The most common measure of country's integration with the global economy is its openness, i.e., its participation to international trade and capital flows.
In India, the share of merchandise exports to GDP increased from 5.8 per cent in 1990-91 to 15.1 per cent in 2008-09, the share of merchandise imports as a per cent to GDP, on the other hand, increased from 8.8 per cent to 25.5 per cent during the same period.