Data for 2018

Trade (% of GDP), 2018

Name: Trade (% of GDP), 2018
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2018, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Trade (% of GDP), 2018 covers 185 countries. Hong Kong is highest, at 376.893; Sudan is lowest, at 21.868. The middle country reads 79.144. Against 2017, 185 values changed (133 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Trade (% of GDP) · Data for 2018

HighestHong Kong

376.893

LowestSudan

21.868

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

185countries
1measure
2018the 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), 2018, 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), 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	376.893
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	361.865
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	325.726
4	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	309.488
5	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	300.399
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	228.099
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	222.454
8	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	188.733
9	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	185.708
10	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	171.831
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	168.278
12	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	164.664
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	163.559
14	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	162.701
15	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	162.613
16	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	159.240
17	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	155.269
18	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	154.747
19	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	147.624
20	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	147.202
21	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	145.142
22	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	144.435
23	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	144.075
24	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	143.485
25	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	142.491
26	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	140.640
27	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	139.394
28	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	138.825
29	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	133.215
30	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	130.655
31	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	130.403
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	129.167
33	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	128.482
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	128.234
35	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	126.356
36	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	124.607
37	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	123.539
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	123.500
39	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	120.842
40	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	118.438
41	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	117.772
42	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	117.117
43	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	116.569
44	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	111.099
45	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	109.848
46	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	108.814
47	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	108.762
48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	108.378
49	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	106.875
50	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	106.001
51	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	105.868
52	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	105.838
53	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	105.564
54	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	103.872
55	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	103.646
56	Honduras`HND`Central America	103.551
57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	103.235
58	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	102.786
59	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	102.442
60	Belize`BLZ`Central America	100.989
61	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	100.583
62	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.200
63	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.085
64	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	98.876
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.432
66	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	93.985
67	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	93.898
68	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	92.473
69	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	91.838
70	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	91.673
71	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	90.409
72	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	89.777
73	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	89.680
74	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	89.279
75	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	89.147
76	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	88.984
77	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	88.935
78	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	88.495
79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	87.455
80	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	87.447
81	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	87.091
82	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	86.736
83	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	86.315
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	86.131
85	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	86.104
86	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	85.493
87	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	83.244
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	81.714
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	80.213
90	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	79.740
91	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	79.238
92	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	79.200
93	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	79.144
94	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.125
95	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	78.935
96	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	77.555
97	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	77.255
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	77.037
99	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	75.694
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	75.634
101	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	74.888
102	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	74.708
103	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	73.822
104	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	72.963
105	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	72.559
106	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	72.163
107	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	72.154
108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	72.069
109	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	71.401
110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	68.257
111	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	68.176
112	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	67.959
113	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	67.842
114	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	67.009
115	France`FRA`Western Europe	66.802
116	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	66.787
117	Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.600
118	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	65.802
119	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	65.015
120	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	64.910
121	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	64.819
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	64.812
123	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	63.781
124	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	63.528
125	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	62.825
126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	61.795
127	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	61.790
128	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	61.395
129	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	60.596
130	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.275
131	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	59.103
132	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	59.097
133	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	58.873
134	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	58.270
135	Chile`CHL`South America	58.177
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	57.574
137	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	56.615
138	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	56.078
139	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	55.906
140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	55.846
141	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	55.020
142	Venezuela`VEN`South America	54.633
143	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	54.550
144	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	54.486
145	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	52.436
146	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.335
147	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	51.581
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	50.700
149	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	50.659
150	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	49.809
151	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	49.660
152	Peru`PER`South America	48.631
153	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	48.447
154	Ecuador`ECU`South America	48.009
155	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	47.983
156	Uruguay`URY`South America	47.791
157	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	47.012
158	Bolivia`BOL`South America	46.926
159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	46.738
160	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	46.038
161	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.911
162	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	45.139
163	India`IND`Southern Asia	43.617
164	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	43.579
165	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	43.573
166	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	43.074
167	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.996
168	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.638
169	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40.588
170	Niger`NER`Western Africa	38.293
171	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.377
172	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	36.894
173	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.638
174	Colombia`COL`South America	36.535
175	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	35.804
176	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	34.415
177	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32.643
178	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	32.515
179	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	31.199
180	Argentina`ARG`South America	30.763
181	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.876
182	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	27.626
183	United States`USA`Northern America	27.445
184	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	27.084
185	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	21.868

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Hong Kong376.893
2Luxembourg361.865
3Singapore325.726
4San Marino309.488
5Djibouti300.399

Lowest

185Sudan21.868
184Cuba27.084
183United States27.445
182Pakistan27.626
181Brazil28.876

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 79.144. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
185values changed, of 185 in both
133 · 52rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uzbekistan41.044 → 61.395+20.351
Mozambique105.746 → 124.607+18.862
Libya47.549 → 63.781+16.232
Curaçao139.812 → 155.269+15.456
Malta213.048 → 228.099+15.051

Fell most

Northern Mariana Islands131.410 → 108.762−22.648
Kiribati100.492 → 83.244−17.248
São Tomé and Príncipe92.897 → 79.200−13.697
Guinea101.252 → 88.984−12.268
Seychelles197.442 → 185.708−11.735

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 2018.
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Every one of the 185 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2018). Trade (% of GDP), 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/trade-to-gdp/2018

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07Questions

Trade (% of GDP), 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest trade openness in Trade (% of GDP), 2018?

Hong Kong, at 376.893, of the 185 countries in the file.

What year does Trade (% of GDP), 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Trade (% of GDP), 2018 cover?

185.

Where can I download Trade (% of GDP), 2018?

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), 2018 the newest?

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

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