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