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Trade (% of GDP), 2012

Name: Trade (% of GDP), 2012
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2012, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Trade (% of GDP), 2012 covers 179 countries. Hong Kong is highest, at 430.569; Sudan is lowest, at 21.856. The middle country reads 82.077. Against 2011, 177 values changed (99 up, 78 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Trade (% of GDP) · Data for 2012

HighestHong Kong

430.569

LowestSudan

21.856

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

179countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
179distinct 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), 2012, 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), 2012: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	430.569
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	369.213
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	311.787
4	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	222.178
5	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	199.214
6	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	190.356
7	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	183.236
8	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	178.824
9	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	176.969
10	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	176.406
11	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	169.156
12	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	166.176
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	160.383
14	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	157.517
15	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	157.178
16	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	156.645
17	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	156.639
18	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	156.638
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	153.209
20	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	153.085
21	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	150.209
22	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	149.393
23	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	147.842
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	145.480
25	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	144.101
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	143.656
27	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	139.676
28	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	137.675
29	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	133.212
30	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	128.500
31	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	125.866
32	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	125.286
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	123.971
34	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	123.711
35	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	123.224
36	Honduras`HND`Central America	121.188
37	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	120.408
38	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	119.177
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	117.448
40	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	117.158
41	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	116.740
42	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	116.675
43	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	115.177
44	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	114.879
45	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	112.654
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	112.344
47	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	112.215
48	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	111.875
49	Belize`BLZ`Central America	111.167
50	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	110.788
51	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	109.589
52	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	108.780
53	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	105.935
54	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	105.841
55	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	105.746
56	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	105.641
57	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	104.823
58	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	104.452
59	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	104.362
60	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	103.311
61	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	102.623
62	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	102.433
63	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	102.075
64	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	101.551
65	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	101.517
66	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	101.011
67	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	100.978
68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	100.213
69	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	98.224
70	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	98.185
71	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	97.444
72	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	96.306
73	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	96.129
74	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	94.045
75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	93.168
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	92.343
77	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	90.650
78	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	89.735
79	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	88.830
80	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	88.574
81	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	88.546
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	88.145
83	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	86.674
84	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	85.298
85	Bolivia`BOL`South America	84.949
86	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	84.252
87	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	83.203
88	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	83.176
89	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	82.734
90	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	82.077
91	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	81.939
92	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	81.741
93	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	81.364
94	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	79.430
95	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.332
96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	79.009
97	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	78.263
98	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	78.222
99	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	77.972
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	77.649
101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	76.968
102	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	76.752
103	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	76.594
104	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	75.962
105	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	75.941
106	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	75.713
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	75.368
108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	74.765
109	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	74.163
110	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	73.782
111	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	73.724
112	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	73.609
113	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	71.620
114	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	70.301
115	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	70.076
116	Chile`CHL`South America	68.156
117	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	67.291
118	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	67.049
119	Ecuador`ECU`South America	67.003
120	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	66.929
121	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	66.706
122	Mexico`MEX`Central America	64.258
123	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	63.753
124	Canada`CAN`Northern America	62.596
125	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	62.394
126	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	61.975
127	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.969
128	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	61.959
129	France`FRA`Western Europe	61.659
130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	61.362
131	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	61.239
132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	60.758
133	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	60.554
134	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.506
135	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	57.881
136	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	57.842
137	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	56.926
138	India`IND`Southern Asia	55.794
139	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.583
140	Uruguay`URY`South America	55.061
141	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	54.884
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	54.385
143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	54.369
144	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	53.381
145	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	53.328
146	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	52.652
147	Peru`PER`South America	52.620
148	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	51.624
149	Venezuela`VEN`South America	50.751
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	50.737
151	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	50.036
152	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.583
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	49.425
154	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	48.111
155	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.701
156	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	47.480
157	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	47.151
158	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	45.866
159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	45.398
160	Niger`NER`Western Africa	45.086
161	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	44.128
162	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.089
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	43.502
164	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	43.020
165	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	41.081
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	40.810
167	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	40.712
168	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.258
169	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.657
170	Colombia`COL`South America	38.835
171	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	37.922
172	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	35.369
173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	33.059
174	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.319
175	United States`USA`Northern America	30.682
176	Argentina`ARG`South America	30.527
177	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	30.174
178	Brazil`BRA`South America	25.114
179	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	21.856

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Hong Kong430.569
2Singapore369.213
3Luxembourg311.787
4Seychelles222.178
5Malta199.214

Lowest

179Sudan21.856
178Brazil25.114
177Japan30.174
176Argentina30.527
175United States30.682

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 82.077. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −1countries joined / left
177values changed, of 177 in both
99 · 78rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Libya63.005 → 98.224+35.219
Mozambique84.406 → 105.935+21.528
American Samoa157.544 → 176.406+18.862
Botswana98.961 → 111.875+12.914
United Arab Emirates144.177 → 156.638+12.461

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands679.233 → 157.178−522.055
Greenland130.548 → 100.978−29.570
Republic of the Congo124.592 → 97.444−27.147
South Sudan93.227 → 71.620−21.607
Mongolia126.999 → 109.589−17.411

+ Somalia

+ Venezuela

− Eritrea

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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How values are stored

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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 2012.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 179 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2012). Trade (% of GDP), 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/trade-to-gdp/2012

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07Questions

Trade (% of GDP), 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest trade openness in Trade (% of GDP), 2012?

Hong Kong, at 430.569, of the 179 countries in the file.

What year does Trade (% of GDP), 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Trade (% of GDP), 2012 cover?

179.

Where can I download Trade (% of GDP), 2012?

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), 2012 the newest?

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