Foreign trade as a share of GDP reached 78.1 % in 2017 in Albania, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 4.57 % more than in the previous year.
Historically, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Albania reached an all time high of 109 % in 1992 and an all time low of 31.6 % in 1986. When compared to Albania's main peers, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Greece amounted to 67.0 %, 79.2 % in Kosovo, 125 % in Macedonia and 106 % in Montenegro in 2017.
Albania has been ranked 79th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of foreign trade as a share of GDP, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services measured as a share of gross domestic product.
| Foreign Trade (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Albania | % | 81.2% | 76.5% | 75.9% | 75.4% | 71.8% | ||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | 87.8% | 87.9% | 87.9% | 90.7% | 88.1% | ||||
| Bulgaria | % | 118% | 125% | 130% | 131% | 128% | ||||
| Croatia | % | 81.1% | 82.6% | 85.0% | 88.6% | 93.9% | ||||
| Greece | % | 57.8% | 61.8% | 63.5% | 67.1% | 63.1% | ||||
| Kosovo | % | 81.6% | 77.2% | 71.6% | 73.7% | 72.3% | ||||
| Macedonia | % | 113% | 112% | 105% | 113% | 114% | ||||
| Montenegro | % | 107% | 112% | 103% | 100% | 103% | ||||
| Serbia | % | 83.3% | 90.5% | 93.1% | 97.6% | 103% | ||||
| Turkey | % | 52.7% | 52.2% | 50.4% | 51.4% | 49.3% |
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