Russia: Trade openness

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
 Russia

Trade openness: exports plus imports as percent of GDP

 Latest value 33.71
 Year 2025
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1989 - 2025
 Average 51.83
 Min - Max 26.26 - 110.58
 Source The World Bank
 Available for Data download
The latest value from 2025 is 33.71 percent, a decline from 39.42 percent in 2024. In comparison, the world average is 90.55 percent, based on data from 135 countries. Historically, the average for Russia from 1989 to 2025 is 51.83 percent. The minimum value, 26.26 percent, was reached in 1991 while the maximum of 110.58 percent was recorded in 1992. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
Select indicator
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
From   To 


 Recent values Russia: Trade openness
 2025 33.71
 2024 39.42
 2023 41.34
 2022 42.77
 2021 50.59
 2020 45.97
 2019 49.23
 2018 51.58




Definition: Exports plus imports as percent of GDP.

Other resources:

Download data from our database

All indicators for Russia

All indicators on the website

Article: Are trade deficits bad for the economy?

Article: Sources of economic growth

Article: Currency values and investment returns

All articles



 Related indicators Latest Reference Measure
 Terms of trade 116.10 2024 percent
 Trade openness 33.71 2025 percent
 Financial openness -1.248 2022 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 18.20 2025 percent
 Exports, billion dollars 466.24 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Growth of exports 3.24 2021 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 15.51 2025 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 397.18 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 0.90 2025 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars -9.35 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities -159.60 2025 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP 1.68 2025 percent
 Current account, in dollars 43.06 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Current Account, quarterly 9.05 9/2021 percent
 Trade balance, percent of GDP 2.70 2025 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars 68.53 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 608.36 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 0.06 2025 percent
 Remittances 1,611.55 2025 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -12,333.75 2025 million USD
 External debt 13.33 2024 percent
 Short-term external debt 39.85 2024 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 14.04 2023 percent
 External debt in foreign currencies 63.35 2024 percent
This site uses cookies.
Learn more here


OK