UK Trade Intensity
Exports plus imports as a share of GDP over each calendar year: how open the economy is to trade.
62.6%
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1997 to 2025
Source: Calculated: a full year's exports plus imports, divided by that year's GDP. Exports: ONS series IKBH (MRET) · goods and services, current prices, seasonally adjusted. Imports: ONS series IKBI (MRET) · goods and services, current prices, seasonally adjusted. GDP: ONS series YBHA (PN2) · current prices, rolling four-quarter sum, seasonally adjusted.
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- Source
- Calculated: a full year's exports plus imports, divided by that year's GDP. Exports: ONS series IKBH (MRET)
- Series
- See the citation below
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-10-04. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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