The relative impact of the economic crisis on international trade can be seen in a comparison of exports and imports as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) between 2008 and 2009. GDP was severely affected in many countries, but international trade suffered even more. After widespread increases in the trade-to-GDP ratio between 2000 and 2008, all OECD countries (except Iceland and Ireland) and the BRIICS (Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, China, South Africa) saw a drop in this ratio between 2008 and 2009, mostly owing to significant drops in trade in goods. In many countries it fell below the ratio recorded at the beginning of the decade.