Data for 2000

Trade (% of GDP), 2000

Name: Trade (% of GDP), 2000
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2000, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Trade (% of GDP), 2000 covers 164 countries. Singapore is highest, at 364.36; Japan is lowest, at 19.28. The middle country reads 71.84. Against 1999, 162 values changed (123 up, 39 down), 2 countries joined.

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Trade (% of GDP) · Data for 2000

HighestSingapore

364.36

LowestJapan

19.28

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

164countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
164distinct 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), 2000, 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), 2000: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	364.36
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	272.41
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	247.65
4	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	220.41
5	Guyana`GUY`South America	206.77
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	189.60
7	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	175.65
8	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	175.35
9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	174.95
10	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	151.30
11	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	147.77
12	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	145.07
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	142.23
14	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	141.61
15	Panama`PAN`Central America	139.20
16	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	137.49
17	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	137.26
18	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	135.90
19	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	135.81
20	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	130.08
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	126.50
22	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	126.16
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	125.67
24	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	125.34
25	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	123.91
26	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	121.89
27	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	121.30
28	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	120.69
29	Honduras`HND`Central America	120.39
30	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	116.05
31	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	115.74
32	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	115.42
33	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	111.42
34	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	110.55
35	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	110.40
36	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	110.33
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	108.94
38	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	106.17
39	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	105.70
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	104.62
41	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	103.58
42	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	101.70
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	97.50
44	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	97.35
45	Belize`BLZ`Central America	96.60
46	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	94.17
47	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	91.92
48	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.89
49	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	89.61
50	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	89.43
51	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	88.64
52	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	87.93
53	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	87.64
54	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	87.52
55	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	87.16
56	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	87.06
57	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	86.62
58	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	86.52
59	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.84
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	85.36
61	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	85.15
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	85.13
63	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	83.61
64	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	83.19
65	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	83.04
66	Canada`CAN`Northern America	82.77
67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	82.64
68	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	81.47
69	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	81.41
70	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	80.16
71	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	79.64
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	79.30
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	78.64
74	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	78.55
75	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	77.75
76	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	75.44
77	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.93
78	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74.78
79	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	74.60
80	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	74.07
81	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	74.03
82	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	72.23
83	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	71.44
84	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.25
85	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	68.84
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	68.71
87	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	68.52
88	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	68.40
89	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	68.17
90	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	68.09
91	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	67.88
92	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	67.45
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	65.40
94	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	65.29
95	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.06
96	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	62.86
97	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	62.66
98	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	61.61
99	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	61.51
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	61.30
101	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	60.61
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	60.39
103	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	60.37
104	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	60.12
105	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	59.20
106	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	59.11
107	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	58.94
108	Chile`CHL`South America	58.71
109	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	58.55
110	France`FRA`Western Europe	57.79
111	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	57.53
112	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	56.36
113	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	55.71
114	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	54.96
115	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	53.44
116	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	53.31
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	52.74
118	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	52.34
119	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	51.57
120	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	50.27
121	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	50.12
122	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49.91
123	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	49.15
124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	48.81
125	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.68
126	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	48.52
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	47.93
128	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	47.92
129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	47.35
130	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.22
131	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	45.66
132	Bolivia`BOL`South America	45.60
133	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	45.28
134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	44.67
135	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	44.05
136	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	42.78
137	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	42.37
138	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.26
139	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	40.86
140	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	39.02
141	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	39.01
142	Uruguay`URY`South America	36.71
143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	36.68
144	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	35.76
145	Peru`PER`South America	35.54
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	35.12
147	Niger`NER`Western Africa	34.71
148	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	32.75
149	Colombia`COL`South America	32.67
150	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.32
151	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.08
152	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	29.40
153	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.32
154	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	27.94
155	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	27.15
156	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	27.01
157	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.90
158	United States`USA`Northern America	25.10
159	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	23.99
160	Brazil`BRA`South America	22.64
161	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.62
162	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	21.46
163	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	21.11
164	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	19.28

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore364.36
2Luxembourg272.41
3Hong Kong247.65
4Malaysia220.41
5Guyana206.77

Lowest

164Japan19.28
163Serbia21.11
162Pakistan21.46
161Argentina22.62
160Brazil22.64

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 71.84. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 162 in both
123 · 39rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles88.36 → 151.30+62.94
Tajikistan133.61 → 175.35+41.75
Ghana81.71 → 116.05+34.34
Luxembourg239.92 → 272.41+32.49
Singapore336.48 → 364.36+27.88

Fell most

Bosnia and Herzegovina121.82 → 85.36−36.46
Eritrea96.26 → 67.88−28.38
Aruba164.56 → 145.07−19.49
Estonia144.12 → 126.50−17.62
Haiti41.95 → 27.15−14.79

+ Montenegro

+ Timor-Leste

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 2000.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2000). Trade (% of GDP), 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/trade-to-gdp/2000

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07Questions

Trade (% of GDP), 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest trade openness in Trade (% of GDP), 2000?

Singapore, at 364.36, of the 164 countries in the file.

What year does Trade (% of GDP), 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Trade (% of GDP), 2000 cover?

164.

Where can I download Trade (% of GDP), 2000?

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), 2000 the newest?

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

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