World Bank · Economy
United Kingdom: Trade
62.46percent · 2025+9.3% since 2015
Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services. 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 1970 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62.457 | |
| 2024 | 62.839 | |
| 2023 | 64.992 | |
| 2022 | 69.199 | |
| 2021 | 58.538 | |
| 2020 | 59.16 | |
| 2019 | 65.004 | |
| 2018 | 64.91 | |
| 2017 | 63.19 | |
| 2016 | 59.84 | |
| 2015 | 57.125 | |
| 2014 | 58.821 | |
| 2013 | 61.72 | |
| 2012 | 61.969 | |
| 2011 | 63.324 | |
| 2010 | 59.051 | |
| 2009 | 54.654 | |
| 2008 | 56.437 | |
| 2007 | 52.749 | |
| 2006 | 56.705 | |
| 2005 | 52.544 | |
| 2004 | 50.289 | |
| 2003 | 50.068 | |
| 2002 | 51.236 | |
| 2001 | 52.634 | |
| 2000 | 52.338 | |
| 1999 | 49.468 | |
| 1998 | 49.141 | |
| 1997 | 50.705 | |
| 1996 | 52.058 | |
| 1995 | 50.83 | |
| 1994 | 51.886 | |
| 1993 | 49.748 | |
| 1992 | 46.306 | |
| 1991 | 45.316 | |
| 1990 | 48.25 | |
| 1989 | 48.677 | |
| 1988 | 47.36 | |
| 1987 | 49.895 | |
| 1986 | 50.528 | |
| 1985 | 54.951 | |
| 1984 | 55.408 | |
| 1983 | 50.813 | |
| 1982 | 49.614 | |
| 1981 | 49.391 | |
| 1980 | 51.31 | |
| 1979 | 54.661 | |
| 1978 | 54.985 | |
| 1977 | 58.931 | |
| 1976 | 57.421 | |
| 1975 | 52.759 | |
| 1974 | 58.741 | |
| 1973 | 47.447 | |
| 1972 | 41.584 | |
| 1971 | 42.65 | |
| 1970 | 43.004 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by OECD, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.
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World Bank (2026). Trade. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-trade (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
Trade in other countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- 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
- 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
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Republic of
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- 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
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- 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
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Virgin Islands, U.S.
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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