Merchandise trade in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Merchandise trade was 41.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Merchandise trade in Early-demographic dividend, 1960–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for merchandise trade in Early-demographic dividend is 41.4%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 51.9% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 19.7%, in 1969.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 35th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 22.1% | — |
| 1961 | 20.6% | -6.9% |
| 1962 | 20.7% | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 20.7% | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 20.2% | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 19.8% | -1.7% |
| 1966 | 21.1% | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 21.1% | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 20.2% | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 19.7% | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 20.6% | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 21.3% | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 21.4% | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 23.6% | +10.5% |
| 1974 | 31.4% | +33.0% |
| 1975 | 30.6% | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 31.7% | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 33.3% | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 31.6% | -4.9% |
| 1979 | 33.9% | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 39.2% | +15.4% |
| 1981 | 38.1% | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 35.4% | -7.3% |
| 1983 | 31.6% | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 30.5% | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 27.7% | -9.1% |
| 1986 | 24.7% | -10.8% |
| 1987 | 28.0% | +13.4% |
| 1988 | 29.7% | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 31.9% | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 31.5% | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 31.5% | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 31.9% | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 30.3% | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 31.2% | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 34.8% | +11.5% |
| 1996 | 36.1% | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 37.0% | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 36.4% | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 36.5% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 39.9% | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 38.0% | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 40.7% | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 41.4% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 44.3% | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 47.1% | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 48.4% | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 47.7% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 51.9% | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 41.5% | -20.1% |
| 2010 | 43.8% | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 47.9% | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 47.5% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 47.3% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 46.1% | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 41.3% | -10.5% |
| 2016 | 38.1% | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 39.5% | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 43.0% | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 40.5% | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 37.3% | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 43.0% | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 47.4% | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 42.2% | -10.9% |
| 2024 | 41.1% | -2.7% |
| 2025 | 41.4% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.6% | 19.7% | 22.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 27.9% | 20.6% | 33.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 31.7% | 24.7% | 39.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 33.7% | 30.3% | 37.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 44.1% | 38.0% | 51.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.5% | 38.1% | 47.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.1% | 37.3% | 47.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
More private sector data for Early-demographic dividend
- Food imports 9.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 62.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.69 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 55.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.12 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 867.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1901 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 1,026 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in Early-demographic dividend?
- Merchandise trade in Early-demographic dividend was 41.4% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 51.9% in 2008.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.7% in 1969.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for merchandise trade?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 35th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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.