Merchandise trade as a share of GDP reached 69.2 % in 2017 in Trinidad and Tobago, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 1.51 % less than in the previous year.
Historically, merchandise trade as a share of GDP in Trinidad and Tobago reached an all time high of 190 % in 1974 and an all time low of 49.8 % in 1985. When compared to Trinidad and Tobago's main peers, merchandise trade as a share of GDP in Guyana amounted to 84.7 % and 113 % in Suriname in 2017.
Trinidad and Tobago has been ranked 54th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of merchandise trade as a share of GDP, 19 places behind the position seen 10 years ago.
Merchandise trade as a share of GDP is the sum of merchandise exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current US dollars.
| Merchandise Trade (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Brazil | % | 18.8% | 19.3% | 19.9% | 18.9% | 20.5% | ||||
| Colombia | % | 33.2% | 32.2% | 31.0% | 31.2% | 30.7% | ||||
| Dominican Republic | % | 44.8% | 44.2% | 42.3% | 41.1% | 38.3% | ||||
| Guyana | % | 113% | 119% | 109% | 96.1% | 82.7% | ||||
| Haiti | % | 50.4% | 50.5% | 52.8% | 53.4% | 52.3% | ||||
| Jamaica | % | 55.9% | 54.3% | 54.9% | 52.6% | 44.2% | ||||
| Puerto Rico | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Suriname | % | 92.8% | 94.5% | 89.1% | 78.2% | 77.2% | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | % | 96.4% | 86.1% | 118% | 94.8% | 83.1% | ||||
| USA | % | 24.1% | 24.0% | 23.3% | 23.0% | 21.0% | ||||
| Venezuela | % | 44.5% | 39.0% | 37.1% | 24.4% | ... | ... | ... |
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