Foreign trade as a share of GDP rose 11.5% to 188% in Slovakia in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Slovakia reached an all time high of 190% in 2018 and an all time low of 57.2% in 1990. When compared to Slovakia's main peers, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Austria amounted to 111%, 143% in Czechia, 163% in Hungary and 112% in Poland in 2021.
Slovakia has been ranked 6th within the group of 152 countries we follow in terms of foreign trade as a share of GDP, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Trade (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Austria | % | 102% | 101% | 105% | 108% | 108% | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | 155% | 151% | 151% | 148% | 142% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 86.2% | 84.8% | 87.2% | 88.5% | 87.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 167% | 164% | 165% | 163% | 161% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 56.4% | 55.4% | 58.6% | 60.3% | 59.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 92.8% | 97.5% | 101% | 103% | 103% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 49.4% | 46.5% | 46.9% | 51.6% | 49.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | 180% | 184% | 188% | 190% | 183% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 117% | 124% | 124% | 124% | 124% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | 108% | 106% | 104% | 99.2% | 90.5% |
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