Data for 2016

Trade (% of GDP), 2016

Name: Trade (% of GDP), 2016
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2016, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Trade (% of GDP), 2016 covers 184 countries. Hong Kong is highest, at 371.727; Sudan is lowest, at 15.282. The middle country reads 74.690. Against 2015, 184 values changed (59 up, 125 down), 1 left.

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Trade (% of GDP) · Data for 2016

HighestHong Kong

371.727

LowestSudan

15.282

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

184countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
184distinct 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), 2016, 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), 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	371.727
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	348.437
3	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	320.146
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	301.339
5	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	239.709
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	213.359
7	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	213.072
8	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	182.757
9	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	180.866
10	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	170.149
11	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	165.395
12	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	163.972
13	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	159.165
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	159.058
15	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	152.846
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	150.966
17	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	148.547
18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	148.238
19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	147.746
20	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	145.410
21	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	144.380
22	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	139.053
23	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	139.022
24	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	136.887
25	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	136.315
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	134.690
27	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	132.823
28	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	132.026
29	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	126.899
30	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	126.310
31	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	125.209
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	123.331
33	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	122.942
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	122.806
35	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	122.705
36	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	122.260
37	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	120.575
38	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	118.760
39	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	116.326
40	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	116.185
41	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	113.296
42	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	112.890
43	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	111.839
44	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	111.270
45	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	110.394
46	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	110.274
47	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	105.824
48	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	105.521
49	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	104.553
50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	104.136
51	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	101.573
52	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	101.453
53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	101.055
54	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	100.612
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	100.465
56	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	100.395
57	Honduras`HND`Central America	99.816
58	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	97.691
59	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	97.174
60	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	96.866
61	Belize`BLZ`Central America	96.500
62	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	96.158
63	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	95.378
64	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	94.926
65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	93.966
66	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	93.814
67	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	93.294
68	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	92.601
69	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	92.139
70	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	90.077
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	89.548
72	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	89.358
73	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	89.005
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	88.244
75	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	87.777
76	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	87.760
77	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	87.320
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	87.093
79	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	85.893
80	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	85.838
81	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	85.550
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	84.396
83	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	83.452
84	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	82.864
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	79.522
86	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	76.385
87	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	76.078
88	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	76.006
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	75.690
90	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	75.212
91	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	75.092
92	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	75.019
93	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	74.362
94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	74.014
95	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	73.959
96	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	73.153
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	72.819
98	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	72.750
99	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	71.722
100	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	71.123
101	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	70.412
102	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	70.133
103	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	69.900
104	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	68.008
105	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	67.877
106	Paraguay`PRY`South America	67.759
107	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	67.724
108	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	67.334
109	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	67.213
110	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	67.112
111	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	66.445
112	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	65.423
113	Canada`CAN`Northern America	65.364
114	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	63.658
115	France`FRA`Western Europe	63.343
116	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.189
117	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	62.178
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.776
119	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	60.835
120	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	60.312
121	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	60.311
122	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	59.840
123	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	58.987
124	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	58.293
125	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	58.030
126	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	57.953
127	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	57.922
128	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	57.893
129	Bolivia`BOL`South America	56.401
130	Chile`CHL`South America	56.058
131	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.861
132	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	55.725
133	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	54.588
134	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	54.432
135	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	54.301
136	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	54.108
137	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	53.616
138	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	53.613
139	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	52.480
140	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	51.731
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	51.219
142	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	50.531
143	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	50.090
144	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	49.761
145	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.870
146	Uruguay`URY`South America	48.471
147	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	47.566
148	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	46.518
149	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	46.472
150	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	46.373
151	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	46.326
152	Peru`PER`South America	45.389
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	43.958
154	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	43.067
155	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	42.115
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	41.411
157	Venezuela`VEN`South America	41.393
158	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	41.110
159	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	40.813
160	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40.639
161	Ecuador`ECU`South America	40.534
162	India`IND`Southern Asia	40.082
163	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39.877
164	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.114
165	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	37.421
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.133
167	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.675
168	Colombia`COL`South America	36.203
169	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	36.177
170	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	35.420
171	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	34.899
172	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	34.865
173	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	31.334
174	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	31.209
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.082
176	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	30.656
177	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.247
178	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	27.269
179	United States`USA`Northern America	26.453
180	Argentina`ARG`South America	26.094
181	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	25.693
182	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.702
183	Brazil`BRA`South America	24.534
184	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15.282

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Hong Kong371.727
2Luxembourg348.437
3San Marino320.146
4Singapore301.339
5Ireland239.709

Lowest

184Sudan15.282
183Brazil24.534
182Pakistan24.702
181Uzbekistan25.693
180Argentina26.094

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 74.690. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
184values changed, of 184 in both
59 · 125rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guinea72.443 → 111.839+39.397
Northern Mariana Islands122.747 → 152.846+30.098
United States Virgin Islands84.767 → 113.296+28.530
Azerbaijan72.602 → 90.077+17.476
Syria51.086 → 67.112+16.026

Fell most

Djibouti268.363 → 213.072−55.291
Nauru200.000 → 170.149−29.851
Singapore329.471 → 301.339−28.133
Marshall Islands138.490 → 116.326−22.163
Venezuela60.377 → 41.393−18.985

− South Sudan

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 2016.
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Every one of the 184 countries has every column.

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07Questions

Trade (% of GDP), 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest trade openness in Trade (% of GDP), 2016?

Hong Kong, at 371.727, of the 184 countries in the file.

What year does Trade (% of GDP), 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Trade (% of GDP), 2016 cover?

184.

Where can I download Trade (% of GDP), 2016?

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), 2016 the newest?

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

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