Nepal | 46 | +4.1 pts |
| 161 | Niger | 45.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 162 | Tanzania | 45.4 | -3.3 pts |
| 163 | Iran | 45.4 | -1.7 pts |
| 164 | Bangladesh | 44.5 | -1.8 pts |
| 165 | Rwanda | 44.5 | +1.2 pts |
| 166 | China | 44.1 | -1.8 pts |
| 167 | Haiti | 42.4 | +2 pts |
| 168 | Australia | 42.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 169 | Chad | 40.8 | -10.7 pts |
| 170 | Ethiopia | 40.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 171 | Cuba | 39.3 | -5 pts |
| 172 | Comoros | 39.2 | -0 pts |
| 173 | Colombia | 37.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 174 | Egypt | 36.9 | -3.5 pts |
| 175 | Japan | 36.8 | +3.2 pts |
| 176 | Uganda | 36 | -7.1 pts |
| 177 | Uzbekistan | 32.2 | -5.3 pts |
| 178 | United States | 29.9 | -0 pts |
| 179 | Pakistan | 29.5 | -1.4 pts |
| 180 | Argentina | 28.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 181 | Brazil | 24.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 182 | Sudan | 20.8 | -6 pts |
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About this ranking
Sum of exports and imports of goods and services, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank series.
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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 11 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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Which country has the highest trade as a share of GDP?
Hong Kong, with 426% in 2014, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest trade as a share of GDP?
Sudan, with 20.8% in 2014.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-11. 11 countries have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.