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China: Exports (% of GDP)

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

2025
21.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.6 pointsfrom 21.0%
Average, 2016–2025
20.2%10 years
Record high and low
36.5% (2006)low 0.000273% (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
203122.0Forecast
203022.0Forecast
202922.0Forecast
202822.1Forecast
202722.0Forecast
202622.0Forecast
202521.7
202421.0
202320.1
202221.3
202120.4
202018.9
201918.9
201819.5
201720.1
201620.0

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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