{"id": 1208032, "name": "Total merchandise trade as a share of GDP (OECD (2016))", "unit": "", "createdAt": "2026-03-10T10:33:53.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-03-10T10:33:53.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "2011-2015", "datasetId": 7751, "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "total_merchandise_trade_as_a_share_of_gdp__oecd__2016", "catalogPath": "grapher/trade/2018-03-02/total_merchandise_trade_as_a_share_of_gdp__oecd__2016__split/total_merchandise_trade_as_a_share_of_gdp__oecd__2016__split#total_merchandise_trade_as_a_share_of_gdp__oecd__2016", "type": "float", "datasetName": "Total merchandise trade as a share of GDP (OECD (2016)) (split)", "datasetVersion": "2018-03-02", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {}, "schemaVersion": 1, "presentation": {}, "source": {"id": 31515, "name": "OECD, Balanced International Merchandise Trade Statistics (2015)", "dataPublishedBy": "OECD", "dataPublisherSource": "", "link": "https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=BIMTS_CPA#", "retrievedDate": "2018-03-02", "additionalInfo": "The Balanced International Merchandise Trade Statistics (BIMTS) database follows a four step procedure in order to reconcile bilateral trade asymmetries, i.e. so that exports from country A to country B are consistent with the imports of country B from country A. For more information on the OECD\u2019s balancing methodology see the link provided above.\n\nTo calculate the total value of exports to the world, we sum the value of all products exported, by country, to all of its trading partners. Then to express total exports as a share of GDP, the total value of exports is divided by the exporting country\u2019s GDP. GDP data is taken from the World Bank\u2019s WDI available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD"}, "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 17, "name": "Algeria", "code": "DZA"}, {"id": 21, "name": "Argentina", "code": "ARG"}, {"id": 22, "name": "Armenia", "code": "ARM"}, {"id": 23, "name": "Australia", "code": "AUS"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Austria", "code": "AUT"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Azerbaijan", "code": "AZE"}, {"id": 4, "name": "Belgium", "code": "BEL"}, {"id": 33, "name": "Bhutan", "code": "BTN"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Bolivia", "code": "BOL"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Brazil", "code": "BRA"}, {"id": 38, "name": "Brunei", "code": "BRN"}, {"id": 39, "name": "Bulgaria", "code": "BGR"}, {"id": 42, "name": "Cambodia", "code": "KHM"}, {"id": 44, "name": "Canada", "code": "CAN"}, {"id": 172, "name": "Chile", "code": "CHL"}, {"id": 171, "name": "China", "code": "CHN"}, {"id": 170, "name": "Colombia", "code": "COL"}, {"id": 166, "name": "Costa Rica", "code": "CRI"}, {"id": 165, "name": "Croatia", "code": "HRV"}, {"id": 163, "name": "Cyprus", "code": "CYP"}, {"id": 162, "name": "Czechia", "code": "CZE"}, {"id": 161, "name": "Denmark", "code": "DNK"}, {"id": 160, "name": "Dominican Republic", "code": "DOM"}, {"id": 259, "name": "El Salvador", "code": "SLV"}, {"id": 156, "name": "Estonia", "code": "EST"}, {"id": 155, "name": "Finland", "code": "FIN"}, {"id": 3, "name": "France", "code": "FRA"}, {"id": 6, "name": "Germany", "code": "DEU"}, {"id": 149, "name": "Greece", "code": "GRC"}, {"id": 148, "name": "Guatemala", "code": "GTM"}, {"id": 146, "name": "Guyana", "code": "GUY"}, {"id": 144, "name": "Hong Kong", "code": "HKG"}, {"id": 138, "name": "Hungary", "code": "HUN"}, {"id": 207, "name": "Iceland", "code": "ISL"}, {"id": 137, "name": "India", "code": "IND"}, {"id": 136, "name": "Indonesia", "code": "IDN"}, {"id": 2, "name": "Ireland", "code": "IRL"}, {"id": 133, "name": "Israel", "code": "ISR"}, {"id": 8, "name": "Italy", "code": "ITA"}, {"id": 14, "name": "Japan", "code": "JPN"}, {"id": 130, "name": "Jordan", "code": "JOR"}, {"id": 131, "name": "Kazakhstan", "code": "KAZ"}, {"id": 122, "name": "Latvia", "code": "LVA"}, {"id": 124, "name": "Lebanon", "code": "LBN"}, {"id": 119, "name": "Lithuania", "code": "LTU"}, {"id": 210, "name": "Luxembourg", "code": "LUX"}, {"id": 262, "name": "Macao", "code": "MAC"}, {"id": 118, "name": "Madagascar", "code": "MDG"}, {"id": 116, "name": "Malaysia", "code": "MYS"}, {"id": 212, "name": "Malta", "code": "MLT"}, {"id": 113, "name": "Mexico", "code": "MEX"}, {"id": 110, "name": "Morocco", "code": "MAR"}, {"id": 108, "name": "Namibia", "code": "NAM"}, {"id": 5, "name": "Netherlands", "code": "NLD"}, {"id": 106, "name": "New Zealand", "code": "NZL"}, {"id": 105, "name": "Nicaragua", "code": "NIC"}, {"id": 102, "name": "Norway", "code": "NOR"}, {"id": 98, "name": "Paraguay", "code": "PRY"}, {"id": 97, "name": "Peru", "code": "PER"}, {"id": 96, "name": "Philippines", "code": "PHL"}, {"id": 11, "name": "Poland", "code": "POL"}, {"id": 95, "name": "Portugal", "code": "PRT"}, {"id": 92, "name": "Romania", "code": "ROU"}, {"id": 12, "name": "Russia", "code": "RUS"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Saudi Arabia", "code": "SAU"}, {"id": 88, "name": "Serbia", "code": "SRB"}, {"id": 86, "name": "Singapore", "code": "SGP"}, {"id": 85, "name": "Slovakia", "code": "SVK"}, {"id": 83, "name": "Slovenia", "code": "SVN"}, {"id": 81, "name": "South Africa", "code": "ZAF"}, {"id": 127, "name": "South Korea", "code": "KOR"}, {"id": 9, "name": "Spain", "code": "ESP"}, {"id": 10, "name": "Sweden", "code": "SWE"}, {"id": 7, "name": "Switzerland", "code": "CHE"}, {"id": 75, "name": "Thailand", "code": "THA"}, {"id": 71, "name": "Tunisia", "code": "TUN"}, {"id": 70, "name": "Turkey", "code": "TUR"}, {"id": 1, "name": "United Kingdom", "code": "GBR"}, {"id": 13, "name": "United States", "code": "USA"}, {"id": 63, "name": "Uruguay", "code": "URY"}, {"id": 84, "name": "Vietnam", "code": "VNM"}]}}, "origins": []}