Countries by trade as a share of GDP
Hong Kong had the highest trade as a share of GDP of 183 countries in 2016, at 371.7%. Sudan had the lowest, at 15.3%. The median was 74.4% and the figure for the World was 53.8%. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2016 (%) | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 371.7 | -17.7 pts |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 348.4 | -2.7 pts |
| 3 | San Marino | 320.1 | -1.2 pts |
| 4 | Singapore | 301.3 | -28.1 pts |
| 5 | Ireland | 239.7 | +16 pts |
| 6 | Malta | 213.4 | +6.2 pts |
| 7 | Djibouti | 213.1 | -55.3 pts |
| 8 | Slovakia | 182.8 | +3.3 pts |
| 9 | Seychelles | 180.9 | -6.6 pts |
| 10 | Nauru | 170.1 | -29.9 pts |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 165.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 12 | Hungary | 164 | -3.3 pts |
| 13 | American Samoa | 159.2 | -3.2 pts |
| 14 | Belgium | 159.1 | +4 pts |
| 15 | Northern Mariana Islands | 152.8 | +30.1 pts |
| 16 | Netherlands | 151 | -9.4 pts |
| 17 | Czechia | 148.5 | -5.5 pts |
| 18 | Slovenia | 148.2 | +1 pts |
| 19 | Estonia | 147.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 20 | Vietnam | 145.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 21 | Maldives | 144.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 22 | Curaçao | 139.1 | -9.3 pts |
| 23 | Cyprus | 139 | +1.7 pts |
| 24 | Aruba | 136.9 | -3.6 pts |
| 25 | Lesotho | 136.3 | +6.6 pts |
| 26 | Lithuania | 134.7 | -3.5 pts |
| 27 | Bahrain | 132.8 | -15.1 pts |
| 28 | Antigua and Barbuda | 132 | +2 pts |
| 29 | Malaysia | 126.9 | -4.5 pts |
| 30 | Mauritius | 126.3 | -6.8 pts |
| 31 | Belarus | 125.2 | +9.3 pts |
| 32 | Latvia | 123.3 | -3 pts |
| 33 | Switzerland | 122.9 | +6.6 pts |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 122.8 | -3.9 pts |
| 35 | Cambodia | 122.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 36 | Republic of the Congo | 122.3 | +4.9 pts |
| 37 | Thailand | 120.6 | -4.3 pts |
| 38 | Palau | 118.8 | -9.4 pts |
| 39 | Marshall Islands | 116.3 | -22.2 pts |
| 40 | North Macedonia | 116.2 | +2.5 pts |
| 41 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 113.3 | +28.5 pts |
| 42 | Macao | 112.9 | -6.4 pts |
| 43 | Guinea | 111.8 | +39.4 pts |
| 44 | Kiribati | 111.3 | +1.4 pts |
| 45 | Mozambique | 110.4 | +11.6 pts |
| 46 | Puerto Rico | 110.3 | +1.4 pts |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 105.8 | -5.1 pts |
| 48 | Ukraine | 105.5 | -2.3 pts |
| 49 | Faroe Islands | 104.6 | -1.1 pts |
| 50 | Montenegro | 104.1 | 0 pts |
| 51 | Austria | 101.6 | -1.5 pts |
| 52 | Denmark | 101.5 | -3.7 pts |
| 53 | Mongolia | 101.1 | +11.4 pts |
| 54 | Micronesia | 100.6 | -5.8 pts |
| 55 | Botswana | 100.5 | -12.4 pts |
| 56 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 100.4 | -12.3 pts |
| 57 | Honduras | 99.8 | -7.4 pts |
| 58 | Serbia | 97.7 | +4.2 pts |
| 59 | Fiji | 97.2 | -4 pts |
| 60 | Poland | 96.9 | +4.6 pts |
| 61 | Belize | 96.5 | -7.6 pts |
| 62 | Kuwait | 96.2 | -2.5 pts |
| 63 | Cape Verde | 95.4 | +1.4 pts |
| 64 | Georgia | 94.9 | -2.1 pts |
| 65 | Namibia | 94 | -3.3 pts |
| 66 | Nicaragua | 93.8 | -4.4 pts |
| 67 | Vanuatu | 93.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 68 | Equatorial Guinea | 92.6 | -6.3 pts |
| 69 | Croatia | 92.1 | +1.5 pts |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 90.1 | +17.5 pts |
| 71 | Qatar | 89.5 | -4.2 pts |
| 72 | Eswatini | 89.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 73 | Moldova | 89 | 0 pts |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 88.2 | -0 pts |
| 75 | Tonga | 87.8 | +6.4 pts |
| 76 | Iceland | 87.8 | -7.1 pts |
| 77 | Brunei | 87.3 | -2.6 pts |
| 78 | Tunisia | 87.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 79 | Romania | 85.9 | +2.4 pts |
| 80 | Greenland | 85.8 | +2.7 pts |
| 81 | Solomon Islands | 85.5 | -2.6 pts |
| 82 | Panama | 84.4 | -12.2 pts |
| 83 | Sweden | 83.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 84 | Oman | 82.9 | -13.5 pts |
| 85 | Portugal | 79.5 | -1.1 pts |
| 86 | Bhutan | 76.4 | -13.3 pts |
| 87 | Armenia | 76.1 | +4.4 pts |
| 88 | Germany | 76 | -1.8 pts |
| 89 | Mexico | 75.7 | +5.3 pts |
| 90 | Samoa | 75.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 91 | Laos | 75.1 | -10.7 pts |
| 92 | Somalia | 74.4 | -2.1 pts |
| 93 | Albania | 74 | +2.7 pts |
| 94 | Zambia | 74 | -5.9 pts |
| 95 | Mauritania | 73.2 | -4.2 pts |
| 96 | El Salvador | 72.8 | -3.7 pts |
| 97 | Bermuda | 72.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 98 | Finland | 71.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 99 | Morocco | 71.1 | +3.8 pts |
| 100 | Guam | 70.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 101 | Gabon | 70.1 | -3.8 pts |
| 102 | South Korea | 69.9 | -5.5 pts |
| 103 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 68 | +10.3 pts |
| 104 | Ghana | 67.9 | -8.6 pts |
| 105 | Paraguay | 67.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 106 | Lebanon | 67.7 | -4.1 pts |
| 107 | Norway | 67.3 | -1.5 pts |
| 108 | Bahamas | 67.2 | -2.5 pts |
| 109 | Syria | 67.1 | +16 pts |
| 110 | Togo | 66.4 | -2.7 pts |
| 111 | Palestine | 65.4 | -5.4 pts |
| 112 | Canada | 65.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 113 | Greece | 63.7 | -1.6 pts |
| 114 | France | 63.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 115 | Spain | 63.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 62.2 | +1.4 pts |
| 117 | Philippines | 61.8 | +2.6 pts |
| 118 | Madagascar | 60.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 60.3 | +7.3 pts |
| 120 | Timor-Leste | 60.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 121 | United Kingdom | 59.8 | +2.7 pts |
| 122 | Benin | 59 | +2.2 pts |
| 123 | Turkmenistan | 58.3 | -14.9 pts |
| 124 | New Caledonia | 58 | -2 pts |
| 125 | Israel | 58 | -1.1 pts |
| 126 | Saudi Arabia | 57.9 | -9.2 pts |
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 57.9 | -1.2 pts |
| 128 | Bolivia | 56.4 | -11.5 pts |
| 129 | Chile | 56.1 | -3.3 pts |
| 130 | South Africa | 55.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 131 | Tajikistan | 55.7 | +5.8 pts |
| 132 | Iraq | 54.6 | -15 pts |
| 133 | Italy | 54.4 | -1 pts |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau | 54.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 135 | Senegal | 54.1 | -4 pts |
| 136 | French Polynesia | 53.6 | -2 pts |
| 137 | Mali | 53.6 | 0 pts |
| 138 | New Zealand | 52.5 | -2.4 pts |
| 139 | Dominican Republic | 51.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 140 | Zimbabwe | 51.2 | -5.5 pts |
| 141 | Central African Republic | 50.5 | -2.6 pts |
| 142 | Rwanda | 50.1 | +4.4 pts |
| 143 | Algeria | 49.8 | -3.4 pts |
| 144 | Türkiye | 48.9 | -3 pts |
| 145 | Uruguay | 48.5 | +3.1 pts |
| 146 | Côte d’Ivoire | 47.6 | -5.1 pts |
| 147 | Russia | 46.5 | -2.8 pts |
| 148 | Sri Lanka | 46.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 149 | Guatemala | 46.4 | -3.5 pts |
| 150 | Angola | 46.3 | -8.7 pts |
| 151 | Peru | 45.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 152 | Chad | 44 | -4.6 pts |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 43.1 | +6.6 pts |
| 154 | Nepal | 42.1 | -4.6 pts |
| 155 | Haiti | 41.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 156 | Venezuela | 41.4 | -19 pts |
| 157 | Libya | 41.1 | -15.8 pts |
| 158 | Australia | 40.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 159 | Cameroon | 40.6 | -4.9 pts |
| 160 | Ecuador | 40.5 | -7.3 pts |
| 161 | India | 40.1 | -1.8 pts |
| 162 | Iran | 39.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 163 | Gambia | 38.1 | -6.4 pts |
| 164 | Indonesia | 37.4 | -4.5 pts |
| 165 | Comoros | 37.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 166 | Niger | 36.7 | -8.1 pts |
| 167 | Colombia | 36.2 | -2.2 pts |
| 168 | China | 36.2 | -2.5 pts |
| 169 | Tanzania | 35.4 | -5.3 pts |
| 170 | Ethiopia | 34.9 | -4.8 pts |
| 171 | Kenya | 34.9 | -5.5 pts |
| 172 | Bangladesh | 31.3 | -10.8 pts |
| 173 | Uganda | 31.2 | -6.5 pts |
| 174 | Yemen | 31.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 175 | Japan | 30.7 | -4.1 pts |
| 176 | Egypt | 30.2 | -4.6 pts |
| 177 | Cuba | 27.3 | -4.3 pts |
| 178 | United States | 26.5 | -1.2 pts |
| 179 | Argentina | 26.1 | +3.6 pts |
| 180 | Uzbekistan | 25.7 | -1.5 pts |
| 181 | Pakistan | 24.7 | -2 pts |
| 182 | Brazil | 24.5 | -2.4 pts |
| 183 | Sudan | 15.3 | -3.1 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. 10 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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 371.7% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest trade as a share of GDP?
Sudan, with 15.3% in 2016.
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. 10 countries have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.