Data for 2003

Trade (% of GDP), 2003

Name: Trade (% of GDP), 2003
Creator: World Bank Group
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2003, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Trade (% of GDP), 2003 covers 171 countries. Singapore is highest, at 377.22; Japan is lowest, at 21.08. The middle country reads 73.22. Against 2002, 170 values changed (89 up, 81 down), 1 country joined.

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Trade (% of GDP) · Data for 2003

HighestSingapore

377.22

LowestJapan

21.08

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

171countries
1measure
2003the year it describes
171distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Trade (% of GDP), 2003, 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), 2003: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	377.22
2	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	362.97
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	292.45
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	244.98
5	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	207.44
6	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	194.20
7	Guyana`GUY`South America	189.16
8	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	168.84
9	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	156.86
10	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	154.57
11	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	154.23
12	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	152.70
13	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	150.79
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	146.53
15	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	140.06
16	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	137.67
17	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	134.14
18	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	132.79
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	132.72
20	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	128.98
21	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	128.09
22	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	126.00
23	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	124.33
24	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	123.45
25	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	122.74
26	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	122.31
27	Honduras`HND`Central America	122.25
28	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	120.30
29	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	120.07
30	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	118.84
31	Panama`PAN`Central America	117.27
32	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	117.02
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	116.79
34	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	116.69
35	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	115.71
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	114.00
37	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	111.30
38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	108.66
39	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	108.26
40	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	107.55
41	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	103.93
42	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	103.28
43	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	102.59
44	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	102.30
45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	98.77
46	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.09
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	97.29
48	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	96.70
49	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	95.95
50	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	94.65
51	Belize`BLZ`Central America	94.36
52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	91.57
53	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	91.46
54	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	90.68
55	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	90.61
56	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	90.16
57	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	89.75
58	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	89.09
59	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	88.58
60	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	87.57
61	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	87.30
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	86.88
63	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	86.56
64	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	85.83
65	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	84.85
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	84.45
67	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	83.93
68	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	83.38
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	83.33
70	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	82.39
71	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	81.44
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	81.13
73	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	80.76
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	80.57
75	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	80.30
76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	80.05
77	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	79.01
78	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	77.63
79	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	77.60
80	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	76.40
81	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	76.27
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	75.34
83	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	75.33
84	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	74.38
85	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	74.01
86	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	73.22
87	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	72.85
88	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	71.07
89	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	71.06
90	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	70.46
91	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	70.45
92	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	70.17
93	Canada`CAN`Northern America	69.84
94	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	69.83
95	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	69.21
96	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	68.86
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	68.24
98	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	68.07
99	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	67.40
100	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	67.00
101	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	66.95
102	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	66.51
103	Chile`CHL`South America	65.69
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	64.82
105	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	64.02
106	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	63.20
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	62.31
108	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.18
109	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	61.89
110	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	61.55
111	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	61.14
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.57
113	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	59.42
114	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	59.13
115	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	58.91
116	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	58.29
117	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	57.91
118	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	57.77
119	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	56.18
120	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	55.96
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.39
122	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	55.32
123	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	54.13
124	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	54.09
125	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	54.03
126	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.62
127	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	53.44
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	53.26
129	France`FRA`Western Europe	52.60
130	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.36
131	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	52.33
132	Bolivia`BOL`South America	51.97
133	Uruguay`URY`South America	51.76
134	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.08
135	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.82
136	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	50.68
137	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	50.07
138	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.70
139	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	47.89
140	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	46.89
141	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	46.45
142	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.37
143	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46.18
144	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	45.99
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	45.72
146	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	44.25
147	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.62
148	Argentina`ARG`South America	40.64
149	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40.24
150	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	40.13
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	38.03
152	Peru`PER`South America	37.62
153	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.20
154	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.59
155	Colombia`COL`South America	36.52
156	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.23
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	35.76
158	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	35.08
159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.03
160	Niger`NER`Western Africa	33.38
161	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	32.82
162	India`IND`Southern Asia	30.59
163	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30.45
164	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	30.37
165	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.14
166	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	27.66
167	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	26.59
168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	26.44
169	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.65
170	United States`USA`Northern America	22.63
171	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	21.08

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

171Japan21.08
170United States22.63
169Pakistan24.65
168Sudan26.44
167Cuba26.59

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 73.22. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
170values changed, of 170 in both
89 · 81rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

United States Virgin Islands283.17 → 362.97+79.80
Hong Kong256.00 → 292.45+36.46
Iraq119.76 → 154.23+34.47
Singapore349.75 → 377.22+27.47
DR Congo29.32 → 54.03+24.71

Fell most

Timor-Leste180.40 → 122.31−58.09
Chad126.35 → 83.38−42.97
Kiribati125.63 → 103.93−21.70
Montenegro95.23 → 77.60−17.63
Ireland163.72 → 146.53−17.19

+ Greenland

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 2003.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 171 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2003). Trade (% of GDP), 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/trade-to-gdp/2003

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07Questions

Trade (% of GDP), 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest trade openness in Trade (% of GDP), 2003?

Singapore, at 377.22, of the 171 countries in the file.

What year does Trade (% of GDP), 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Trade (% of GDP), 2003 cover?

171.

Where can I download Trade (% of GDP), 2003?

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), 2003 the newest?

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

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