US Trade Intensity
Exports plus imports as a share of GDP over each calendar year: how open the economy is to trade.
25.2%
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1992 to 2025
Source: Calculated: a full year's exports plus imports, divided by that year's GDP. Exports: FRED series BOPTEXP · goods and services, seasonally adjusted (BEA/Census). Imports: FRED series BOPTIMP · goods and services, seasonally adjusted (BEA/Census). GDP: FRED series GDP · nominal, seasonally adjusted annual rate (BEA).
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- Source
- Calculated: a full year's exports plus imports, divided by that year's GDP. Exports: FRED series BOPTEXP
- 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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