Merchandise trade in Brazil
Brazil: Merchandise trade was 28.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Merchandise trade in Brazil, 1960–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 28.2% for merchandise trade in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 38.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in Brazil peaked at 32.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10.7%, in 1967.
That places Brazil 180th out of 204 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 16.0% | — |
| 1961 | 16.6% | +3.4% |
| 1962 | 14.0% | -15.6% |
| 1963 | 12.4% | -11.2% |
| 1964 | 12.8% | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 12.0% | -6.7% |
| 1966 | 11.4% | -4.5% |
| 1967 | 10.7% | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 11.8% | +10.7% |
| 1969 | 12.3% | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 13.2% | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 13.5% | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 15.0% | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 15.8% | +5.2% |
| 1974 | 20.1% | +27.6% |
| 1975 | 17.2% | -14.5% |
| 1976 | 15.6% | -9.6% |
| 1977 | 14.4% | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 13.8% | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 15.8% | +14.4% |
| 1980 | 19.0% | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 18.4% | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 15.2% | -17.2% |
| 1983 | 20.4% | +34.2% |
| 1984 | 22.4% | +9.8% |
| 1985 | 19.0% | -15.4% |
| 1986 | 14.8% | -22.0% |
| 1987 | 15.1% | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 16.1% | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 13.1% | -18.4% |
| 1990 | 14.0% | +6.6% |
| 1991 | 15.9% | +13.7% |
| 1992 | 17.9% | +12.7% |
| 1993 | 18.0% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 15.2% | -15.5% |
| 1995 | 13.1% | -13.8% |
| 1996 | 12.3% | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 13.3% | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 12.9% | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 16.6% | +28.6% |
| 2000 | 17.4% | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 20.8% | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 21.6% | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 22.2% | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 24.4% | +9.6% |
| 2005 | 22.0% | -9.7% |
| 2006 | 21.2% | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 20.6% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 22.4% | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 17.2% | -23.1% |
| 2010 | 17.8% | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 18.8% | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 19.3% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 19.6% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 18.8% | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 20.4% | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 18.1% | -11.2% |
| 2017 | 18.5% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 22.2% | +20.1% |
| 2019 | 22.1% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 25.4% | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 30.9% | +21.3% |
| 2022 | 32.1% | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 27.0% | -15.7% |
| 2024 | 28.1% | +4.1% |
| 2025 | 28.2% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.0% | 10.7% | 16.6% | 10 |
| 1970s | 15.5% | 13.2% | 20.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 17.3% | 13.1% | 22.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.9% | 12.3% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.0% | 17.2% | 24.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.6% | 17.8% | 22.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.6% | 25.4% | 32.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More private sector data for Brazil
- Food imports 5.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 79.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 293.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 40.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 23.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 348.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,637 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1528 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 1,380 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in Brazil?
- Merchandise trade in Brazil was 28.2% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 32.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.7% in 1967.
- How does Brazil rank for merchandise trade?
- Brazil ranks 180th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from World Trade Organization (WTO), published as part of Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.