China Trade to GDP Ratio 1960-2023

Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services measured as a share of gross domestic product.
  • China trade to gdp ratio for 2021 was 37.47%, a 2.71% increase from 2020.
  • China trade to gdp ratio for 2020 was 34.75%, a 1.14% decline from 2019.
  • China trade to gdp ratio for 2019 was 35.89%, a 1.68% decline from 2018.
  • China trade to gdp ratio for 2018 was 37.57%, a 0.07% decline from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Trade (% of GDP)
American Samoa 149.22%
North Macedonia 148.47%
Nauru 147.34%
Maldives 143.08%
Belarus 138.74%
Malaysia 130.57%
Bulgaria 120.97%
Serbia 116.76%
Thailand 116.66%
Marshall Islands 116.20%
Montenegro 105.03%
Equatorial Guinea 102.07%
Mauritius 97.79%
Bosnia 97.23%
Belize 96.59%
Botswana 94.48%
Romania 87.36%
Mexico 83.62%
Fiji 81.88%
Jordan 81.44%
Cuba 80.02%
Namibia 79.73%
Armenia 79.17%
Lebanon 78.83%
Azerbaijan 76.57%
Albania 74.54%
Tonga 73.37%
Jamaica 73.36%
Gabon 72.65%
Turkey 70.83%
Paraguay 70.80%
Costa Rica 70.61%
Iraq 61.82%
Samoa 60.89%
Kazakhstan 57.54%
South Africa 56.22%
Peru 55.50%
Algeria 52.97%
Dominican Republic 52.73%
Russia 52.17%
Ecuador 51.39%
Guatemala 49.86%
Iran 44.37%
Colombia 40.85%
Brazil 39.18%
China 37.47%
China Trade to GDP Ratio - Historical Data
Year Trade (% of GDP) Annual Change
2021 37.47% 2.71%
2020 34.75% -1.14%
2019 35.89% -1.68%
2018 37.57% -0.07%
2017 37.63% 0.74%
2016 36.89% -2.57%
2015 39.46% -5.44%
2014 44.91% -1.84%
2013 46.74% -1.52%
2012 48.27% -2.47%
2011 50.74% 0.02%
2010 50.72% 5.53%
2009 45.18% -12.43%
2008 57.61% -4.58%
2007 62.19% -2.29%
2006 64.48% 2.27%
2005 62.21% 2.70%
2004 59.51% 7.70%
2003 51.80% 9.06%
2002 42.75% 4.22%
2001 38.53% -0.88%
2000 39.41% 5.89%
1999 33.52% 1.10%
1998 32.42% -2.11%
1997 34.53% 0.72%
1996 33.81% -0.46%
1995 34.28% -1.49%
1994 35.77% 9.87%
1993 25.90% -0.20%
1992 26.10% 2.03%
1991 24.07% 1.87%
1990 22.20% 3.06%
1989 19.13% -3.89%
1988 23.03% 2.28%
1987 20.75% 0.85%
1986 19.90% -0.79%
1985 20.69% 4.92%
1984 15.77% 2.20%
1983 13.57% -0.66%
1982 14.22% -0.67%
1981 14.90% 2.47%
1980 12.42% 1.34%
1979 11.09% 1.44%
1978 9.65% 1.27%
1977 8.38% -0.45%
1976 8.84% -0.72%
1975 9.55% -0.78%
1974 10.33% 2.33%
1973 8.00% 2.24%
1972 5.76% 0.83%
1971 4.92% -0.03%
1970 4.95% -0.50%
1969 5.45% -0.77%
1968 6.22% -0.03%
1967 6.25% -0.48%
1966 6.73% -0.10%
1965 6.83% 0.20%
1964 6.63% -0.23%
1963 6.87% -0.10%
1962 6.96% -0.40%
1961 7.36% -1.37%
1960 8.73% -1.37%