United Kingdom Trade Openness

Current and historical trade openness data for United Kingdom, including latest value (62.84), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
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UPDATED: 2026-06-12 04:00:58
Economy Data Rating
United Kingdom · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
76 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 12.9 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 17 / 20
External stability 13.7 / 15
Financial robustness 13.5 / 15
Structural stability 7.6 / 10
Future capacity 9 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.7 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 88% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1970–2024 19702024
1970 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

United Kingdom · trade in goods and services as a percentage of gdp.

1970–2024
62.84 percent of GDP
64.99 percent of GDP
62.48 percent of GDP
49 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1970 1981 1992 2003 2014 2024
trade openness rate reference line

Countries by trade openness

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Hong Kong 359.51
Luxembourg 351.27
Singapore 322.37
Ireland 246.17
United Arab Emirates 199.04
Vietnam 173.86
Slovakia 171.21
Belgium 158.93

Interpretation

short note

This trade indicator helps assess the openness and external orientation of an economy.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Germany 79.09
France 68.11
Italy 62.82
China 37.2

Related indicators

internal links
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Imports NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
FDI Inflows BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-12 04:00:58

United Kingdom Snapshot

country profile
Population 69.23 m
GDP 3686.03 bn
Debt/GDP 131.07%
Inflation 3.27%
Unemployment 4.75%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

United Kingdom Trade Openness: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Trade Openness for United Kingdom. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: united kingdom trade openness rate, trade openness data united kingdom, united kingdom trade openness statistics, united kingdom percent of gdp.