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Trade (% of GDP), 2009

2009, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Trade (% of GDP), 2009 covers 178 countries. United States Virgin Islands is highest, at 508.403; Brazil is lowest, at 22.106. The middle country reads 74.856. Against 2008, 178 values changed (29 up, 149 down), the same countries are covered.

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Trade (% of GDP) · Data for 2009

HighestUnited States Virgin Islands

508.403

LowestBrazil

22.106

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Trade (% of GDP), 2009, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 178 countries · select a heading to sort

Trade (% of GDP), 2009: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean508.403
2SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia358.193
3Hong KongHKGEastern Asia348.398
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe263.533
5SeychellesSYCEastern Africa221.934
6IrelandIRLNorthern Europe173.591
7MaltaMLTSouthern Europe163.557
8MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia162.559
9American SamoaASMPolynesia161.333
10LesothoLSOSouthern Africa158.895
11Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia157.686
12United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia153.462
13HungaryHUNEastern Europe145.306
14NauruNRUMicronesia145.000
15CuraçaoCUWCaribbean144.702
16ArubaABWCaribbean137.557
17PanamaPANCentral America137.046
18SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe136.714
19Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa135.552
20BelgiumBELWestern Europe135.138
21VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia134.706
22KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia133.379
23Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia128.862
24NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa123.763
25Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa122.212

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United States Virgin Islands508.403
  2. 2Singapore358.193
  3. 3Hong Kong348.398
  4. 4Luxembourg263.533
  5. 5Seychelles221.934

Lowest

  1. 178Brazil22.106
  2. 177Sierra Leone23.075
  3. 176Japan24.173
  4. 175United States24.760
  5. 174Eritrea27.972

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 74.856. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 178values changed, of 178 in both
  • 29 · 149rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

Read before you use

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 2009.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 178 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2009). Trade (% of GDP), 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/trade-to-gdp/2009

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07Questions

Trade (% of GDP), 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest trade openness in Trade (% of GDP), 2009?

United States Virgin Islands, at 508.403, of the 178 countries in the file.

What year does Trade (% of GDP), 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Trade (% of GDP), 2009 cover?

178.

Where can I download Trade (% of GDP), 2009?

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), 2009 the newest?

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

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