Australia - Merchandise trade (% of GDP)

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Australia was 34.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 36.87 in 2011, while its lowest value was 22.07 in 1972.

Definition: Merchandise trade as a share of GDP is the sum of merchandise exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization, and World Bank GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 25.32
1961 24.04
1962 24.57
1963 25.91
1964 26.77
1965 26.05
1966 24.84
1967 24.31
1968 24.12
1969 23.87
1970 23.77
1971 23.09
1972 22.07
1973 26.55
1974 25.85
1975 23.27
1976 24.19
1977 24.35
1978 25.29
1979 27.31
1980 29.56
1981 26.95
1982 24.74
1983 23.44
1984 25.33
1985 26.85
1986 26.69
1987 29.53
1988 29.37
1989 27.37
1990 26.25
1991 25.62
1992 26.62
1993 28.29
1994 31.27
1995 31.09
1996 31.35
1997 29.59
1998 30.18
1999 32.19
2000 32.58
2001 33.57
2002 34.84
2003 34.12
2004 31.90
2005 33.29
2006 35.14
2007 35.91
2008 36.73
2009 34.46
2010 36.10
2011 36.87
2012 33.47
2013 31.41
2014 32.53
2015 29.34
2016 32.22
2017 34.66
2018 34.47
2019 35.39
2020 34.77

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Total merchandise trade