Data for 2015

Trade (% of GDP), 2015

Name: Trade (% of GDP), 2015
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2015, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Trade (% of GDP), 2015 covers 185 countries. Hong Kong is highest, at 389.41; Sudan is lowest, at 18.38. The middle country reads 74.63. Against 2014, 183 values changed (60 up, 123 down), 2 countries joined.

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Trade (% of GDP) · Data for 2015

HighestHong Kong

389.41

LowestSudan

18.38

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

185countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
185distinct 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), 2015, 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), 2015: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	389.41
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	351.13
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	329.47
4	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	321.36
5	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	268.36
6	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	223.70
7	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	207.20
8	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	200.00
9	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	187.48
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	179.43
11	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	167.29
12	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	164.29
13	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	162.41
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	160.33
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	155.07
16	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	154.02
17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	148.51
18	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	148.31
19	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	147.92
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	147.22
21	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	144.91
22	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	143.72
23	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	140.49
24	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	138.49
25	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	138.20
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	137.28
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	133.14
28	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	131.37
29	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	130.07
30	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	129.72
31	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	128.21
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	126.74
33	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	126.38
34	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	124.84
35	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	122.75
36	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	122.11
37	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	119.25
38	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	117.32
39	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	116.37
40	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	115.91
41	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	113.70
42	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	112.90
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	112.66
44	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	110.96
45	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	109.89
46	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	108.88
47	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	107.81
48	Honduras`HND`Central America	107.26
49	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	106.41
50	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	105.61
51	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	105.13
52	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	104.13
53	Belize`BLZ`Central America	104.07
54	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	103.12
55	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	101.19
56	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	98.88
57	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	98.76
58	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	98.70
59	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	98.19
60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.24
61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	97.02
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	96.58
63	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	96.38
64	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	94.89
65	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	94.01
66	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	93.71
67	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	93.53
68	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	92.54
69	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	92.26
70	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	90.65
71	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	89.90
72	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	89.65
73	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	89.64
74	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	88.97
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	88.29
76	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	88.26
77	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	88.19
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	87.25
79	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	85.80
80	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	84.77
81	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	84.17
82	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	83.52
83	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	83.10
84	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	81.39
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	80.63
86	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	79.87
87	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	77.76
88	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	77.35
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	76.56
90	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	76.52
91	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	76.48
92	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	75.39
93	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	74.63
94	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	74.02
95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	73.95
96	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	73.30
97	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	73.23
98	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	72.60
99	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	72.44
100	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	71.96
101	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	71.84
102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	71.68
103	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	71.34
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	71.28
105	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	70.78
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	70.41
107	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	69.68
108	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	69.59
109	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	69.13
110	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	68.84
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.93
112	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	67.29
113	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	67.11
114	Paraguay`PRY`South America	66.92
115	Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.16
116	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	65.55
117	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	65.27
118	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.58
119	France`FRA`Western Europe	63.50
120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	61.22
121	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	60.75
122	Venezuela`VEN`South America	60.38
123	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	60.08
124	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	60.05
125	Chile`CHL`South America	59.35
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.14
127	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	59.09
128	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.02
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	58.11
130	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	57.75
131	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57.13
132	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	56.90
133	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	56.76
134	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	56.75
135	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.73
136	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	55.63
137	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	55.44
138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	54.98
139	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	54.87
140	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	54.37
141	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	53.58
142	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53.20
143	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	53.15
144	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	53.05
145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	52.72
146	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.35
147	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.87
148	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	51.09
149	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	49.94
150	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	49.89
151	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.36
152	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	48.51
153	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.83
154	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	46.92
155	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	46.67
156	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	45.73
157	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.54
158	Uruguay`URY`South America	45.33
159	Peru`PER`South America	45.16
160	Niger`NER`Western Africa	44.73
161	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.52
162	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	42.09
163	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	41.95
164	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	41.94
165	India`IND`Southern Asia	41.92
166	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	41.49
167	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	40.76
168	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	40.33
169	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	39.66
170	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39.42
171	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	38.70
172	Colombia`COL`South America	38.36
173	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.80
174	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37.69
175	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.48
176	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	34.85
177	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	34.73
178	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.61
179	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.37
180	United States`USA`Northern America	27.69
181	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	27.17
182	Brazil`BRA`South America	26.95
183	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.69
184	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.49
185	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	18.38

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Hong Kong389.41
2Luxembourg351.13
3Singapore329.47
4San Marino321.36
5Djibouti268.36

Lowest

185Sudan18.38
184Argentina22.49
183Pakistan26.69
182Brazil26.95
181Uzbekistan27.17

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 74.63. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
183values changed, of 183 in both
60 · 123rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Malta181.30 → 207.20+25.89
Luxembourg333.43 → 351.13+17.70
Republic of the Congo104.20 → 117.32+13.12
Ghana63.84 → 76.52+12.68
Ireland211.18 → 223.70+12.52

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands164.29 → 84.77−79.53
Hong Kong425.98 → 389.41−36.57
Singapore360.47 → 329.47−31.00
Djibouti298.56 → 268.36−30.20
Turkmenistan102.76 → 73.23−29.53

+ Sri Lanka

+ San Marino

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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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 2015.
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Every one of the 185 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2015). Trade (% of GDP), 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/trade-to-gdp/2015

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07Questions

Trade (% of GDP), 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest trade openness in Trade (% of GDP), 2015?

Hong Kong, at 389.41, of the 185 countries in the file.

What year does Trade (% of GDP), 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Trade (% of GDP), 2015 cover?

185.

Where can I download Trade (% of GDP), 2015?

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), 2015 the newest?

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