Data for 1997

Trade (% of GDP), 1997

Name: Trade (% of GDP), 1997
Creator: World Bank Group
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1997, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Trade (% of GDP), 1997 covers 162 countries. Singapore is highest, at 323.86; Brazil is lowest, at 16.58. The middle country reads 71.44. Against 1996, 161 values changed (100 up, 61 down), 1 country joined.

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Trade (% of GDP) · Data for 1997

HighestSingapore

323.86

LowestBrazil

16.58

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

162countries
1measure
1997the year it describes
162distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Trade (% of GDP), 1997, 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), 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	323.86
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	233.44
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	212.09
4	Guyana`GUY`South America	209.14
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	185.67
6	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	181.59
7	Panama`PAN`Central America	174.71
8	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	168.78
9	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	155.66
10	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	151.05
11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	142.27
12	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	139.76
13	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	135.76
14	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	130.67
15	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	127.56
16	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	126.11
17	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	125.69
18	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	125.52
19	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	123.27
20	Honduras`HND`Central America	121.47
21	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	120.74
22	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	119.70
23	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	117.29
24	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	115.41
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	114.30
26	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	108.60
27	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	107.52
28	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	107.14
29	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	106.19
30	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	103.69
31	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	100.91
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	100.63
33	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	99.99
34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.65
35	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	99.21
36	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	98.54
37	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	97.63
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	96.43
39	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	96.20
40	Paraguay`PRY`South America	95.93
41	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	95.05
42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	94.69
43	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	94.34
44	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	94.08
45	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	93.82
46	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	92.84
47	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	92.44
48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	90.93
49	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	90.34
50	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	87.73
51	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	87.61
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	86.46
53	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	85.98
54	Belize`BLZ`Central America	85.45
55	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	85.40
56	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	85.21
57	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	84.48
58	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	84.45
59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	84.24
60	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	84.15
61	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	82.20
62	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	82.08
63	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	80.50
64	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	80.15
65	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	80.14
66	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	79.73
67	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	78.93
68	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	78.55
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	77.23
70	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	77.15
71	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	76.65
72	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	75.24
73	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	74.89
74	Canada`CAN`Northern America	74.34
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	74.23
76	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	72.85
77	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	72.36
78	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	71.99
79	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	71.85
80	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	71.83
81	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	71.59
82	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	71.29
83	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	69.49
84	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	69.26
85	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	68.25
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	66.22
87	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	65.19
88	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	65.16
89	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	64.04
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	63.56
91	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	63.21
92	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	62.75
93	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	62.30
94	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	62.09
95	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	58.71
96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	58.27
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	58.01
98	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	57.75
99	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	57.60
100	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	57.20
101	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	55.99
102	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	55.89
103	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	55.82
104	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	55.25
105	Chile`CHL`South America	54.10
106	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	54.06
107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	54.01
108	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	53.21
109	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	52.24
110	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	51.23
111	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	51.15
112	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	50.70
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	50.47
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	50.38
115	France`FRA`Western Europe	49.80
116	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	49.31
117	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	48.63
118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	48.47
119	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	48.38
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.32
121	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	47.26
122	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.24
123	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.49
124	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	45.05
125	Ecuador`ECU`South America	45.02
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.73
127	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	44.71
128	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.48
129	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	43.74
130	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	43.30
131	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	42.76
132	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	42.30
133	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.55
134	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	39.44
135	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	37.92
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	37.90
137	Uruguay`URY`South America	37.71
138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	37.42
139	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.89
140	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36.87
141	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.85
142	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	35.76
143	Colombia`COL`South America	35.60
144	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	34.31
145	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	34.16
146	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	33.75
147	Peru`PER`South America	33.47
148	Niger`NER`Western Africa	33.17
149	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	32.75
150	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	32.68
151	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	32.65
152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.09
153	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	28.99
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	28.86
155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	28.28
156	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.33
157	United States`USA`Northern America	23.43
158	Argentina`ARG`South America	23.34
159	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.62
160	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	19.41
161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	17.86
162	Brazil`BRA`South America	16.58

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore323.86
2Hong Kong233.44
3Luxembourg212.09
4Guyana209.14
5Malaysia185.67

Lowest

162Brazil16.58
161Sudan17.86
160Japan19.41
159India22.62
158Argentina23.34

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 71.44. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
161values changed, of 161 in both
100 · 61rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Iraq0.03 → 106.19+106.16
Belarus96.77 → 125.52+28.74
Guinea-Bissau42.36 → 69.49+27.13
Tajikistan156.67 → 181.59+24.92
Mongolia77.97 → 99.99+22.02

Fell most

Turkmenistan152.52 → 103.69−48.83
DR Congo60.32 → 33.75−26.57
Bahamas105.86 → 79.73−26.12
Seychelles98.06 → 76.65−21.41
Sierra Leone49.60 → 28.28−21.32

+ Uzbekistan

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 1997.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 162 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1997). Trade (% of GDP), 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/trade-to-gdp/1997

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07Questions

Trade (% of GDP), 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest trade openness in Trade (% of GDP), 1997?

Singapore, at 323.86, of the 162 countries in the file.

What year does Trade (% of GDP), 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Trade (% of GDP), 1997 cover?

162.

Where can I download Trade (% of GDP), 1997?

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), 1997 the newest?

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