Data for 1999

Trade (% of GDP), 1999

Name: Trade (% of GDP), 1999
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1999, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Trade (% of GDP), 1999 covers 162 countries. Singapore is highest, at 336.485; Japan is lowest, at 17.921. The middle country reads 69.278. Against 1998, 162 values changed (83 up, 79 down), the same countries are covered.

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Trade (% of GDP) · Data for 1999

HighestSingapore

336.485

LowestJapan

17.921

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

162countries
1measure
1999the 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), 1999, 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), 1999: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	336.485
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	239.922
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	220.272
4	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	217.571
5	Guyana`GUY`South America	201.059
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	165.171
7	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	164.559
8	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	159.871
9	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	144.116
10	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	138.315
11	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	133.606
12	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	132.257
13	Panama`PAN`Central America	131.557
14	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	131.394
15	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	131.209
16	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	128.955
17	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	125.170
18	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	124.736
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	122.802
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	121.821
21	Honduras`HND`Central America	121.502
22	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	120.835
23	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	117.528
24	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	116.007
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	114.328
26	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	113.870
27	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	112.241
28	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	107.998
29	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	104.470
30	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	104.080
31	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	102.787
32	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	101.952
33	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	100.706
34	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	100.617
35	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	100.492
36	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.199
37	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.929
38	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	97.731
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	97.530
40	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	96.345
41	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	96.259
42	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	95.765
43	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	94.177
44	Belize`BLZ`Central America	93.322
45	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	92.958
46	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	91.232
47	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	91.100
48	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	90.476
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	90.075
50	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	89.095
51	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	88.364
52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	87.539
53	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	85.866
54	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	85.733
55	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	85.457
56	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	85.368
57	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	82.579
58	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	82.151
59	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	81.705
60	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	80.969
61	Canada`CAN`Northern America	80.115
62	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	80.058
63	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	78.751
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	78.563
65	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	77.905
66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	77.555
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	77.161
68	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	76.611
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	76.303
70	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	75.989
71	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	75.703
72	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	74.848
73	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	74.585
74	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	72.729
75	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	72.625
76	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	72.004
77	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	70.921
78	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	70.560
79	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	70.082
80	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	69.826
81	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	69.393
82	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	69.162
83	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	68.473
84	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	66.265
85	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	66.254
86	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	64.787
87	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	64.308
88	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	63.314
89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	62.944
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.538
91	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	61.401
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.990
93	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	60.778
94	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.768
95	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	57.974
96	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	57.895
97	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	57.846
98	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	57.152
99	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	56.394
100	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	55.894
101	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	54.697
102	Chile`CHL`South America	54.696
103	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	54.392
104	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	53.898
105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	52.567
106	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.413
107	France`FRA`Western Europe	51.671
108	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	51.519
109	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	50.929
110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	50.814
111	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	50.508
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	50.109
113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	49.895
114	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.485
115	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	49.468
116	Ecuador`ECU`South America	49.201
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	49.099
118	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	49.017
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	48.579
120	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	48.192
121	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	48.176
122	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.012
123	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	46.361
124	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	45.528
125	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.530
126	Bolivia`BOL`South America	44.168
127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	43.212
128	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	42.258
129	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	41.948
130	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	41.178
131	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	40.924
132	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	40.539
133	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	38.960
134	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	38.362
135	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.667
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	37.238
137	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	36.619
138	Colombia`COL`South America	36.149
139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.025
140	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	35.757
141	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	35.255
142	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	34.885
143	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	34.802
144	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	33.749
145	Uruguay`URY`South America	33.386
146	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	33.226
147	Peru`PER`South America	33.206
148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	32.696
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	32.320
150	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.869
151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	31.375
152	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.155
153	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.388
154	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	28.379
155	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	25.022
156	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.816
157	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.714
158	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.198
159	United States`USA`Northern America	23.314
160	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.383
161	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.982
162	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	17.921

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore336.485
2Luxembourg239.922
3Hong Kong220.272
4Malaysia217.571
5Guyana201.059

Lowest

162Japan17.921
161Brazil20.982
160Argentina21.383
159United States23.314
158Serbia24.198

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 69.278. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 162 in both
83 · 79rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tajikistan106.896 → 133.606+26.710
Singapore312.079 → 336.485+24.406
Cambodia75.619 → 94.177+18.557
Kazakhstan65.204 → 82.579+17.375
Ukraine86.050 → 101.952+15.902

Fell most

Indonesia96.186 → 62.944−33.242
Panama157.996 → 131.557−26.439
Paraguay101.606 → 77.555−24.051
DR Congo62.679 → 41.178−21.502
Zimbabwe88.513 → 70.921−17.592

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 1999.
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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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1999). Trade (% of GDP), 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/trade-to-gdp/1999

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07Questions

Trade (% of GDP), 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest trade openness in Trade (% of GDP), 1999?

Singapore, at 336.485, of the 162 countries in the file.

What year does Trade (% of GDP), 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Trade (% of GDP), 1999 cover?

162.

Where can I download Trade (% of GDP), 1999?

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), 1999 the newest?

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

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