Countries by trade as a share of GDP

Hong Kong had the highest trade as a share of GDP of 184 countries in 2018, at 376.9%. Sudan had the lowest, at 21.9%. The median was 79.1% and the figure for the World was 57%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest376.9Hong Kong

Lowest21.9Sudan

Median79.1184 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2018

%. Source: World Bank, Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2018 (%)	Change on 2017
1	Hong Kong	376.9	+0.1 pts
2	Luxembourg	361.9	+8.1 pts
3	Singapore	325.7	+10.3 pts
4	San Marino	309.5	-4.4 pts
5	Djibouti	300.4	-5.6 pts
6	Malta	228.1	+15.1 pts
7	Ireland	222.5	-10.9 pts
8	Slovakia	188.7	+2.1 pts
9	Seychelles	185.7	-11.7 pts
10	American Samoa	171.8	+10.4 pts
11	Belgium	168.3	+1.4 pts
12	Vietnam	164.7	+3.7 pts
13	Netherlands	163.6	+3.9 pts
14	Hungary	162.7	-2.3 pts
15	Slovenia	162.6	+3.9 pts
16	U.S. Virgin Islands	159.2	+1.5 pts
17	Curaçao	155.3	+15.5 pts
18	United Arab Emirates	154.7	-10.7 pts
19	Cyprus	147.6	-0.4 pts
20	Lithuania	147.2	+2.3 pts
21	Czechia	145.1	-2.6 pts
22	Lesotho	144.4	-1.9 pts
23	Bahrain	144.1	+7.6 pts
24	Estonia	143.5	-1.2 pts
25	Maldives	142.5	+0.6 pts
26	Nauru	140.6	-1.4 pts
27	Belarus	139.4	+6 pts
28	Aruba	138.8	+0.1 pts
29	North Macedonia	133.2	+9.1 pts
30	Antigua and Barbuda	130.7	+3 pts
31	Malaysia	130.4	-2.8 pts
32	Bulgaria	129.2	-0.5 pts
33	Marshall Islands	128.5	+3.3 pts
34	Latvia	128.2	-0.5 pts
35	Mongolia	126.4	+10.4 pts
36	Mozambique	124.6	+18.9 pts
37	Mauritius	123.5	-3.4 pts
38	Switzerland	123.5	+0.6 pts
39	Thailand	120.8	-0 pts
40	Cambodia	118.4	-2.7 pts
41	Palau	117.8	-4.9 pts
42	Cayman Islands	117.1	-0.3 pts
43	Macao	116.6	+1.1 pts
44	Montenegro	111.1	+4.4 pts
45	Georgia	109.8	+7.3 pts
46	Denmark	108.8	+4.6 pts
47	Northern Mariana Islands	108.8	-22.6 pts
48	Austria	108.4	+2.8 pts
49	Faroe Islands	106.9	-0.4 pts
50	Puerto Rico	106	-7.1 pts
51	Cape Verde	105.9	+5.8 pts
52	Micronesia	105.8	+3.6 pts
53	Serbia	105.6	+2.8 pts
54	Tunisia	103.9	+8.1 pts
55	Equatorial Guinea	103.6	+1.2 pts
56	Honduras	103.6	+1.7 pts
57	Fiji	103.2	+6.2 pts
58	Kuwait	102.8	+4.9 pts
59	Poland	102.4	+1.9 pts
60	Belize	101	+3.3 pts
61	Republic of the Congo	100.6	+6 pts
62	Ukraine	99.2	-4.8 pts
63	Croatia	99.1	+1.8 pts
64	Kyrgyzstan	98.9	-1.7 pts
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina	98.4	+1.8 pts
66	Nicaragua	94	-2.4 pts
67	Brunei	93.9	+8.7 pts
68	Armenia	92.5	+5.3 pts
69	Qatar	91.8	+0.3 pts
70	Azerbaijan	91.7	+1.3 pts
71	Sweden	90.4	+4.3 pts
72	Greenland	89.8	+5.6 pts
73	Vanuatu	89.7	-0.4 pts
74	Oman	89.3	+0.3 pts
75	Mauritania	89.1	+10.3 pts
76	Guinea	89	-12.3 pts
77	Iceland	88.9	+2.6 pts
78	Solomon Islands	88.5	+6.3 pts
79	Botswana	87.5	+5.5 pts
80	Moldova	87.4	-1.2 pts
81	Romania	87.1	-0.1 pts
82	Portugal	86.7	+1.9 pts
83	Panama	86.1	+2.1 pts
84	Tonga	86.1	-1.9 pts
85	Eswatini	85.5	-1.4 pts
86	Kiribati	83.2	-17.2 pts
87	Namibia	81.7	+0.5 pts
88	Mexico	80.2	+3.3 pts
89	Bhutan	79.7	+3 pts
90	Greece	79.2	+8.4 pts
91	São Tomé and Príncipe	79.2	-13.7 pts
92	Finland	79.1	+3.2 pts
93	Germany	79.1	+1.7 pts
94	Samoa	78.9	+4.9 pts
95	Bermuda	77.6	+5.2 pts
96	Morocco	77.3	+3.1 pts
97	Gabon	77	+2 pts
98	Albania	75.7	-1.1 pts
99	El Salvador	75.6	+1.3 pts
100	Zambia	74.9	+3.3 pts
101	South Korea	74.7	+1.5 pts
102	Somalia	73.8	+5.1 pts
103	Guam	73	+3.7 pts
104	Democratic Republic of the Congo	72.6	+6.6 pts
105	Philippines	72.2	+4 pts
106	Bahamas	72.2	+3.8 pts
107	Paraguay	72.1	+1 pts
108	Palestine	71.4	+3 pts
109	Lebanon	68.3	-0.2 pts
110	Norway	68.2	+1 pts
111	Ghana	68	-2.6 pts
112	Madagascar	67.8	+2.5 pts
113	Spain	67	+0.8 pts
114	France	66.8	+1.4 pts
115	Costa Rica	66.8	+1.7 pts
116	Canada	66.6	+1.5 pts
117	Iraq	65.8	+6 pts
118	French Polynesia	65	+10.4 pts
119	United Kingdom	64.9	+1.7 pts
120	Timor-Leste	64.8	+6.2 pts
121	Gambia	64.8	+9.1 pts
122	Libya	63.8	+16.2 pts
123	Kazakhstan	63.5	+6.7 pts
124	Türkiye	62.8	+6.7 pts
125	Benin	61.8	+0.3 pts
126	Senegal	61.8	+4 pts
127	Uzbekistan	61.4	+20.4 pts
128	Burkina Faso	60.6	+1.3 pts
129	Italy	59.3	+1.7 pts
130	Saudi Arabia	59.1	-0.4 pts
131	New Caledonia	59.1	+0.2 pts
132	Israel	58.9	+2.4 pts
133	Angola	58.3	+13.3 pts
134	Chile	58.2	+2.2 pts
135	Togo	57.6	-0.6 pts
136	Iran	56.6	+13.5 pts
137	Yemen	56.1	+13.1 pts
138	New Zealand	55.9	+1.6 pts
139	Tajikistan	55.8	+2.1 pts
140	Guinea-Bissau	55	-1.9 pts
141	Venezuela	54.6	+12 pts
142	Zimbabwe	54.6	-0.5 pts
143	South Africa	54.5	+0.9 pts
144	Algeria	52.4	+2.6 pts
145	Dominican Republic	52.3	+1.6 pts
146	Russia	51.6	+4.7 pts
147	Mali	50.7	+1.2 pts
148	Syria	50.7	-10.4 pts
149	Sri Lanka	49.8	+2.7 pts
150	Central African Republic	49.7	-7.5 pts
151	Peru	48.6	+1.1 pts
152	Nepal	48.4	+3.8 pts
153	Ecuador	48	+4.4 pts
154	Rwanda	48	-6.2 pts
155	Uruguay	47.8	+1.4 pts
156	Guatemala	47	+0.9 pts
157	Bolivia	46.9	+1.4 pts
158	Chad	46.7	+3.4 pts
159	Côte d’Ivoire	46	-2.6 pts
160	Egypt	45.9	+3.1 pts
161	Haiti	45.1	+3.1 pts
162	India	43.6	+2.9 pts
163	Malawi	43.6	-1.7 pts
164	Australia	43.6	+1.5 pts
165	Indonesia	43.1	+3.7 pts
166	Comoros	43	+2.8 pts
167	Turkmenistan	41.6	-5.8 pts
168	Cameroon	40.6	+1.4 pts
169	Niger	38.3	-0.7 pts
170	Sierra Leone	37.4	-4.1 pts
171	China	36.9	-0.1 pts
172	Uganda	36.6	-0.2 pts
173	Colombia	36.5	+1.3 pts
174	Japan	35.8	+2.1 pts
175	Kenya	34.4	-1.6 pts
176	Tanzania	32.6	-0.5 pts
177	Bangladesh	32.5	+2.5 pts
178	Ethiopia	31.2	+0.1 pts
179	Argentina	30.8	+5.5 pts
180	Brazil	28.9	+4.6 pts
181	Pakistan	27.6	+2.2 pts
182	United States	27.4	+0.3 pts
183	Cuba	27.1	+0.9 pts
184	Sudan	21.9	+4 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 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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Which country has the highest trade as a share of GDP?

Hong Kong, with 376.9% in 2018, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest trade as a share of GDP?

Sudan, with 21.9% in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.

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