Pakistan - Trade Openness 2018
27.63%
+2.15% from 2017
Pakistan's trade openness was 27.63% in 2018, increased +2.15% from 25.47% in 2017. This was the 4th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sudan | 21.87% | 22.6% |
| 2nd | Cuba | 27.08% | 3.3% |
| 3rd | United States | 27.61% | 1.1% |
| 4th | Pakistan | 27.63% | 8.5% |
| 5th | Brazil | 28.88% | 18.7% |
| 6th | Argentina | 30.76% | 21.6% |
| 7th | Bangladesh | 32.51% | 8.4% |
| 8th | Tanzania | 32.64% | -1.4% |
| 9th | Kenya | 34.41% | -4.4% |
| 10th | Colombia | 36.53% | 3.5% |
| 11th | Japan | 36.61% | 6.4% |
| 12th | Uganda | 36.64% | -0.5% |
| 13th | China | 36.89% | -0.2% |
| 14th | Sierra Leone | 37.38% | -10.0% |
| 15th | Niger | 37.54% | -3.9% |
| 16th | Cameroon | 40.59% | 3.5% |
| 17th | Comoros | 43.00% | 7.1% |
| 18th | Indonesia | 43.07% | 9.4% |
| 19th | Australia | 43.57% | 3.7% |
| 20th | Malawi | 43.58% | -3.8% |
| 21st | India | 43.62% | 7.1% |
| 22nd | Haiti | 45.14% | 7.3% |
| 23rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 45.91% | 7.2% |
| 24th | Côte d'Ivoire | 46.04% | -5.4% |
| 25th | Chad | 46.74% | 8.0% |
| 26th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 46.93% | 3.0% |
| 27th | Guatemala | 47.01% | 2.0% |
| 28th | Uruguay | 47.79% | 3.0% |
| 29th | Ecuador | 48.01% | 10.1% |
| 30th | Nepal | 48.45% | 8.5% |
| 31st | Peru | 48.63% | 2.4% |
| 32nd | Central African Republic | 49.66% | -13.1% |
| 33rd | Sri Lanka | 49.81% | 5.7% |
| 34th | Syrian Arab Republic | 50.66% | -17.0% |
| 35th | Mali | 50.70% | 2.4% |
| 36th | Turkmenistan | 50.90% | -5.0% |
| 37th | Russian Federation | 51.58% | 10.0% |
| 38th | Dominican Republic | 52.34% | 3.1% |
| 39th | Algeria | 52.44% | 5.2% |
| 40th | South Africa | 54.49% | 1.8% |
| 41st | Zimbabwe | 54.55% | -0.9% |
| 42nd | Guinea-Bissau | 55.02% | -3.3% |
| 43rd | New Zealand | 55.77% | 3.0% |
| 44th | Rwanda | 55.78% | 3.9% |
| 45th | Tajikistan | 55.85% | 3.8% |
| 46th | Yemen, Republic of | 56.08% | 30.5% |
| 47th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 56.62% | 31.2% |
| 48th | Togo | 57.57% | -1.1% |
| 49th | Chile | 58.18% | 3.8% |
| 50th | Israel | 58.74% | 4.4% |
| 51st | Angola | 58.92% | 29.0% |
| 52nd | New Caledonia | 59.10% | 0.3% |
| 53rd | Saudi Arabia | 59.10% | -0.7% |
| 54th | Italy | 59.27% | 2.9% |
| 55th | Burkina Faso | 60.60% | 2.2% |
| 56th | Senegal | 61.79% | 7.1% |
| 57th | Benin | 61.80% | 0.5% |
| 58th | Türkiye | 62.83% | 11.9% |
| 59th | Kazakhstan | 63.53% | 11.8% |
| 60th | Libya | 63.78% | 34.1% |
| 61st | Uzbekistan | 64.14% | 50.7% |
| 62nd | Gambia, The | 64.81% | 16.3% |
| 63rd | Timor-Leste | 64.82% | 10.5% |
| 64th | United Kingdom | 64.91% | 2.7% |
| 65th | French Polynesia | 65.01% | 19.1% |
| 66th | Iraq | 65.80% | 10.1% |
| 67th | Canada | 66.60% | 2.3% |
| 68th | France | 66.80% | 2.2% |
| 69th | Costa Rica | 66.95% | 2.9% |
| 70th | Spain | 67.01% | 1.3% |
| 71st | Madagascar | 67.84% | 3.8% |
| 72nd | Ghana | 67.96% | -3.7% |
| 73rd | Lebanon | 68.26% | -0.3% |
| 74th | Norway | 70.00% | 1.3% |
| 75th | West Bank and Gaza | 71.40% | 4.3% |
| 76th | Paraguay | 72.07% | 1.4% |
| 77th | Bahamas, The | 72.15% | 5.6% |
| 78th | Philippines | 72.16% | 5.9% |
| 79th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 72.56% | 10.1% |
| 80th | Guam | 72.96% | 5.3% |
| 81st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 73.82% | 7.5% |
| 82nd | Korea | 74.71% | 2.1% |
| 83rd | Zambia | 74.89% | 4.6% |
| 84th | El Salvador | 75.63% | 1.8% |
| 85th | Albania | 75.69% | -1.4% |
| 86th | Gabon | 77.04% | 2.6% |
| 87th | Morocco | 77.25% | 4.2% |
| 88th | Bermuda | 77.56% | 7.1% |
| 89th | Samoa | 78.93% | 6.7% |
| 90th | Germany | 79.13% | 2.2% |
| 91st | Finland | 79.14% | 4.2% |
| 92nd | Greece | 79.24% | 11.8% |
| 93rd | Bhutan | 79.74% | 3.8% |
| 94th | Mexico | 80.21% | 4.2% |
| 95th | Namibia | 81.71% | 0.6% |
| 96th | Kiribati | 83.37% | -17.1% |
| 97th | Eswatini | 85.49% | -1.6% |
| 98th | Tonga | 86.10% | -2.2% |
| 99th | Panama | 86.13% | 2.5% |
| 100th | Kosovo | 86.32% | 7.3% |
| 101st | Portugal | 86.74% | 2.3% |
| 102nd | Romania | 87.09% | -0.1% |
| 103rd | Moldova | 87.45% | -1.3% |
| 104th | Botswana | 87.46% | 6.8% |
| 105th | Jordan | 87.64% | -2.3% |
| 106th | Solomon Islands | 88.49% | 7.7% |
| 107th | Iceland | 88.93% | 3.0% |
| 108th | Guinea | 88.98% | -12.1% |
| 109th | Mauritania | 89.15% | 13.1% |
| 110th | Oman | 89.28% | 0.4% |
| 111th | Greenland | 89.78% | 6.6% |
| 112th | Sweden | 90.41% | 5.0% |
| 113th | European Union | 90.43% | 1.9% |
| 114th | Azerbaijan | 91.67% | 1.4% |
| 115th | Qatar | 91.84% | 0.4% |
| 116th | Armenia | 92.47% | 6.0% |
| 117th | Brunei Darussalam | 93.90% | 10.2% |
| 118th | Nicaragua | 93.98% | -2.5% |
| 119th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.43% | 1.8% |
| 120th | Kyrgyz Republic | 98.88% | -1.7% |
| 121st | Croatia | 99.08% | 1.9% |
| 122nd | Ukraine | 99.20% | -4.6% |
| 123rd | Congo, Republic of | 100.58% | 6.3% |
| 124th | Belize | 100.99% | 3.4% |
| 125th | Poland | 102.44% | 1.9% |
| 126th | Kuwait | 102.79% | 5.1% |
| 127th | Honduras | 103.55% | 1.7% |
| 128th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 103.57% | 0.2% |
| 129th | Equatorial Guinea | 103.65% | 1.2% |
| 130th | Tunisia | 103.87% | 8.4% |
| 131st | Serbia | 105.56% | 2.7% |
| 132nd | Cabo Verde | 105.87% | 5.8% |
| 133rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 106.00% | -6.3% |
| 134th | Faroe Islands | 106.87% | -0.3% |
| 135th | Austria | 108.38% | 2.7% |
| 136th | Northern Mariana Islands | 108.76% | -17.2% |
| 137th | Denmark | 108.81% | 4.4% |
| 138th | Georgia | 109.85% | 7.1% |
| 139th | Vanuatu | 110.68% | 4.9% |
| 140th | Montenegro | 111.10% | 4.1% |
| 141st | Macao SAR, China | 116.57% | 1.0% |
| 142nd | Cayman Islands | 117.12% | -0.3% |
| 143rd | Palau | 117.87% | -3.2% |
| 144th | Cambodia | 118.44% | -2.2% |
| 145th | Thailand | 120.84% | 0.0% |
| 146th | Mauritius | 123.54% | -2.7% |
| 147th | Switzerland | 124.43% | 0.7% |
| 148th | Mozambique | 124.61% | 17.8% |
| 149th | Mongolia | 126.36% | 9.0% |
| 150th | Latvia | 128.23% | -0.4% |
| 151st | Marshall Islands | 128.48% | 2.7% |
| 152nd | Bulgaria | 129.17% | -0.4% |
| 153rd | Malaysia | 130.40% | -2.1% |
| 154th | Antigua and Barbuda | 130.66% | 2.3% |
| 155th | North Macedonia | 133.22% | 7.3% |
| 156th | Aruba | 138.82% | 0.1% |
| 157th | Belarus | 139.39% | 4.5% |
| 158th | Nauru | 140.64% | -1.0% |
| 159th | Maldives | 142.49% | 0.4% |
| 160th | Estonia | 143.49% | -0.8% |
| 161st | Bahrain | 144.08% | 5.6% |
| 162nd | Lesotho | 144.43% | -1.3% |
| 163rd | Czechia | 145.14% | -1.8% |
| 164th | Lithuania | 147.20% | 1.6% |
| 165th | Cyprus | 147.62% | -0.3% |
| 166th | United Arab Emirates | 154.75% | -6.5% |
| 167th | Curaçao | 155.27% | 11.1% |
| 168th | Virgin Islands (US) | 159.24% | 1.0% |
| 169th | Slovenia | 162.61% | 2.5% |
| 170th | Hungary | 162.70% | -1.4% |
| 171st | Netherlands | 163.56% | 2.5% |
| 172nd | Viet Nam | 164.66% | 2.3% |
| 173rd | Belgium | 168.28% | 0.8% |
| 174th | American Samoa | 171.83% | 6.4% |
| 175th | Seychelles | 185.71% | -5.9% |
| 176th | Slovak Republic | 188.73% | 1.1% |
| 177th | Ireland | 222.45% | -4.7% |
| 178th | Malta | 228.10% | 7.1% |
| 179th | Djibouti | 300.40% | -1.8% |
| 180th | San Marino | 309.49% | -1.4% |
| 181st | Singapore | 326.60% | 3.1% |
| 182nd | Luxembourg | 361.87% | 2.3% |
| 183rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 376.89% | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Pakistan's trade openness in 2018?▾
Pakistan's trade openness in 2018 was 27.63%. This ranked 4th globally.
How did Pakistan's trade openness change in 2018?▾
Pakistan's trade openness increased by 8.5% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest trade openness in 2018?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China had the highest trade openness in 2018 at 376.89%.
What is the trade openness of Pakistan in 2018?▾
The trade openness of Pakistan in 2018 was 27.63%. This ranked 4th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Pakistan's trade openness?▾
Pakistan's trade openness went from 25.47% in 2017 to 27.63% in 2018, a 8.5% increase.
Related
2017
2019
All years
Full ranking 2018
Exports
Imports
Trade Balance
Current Account Balance
FDI Inflows
Peak: 1993
Lowest: 1972
Trade Openness 1990s
Trade Openness 2000s
Trade Openness 2010s
Trade Openness 2020s
Highest ever
Lowest ever
Average
vs Guinea
vs Tajikistan
vs Comoros
vs Benin
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Trade Openness
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Trade Openness
Global Ranking