Belarus vs Upper middle income: Merchandise trade

Belarus
96.1%
in 2025
Upper middle income
42.8%
in 2025
Belarus rank
29th
Upper middle income rank
29th

Merchandise trade over time

  • Belarus
  • Upper middle income
255075100125150196019922025

How they compare

Belarus currently reports 96.1% against 42.8% in Upper middle income, a difference of 53.3%.

That makes Belarus's figure about 2.2 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 29th and Upper middle income ranks 29th of 204 countries.

Belarus has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belarus Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 73.4% 36.2% 37.2% Belarus
2000s 117.7% 50.2% 67.5% Belarus
2010s 114.4% 43.2% 71.2% Belarus
2020s 106.9% 42.4% 64.4% Belarus

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise trade, Belarus or Upper middle income?
Belarus, at 96.1% against 42.8% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in merchandise trade between Belarus and Upper middle income?
53.3%, with Belarus ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Upper middle income?
34 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2025.
How do Belarus and Upper middle income rank globally for merchandise trade?
Belarus ranks 29th and Upper middle income ranks 29th of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Trade Organization (WTO), published as Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
251 places, 14,091 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.