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China: Exports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1840–2025 · 155 observations · forecasts to 2031 · exports_GDP

2025
21.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.6 pointsfrom 20.5%
Average, 2016–2025
19.7%10 years
Record high and low
36.0% (2006)low 0.000272% (1843)

Exports (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Exports (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203121.3Forecast
203021.3Forecast
202921.3Forecast
202821.4Forecast
202721.3Forecast
202621.5Forecast
202521.1
202420.5
202319.6
202220.8
202119.9
202018.5
201918.5
201819.1
201719.7
201619.6

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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