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Trade & investment · World Bank income group

Trade & investment in high-income countries: how the countries rank

How open economies are: exports, imports, investment, remittances and tourism. 13 indicators for the 86 economies in the high income group, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Exports31.7%high-income countries, 2025 · world 29.5%Imports30.8%high-income countries, 2025 · world 28.5%Trade openness60.5%high-income countries, 2024 · world 68.5%Current account1.0%median countryMerchandise exports$17.5tnhigh-income countries, 2025 · world $26.4tnHigh-tech exports25.8%high-income countries, 2024 · world 24.7%Fuel exports10.4%high-income countries, 2025 · world 9.5%Food exports8.8%high-income countries, 2025 · world 9.0%
Exports
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0%10%20%30%40%1995200020052010201520202025high-income countries31.7%Worldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countriesupper-middle-income countries
Imports
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0%10%20%30%40%1995200020052010201520202025high-income countries30.8%Worldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countriesupper-middle-income countries
countries

All 86 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.

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CountryExportsImportsTrade opennessCurrent accountMerchandise exportsHigh-tech exportsFuel exportsFood exports
Hong Kong199.8%#1 · 2025196.9%#1 · 2025396.6%#1 · 202512.2%#13 · 2025$754bn#4 · 202575.6%#2 · 20240.1%#55 · 20251.3%#59 · 2025
Luxembourg190.5%#2 · 2025159.4%#2 · 2025349.9%#2 · 20250.6%#37 · 2025$18.4bn#47 · 20255.1%#52 · 20240.1%#54 · 202512.7%#30 · 2025
San Marino186.0%#3 · 2023155.0%#3 · 2023341.0%#3 · 202322.0%#3 · 2023————
Singapore177.9%#4 · 2025142.5%#4 · 2025320.3%#4 · 202516.7%#7 · 2025$567bn#11 · 202559.4%#3 · 20249.4%#21 · 20252.3%#53 · 2025
Ireland140.1%#5 · 202599.9%#8 · 2025240.0%#5 · 20256.3%#18 · 2025$293bn#20 · 202553.5%#5 · 20240.3%#53 · 20257.4%#40 · 2025
Malta119.1%#6 · 202599.9%#7 · 2025219.0%#6 · 20257.1%#15 · 2024$3.8bn#54 · 202545.2%#6 · 20248.6%#22 · 20259.9%#34 · 2025
United Arab Emirates106.8%#7 · 202392.2%#10 · 2023199.0%#8 · 202315.7%#8 · 2024$707bn#8 · 20259.0%#47 · 202368.2%#7 · 20232.9%#52 · 2023
Cyprus97.6%#8 · 202591.9%#11 · 2025189.5%#9 · 2025-6.3%#60 · 2025$6.2bn#53 · 202517.9%#25 · 202463.1%#8 · 202515.9%#21 · 2025
US Virgin Islands97.4%#9 · 2022108.3%#5 · 2022205.6%#7 · 2022—————
Macao92.3%#10 · 202546.9%#39 · 2025139.1%#22 · 202539.6%#1 · 2025$1.7bn#56 · 20250.0%#64 · 20240.0%#64 · 202337.2%#11 · 2025
Bahrain87.5%#11 · 202470.0%#20 · 2024157.5%#14 · 20245.8%#21 · 2025$26.5bn#42 · 20250.4%#59 · 20230.0%#61 · 20248.7%#38 · 2024
Aruba86.0%#12 · 202478.2%#13 · 2024164.1%#13 · 20245.2%#22 · 2023$216m#66 · 20256.9%#50 · 20230.1%#56 · 202367.3%#5 · 2023
Slovakia85.1%#13 · 202585.2%#12 · 2025170.3%#11 · 2025-3.6%#53 · 2025$125bn#27 · 202510.6%#41 · 20243.6%#38 · 20254.7%#47 · 2025
Netherlands80.7%#14 · 202569.5%#21 · 2025150.1%#18 · 20257.6%#14 · 2025$989bn#3 · 202523.5%#14 · 202410.8%#19 · 202517.4%#18 · 2025
Seychelles79.6%#15 · 202592.7%#9 · 2025172.3%#10 · 2025-5.7%#58 · 2025$550m#60 · 20250.1%#61 · 20240.0%#65 · 202485.9%#2 · 2024
Slovenia78.6%#16 · 202573.3%#17 · 2025151.9%#17 · 20253.6%#26 · 2025$96.6bn#30 · 20258.3%#49 · 20243.6%#39 · 20253.7%#50 · 2025
Estonia78.4%#17 · 202577.4%#16 · 2025155.8%#15 · 20250.4%#38 · 2025$21.0bn#45 · 202518.4%#23 · 20247.6%#25 · 202512.5%#31 · 2025
Switzerland78.1%#18 · 202569.1%#23 · 2025147.2%#19 · 20256.2%#19 · 2025$554bn#14 · 202529.6%#9 · 20241.0%#49 · 20252.2%#55 · 2025
Belgium75.5%#19 · 202577.5%#15 · 2025152.9%#16 · 2025-0.2%#39 · 2025$568bn#10 · 202519.8%#21 · 202410.2%#20 · 202513.8%#25 · 2025
Lithuania73.0%#20 · 202569.1%#22 · 2025142.1%#20 · 20250.9%#35 · 2025$41.6bn#40 · 202517.3%#30 · 202413.6%#17 · 202519.7%#16 · 2025
Hungary72.6%#21 · 202568.1%#24 · 2025140.8%#21 · 20251.7%#30 · 2025$169bn#25 · 202522.6%#17 · 20244.2%#35 · 20258.9%#37 · 2025
Brunei71.6%#22 · 202552.0%#32 · 2025123.6%#27 · 202518.0%#6 · 2025$10.5bn#50 · 20251.1%#57 · 202475.0%#5 · 20250.1%#65 · 2025
Denmark70.1%#23 · 202559.1%#29 · 2025129.2%#24 · 202512.6%#12 · 2025$148bn#26 · 202517.6%#27 · 20244.0%#36 · 202517.1%#19 · 2025
Qatar68.6%#24 · 202231.6%#59 · 2022100.2%#37 · 202214.8%#9 · 2025$88.8bn#32 · 20252.8%#54 · 202483.8%#3 · 20240.1%#64 · 2024
Czechia66.9%#25 · 202561.1%#28 · 2025128.0%#25 · 20250.6%#36 · 2025$284bn#21 · 202522.4%#18 · 20241.9%#45 · 20255.5%#46 · 2025
Oman66.1%#26 · 202448.8%#37 · 2024114.9%#29 · 2024-1.1%#46 · 2025$55.3bn#36 · 20255.0%#53 · 202372.4%#6 · 20254.3%#48 · 2025
Latvia62.6%#27 · 202567.2%#25 · 2025129.7%#23 · 2025-5.3%#56 · 2025$22.1bn#44 · 202517.5%#29 · 20248.5%#23 · 202522.1%#14 · 2025
Nauru61.8%#28 · 2025103.7%#6 · 2025165.4%#12 · 20255.8%#20 · 2024$31.0m#73 · 2025———
Cayman Islands59.6%#29 · 202045.8%#41 · 2020105.5%#33 · 2020-8.8%#64 · 2024$25.0m#74 · 202585.5%#1 · 202452.3%#10 · 20243.8%#49 · 2024
Kuwait55.8%#30 · 202438.2%#51 · 202494.0%#39 · 202422.7%#2 · 2025$72.1bn#34 · 202510.2%#42 · 202493.0%#1 · 20250.6%#63 · 2025
Bermuda55.1%#31 · 202425.1%#66 · 202480.2%#49 · 202418.3%#5 · 2024$43.0m#70 · 202514.3%#33 · 20240.0%#60 · 20251.1%#62 · 2025
Antigua and Barbuda55.0%#32 · 202263.3%#27 · 2022118.3%#28 · 2022-12.0%#65 · 2025$32.0m#72 · 20250.0%#62 · 20240.0%#62 · 202484.7%#3 · 2024
Austria54.7%#33 · 202552.3%#31 · 2025107.0%#30 · 20251.8%#29 · 2025$222bn#22 · 202518.5%#22 · 20242.4%#42 · 20258.9%#36 · 2025
Faroe Islands54.6%#34 · 202451.2%#34 · 2024105.8%#32 · 2024—$2.1bn#55 · 2025—2.4%#41 · 202591.9%#1 · 2025
Sweden53.2%#35 · 202551.1%#35 · 2025104.3%#34 · 20256.8%#16 · 2025$208bn#23 · 202517.7%#26 · 20246.0%#29 · 20257.2%#42 · 2025
Bulgaria50.7%#36 · 202551.8%#33 · 2025102.5%#35 · 2025-5.8%#59 · 2025$48.3bn#38 · 202513.4%#36 · 20247.3%#26 · 202516.2%#20 · 2025
Poland50.0%#37 · 202547.1%#38 · 202597.0%#38 · 2025-1.0%#44 · 2025$414bn#17 · 202513.5%#34 · 20242.1%#43 · 202515.6%#22 · 2025
Croatia48.0%#38 · 202553.0%#30 · 2025101.0%#36 · 2025-3.2%#51 · 2025$28.4bn#41 · 202511.7%#40 · 202412.1%#18 · 202515.3%#23 · 2025
American Samoa47.0%#39 · 202277.7%#14 · 2022124.7%#26 · 2022—$394m#63 · 2025———
Puerto Rico46.9%#40 · 202543.6%#43 · 202590.5%#42 · 2025—————
South Korea45.8%#41 · 202540.6%#49 · 202586.4%#44 · 20256.6%#17 · 2025$709bn#7 · 202536.3%#8 · 20246.7%#28 · 20251.7%#58 · 2025
Norway45.4%#42 · 202533.7%#54 · 202579.1%#51 · 202514.1%#10 · 2025$171bn#24 · 202525.4%#11 · 202462.1%#9 · 202510.8%#33 · 2025
Panama44.4%#43 · 202439.3%#50 · 202483.7%#45 · 2024-0.2%#40 · 2025$11.9bn#48 · 20251.8%#56 · 20240.9%#52 · 202549.6%#8 · 2025
Portugal43.7%#44 · 202542.7%#44 · 202586.4%#43 · 20251.2%#33 · 2025$89.4bn#31 · 20256.8%#51 · 20245.1%#32 · 202514.4%#24 · 2025
Finland42.3%#45 · 202541.1%#47 · 202583.4%#47 · 20251.6%#31 · 2025$84.0bn#33 · 20259.3%#45 · 20248.2%#24 · 20253.1%#51 · 2025
Greenland40.8%#46 · 202351.1%#36 · 202391.9%#41 · 2023—$1.0bn#58 · 2025———
Germany40.4%#47 · 202538.1%#52 · 202578.5%#52 · 20254.4%#25 · 2025$1.8tn#2 · 202518.0%#24 · 20241.9%#44 · 20256.6%#44 · 2025
Iceland40.1%#48 · 202542.4%#45 · 202582.5%#48 · 2025-3.9%#55 · 2025$7.2bn#51 · 202554.0%#4 · 20241.5%#46 · 202546.9%#9 · 2025
Greece39.5%#49 · 202544.0%#42 · 202583.5%#46 · 2025-5.6%#57 · 2025$54.8bn#37 · 202515.0%#32 · 202426.5%#15 · 202524.1%#13 · 2025
Costa Rica38.8%#50 · 202532.6%#56 · 202571.5%#55 · 2025-0.5%#43 · 2025$26.4bn#43 · 202522.9%#16 · 20240.0%#59 · 202432.3%#12 · 2024
Bahamas37.8%#51 · 202441.5%#46 · 202479.2%#50 · 2024-6.6%#61 · 2024$711m#59 · 20250.0%#63 · 20240.0%#63 · 202452.2%#7 · 2024
Spain36.6%#52 · 202532.8%#55 · 202569.5%#56 · 20252.9%#27 · 2025$445bn#15 · 20259.3%#46 · 20245.0%#33 · 202519.5%#17 · 2025
Romania35.5%#53 · 202540.7%#48 · 202576.2%#53 · 2025-7.9%#63 · 2025$109bn#28 · 202513.4%#35 · 20245.6%#30 · 202513.0%#29 · 2025
Chile34.6%#54 · 202530.4%#60 · 202565.0%#58 · 2025-1.2%#47 · 2025$107bn#29 · 20258.6%#48 · 20240.9%#51 · 202521.9%#15 · 2025
France33.4%#55 · 202533.8%#53 · 202567.2%#57 · 2025-0.3%#41 · 2025$683bn#9 · 202523.1%#15 · 20243.8%#37 · 202513.4%#28 · 2025
Palau32.7%#56 · 202473.1%#18 · 2024105.8%#31 · 2024-48.6%#68 · 2023$3.0m#77 · 2025———
Italy32.2%#57 · 202530.3%#61 · 202562.5%#61 · 20251.1%#34 · 2025$726bn#6 · 202511.9%#39 · 20242.6%#40 · 202511.3%#32 · 2025
Canada31.3%#58 · 202532.2%#57 · 202563.5%#60 · 2025-1.0%#45 · 2025$555bn#13 · 202516.1%#31 · 202426.7%#14 · 202513.6%#27 · 2025
United Kingdom30.6%#59 · 202531.9%#58 · 202562.5%#62 · 2025-3.1%#50 · 2025$556bn#12 · 202529.2%#10 · 20247.2%#27 · 20256.7%#43 · 2025
Saudi Arabia29.7%#60 · 202528.2%#63 · 202557.9%#63 · 2025-2.6%#48 · 2025$311bn#19 · 20250.5%#58 · 202478.7%#4 · 20252.2%#54 · 2025
Israel27.6%#61 · 202525.4%#65 · 202553.0%#64 · 20252.0%#28 · 2025$59.0bn#35 · 202537.2%#7 · 20245.3%#31 · 20222.2%#56 · 2025
Uruguay27.1%#62 · 202522.6%#69 · 202549.7%#66 · 2025-0.5%#42 · 2025$11.2bn#49 · 20259.8%#43 · 20241.3%#47 · 202465.3%#6 · 2024
New Zealand24.7%#63 · 202426.0%#64 · 202450.7%#65 · 2024-3.5%#52 · 2025$46.7bn#39 · 202513.0%#38 · 20240.9%#50 · 202568.8%#4 · 2025
Australia23.2%#64 · 202522.7%#68 · 202545.9%#67 · 2025-2.8%#49 · 2025$338bn#18 · 202525.2%#12 · 202426.9%#13 · 202513.7%#26 · 2025
Northern Mariana Islands22.3%#65 · 202270.9%#19 · 202293.2%#40 · 2022—$6.0m#75 · 2025———
Japan22.0%#66 · 202422.9%#67 · 202444.9%#68 · 20244.9%#24 · 2025$738bn#5 · 202517.6%#28 · 20241.2%#48 · 20251.3%#61 · 2025
French Polynesia18.3%#67 · 202446.1%#40 · 202464.5%#59 · 2024—$175m#67 · 20251.9%#55 · 20240.0%#57 · 20227.4%#41 · 2025
Russia18.2%#68 · 202515.5%#70 · 202533.7%#70 · 20251.5%#32 · 2025$419bn#16 · 20259.7%#44 · 202143.1%#11 · 20216.6%#45 · 2021
New Caledonia11.7%#69 · 202428.7%#62 · 202440.4%#69 · 2024—$1.3bn#57 · 2025———
United States11.0%#70 · 202414.0%#71 · 202425.0%#71 · 2024-3.8%#54 · 2025$2.2tn#1 · 202524.3%#13 · 202417.3%#16 · 20259.0%#35 · 2025
Guam7.9%#71 · 202264.0%#26 · 202271.9%#54 · 2022—$71.0m#69 · 2025———
Andorra———19.5%#4 · 2025$277m#64 · 202521.4%#19 · 20230.0%#58 · 20251.3%#60 · 2025
Barbados————$428m#61 · 202519.9%#20 · 20244.8%#34 · 202543.7%#10 · 2025
Curaçao———-20.0%#67 · 2023$397m#62 · 2025———
Guyana———13.9%#11 · 2023$18.7bn#46 · 202513.3%#37 · 202488.9%#2 · 20251.7%#57 · 2025
Saint Kitts and Nevis———-13.7%#66 · 2025$34.0m#71 · 2025———
Saint Martin (French part)————$139m#68 · 2021———
Sint Maarten———-6.9%#62 · 2023$221m#65 · 2025———
Trinidad and Tobago———5.0%#23 · 2025$6.8bn#52 · 20250.2%#60 · 202432.6%#12 · 20257.9%#39 · 2025
Turks and Caicos Islands————$5.0m#76 · 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

Exports71 countries
  1. 1Hong Kong199.8%2025
  2. 2Luxembourg190.5%2025
  3. 3San Marino186.0%2023
Lowest
  1. 71Guam7.9%2022
  2. 70United States11.0%2024
  3. 69New Caledonia11.7%2024
Median country 50.7% · group 31.7%
Imports71 countries
  1. 1Hong Kong196.9%2025
  2. 2Luxembourg159.4%2025
  3. 3San Marino155.0%2023
Lowest
  1. 71United States14.0%2024
  2. 70Russia15.5%2025
  3. 69Uruguay22.6%2025
Median country 51.1% · group 30.8%
Trade openness71 countries
  1. 1Hong Kong396.6%2025
  2. 2Luxembourg349.9%2025
  3. 3San Marino341.0%2023
Lowest
  1. 71United States25.0%2024
  2. 70Russia33.7%2025
  3. 69New Caledonia40.4%2024
Median country 101.0% · group 60.5%
Current account68 countries
  1. 1Macao39.6%2025
  2. 2Kuwait22.7%2025
  3. 3San Marino22.0%2023
Lowest
  1. 68Palau-48.6%2023
  2. 67Curaçao-20.0%2023
  3. 66Saint Kitts and Nevis-13.7%2025
Median country 1.0%
Merchandise exports77 countries
  1. 1United States$2.2tn2025
  2. 2Germany$1.8tn2025
  3. 3Netherlands$989bn2025
Lowest
  1. 77Palau$3.0m2025
  2. 76Turks and Caicos Islands$5.0m2025
  3. 75Northern Mariana Islands$6.0m2025
Median country $46.7bn · group $17.5tn
High-tech exports64 countries
  1. 1Cayman Islands85.5%2024
  2. 2Hong Kong75.6%2024
  3. 3Singapore59.4%2024
Lowest
  1. 64Macao0.0%2024
  2. 63Bahamas0.0%2024
  3. 62Antigua and Barbuda0.0%2024
Median country 14.7% · group 25.8%
Fuel exports65 countries
  1. 1Kuwait93.0%2025
  2. 2Guyana88.9%2025
  3. 3Qatar83.8%2024
Lowest
  1. 65Seychelles0.0%2024
  2. 64Macao0.0%2023
  3. 63Bahamas0.0%2024
Median country 5.0% · group 10.4%
Food exports65 countries
  1. 1Faroe Islands91.9%2025
  2. 2Seychelles85.9%2024
  3. 3Antigua and Barbuda84.7%2024
Lowest
  1. 65Brunei0.1%2025
  2. 64Qatar0.1%2024
  3. 63Kuwait0.6%2025
Median country 10.8% · group 8.8%
Average tariff65 countries
  1. 1Bermuda29.5%2022
  2. 2Cayman Islands20.4%2021
  3. 3Bahamas16.3%2022
Lowest
  1. 65Singapore0.0%2022
  2. 64Macao0.0%2022
  3. 63Hong Kong0.0%2022
Median country 1.3%
FDI inflows72 countries
  1. 1Malta51.7%2025
  2. 2Cayman Islands40.9%2024
  3. 3Guyana33.1%2025
Lowest
  1. 72Luxembourg-32.7%2025
  2. 71Hungary-28.4%2025
  3. 70Belgium-4.0%2025
Median country 2.1% · group 1.5%
Remittances64 countries
  1. 1Bermuda24.2%2024
  2. 2Croatia6.9%2025
  3. 3Curaçao5.4%2023
Lowest
  1. 64Kuwait0.0%2025
  2. 63Saudi Arabia0.0%2025
  3. 62Chile0.0%2025
Median country 0.7% · group 0.3%
Tourist arrivals79 countries
  1. 1France117m2020
  2. 2Poland88.5m2019
  3. 3United States45.0m2020
Lowest
  1. 79American Samoa9002020
  2. 78Palau18,4002020
  3. 77New Caledonia31,0002020
Median country 2.2m · group 1.5bn
Tourism receipts65 countries
  1. 1United States$84.2bn2020
  2. 2Germany$58.4bn2019
  3. 3France$36.0bn2020
Lowest
  1. 65Nauru$1.6m2018
  2. 64American Samoa$22.0m2017
  3. 63Bermuda$94.0m2020
Median country $1.8bn · group $1.2tn
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