Data for 2004

Trade (% of GDP), 2004

Name: Trade (% of GDP), 2004
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2004, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Trade (% of GDP), 2004 covers 171 countries. United States Virgin Islands is highest, at 435.16; Japan is lowest, at 23.43. The middle country reads 76.60. Against 2003, 171 values changed (127 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Trade (% of GDP) · Data for 2004

HighestUnited States Virgin Islands

435.16

LowestJapan

23.43

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

171countries
1measure
2004the 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), 2004, 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), 2004: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	435.16
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	401.52
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	326.84
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	265.23
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	210.37
6	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	202.36
7	Guyana`GUY`South America	200.73
8	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	178.10
9	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	155.89
10	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	149.54
11	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	148.90
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	146.59
13	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	142.14
14	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	140.74
15	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	140.22
16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	136.92
17	Honduras`HND`Central America	135.46
18	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	134.62
19	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	133.02
20	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	132.70
21	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	132.43
22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	131.37
23	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	131.35
24	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	131.33
25	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	131.08
26	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	129.95
27	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	128.34
28	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	127.41
29	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	125.12
30	Panama`PAN`Central America	124.76
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	123.62
32	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	121.51
33	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	120.23
34	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	117.00
35	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	116.96
36	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	116.62
37	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	114.02
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	113.90
39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	113.17
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	112.40
41	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	109.98
42	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	107.33
43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	107.03
44	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	104.07
45	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	101.77
46	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	101.57
47	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	101.36
48	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	100.11
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	99.67
50	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	98.71
51	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	97.24
52	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	96.41
53	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	96.13
54	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	95.53
55	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	95.03
56	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	93.82
57	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	93.42
58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	93.06
59	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	91.47
60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	91.00
61	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	90.97
62	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	90.39
63	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	90.37
64	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	89.30
65	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	89.06
66	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	88.61
67	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	88.15
68	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	87.13
69	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	86.93
70	Belize`BLZ`Central America	86.39
71	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	85.26
72	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	84.88
73	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	82.01
74	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	81.86
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	81.81
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	81.77
77	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	81.65
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	81.35
79	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	81.12
80	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	80.87
81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	80.10
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	79.48
83	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.04
84	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	78.74
85	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	78.12
86	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	76.60
87	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	76.04
88	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	76.00
89	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	75.22
90	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	75.08
91	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	75.04
92	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	73.97
93	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	73.07
94	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	72.53
95	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	72.29
96	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	72.05
97	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	71.85
98	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	70.98
99	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	70.97
100	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	70.81
101	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	70.21
102	Canada`CAN`Northern America	70.19
103	Chile`CHL`South America	69.89
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	69.78
105	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	69.73
106	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	68.70
107	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	68.00
108	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	67.93
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	67.20
110	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	66.08
111	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	65.57
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	65.04
113	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	63.20
114	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	62.91
115	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	62.81
116	Uruguay`URY`South America	61.48
117	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	61.36
118	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	60.63
119	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	59.76
120	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.48
121	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	59.32
122	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	58.80
123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	58.64
124	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	58.58
125	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	58.12
126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	57.87
127	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	57.82
128	Bolivia`BOL`South America	57.46
129	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	56.58
130	Ecuador`ECU`South America	56.07
131	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	55.55
132	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	54.48
133	France`FRA`Western Europe	53.75
134	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	53.66
135	Mexico`MEX`Central America	52.04
136	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	51.31
137	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	50.29
138	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	49.93
139	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	49.83
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	49.34
141	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.99
142	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	48.78
143	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47.27
144	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	46.17
145	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	46.15
146	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	45.64
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	44.01
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	43.19
149	Peru`PER`South America	41.94
150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.84
151	Argentina`ARG`South America	40.69
152	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	39.90
153	India`IND`Southern Asia	37.50
154	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	37.03
155	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.96
156	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	36.95
157	Colombia`COL`South America	35.86
158	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	35.76
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	35.48
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	35.46
161	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	34.60
162	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	33.78
163	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	33.61
164	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	33.24
165	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.31
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	30.43
167	Brazil`BRA`South America	29.68
168	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.86
169	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.81
170	United States`USA`Northern America	24.45
171	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	23.43

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

171Japan23.43
170United States24.45
169Pakistan24.81
168Bangladesh26.86
167Brazil29.68

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 76.60. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
171values changed, of 171 in both
127 · 44rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

United States Virgin Islands362.97 → 435.16+72.19
Lebanon54.09 → 90.97+36.88
Hong Kong292.45 → 326.84+34.39
Northern Mariana Islands152.70 → 178.10+25.40
Singapore377.22 → 401.52+24.31

Fell most

Iraq154.23 → 120.23−34.00
Republic of the Congo156.86 → 131.37−25.49
Seychelles168.84 → 149.54−19.30
Gambia68.86 → 49.93−18.92
Timor-Leste122.31 → 107.33−14.98

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 2004.
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.

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World Bank Group (2004). Trade (% of GDP), 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/trade-to-gdp/2004

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07Questions

Trade (% of GDP), 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest trade openness in Trade (% of GDP), 2004?

United States Virgin Islands, at 435.16, of the 171 countries in the file.

What year does Trade (% of GDP), 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Trade (% of GDP), 2004 cover?

171.

Where can I download Trade (% of GDP), 2004?

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), 2004 the newest?

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

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