Data for 1992

Trade (% of GDP), 1992

Name: Trade (% of GDP), 1992
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1992, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Trade (% of GDP), 1992 covers 145 countries. Singapore is highest, at 311.31; Iraq is lowest, at 1.92. The middle country reads 59.23. Against 1991, 143 values changed (77 up, 66 down), 2 countries joined.

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Trade (% of GDP) · Data for 1992

HighestSingapore

311.31

LowestIraq

1.92

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

145countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
145distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Trade (% of GDP), 1992, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Trade (% of GDP), 1992: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	311.31
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	274.97
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	240.13
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	182.55
5	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	170.47
6	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	159.29
7	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	150.61
8	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	149.79
9	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	149.34
10	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	147.12
11	Panama`PAN`Central America	144.88
12	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	140.80
13	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	131.64
14	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	131.44
15	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	120.23
16	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	117.39
17	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	115.07
18	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	111.77
19	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	110.58
20	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	110.10
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	109.55
22	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	108.79
23	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	106.79
24	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	105.31
25	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	105.22
26	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	102.38
27	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	102.08
28	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	101.94
29	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	101.46
30	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	101.08
31	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	100.05
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.39
33	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	94.69
34	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	94.64
35	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	93.55
36	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	91.97
37	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	91.76
38	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	89.75
39	Paraguay`PRY`South America	89.50
40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.57
41	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	86.00
42	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	84.86
43	Honduras`HND`Central America	84.76
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	83.94
45	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	83.19
46	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	82.84
47	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	80.46
48	Belize`BLZ`Central America	80.35
49	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	79.87
50	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	77.96
51	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	77.95
52	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	77.74
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	76.10
54	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	75.09
55	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	73.58
56	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	72.80
57	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	72.63
58	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	70.52
59	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	69.94
60	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	67.90
61	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	67.44
62	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	67.30
63	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	66.98
64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	65.30
65	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	64.73
66	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	64.49
67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	63.99
68	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	63.89
69	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	63.71
70	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	60.03
71	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	59.34
72	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	59.31
73	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	59.23
74	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	57.86
75	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	57.43
76	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	57.14
77	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	56.74
78	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	56.38
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	56.31
80	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	56.06
81	Chile`CHL`South America	55.54
82	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	55.29
83	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	55.01
84	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	54.94
85	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	52.93
86	Canada`CAN`Northern America	52.74
87	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	52.40
88	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	50.85
89	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	50.26
90	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	50.24
91	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	49.66
92	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	49.19
93	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49.11
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	48.68
95	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	47.21
96	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	46.31
97	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	46.15
98	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	45.99
99	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	45.97
100	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.39
101	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	45.36
102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.99
103	Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.81
104	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	44.68
105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	44.13
106	France`FRA`Western Europe	43.96
107	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	43.23
108	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	42.33
109	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.70
110	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.46
111	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.40
112	Uruguay`URY`South America	40.07
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	38.86
114	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	37.97
115	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	37.79
116	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.69
117	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	36.02
118	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	35.90
119	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	35.76
120	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	35.67
121	Mexico`MEX`Central America	35.55
122	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	35.15
123	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	34.94
124	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	34.83
125	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	34.32
126	Colombia`COL`South America	33.61
127	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	33.16
128	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	33.05
129	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	33.00
130	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	32.54
131	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31.74
132	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	30.03
133	Niger`NER`Western Africa	28.71
134	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	28.37
135	Peru`PER`South America	27.98
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	26.99
137	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	25.43
138	United States`USA`Northern America	19.95
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.93
140	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	19.67
141	Brazil`BRA`South America	19.25
142	India`IND`Southern Asia	18.43
143	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	16.67
144	Argentina`ARG`South America	14.73
145	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.92

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore311.31
2Guyana274.97
3Hong Kong240.13
4Luxembourg182.55
5Malta170.47

Lowest

145Iraq1.92
144Argentina14.73
143Japan16.67
142India18.43
141Brazil19.25

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 59.23. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
143values changed, of 143 in both
77 · 66rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Russia26.26 → 110.58+84.32
Albania36.07 → 108.79+72.71
North Macedonia46.38 → 102.38+56.01
Azerbaijan86.86 → 140.80+53.94
Guyana222.61 → 274.97+52.36

Fell most

Mongolia136.60 → 65.30−71.31
Kuwait142.61 → 94.69−47.92
Slovenia130.10 → 98.39−31.71
Kiribati134.21 → 111.77−22.44
Macau168.52 → 147.12−21.40

+ Eritrea

+ Kazakhstan

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1992.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 145 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1992). Trade (% of GDP), 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/trade-to-gdp/1992

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07Questions

Trade (% of GDP), 1992: questions and answers

Which country has the highest trade openness in Trade (% of GDP), 1992?

Singapore, at 311.31, of the 145 countries in the file.

What year does Trade (% of GDP), 1992 describe?

1992.

How many countries does Trade (% of GDP), 1992 cover?

145.

Where can I download Trade (% of GDP), 1992?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Trade (% of GDP), 1992 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Trade (% of GDP), 2025.

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