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Trade Openness (% of GDP) by African country

2025

Exports plus imports of goods and services as a share of GDP.

Africa, 202544 of 54 countries
54.9%population-weighted average
Highest in 2025Djibouti · 206.3%Lowest in 2025Sudan · 2.4%Reported in 202544 of 54 countries surveyed
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Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — 39.0%Democratic Republic of the Congo — 87.3%Somalia — 128.1%Kenya — 37.5%Sudan — 2.4%Chad — 46.1%South Africa — 60.9%Lesotho — 154.0%Zimbabwe — no dataBotswana — 69.5%Namibia — 108.6%Senegal — 71.1%Mali — 48.8%Mauritania — 94.0%Benin — 37.1%Niger — 33.9%Nigeria — no dataCameroon — 33.4%Togo — no dataGhana — no dataCote d'Ivoire — 54.6%Guinea — 103.7%Guinea-Bissau — 40.9%Liberia — no dataSierra Leone — 49.1%Burkina Faso — 65.0%Central African Republic — 52.9%Republic of the Congo — 91.7%Gabon — 84.9%Equatorial Guinea — 74.9%Zambia — no dataMalawi — 39.4%Mozambique — 97.1%Eswatini — no dataAngola — 34.6%Burundi — no dataMadagascar — 54.2%Gambia — 62.2%Tunisia — 101.4%Algeria — 39.0%Eritrea — no dataMorocco — 93.1%Egypt — 51.3%Libya — 137.7%Ethiopia — 33.5%Djibouti — 206.3%Uganda — 50.2%Rwanda — 56.7%South Sudan — no dataNigeriaNigeriaEthiopia 33.5%Ethiopia 33.5%Kenya 37.5%Kenya 37.5%South Africa 60.9%South Africa 60.9%2025HIGHEST IN 2025Djibouti206.3%Seychellesnot drawn172.3%Lesotho154.0%Mauritiusnot drawn139.9%Libya137.7%LOWEST IN 2025Sudan2.4%Cameroon33.4%Ethiopia33.5%Niger33.9%Angola34.6%PINNEDKenya37.5%38 of 44Nigeriano dataSouth Africa60.9%22 of 44OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawn95.3%Comorosnot drawn40.9%Sao Tome and Principenot drawn46.6%% of GDP · quintiles of the observed range2.4%39%51.3%69.5%97.1%206.3%no record
20142025
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Southern Africa4 of 5 countries66.3%
Middle Africa9 of 9 countries65.8%
Western Africa12 of 16 countries57.4%
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries50.4%
Eastern Africa13 of 18 countries49.5%
Africaall 54 countries · 44 with a 2025 figure54.9%

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
Ten countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Burundi, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ghana, Liberia and 5 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Trade Openness (% of GDP)Exports plus imports of goods and services as a share of GDP.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of GDP
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1960–2025
Coverage44 of 54 countries · 44 reported, 0 modelled, 10 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 44 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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Africa API (2026) — "Trade Openness (% of GDP)". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/trade-openness
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=trade_openness_pct_gdp&year=2025&limit=100

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Trade Openness (% of GDP): most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

49 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryTrade Openness (% of GDP)Period
1Djibouti206.3%2025
2Seychelles172.3%2025
3Lesotho154%2025
4Mauritius139.9%2025
5Libya137.7%2025
6Somalia128.1%2025
7Namibia108.6%2025
8Eswatini107.5%2024
9Guinea103.7%2025
10Tunisia101.4%2025
11Mozambique97.1%2025
12Cabo Verde95.3%2025
13Mauritania94%2025
14Morocco93.1%2025
15Republic of the Congo91.7%2025
16Democratic Republic of the Congo87.3%2025
17Gabon84.9%2025
18Equatorial Guinea74.9%2025
19Senegal71.1%2025
20Botswana69.5%2025
21Ghana69%2024
22Burkina Faso65%2025
23Zambia62.5%2024
24Gambia62.2%2025
25South Africa60.9%2025
26Togo59.9%2023
27Rwanda56.7%2025
28Cote d'Ivoire54.6%2025
29Madagascar54.2%2025
30Central African Republic52.9%2025
31Egypt51.3%2025
32Uganda50.2%2025
33Sierra Leone49.1%2025
34Mali48.8%2025
35Sao Tome and Principe46.6%2025
36Chad46.1%2025
37Zimbabwe41.5%2024
38Comoros40.9%2025
39Guinea-Bissau40.9%2025
40Malawi39.4%2025
41Algeria39%2025
42Tanzania39%2025
43Kenya37.5%2025
44Benin37.1%2025
45Angola34.6%2025
46Niger33.9%2025
47Ethiopia33.5%2025
48Cameroon33.4%2025
49Sudan2.4%2025
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 49 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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