World Bank · Private Sector
United Kingdom: Merchandise trade
37.59percent · 2025+1.0% 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 United Kingdom from 1960 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.587 | |
| 2024 | 36.381 | |
| 2023 | 38.487 | |
| 2022 | 43.057 | |
| 2021 | 36.539 | |
| 2020 | 38.098 | |
| 2019 | 40.207 | |
| 2018 | 40.003 | |
| 2017 | 40.087 | |
| 2016 | 38.702 | |
| 2015 | 37.203 | |
| 2014 | 39.053 | |
| 2013 | 43.223 | |
| 2012 | 43.446 | |
| 2011 | 44.525 | |
| 2010 | 40.551 | |
| 2009 | 36.265 | |
| 2008 | 38.913 | |
| 2007 | 35.152 | |
| 2006 | 39.323 | |
| 2005 | 35.878 | |
| 2004 | 33.726 | |
| 2003 | 34.117 | |
| 2002 | 35.841 | |
| 2001 | 37.172 | |
| 2000 | 37.259 | |
| 1999 | 35.257 | |
| 1998 | 35.836 | |
| 1997 | 37.464 | |
| 1996 | 38.298 | |
| 1995 | 37.448 | |
| 1994 | 38.506 | |
| 1993 | 36.81 | |
| 1992 | 34.888 | |
| 1991 | 34.557 | |
| 1990 | 37.336 | |
| 1989 | 37.769 | |
| 1988 | 36.754 | |
| 1987 | 38.336 | |
| 1986 | 38.81 | |
| 1985 | 42.962 | |
| 1984 | 43.036 | |
| 1983 | 39.153 | |
| 1982 | 38.177 | |
| 1981 | 37.9 | |
| 1980 | 39.947 | |
| 1979 | 42.369 | |
| 1978 | 42.783 | |
| 1977 | 45.255 | |
| 1976 | 43.462 | |
| 1975 | 40.025 | |
| 1974 | 44.819 | |
| 1973 | 35.403 | |
| 1972 | 30.386 | |
| 1971 | 31.027 | |
| 1970 | 31.607 | |
| 1969 | 32.29 | |
| 1968 | 31.942 | |
| 1967 | 28.548 | |
| 1966 | 28.951 | |
| 1965 | 29.401 | |
| 1964 | 30.555 | |
| 1963 | 30.299 | |
| 1962 | 29.948 | |
| 1961 | 30.618 | |
| 1960 | 32.284 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by World Trade Organization, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Bank (2026). Merchandise trade. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-merchandise-trade (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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