United States - Merchandise trade

Merchandise trade (% of GDP)

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in United States was 18.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 24.12 in 2011, while its lowest value was 6.40 in 1962.

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 6.63
1961 6.41
1962 6.40
1963 6.43
1964 6.71
1965 6.71
1966 7.01
1967 6.93
1968 7.36
1969 7.42
1970 7.98
1971 7.89
1972 8.45
1973 10.13
1974 13.58
1975 12.74
1976 13.31
1977 13.62
1978 14.11
1979 15.55
1980 16.89
1981 15.97
1982 14.10
1983 13.09
1984 14.13
1985 13.17
1986 13.31
1987 13.98
1988 14.93
1989 15.19
1990 15.27
1991 15.10
1992 15.37
1993 15.57
1994 16.49
1995 17.74
1996 17.92
1997 18.52
1998 17.95
1999 18.23
2000 19.91
2001 18.03
2002 17.31
2003 17.70
2004 19.16
2005 20.20
2006 21.31
2007 21.93
2008 23.50
2009 18.42
2010 21.66
2011 24.12
2012 23.97
2013 23.29
2014 23.01
2015 20.93
2016 19.74
2017 20.24
2018 20.76
2019 19.65
2020 18.32

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Total merchandise trade