Merchandise trade in Euro area
Euro area: Merchandise trade was 69.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Merchandise trade in Euro area, 1960–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 69.0% for merchandise trade in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in Euro area peaked at 84.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 25.2%, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 26.3% | — |
| 1961 | 25.8% | -1.8% |
| 1962 | 25.2% | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 25.4% | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 25.8% | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 26.3% | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 26.7% | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 26.3% | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 27.4% | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 29.2% | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 30.4% | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 30.3% | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 30.6% | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 32.7% | +6.8% |
| 1974 | 39.0% | +19.3% |
| 1975 | 35.3% | -9.3% |
| 1976 | 38.5% | +8.9% |
| 1977 | 38.5% | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 37.3% | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 39.4% | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 41.1% | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 43.1% | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 42.6% | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 42.1% | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 44.8% | +6.3% |
| 1985 | 45.5% | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 39.5% | -13.3% |
| 1987 | 38.7% | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 39.2% | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 41.4% | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 40.0% | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 38.9% | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 37.6% | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 36.9% | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 39.7% | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 42.3% | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 42.8% | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 46.1% | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 47.6% | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 51.3% | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 59.1% | +15.2% |
| 2001 | 58.2% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 56.1% | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 55.2% | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 57.4% | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 60.1% | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 63.7% | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 65.1% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 66.1% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 55.3% | -16.3% |
| 2010 | 63.3% | +14.4% |
| 2011 | 68.5% | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 69.8% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 68.5% | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 67.9% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 67.9% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 66.4% | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 69.2% | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 70.7% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 69.7% | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 66.1% | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 72.7% | +9.9% |
| 2022 | 84.0% | +15.6% |
| 2023 | 74.3% | -11.5% |
| 2024 | 70.1% | -5.7% |
| 2025 | 69.0% | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.4% | 25.2% | 29.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 35.2% | 30.3% | 39.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 41.8% | 38.7% | 45.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 42.3% | 36.9% | 51.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.6% | 55.2% | 66.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.2% | 63.3% | 70.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.7% | 66.1% | 84.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More private sector data for Euro area
- Food imports 10.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 6.09 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 76.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 6.33 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 17,654 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3516 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 16,980 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in Euro area?
- Merchandise trade in Euro area was 69.0% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 84.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.2% in 1962.
- How does Euro area rank for merchandise trade?
- Euro area ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area 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.