Northern Mariana Islands: Trade (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Northern Mariana Islands' trade (% of GDP) rose 14.27 percentage points on 2021 (from 78.88% to 93.16%).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2021), the average change was −3.85 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 17.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 30.1 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 31.13 percentage points in 2007. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is downward, about 5.54 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 52% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to Northern Mariana Islands in the 2022 ranking

• Virgin Islands (US) — 1st of 6: 205.63%
• American Samoa — 2nd of 6: 124.68%
• Qatar — 3rd of 6: 100.21%
• Guam — 5th of 6: 71.87%
• Syrian Arab Republic — 6th of 6: 35.44%

What this measures

Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 21 values

Trade (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 124.68% (2022)
• Australia — 45.9% (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 123.61% (2025)
• Cambodia — 136.09% (2025)
• China — 37.96% (2025)
• Fiji — 118.96% (2024)
• French Polynesia — 64.47% (2024)
• Guam — 71.87% (2022)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 396.65% (2025)
• Indonesia — 43.39% (2025)
• Japan — 44.85% (2024)
• Kiribati — 102.11% (2024)

More economic policy & debt data for Northern Mariana Islands

• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) — 16,049 (2022)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$726 million (2022)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 726 million (2022)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure, linked series (current LCU) — 726 million (2022)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Northern Mariana Islands's trade (% of GDP)?

93.16% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is down 58.79 percentage points from 151.95% in 2002. The highest value was 178.1% in 2004 and the lowest 78.88% in 2021.

Is the latest change in trade (% of GDP) unusual for Northern Mariana Islands?

In 2022, Northern Mariana Islands' trade (% of GDP) rose 14.27 percentage points on 2021 (from 78.88% to 93.16%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2021), the average change was −3.85 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 17.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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