World 8.2bn peopleGDP $118tnLife expectancy 73.5 yrsOnline 73.6%
NotesAdvertise
World Report nowcountries in numbers
World Report now
  1. Home
  2. Rankings
  3. Trade & investment
  4. East Asia & Pacific
Trade & investment · World Bank region

Trade & investment in East Asia & Pacific: how the countries rank

How open economies are: exports, imports, investment, remittances and tourism. 13 indicators for the 37 economies of East Asia & Pacific, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Exports32.5%East Asia & Pacific, 2025 · world 29.5%Imports28.5%East Asia & Pacific, 2025 · world 28.5%Trade openness63.8%East Asia & Pacific, 2025 · world 68.5%Current account3.0%median countryMerchandise exports$9.2tnEast Asia & Pacific, 2025 · world $26.4tnHigh-tech exports34.6%East Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 24.7%Fuel exports4.2%East Asia & Pacific, 2025 · world 9.5%Food exports4.4%East Asia & Pacific, 2025 · world 9.0%
Exports
East Asia & PacificWorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
0%20%40%60%1995200020052010201520202025East Asia & Pacific32.5%WorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
Imports
East Asia & PacificWorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
0%20%40%60%1995200020052010201520202025East Asia & Pacific28.5%WorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
countries

All 37 economies, trade & investment

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its trade & investment profile.

37 shown
CountryExportsImportsTrade opennessCurrent accountMerchandise exportsHigh-tech exportsFuel exportsFood exports
Hong Kong199.8%#1 · 2025196.9%#1 · 2025396.6%#1 · 202512.2%#7 · 2025$754bn#2 · 202575.6%#2 · 20240.1%#20 · 20251.3%#23 · 2025
Singapore177.9%#2 · 2025142.5%#2 · 2025320.3%#2 · 202516.7%#5 · 2025$567bn#5 · 202559.4%#4 · 20249.4%#10 · 20252.3%#21 · 2025
Vietnam98.2%#3 · 202592.1%#5 · 2025190.3%#3 · 20256.4%#11 · 2025$473bn#6 · 202544.3%#6 · 20231.0%#17 · 20239.4%#17 · 2023
Macao92.3%#4 · 202546.9%#22 · 2025139.1%#5 · 202539.6%#2 · 2025$1.7bn#19 · 20250.0%#25 · 20240.0%#25 · 202337.2%#4 · 2025
Brunei71.6%#5 · 202552.0%#20 · 2025123.6%#11 · 202518.0%#4 · 2025$10.5bn#18 · 20251.1%#24 · 202475.0%#1 · 20250.1%#25 · 2025
Thailand71.1%#6 · 202567.3%#14 · 2025138.4%#6 · 20253.0%#15 · 2025$340bn#8 · 202528.3%#9 · 20242.4%#12 · 202513.3%#13 · 2025
Malaysia71.0%#7 · 202565.4%#15 · 2025136.4%#7 · 20251.6%#16 · 2025$376bn#7 · 202558.6%#5 · 202411.2%#9 · 202510.4%#16 · 2025
Cambodia68.6%#8 · 202567.4%#13 · 2025136.1%#8 · 2025-3.7%#21 · 2025$31.3bn#13 · 20255.3%#18 · 20240.0%#24 · 202415.4%#10 · 2024
Mongolia68.1%#9 · 202562.6%#18 · 2025130.7%#9 · 2025-8.4%#25 · 2025$15.8bn#14 · 202522.5%#12 · 202361.1%#3 · 20233.3%#19 · 2023
Nauru61.8%#10 · 2025103.7%#3 · 2025165.4%#4 · 20255.8%#12 · 2024$31.0m#31 · 2025———
Fiji54.4%#11 · 202464.6%#16 · 2024119.0%#12 · 2024-7.8%#24 · 2024$1.1bn#21 · 20253.2%#20 · 20240.1%#19 · 202555.4%#3 · 2025
American Samoa47.0%#12 · 202277.7%#8 · 2022124.7%#10 · 2022—$394m#24 · 2025———
South Korea45.8%#13 · 202540.6%#25 · 202586.4%#20 · 20256.6%#10 · 2025$709bn#4 · 202536.3%#7 · 20246.7%#11 · 20251.7%#22 · 2025
Solomon Islands40.6%#14 · 202470.8%#12 · 2024111.4%#14 · 2024-4.2%#22 · 2024$677m#22 · 2025———
Marshall Islands36.0%#15 · 202579.9%#7 · 2025115.9%#13 · 202521.9%#3 · 2024$72.0m#29 · 2025———
Palau32.7%#16 · 202473.1%#9 · 2024105.8%#15 · 2024-48.6%#29 · 2023$3.0m#36 · 2025———
Samoa27.6%#17 · 202543.0%#24 · 202570.6%#24 · 20256.9%#9 · 2025$24.0m#32 · 202576.7%#1 · 202433.3%#5 · 202424.8%#6 · 2024
Philippines26.6%#18 · 202540.2%#26 · 202566.8%#25 · 2025-3.5%#19 · 2025$83.7bn#11 · 202560.4%#3 · 20241.0%#16 · 202510.8%#14 · 2025
Vanuatu25.3%#19 · 202448.0%#21 · 202473.4%#22 · 2024-11.1%#26 · 2022$78.0m#28 · 2025———
New Zealand24.7%#20 · 202426.0%#28 · 202450.7%#27 · 2024-3.5%#20 · 2025$46.7bn#12 · 202513.0%#14 · 20240.9%#18 · 202568.8%#2 · 2025
Australia23.2%#21 · 202522.7%#30 · 202545.9%#28 · 2025-2.8%#18 · 2025$338bn#9 · 202525.2%#11 · 202426.9%#6 · 202513.7%#12 · 2025
Indonesia22.8%#22 · 202520.5%#31 · 202543.4%#30 · 2025-0.1%#17 · 2025$283bn#10 · 20258.7%#16 · 202416.0%#8 · 202522.9%#8 · 2025
Northern Mariana Islands22.3%#23 · 202270.9%#11 · 202293.2%#18 · 2022—$6.0m#35 · 2025———
Micronesia22.1%#24 · 202570.9%#10 · 202593.1%#19 · 2025—$109m#26 · 2025———
Japan22.0%#25 · 202422.9%#29 · 202444.9%#29 · 20244.9%#13 · 2025$738bn#3 · 202517.6%#13 · 20241.2%#15 · 20251.3%#24 · 2025
China21.1%#26 · 202516.9%#32 · 202538.0%#32 · 20253.8%#14 · 2025$3.8tn#1 · 202526.3%#10 · 20241.4%#14 · 20252.3%#20 · 2025
French Polynesia18.3%#27 · 202446.1%#23 · 202464.5%#26 · 2024—$175m#25 · 20251.9%#22 · 20240.0%#21 · 20227.4%#18 · 2025
Tonga16.9%#28 · 202460.7%#19 · 202477.6%#21 · 2024-4.4%#23 · 2025$13.0m#34 · 202528.5%#8 · 20230.0%#23 · 202515.0%#11 · 2025
New Caledonia11.7%#29 · 202428.7%#27 · 202440.4%#31 · 2024—$1.3bn#20 · 2025———
Timor-Leste10.6%#30 · 202484.9%#6 · 202495.4%#17 · 2024-36.9%#28 · 2025$103m#27 · 20251.5%#23 · 202367.4%#2 · 202310.5%#15 · 2023
Guam7.9%#31 · 202264.0%#17 · 202271.9%#23 · 2022—$71.0m#30 · 2025———
Kiribati4.5%#32 · 202497.6%#4 · 2024102.1%#16 · 2024-15.2%#27 · 2025$20.0m#33 · 20252.3%#21 · 20210.0%#22 · 202197.2%#1 · 2021
Laos———11.1%#8 · 2025$12.4bn#17 · 20257.4%#17 · 20231.8%#13 · 202323.2%#7 · 2023
Myanmar————$15.3bn#16 · 20255.2%#19 · 202421.5%#7 · 202528.6%#5 · 2025
North Korea————$611m#23 · 2025———
Papua New Guinea———15.5%#6 · 2024$15.5bn#15 · 202510.2%#15 · 202342.6%#4 · 202319.7%#9 · 2023
Tuvalu———40.0%#1 · 2023$0.00#37 · 2025———
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Exports32 countries
  1. 1Hong Kong199.8%2025
  2. 2Singapore177.9%2025
  3. 3Vietnam98.2%2025
Lowest
  1. 32Kiribati4.5%2024
  2. 31Guam7.9%2022
  3. 30Timor-Leste10.6%2024
Median country 30.2% · group 32.5%
Imports32 countries
  1. 1Hong Kong196.9%2025
  2. 2Singapore142.5%2025
  3. 3Nauru103.7%2025
Lowest
  1. 32China16.9%2025
  2. 31Indonesia20.5%2025
  3. 30Australia22.7%2025
Median country 64.3% · group 28.5%
Trade openness32 countries
  1. 1Hong Kong396.6%2025
  2. 2Singapore320.3%2025
  3. 3Vietnam190.3%2025
Lowest
  1. 32China38.0%2025
  2. 31New Caledonia40.4%2024
  3. 30Indonesia43.4%2025
Median country 98.8% · group 63.8%
Current account29 countries
  1. 1Tuvalu40.0%2023
  2. 2Macao39.6%2025
  3. 3Marshall Islands21.9%2024
Lowest
  1. 29Palau-48.6%2023
  2. 28Timor-Leste-36.9%2025
  3. 27Kiribati-15.2%2025
Median country 3.0%
Merchandise exports37 countries
  1. 1China$3.8tn2025
  2. 2Hong Kong$754bn2025
  3. 3Japan$738bn2025
Lowest
  1. 37Tuvalu$0.002025
  2. 36Palau$3.0m2025
  3. 35Northern Mariana Islands$6.0m2025
Median country $1.7bn · group $9.2tn
High-tech exports25 countries
  1. 1Samoa76.7%2024
  2. 2Hong Kong75.6%2024
  3. 3Philippines60.4%2024
Lowest
  1. 25Macao0.0%2024
  2. 24Brunei1.1%2024
  3. 23Timor-Leste1.5%2023
Median country 17.6% · group 34.6%
Fuel exports25 countries
  1. 1Brunei75.0%2025
  2. 2Timor-Leste67.4%2023
  3. 3Mongolia61.1%2023
Lowest
  1. 25Macao0.0%2023
  2. 24Cambodia0.0%2024
  3. 23Tonga0.0%2025
Median country 1.8% · group 4.2%
Food exports25 countries
  1. 1Kiribati97.2%2021
  2. 2New Zealand68.8%2025
  3. 3Fiji55.4%2025
Lowest
  1. 25Brunei0.1%2025
  2. 24Japan1.3%2025
  3. 23Hong Kong1.3%2025
Median country 13.3% · group 4.4%
Average tariff29 countries
  1. 1Solomon Islands20.7%2022
  2. 2Nauru14.1%2021
  3. 3Vanuatu11.5%2022
Lowest
  1. 29Singapore0.0%2022
  2. 28Macao0.0%2022
  3. 27Hong Kong0.0%2022
Median country 2.5%
FDI inflows32 countries
  1. 1Hong Kong28.3%2025
  2. 2Singapore26.3%2025
  3. 3Palau16.6%2025
Lowest
  1. 32Papua New Guinea-3.6%2025
  2. 31French Polynesia-0.2%2024
  3. 30Nauru0.0%2025
Median country 2.1% · group 1.7%
Remittances26 countries
  1. 1Tonga39.3%2025
  2. 2Marshall Islands23.5%2024
  3. 3Samoa22.4%2025
Lowest
  1. 26Papua New Guinea0.0%2024
  2. 25Japan0.1%2025
  3. 24Australia0.1%2025
Median country 2.1% · group 0.4%
Tourist arrivals35 countries
  1. 1Thailand39.9m2019
  2. 2China30.4m2020
  3. 3Macao5.9m2020
Lowest
  1. 35American Samoa9002020
  2. 34Tuvalu3,6002019
  3. 33Solomon Islands4,4002020
Median country 487,000 · group 491m
Tourism receipts31 countries
  1. 1Hong Kong$32.7bn2019
  2. 2Australia$26.2bn2020
  3. 3Singapore$20.4bn2018
Lowest
  1. 31Nauru$1.6m2018
  2. 30Papua New Guinea$4.2m2018
  3. 29Kiribati$5.2m2017
Median country $248m
more

Other topics in East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific: overview
PopulationEconomyPrices & public financeLabourAid, poverty & equalityEducationHealthDigital & energy accessEnvironment