Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) vs Thailand: Merchandise trade

Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
45.6%
in 2025
Thailand
118.6%
in 2025
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank
16th
Thailand rank
16th

Merchandise trade over time

  • Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
  • Thailand
20406080100120196019922025

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 118.6% against 45.6% in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), a difference of 73.0%.

That makes Thailand's figure about 2.6 times Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Thailand ahead.

Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 16th and Thailand ranks 16th of 47 groups.

Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) Thailand Difference Ahead
1960s 27.7% 30.8% 3.0% Thailand
1970s 30.4% 36.4% 6.0% Thailand
1980s 29.2% 47.9% 18.7% Thailand
1990s 33.4% 72.8% 39.4% Thailand
2000s 41.8% 109.4% 67.6% Thailand
2010s 46.4% 106.9% 60.5% Thailand
2020s 43.8% 109.5% 65.7% Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise trade, Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) or Thailand?
Thailand, at 118.6% against 45.6% in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) as of 2025.
What is the difference in merchandise trade between Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) and Thailand?
73.0%, with Thailand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) and Thailand?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) and Thailand rank globally for merchandise trade?
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 16th and Thailand ranks 16th of 47 groups.
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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) vs Thailand: Merchandise trade. Statizoid, drawing on World Trade Organization (WTO). Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/merchandise-trade-percent-of-gdp/heavily-indebted-poor-countries-hipc/thailand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/merchandise-trade-percent-of-gdp/heavily-indebted-poor-countries-hipc/thailand/">Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) vs Thailand: Merchandise trade</a> — Statizoid

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.