Data for 2006

Trade (% of GDP), 2006

Name: Trade (% of GDP), 2006
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2006, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Trade (% of GDP), 2006 covers 174 countries. United States Virgin Islands is highest, at 552.119; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 22.089. The middle country reads 81.981. Against 2005, 173 values changed (112 up, 61 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Trade (% of GDP) · Data for 2006

HighestUnited States Virgin Islands

552.119

LowestSierra Leone

22.089

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

174countries
1measure
2006the year it describes
174distinct 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), 2006, 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), 2006: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	552.119
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	425.363
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	359.209
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	305.879
5	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	229.817
6	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	202.577
7	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	182.434
8	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	177.567
9	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	164.992
10	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	159.697
11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	150.022
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	149.568
13	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	149.232
14	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	147.104
15	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	144.556
16	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	141.747
17	Panama`PAN`Central America	141.473
18	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	141.154
19	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	141.043
20	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	140.349
21	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	138.314
22	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	137.155
23	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	136.621
24	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	134.087
25	Honduras`HND`Central America	133.132
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	130.518
27	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	128.786
28	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	128.141
29	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	127.196
30	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	127.051
31	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	125.601
32	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	124.782
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	124.614
34	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	124.295
35	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	120.750
36	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	119.471
37	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	118.533
38	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	118.177
39	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	118.048
40	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	117.817
41	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	117.728
42	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	112.930
43	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	112.409
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	111.047
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	109.806
46	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	108.158
47	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	105.762
48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	105.695
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	105.262
50	Belize`BLZ`Central America	98.881
51	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	98.876
52	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.786
53	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	98.571
54	Suriname`SUR`South America	98.168
55	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	97.738
56	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	97.430
57	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	97.395
58	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	96.800
59	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	94.047
60	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	93.941
61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	92.552
62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	91.454
63	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	91.069
64	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	89.945
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	89.815
66	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	89.713
67	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	89.694
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	89.651
69	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	89.541
70	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	89.181
71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	89.125
72	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	88.649
73	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	88.330
74	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	87.551
75	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	87.310
76	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	86.834
77	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	86.612
78	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	86.146
79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	84.734
80	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	84.625
81	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	83.517
82	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	82.820
83	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	82.789
84	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	82.637
85	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	82.469
86	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	82.076
87	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	82.001
88	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	81.961
89	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	81.571
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	80.851
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	79.830
92	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	78.531
93	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	77.701
94	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	77.082
95	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	76.631
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	75.529
97	Bolivia`BOL`South America	74.538
98	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	74.205
99	Chile`CHL`South America	73.712
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	73.456
101	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	72.770
102	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	72.759
103	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	72.202
104	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	71.261
105	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71.169
106	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	69.789
107	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	69.386
108	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	68.547
109	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	68.375
110	Canada`CAN`Northern America	68.051
111	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	68.021
112	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	67.912
113	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	67.471
114	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	67.350
115	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	66.355
116	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	65.915
117	Ecuador`ECU`South America	65.842
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	64.672
119	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	64.519
120	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	63.766
121	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	63.690
122	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	63.570
123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	62.103
124	Uruguay`URY`South America	61.972
125	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	61.684
126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	61.613
127	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	61.519
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.030
129	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	59.603
130	France`FRA`Western Europe	57.869
131	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	57.857
132	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56.705
133	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	56.657
134	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	56.613
135	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	56.084
136	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	55.236
137	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	54.733
138	Mexico`MEX`Central America	54.482
139	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	54.136
140	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.768
141	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	53.167
142	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	52.924
143	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	52.447
144	Peru`PER`South America	51.785
145	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.105
146	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	50.374
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	49.019
148	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.946
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	48.761
150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	47.104
151	India`IND`Southern Asia	45.724
152	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	45.261
153	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	44.767
154	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	44.762
155	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	43.633
156	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42.768
157	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	41.488
158	Argentina`ARG`South America	40.433
159	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	39.775
160	Colombia`COL`South America	39.641
161	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38.112
162	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	37.188
163	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.057
164	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.531
165	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.396
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36.203
167	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	35.757
168	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	35.107
169	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	33.658
170	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	33.050
171	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	29.715
172	United States`USA`Northern America	26.975
173	Brazil`BRA`South America	26.042
174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	22.089

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

174Sierra Leone22.089
173Brazil26.042
172United States26.975
171Japan29.715
170Pakistan33.050

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 81.981. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
173values changed, of 173 in both
112 · 61rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

United States Virgin Islands503.207 → 552.119+48.912
Kyrgyzstan95.084 → 120.750+25.666
Malta157.548 → 182.434+24.886
Timor-Leste74.671 → 98.876+24.204
Luxembourg284.077 → 305.879+21.802

Fell most

Ghana98.172 → 64.519−33.652
Kiribati123.594 → 94.047−29.547
Iraq115.743 → 89.651−26.092
Sierra Leone47.548 → 22.089−25.459
Eritrea61.106 → 45.261−15.845

+ Suriname

− Guyana

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 2006.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2006). Trade (% of GDP), 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/trade-to-gdp/2006

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07Questions

Trade (% of GDP), 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest trade openness in Trade (% of GDP), 2006?

United States Virgin Islands, at 552.119, of the 174 countries in the file.

What year does Trade (% of GDP), 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Trade (% of GDP), 2006 cover?

174.

Where can I download Trade (% of GDP), 2006?

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), 2006 the newest?

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

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