Trade in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Trade was 52.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Trade in Early-demographic dividend, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Early-demographic dividend recorded 52.5% for trade in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, trade in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 59.6% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 20.1%, in 1965.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 22nd of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Trade in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 23.5% | — |
| 1961 | 23.6% | +0.2% |
| 1962 | 20.6% | -12.7% |
| 1963 | 22.1% | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 22.2% | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 20.1% | -9.6% |
| 1966 | 22.9% | +13.8% |
| 1967 | 21.6% | -5.4% |
| 1968 | 25.5% | +17.9% |
| 1969 | 25.0% | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 26.7% | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 27.3% | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 28.5% | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 34.3% | +20.2% |
| 1974 | 35.4% | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 36.3% | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 35.2% | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 36.3% | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 35.8% | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 37.7% | +5.2% |
| 1980 | 39.4% | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 39.2% | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 37.7% | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 37.2% | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 36.4% | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 34.7% | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 32.3% | -6.9% |
| 1987 | 34.4% | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 36.8% | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 38.4% | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 39.2% | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 38.5% | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 39.1% | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 38.2% | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 39.2% | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 42.0% | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 43.0% | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 43.8% | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 46.2% | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 43.4% | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 47.5% | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 46.5% | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 47.8% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 48.6% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 52.7% | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 55.0% | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 56.4% | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 56.8% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 59.6% | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 52.1% | -12.7% |
| 2010 | 53.4% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 56.5% | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 57.5% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 56.5% | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 54.8% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 50.8% | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 48.5% | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 50.5% | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 54.4% | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 52.0% | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 47.2% | -9.3% |
| 2021 | 53.3% | +12.9% |
| 2022 | 58.9% | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 53.3% | -9.4% |
| 2024 | 52.0% | -2.4% |
| 2025 | 52.5% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.7% | 20.1% | 25.5% | 10 |
| 1970s | 33.4% | 26.7% | 37.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 36.7% | 32.3% | 39.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 41.3% | 38.2% | 46.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 52.3% | 46.5% | 59.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.5% | 48.5% | 57.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.9% | 47.2% | 58.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
More economy & growth data for Early-demographic dividend
- Services, value added 9.54 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 2.63 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 2,656 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 5.20 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 4.53 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 4.0% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 31.7% (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), annual growth 4.37 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is trade in Early-demographic dividend?
- Trade in Early-demographic dividend was 52.5% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest trade recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 59.6% in 2008.
- What is the lowest trade recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.1% in 1965.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for trade?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 22nd out of 43 groups with data for 2025.
- Is trade rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Trade (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.