Merchandise trade in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Merchandise trade was 43.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Merchandise trade in Post-demographic dividend, 1960–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Post-demographic dividend recorded 43.6% for merchandise trade in 2025.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 49.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 16.1%, in 1962.
That places Post-demographic dividend 25th out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 16.6% | — |
| 1961 | 16.4% | -1.1% |
| 1962 | 16.1% | -1.7% |
| 1963 | 16.4% | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 16.9% | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 17.0% | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 17.2% | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 17.0% | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 17.8% | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 18.6% | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 19.7% | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 19.7% | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 20.2% | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 23.0% | +13.7% |
| 1974 | 28.5% | +24.3% |
| 1975 | 26.4% | -7.5% |
| 1976 | 27.6% | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 27.7% | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 27.0% | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 29.6% | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 31.8% | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 30.7% | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 29.2% | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 27.8% | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 29.0% | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 28.3% | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 26.3% | -6.8% |
| 1987 | 26.8% | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 27.4% | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 28.3% | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 28.9% | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 27.9% | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 27.6% | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 26.8% | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 28.5% | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 30.6% | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 31.5% | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 32.9% | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 32.8% | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 33.4% | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 36.3% | +8.6% |
| 2001 | 35.1% | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 34.8% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 36.0% | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 38.5% | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 40.6% | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 43.6% | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 45.2% | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 47.8% | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 39.1% | -18.3% |
| 2010 | 44.0% | +12.5% |
| 2011 | 48.0% | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 47.6% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 47.7% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 46.9% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 43.7% | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 42.1% | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 44.1% | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 45.3% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 43.4% | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 41.0% | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 45.3% | +10.6% |
| 2022 | 49.5% | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 44.6% | -9.9% |
| 2024 | 43.2% | -3.2% |
| 2025 | 43.6% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.0% | 16.1% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 1970s | 24.9% | 19.7% | 29.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 28.6% | 26.3% | 31.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.1% | 26.8% | 33.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.7% | 34.8% | 47.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.3% | 42.1% | 48.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.5% | 41.0% | 49.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Post-demographic dividend
More private sector data for Post-demographic dividend
- Food imports 8.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 71.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 15.40 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 8.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 69.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 13.94 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,309 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 13,596 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in Post-demographic dividend?
- Merchandise trade in Post-demographic dividend was 43.6% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 49.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.1% in 1962.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for merchandise trade?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 25th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Post-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.