Countries by trade as a share of GDP
Hong Kong had the highest trade as a share of GDP of 184 countries in 2015, at 389.4%. Sudan had the lowest, at 18.4%. The median was 75% and the figure for the World was 55.6%. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2015
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2015 (%) | Change on 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 389.4 | -36.6 pts |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 351.1 | +17.7 pts |
| 3 | Singapore | 329.5 | -31 pts |
| 4 | San Marino | 321.4 | |
| 5 | Djibouti | 268.4 | -30.2 pts |
| 6 | Ireland | 223.7 | +12.5 pts |
| 7 | Malta | 207.2 | +25.9 pts |
| 8 | Nauru | 200 | +2.8 pts |
| 9 | Seychelles | 187.5 | -25.9 pts |
| 10 | Slovakia | 179.4 | +2.7 pts |
| 11 | Hungary | 167.3 | -1.1 pts |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 164.3 | +4.8 pts |
| 13 | American Samoa | 162.4 | -12.4 pts |
| 14 | Netherlands | 160.3 | +8.6 pts |
| 15 | Belgium | 155.1 | -3.5 pts |
| 16 | Czechia | 154 | -2.4 pts |
| 17 | Estonia | 148.5 | -9.4 pts |
| 18 | Curaçao | 148.3 | -16 pts |
| 19 | Bahrain | 147.9 | -20.7 pts |
| 20 | Slovenia | 147.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 21 | Vietnam | 144.9 | +9.5 pts |
| 22 | Maldives | 143.7 | -22.3 pts |
| 23 | Aruba | 140.5 | -16 pts |
| 24 | Marshall Islands | 138.5 | -11.4 pts |
| 25 | Lithuania | 138.2 | -5.1 pts |
| 26 | Cyprus | 137.3 | +6.4 pts |
| 27 | Mauritius | 133.1 | -2 pts |
| 28 | Malaysia | 131.4 | -6.9 pts |
| 29 | Antigua and Barbuda | 130.1 | -11.5 pts |
| 30 | Lesotho | 129.7 | +3.4 pts |
| 31 | Palau | 128.2 | -17.6 pts |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 126.7 | -3.5 pts |
| 33 | Latvia | 126.4 | -3.7 pts |
| 34 | Thailand | 124.8 | -6.1 pts |
| 35 | Northern Mariana Islands | 122.7 | +2.9 pts |
| 36 | Cambodia | 122.1 | -2.3 pts |
| 37 | Macao | 119.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 38 | Republic of the Congo | 117.3 | +13.1 pts |
| 39 | Switzerland | 116.4 | -2.9 pts |
| 40 | Belarus | 115.9 | +5.3 pts |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 113.7 | +1.2 pts |
| 42 | Botswana | 112.9 | -6.6 pts |
| 43 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 112.7 | -2.1 pts |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 111 | -14.2 pts |
| 45 | Kiribati | 109.9 | +5.7 pts |
| 46 | Puerto Rico | 108.9 | +6.5 pts |
| 47 | Ukraine | 107.8 | +7.1 pts |
| 48 | Honduras | 107.3 | -5.7 pts |
| 49 | Micronesia | 106.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 50 | Faroe Islands | 105.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 51 | Denmark | 105.1 | +1.9 pts |
| 52 | Montenegro | 104.1 | +3.7 pts |
| 53 | Belize | 104.1 | -3 pts |
| 54 | Austria | 103.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 55 | Fiji | 101.2 | -9.6 pts |
| 56 | Equatorial Guinea | 98.9 | -5.5 pts |
| 57 | Mozambique | 98.8 | -17.6 pts |
| 58 | Kuwait | 98.7 | -1.3 pts |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 98.2 | -8.5 pts |
| 60 | Namibia | 97.2 | -5.8 pts |
| 61 | Georgia | 97 | +2.1 pts |
| 62 | Panama | 96.6 | -18.4 pts |
| 63 | Oman | 96.4 | -5.9 pts |
| 64 | Iceland | 94.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 65 | Cape Verde | 94 | +2.7 pts |
| 66 | Qatar | 93.7 | -5.3 pts |
| 67 | Serbia | 93.5 | +5.1 pts |
| 68 | Vanuatu | 92.5 | +1.2 pts |
| 69 | Poland | 92.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 70 | Croatia | 90.7 | +5.4 pts |
| 71 | Brunei | 89.9 | -12.5 pts |
| 72 | Mongolia | 89.7 | -19.7 pts |
| 73 | Bhutan | 89.6 | +1.7 pts |
| 74 | Moldova | 89 | -5.3 pts |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 88.3 | -2.3 pts |
| 76 | Eswatini | 88.3 | -3.4 pts |
| 77 | Solomon Islands | 88.2 | -5.3 pts |
| 78 | Tunisia | 87.2 | -8.9 pts |
| 79 | Laos | 85.8 | -13.3 pts |
| 80 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 84.8 | -79.5 pts |
| 81 | Sweden | 84.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 82 | Romania | 83.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 83 | Greenland | 83.1 | -4 pts |
| 84 | Tonga | 81.4 | +6.7 pts |
| 85 | Portugal | 80.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 86 | Zambia | 79.9 | +3.7 pts |
| 87 | Germany | 77.8 | +0.9 pts |
| 88 | Mauritania | 77.3 | -14.3 pts |
| 89 | El Salvador | 76.6 | -1.5 pts |
| 90 | Ghana | 76.5 | +12.7 pts |
| 91 | Somalia | 76.5 | -5.2 pts |
| 92 | South Korea | 75.4 | -11.5 pts |
| 93 | Samoa | 74.6 | -5.9 pts |
| 94 | Gabon | 73.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 95 | Bermuda | 73.3 | -3.2 pts |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 73.2 | -29.5 pts |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 72.6 | +3.1 pts |
| 98 | Guinea | 72.4 | -4.3 pts |
| 99 | Finland | 72 | -2.7 pts |
| 100 | Lebanon | 71.8 | -8 pts |
| 101 | Armenia | 71.7 | -4.1 pts |
| 102 | Guam | 71.3 | -7 pts |
| 103 | Albania | 71.3 | -3.7 pts |
| 104 | Palestine | 70.8 | +3 pts |
| 105 | Mexico | 70.4 | +6.3 pts |
| 106 | Bahamas | 69.7 | -10.9 pts |
| 107 | Iraq | 69.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 108 | Togo | 69.1 | -1.8 pts |
| 109 | Norway | 68.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 110 | Bolivia | 67.9 | -17.3 pts |
| 111 | Morocco | 67.3 | -4.6 pts |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 67.1 | -10.9 pts |
| 113 | Paraguay | 66.9 | -2.2 pts |
| 114 | Canada | 66.2 | +1.8 pts |
| 115 | South Sudan | 65.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 116 | Greece | 65.3 | -1.2 pts |
| 117 | Spain | 63.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 118 | France | 63.5 | +1.3 pts |
| 119 | Madagascar | 61.2 | -0.7 pts |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 60.8 | -4.4 pts |
| 121 | Venezuela | 60.4 | -3.7 pts |
| 122 | Timor-Leste | 60.1 | -22.7 pts |
| 123 | New Caledonia | 60 | +1.1 pts |
| 124 | Chile | 59.3 | -6.3 pts |
| 125 | Philippines | 59.1 | +1.7 pts |
| 126 | Burkina Faso | 59.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 127 | Israel | 59 | -2.8 pts |
| 128 | Senegal | 58.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 129 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 57.8 | -16.4 pts |
| 130 | United Kingdom | 57.1 | -1.7 pts |
| 131 | Libya | 56.9 | -19.6 pts |
| 132 | Benin | 56.8 | -8.5 pts |
| 133 | Zimbabwe | 56.7 | +2.1 pts |
| 134 | South Africa | 56.7 | -2.8 pts |
| 135 | French Polynesia | 55.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 136 | Italy | 55.4 | +1 pts |
| 137 | Angola | 55 | -14.6 pts |
| 138 | New Zealand | 54.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau | 54.4 | +7.5 pts |
| 140 | Mali | 53.6 | +2.5 pts |
| 141 | Algeria | 53.2 | -3.7 pts |
| 142 | Central African Republic | 53.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 143 | Kazakhstan | 53 | -11.9 pts |
| 144 | Côte d’Ivoire | 52.7 | -1 pts |
| 145 | Dominican Republic | 52.3 | -3.3 pts |
| 146 | Türkiye | 51.9 | -2.4 pts |
| 147 | Syria | 51.1 | -3.2 pts |
| 148 | Tajikistan | 49.9 | -4.7 pts |
| 149 | Guatemala | 49.9 | -5.2 pts |
| 150 | Russia | 49.4 | +1.6 pts |
| 151 | Chad | 48.5 | +7.7 pts |
| 152 | Ecuador | 47.8 | -13.6 pts |
| 153 | Sri Lanka | 46.9 | |
| 154 | Nepal | 46.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 155 | Rwanda | 45.7 | +1.3 pts |
| 156 | Cameroon | 45.5 | -5.3 pts |
| 157 | Uruguay | 45.3 | -3.8 pts |
| 158 | Peru | 45.2 | -1.7 pts |
| 159 | Niger | 44.7 | -1 pts |
| 160 | Gambia | 44.5 | -13.7 pts |
| 161 | Bangladesh | 42.1 | -2.4 pts |
| 162 | Haiti | 41.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 163 | Indonesia | 41.9 | -6.1 pts |
| 164 | India | 41.9 | -7 pts |
| 165 | Australia | 41.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 166 | Tanzania | 40.8 | -4.6 pts |
| 167 | Kenya | 40.3 | -5.8 pts |
| 168 | Ethiopia | 39.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 169 | Iran | 39.4 | -5.9 pts |
| 170 | China | 38.7 | -5.4 pts |
| 171 | Colombia | 38.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 172 | Comoros | 37.8 | -1.4 pts |
| 173 | Uganda | 37.7 | +1.7 pts |
| 174 | Sierra Leone | 36.5 | -14.6 pts |
| 175 | Egypt | 34.8 | -2.1 pts |
| 176 | Japan | 34.7 | -2 pts |
| 177 | Cuba | 31.6 | -7.7 pts |
| 178 | Yemen | 30.4 | -17.9 pts |
| 179 | United States | 27.7 | -2.2 pts |
| 180 | Uzbekistan | 27.2 | -5 pts |
| 181 | Brazil | 27 | +2.3 pts |
| 182 | Pakistan | 26.7 | -2.8 pts |
| 183 | Argentina | 22.5 | -5.9 pts |
| 184 | Sudan | 18.4 | -2.5 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. 9 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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 389.4% in 2015, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest trade as a share of GDP?
Sudan, with 18.4% in 2015.
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. 9 countries have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.