Merchandise trade in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: Merchandise trade was 43.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Merchandise trade in Late-demographic dividend, 1960–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for merchandise trade in Late-demographic dividend is 43.3%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 6.9% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 62.5% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 16.6%, in 1967.
Late-demographic dividend ranks 27th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in Late-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 17.9% | — |
| 1961 | 18.5% | +3.0% |
| 1962 | 18.8% | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 18.1% | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 17.9% | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 17.1% | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 16.9% | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 16.6% | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 17.5% | +5.1% |
| 1969 | 17.2% | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 17.6% | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 17.8% | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 18.4% | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 20.5% | +11.2% |
| 1974 | 29.7% | +45.3% |
| 1975 | 27.7% | -6.8% |
| 1976 | 28.3% | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 27.6% | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 30.4% | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 34.4% | +13.2% |
| 1980 | 38.9% | +13.2% |
| 1981 | 38.2% | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 34.4% | -9.9% |
| 1983 | 36.0% | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 36.9% | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 34.4% | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 31.6% | -8.2% |
| 1987 | 35.1% | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 38.0% | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 39.5% | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 42.5% | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 38.6% | -9.3% |
| 1993 | 40.9% | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 42.7% | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 42.3% | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 41.2% | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 41.7% | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 41.1% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 46.1% | +12.0% |
| 2000 | 50.8% | +10.3% |
| 2001 | 50.4% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 52.5% | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 57.2% | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 61.9% | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 62.3% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 62.5% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 60.9% | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 59.6% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 48.9% | -18.1% |
| 2010 | 51.8% | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 52.7% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 51.5% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 50.1% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 48.5% | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 45.0% | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 42.6% | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 43.3% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 44.6% | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 43.3% | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 42.7% | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 46.1% | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 48.7% | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 46.0% | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 46.5% | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 43.3% | -6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.6% | 16.6% | 18.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 25.2% | 17.6% | 34.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 36.0% | 31.6% | 38.9% | 9 |
| 1990s | 41.7% | 38.6% | 46.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 56.7% | 48.9% | 62.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.3% | 42.6% | 52.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.6% | 42.7% | 48.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Late-demographic dividend
More private sector data for Late-demographic dividend
- Food imports 8.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 6.71 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 76.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,560 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2603 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 2,881 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in Late-demographic dividend?
- Merchandise trade in Late-demographic dividend was 43.3% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 62.5% in 2006.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.6% in 1967.
- How does Late-demographic dividend rank for merchandise trade?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 27th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Late-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.