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United Kingdom: Exports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1280–2025 · 746 observations · forecasts to 2031 · exports_GDP

2025
29.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.4 pointsfrom 30.0%
Average, 2016–2025
30.7%10 years
Record high and low
35.1% (1920)low 0.481% (1337)

Exports (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203129.1Forecast
203029.2Forecast
202929.2Forecast
202829.3Forecast
202729.3Forecast
202629.3Forecast
202529.6
202430.0
202331.7
202233.6
202129.2
202029.7
201931.6
201831.6
201730.9
201628.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

United Kingdom documentation (PDF)

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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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