Foreign trade as a share of GDP fell 7.23% to 148% in Slovenia in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Slovenia reached an all time high of 161% in 2018 and an all time low of 92.5% in 1999. When compared to Slovenia's main peers, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Austria amounted to 101%, 90.6% in Croatia, 157% in Hungary and 55.3% in Italy in 2020.
Slovenia has been ranked 12th within the group of 132 countries we follow in terms of foreign trade as a share of GDP, 12 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Trade (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | % | 104% | 102% | 101% | 105% | 108% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | 90.6% | 89.3% | 89.3% | 98.0% | 99.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | % | 85.9% | 91.4% | 92.9% | 97.9% | 99.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | 158% | 155% | 151% | 151% | 148% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 60.5% | 61.8% | 61.1% | 63.0% | 64.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 84.6% | 86.2% | 84.8% | 87.2% | 88.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 168% | 167% | 164% | 165% | 163% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 55.3% | 56.4% | 55.4% | 58.6% | 60.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | % | 100% | 103% | 104% | 106% | 110% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 93.5% | 95.4% | 100% | 105% | 107% | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | % | 92.2% | 97.4% | 102% | 108% | 109% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | 179% | 181% | 185% | 188% | 191% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | 146% | 146% | 147% | 157% | 161% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 116% | 113% | 120% | 119% | 120% |
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