Merchandise trade in Italy
Italy: Merchandise trade was 54.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Merchandise trade in Italy, 1960–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, merchandise trade in Italy stood at 54.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in Italy peaked at 64.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 20.0%, in 1960.
Italy ranks 97th of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in Italy, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 20.0% | — |
| 1961 | 20.2% | +0.9% |
| 1962 | 20.5% | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 21.1% | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 20.1% | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 20.6% | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 21.7% | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 22.0% | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 22.4% | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 24.0% | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 24.8% | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 24.9% | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 26.1% | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 28.4% | +9.2% |
| 1974 | 35.8% | +25.8% |
| 1975 | 32.2% | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 36.0% | +11.9% |
| 1977 | 36.2% | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 35.7% | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 38.0% | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 37.4% | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 39.7% | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 37.6% | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 34.4% | -8.6% |
| 1984 | 36.4% | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 36.3% | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 30.6% | -15.6% |
| 1987 | 30.0% | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 29.8% | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 31.5% | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 29.8% | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 28.2% | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 27.7% | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 29.7% | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 32.7% | +10.1% |
| 1995 | 37.4% | +14.1% |
| 1996 | 35.0% | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 36.2% | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 36.5% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 36.4% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 41.7% | +14.7% |
| 2001 | 41.0% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 39.1% | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 37.7% | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 39.1% | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 40.6% | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 43.9% | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 45.5% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 45.7% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 37.2% | -18.6% |
| 2010 | 43.6% | +17.1% |
| 2011 | 46.9% | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 47.2% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 46.3% | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 46.2% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 47.0% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 46.0% | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 48.7% | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 50.1% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 50.1% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 48.6% | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 54.3% | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 64.3% | +18.4% |
| 2023 | 56.8% | -11.6% |
| 2024 | 54.3% | -4.4% |
| 2025 | 54.7% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.2% | 20.0% | 24.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 31.8% | 24.8% | 38.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 34.4% | 29.8% | 39.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 33.0% | 27.7% | 37.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.2% | 37.2% | 45.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.2% | 43.6% | 50.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.5% | 48.6% | 64.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More private sector data for Italy
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 66.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 668.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 79.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 726.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,331 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2847 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 11,350 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in Italy?
- Merchandise trade in Italy was 54.7% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 64.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.0% in 1960.
- How does Italy rank for merchandise trade?
- Italy ranks 97th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.