Merchandise trade in IDA blend
IDA blend: Merchandise trade was 33.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Merchandise trade in IDA blend, 1960–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, merchandise trade in IDA blend stood at 33.7%.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and up 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in IDA blend peaked at 58.1% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 20.9%, in 1998.
That places IDA blend 42nd out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 33.9% | — |
| 1961 | 31.3% | -7.5% |
| 1962 | 30.8% | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 32.3% | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 35.1% | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 35.0% | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 31.7% | -9.5% |
| 1967 | 32.5% | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 26.3% | -18.9% |
| 1969 | 27.4% | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 24.7% | -9.7% |
| 1971 | 30.9% | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 34.3% | +10.8% |
| 1973 | 41.0% | +19.5% |
| 1974 | 50.2% | +22.5% |
| 1975 | 47.0% | -6.3% |
| 1976 | 47.5% | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 53.8% | +13.1% |
| 1978 | 53.1% | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 52.2% | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 58.1% | +11.2% |
| 1981 | 29.5% | -49.2% |
| 1982 | 26.4% | -10.6% |
| 1983 | 29.8% | +13.1% |
| 1984 | 33.9% | +13.7% |
| 1985 | 34.0% | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 29.0% | -14.8% |
| 1987 | 31.2% | +7.6% |
| 1988 | 32.0% | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 37.5% | +17.2% |
| 1990 | 38.7% | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 38.5% | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 40.9% | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 36.5% | -10.8% |
| 1994 | 33.3% | -8.7% |
| 1995 | 29.0% | -13.0% |
| 1996 | 26.5% | -8.6% |
| 1997 | 25.5% | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 20.9% | -17.9% |
| 1999 | 38.5% | +83.8% |
| 2000 | 35.2% | -8.4% |
| 2001 | 34.8% | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 31.6% | -9.3% |
| 2003 | 34.6% | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 37.9% | +9.8% |
| 2005 | 41.0% | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 38.7% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 39.2% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 42.4% | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 35.9% | -15.3% |
| 2010 | 37.7% | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 41.9% | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 37.0% | -11.9% |
| 2013 | 33.1% | -10.4% |
| 2014 | 32.3% | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 26.0% | -19.5% |
| 2016 | 24.4% | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 26.1% | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 29.0% | +11.1% |
| 2019 | 24.7% | -15.0% |
| 2020 | 21.3% | -13.5% |
| 2021 | 26.2% | +22.9% |
| 2022 | 28.3% | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 29.9% | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 34.7% | +15.8% |
| 2025 | 33.7% | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31.6% | 26.3% | 35.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 43.5% | 24.7% | 53.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 34.1% | 26.4% | 58.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 32.8% | 20.9% | 40.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.1% | 31.6% | 42.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.2% | 24.4% | 41.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.0% | 21.3% | 34.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
- 39 Seychelles 86.7% compare
- 40 Eswatini 86.4% compare
- 41 Lebanon 85.9% compare
- 42 Serbia 84.6% compare
- 43 Solomon Islands 83.8% compare
- 44 Bulgaria 83.5% compare
- 45 Micronesia (country) 83.5% compare
More private sector data for IDA blend
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 51.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 236.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 21.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 191.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 277.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1509 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 342.7 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in IDA blend?
- Merchandise trade in IDA blend was 33.7% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 58.1% in 1980.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.9% in 1998.
- How does IDA blend rank for merchandise trade?
- IDA blend ranks 42nd out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA blend 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.