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Trade to GDP: compare countries

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Trade to GDP by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Trade to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	United States
Dec 31, 2002	56.7%	22.3%
Dec 31, 2003	59.4%	22.6%
Dec 31, 2004	67.9%	24.4%
Dec 31, 2005	66.2%	25.6%
Dec 31, 2006	68.4%	27.0%
Dec 31, 2007	71.3%	28.0%
Dec 31, 2008	92.1%	29.9%
Dec 31, 2009	83.1%	24.8%
Dec 31, 2010	88.0%	28.2%
Dec 31, 2011	101.7%	30.8%
Dec 31, 2012	101.5%	30.7%
Dec 31, 2013	94.2%	29.9%
Dec 31, 2014	86.9%	29.9%
Dec 31, 2015	75.4%	27.7%
Dec 31, 2016	69.9%	26.5%
Dec 31, 2017	73.2%	27.1%
Dec 31, 2018	74.7%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2019	71.4%	26.3%
Dec 31, 2020	65.5%	23.1%
Dec 31, 2021	75.3%	25.2%
Dec 31, 2022	90.6%	26.9%
Dec 31, 2023	82.3%	24.9%
Dec 31, 2024	84.6%	25.0%
Dec 31, 2025	86.4%	—