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Germany: Merchandise trade

65.47percent · 2025-5.7% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Germany from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202565.473
202465.959
202369.481
202277.602
202169.774
202064.807
201968.774
201870.15
201769.345
201667.566
201569.409
201468.134
201368.986
201271.068
201171.369
201066.734
200958.829
200869.094
200768.202
200666.139
200560.413
200456.993
200353.504
200252.613
200153.792
200053.331
199945.964
199845.166
199743.205
199639.247
199538.076
199436.488
199334.763
199239.165
199142.262
199043.685
198943.511
198840.799
198740.126
198641.349
198546.574
198444.624
198341.667
198242.563
198142.318
198039.932
197937.47
197835.551
197736.425
197636.534
197533.529
197435.582
197330.626
197228.951
197129.15
197029.624
196930.23
196828.866
196727.089
196626.743
196526.359
196425.087
196324.635
196224.193
196124.505
196025.512

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Trade Organization, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Merchandise trade. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-merchandise-trade (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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