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Dependency on global trade

Trade measured as a proportion of GDP (2018)

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for dependency on global trade. Embed

Dependency on global trade

Trade measured as a proportion of GDP (2018)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — North Korea
    18.9%* 2017
  • 2 +1 97.2 — United States
    27.5% 2018
  • 3 −1 96.9 Pakistan
    28.5% 2018
  • 4 94.2 Japan
    36.6% 2018
  • 5 93.7 Bangladesh
    38.2% 2018
  • 6 93.7 — China
    38.2% 2018
  • 7 +1 92.1 Indonesia
    43.0% 2018
  • 8 +2 92.1 — Australia
    43.2% 2018
  • 9 92.0 India
    43.4% 2018
  • 10 −3 90.5 Myanmar
    48.0%* 2017
  • 11 89.4 Russia
    51.5% 2018
  • 12 88.9 — Sri Lanka
    52.9% 2018
  • 13 +1 88.2 Nepal
    55.2% 2018
  • 14 −1 87.8 New Zealand
    56.4% 2018
  • 15 +1 81.7 — Laos
    75.1%* 2016
  • 16 −1 81.4 Philippines
    76.1% 2018
  • 17 79.1 — South Korea
    83.0% 2018
  • 18 75.6 Brunei
    93.9% 2018
  • 19 71.7 Taiwan
    105.9%* 2017
  • 20 66.2 Mongolia
    122.9% 2018
  • 21 66.0 — Thailand
    123.3% 2018
  • 22 65.5 — Cambodia
    124.9% 2018
  • 23 63.7 Malaysia
    130.5% 2018
  • 24 63.5 — Papua New Guinea
    131.1%* 2004
  • 25 −1 38.4 Vietnam
    208.3% 2018
  • 26 0.0 — Singapore
    326.2% 2018
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