Indicator comparison
Range of Trade share of GDP: 1960–2025. Range of Current account: 1967–2025.
Trade share of GDP and the current-account balance from the World Bank.
Trade share Trade share of GDP measures total trade volume, while the current account Current account tracks the net balance of transactions.
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Sum of exports and imports as a percentage of GDP from the World Bank. Measures the trade openness of the economy.
Current account balance as a percentage of GDP according to World Bank statistics.
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Sum of exports and imports as a percentage of GDP from the World Bank. Measures the trade openness of the economy.
Exports plus imports of goods and services, % of GDP. World Bank, same countries as GDP.
Trade as a percentage of GDP: sum of exports and imports of goods and services.
A high share can be a small open economy. It is not GDP growth.
Longseries, “Trade share of GDP”. World Bank Open Data (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS), 1960–2025, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data SHA-256: 700f7989ffb64cb22ba8a5c8ec75bd7610bea03033227508778b925a22d97993. https://longseries.com/en/d/trade-share/Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Netherlands; lowest — Brazil
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| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↑Highest value in the comparable yearmaxNetherlands | 2025 | 150.1%150.1%↓−3.8 pp |
| Czechia | 2025 | 128%128%↓−3.4 pp |
| Sweden | 2025 | 104.3%104.3%↓−1.6 pp |
| Poland | 2025 | 97%97%↓−3.3 pp |
| Germany | 2025 | 78.5%78.5%↓−0.6 pp |
| Spain | 2025 | 69.5%69.5%↓−0.5 pp |
| World | 2025 | 68.5%68.5%↑+11.8 pp |
| France | 2025 | 67.2%67.2%↓−0.9 pp |
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
31 rows for Poland
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Poland
43.6→97.0
Poland: 43.6 (1995) → 97.0 (2025). Difference: +53.5 pp. Peak value of 123.0 in 2022; lowest value of 43.6 in 1995.
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Poland | 97% |
| 2024 | Poland | 100.4% |
| 2023 | Poland | 110% |
| 2022 | Poland | 123% |
| 2021 | Poland | 110.9% |
| 2020 | Poland | 99.3% |
| 2019 | Poland | 101.6% |
| 2018 | Poland | 102.4% |
| 2017 | Poland | 100.6% |
| 2016 | Poland | 96.9% |
| 2015 | Poland | 92.3% |
| 2014 | Poland | 92% |
| 2013 | Poland | 90.4% |
| 2012 | Poland | 88.8% |
| 2011 | Poland | 86.9% |
| 2010 | Poland | 82.2% |
| 2009 | Poland | 75% |
| 2008 | Poland | 80.6% |
| 2007 | Poland | 80.7% |
| 2006 | Poland | 77.7% |
Current account balance as a percentage of GDP according to World Bank statistics.
Current account balance, % of GDP. World Bank.
Current account balance as a percentage of GDP from the World Bank.
A balance, not openness. Pair: Trade share of GDP. Do not treat them as one rate.
Longseries, “Current account”. World Bank Open Data (BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS), 1967–2025, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data SHA-256: 7ba46a76b46d97a0ac59790b402a09f15e03e684f3d239b66e1d9f3d1187aeac. https://longseries.com/en/d/current-account/Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Sweden; lowest — United States
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| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2024 | +9.1374%+9.1%↓−0.3 pp |
| ↑Highest value in the comparable yearmaxSweden | 2025 | +6.055%+6.1%↓−0.8 pp |
| Japan | 2025 | +4.865%+4.9%↑+0.2 pp |
| Germany | 2025 | +4.5059%+4.5%↓−1.4 pp |
| China | 2025 | +3.7697%+3.8%↑+1.3 pp |
| Spain | 2025 | +2.9383%+2.9%↓−0.2 pp |
| Italy | 2025 | +1.1469%+1.1%→0.0 pp |
| Czechia | 2025 | +0.6248%+0.6%↓−1.1 pp |
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
36 rows for Poland
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Poland
+4.6%→−0.9%
Poland: +4.6% (1990) → −0.9% (2025). Difference: −5.5 pp. Peak value of +4.6% in 1990; lowest value of −7.3% in 1999.
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Poland | −0.8743% |
| 2024 | Poland | +0.3045% |
| 2023 | Poland | +1.5368% |
| 2022 | Poland | −2.2746% |
| 2021 | Poland | −1.3016% |
| 2020 | Poland | +2.3984% |
| 2019 | Poland | −0.2729% |
| 2018 | Poland | −1.966% |
| 2017 | Poland | −1.1863% |
| 2016 | Poland | −1.0688% |
| 2015 | Poland | −1.3255% |
| 2014 | Poland | −2.9729% |
| 2013 | Poland | −1.9816% |
| 2012 | Poland | −4.1118% |
| 2011 | Poland | −5.1106% |
| 2010 | Poland | −5.1666% |
| 2009 | Poland | −3.9452% |
| 2008 | Poland | −6.7465% |
| 2007 | Poland | −6.684% |
| 2006 | Poland | −4.6491% |