WORLD GOODS EXPORTS · IMF DIRECTION OF TRADE STATISTICS

Take out China and four oil exporters, and BRICS's share of world trade is stuck at around 5%.

BRICS-11's 25% share of world goods exports in 2023 leans almost entirely on China's manufacturing base and Russia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Iran's energy exports.

25.0%
BRICS-11 share of world exports, 2023
14.9%
China alone
5.1%
Rest of bloc, ex-China and the oil four
1.9%
India's share, up from 1.7% in 2011
The oil four — Russia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Iran — plus China account for roughly 20 of the bloc's 25 percentage points. The other six BRICS members combined export about as much as they did in 2011.

Full data

Exports of goods, FOB, own-reported. Oil four: Russia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran
Group2011201520192023
BRICS-1123.023.523.225.0
Excluding China12.49.49.610.1
Excluding China and the oil four5.14.44.55.1
China10.614.113.514.9
India1.71.61.81.9