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Trade of goods and services (current US$) by country

Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services measured as a share of gross domestic product.

Countries reporting
53
Highest
237.80 billion current US$
South Africa
Lowest
165.01 million current US$
Guinea-Bissau
Median
9.51 billion current US$
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
2,602

What the numbers show

Trade of goods and services (current US$) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 237.80 billion current US$ in South Africa; the lowest is 165.01 million current US$ in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.51 billion current US$, and the mean is 25.78 billion current US$.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,441.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 1,559.6%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 40.6%).

Trade of goods and services: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 237.80 billion current US$ 2011 up 257.1% volatile
2 Nigeria 183.57 billion current US$ 2011 up 408.0% volatile
3 Egypt 122.75 billion current US$ 2011 up 215.8% volatile
4 Angola 112.97 billion current US$ 2011 up 1,559.6% volatile
5 Libya 88.37 billion current US$ 2008 up 705.6% volatile
6 Algeria 84.76 billion current US$ 2010 up 147.4% volatile
7 Morocco 82.78 billion current US$ 2011 up 257.7% volatile
8 Tunisia 48.62 billion current US$ 2011 up 146.0% volatile
9 Ghana 34.95 billion current US$ 2011 up 497.6% volatile
10 Kenya 25.26 billion current US$ 2011 up 247.7% volatile
11 Equatorial Guinea 23.51 billion current US$ 2011 up 600.1% volatile
12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 22.90 billion current US$ 2011 up 1,162.0% volatile
13 Sudan 22.30 billion current US$ 2011 up 599.1% volatile
14 Côte d'Ivoire 20.30 billion current US$ 2011 up 155.6% volatile
15 United Republic of Tanzania 19.40 billion current US$ 2011 up 388.0% volatile
16 Congo 17.61 billion current US$ 2011 up 382.1% volatile
17 Gabon 17.11 billion current US$ 2011 up 294.3% volatile
18 Cameroon 16.56 billion current US$ 2011 up 202.6% volatile
19 Zambia 15.95 billion current US$ 2011 up 502.5% volatile
20 Ethiopia 14.72 billion current US$ 2011 up 412.2% volatile
21 Botswana 14.46 billion current US$ 2011 up 201.0% volatile
22 Mauritius 13.57 billion current US$ 2011 up 128.3% volatile
23 Zimbabwe 13.25 billion current US$ 2011 up 188.0% rising
24 Namibia 12.15 billion current US$ 2011 up 285.7% volatile
25 Senegal 9.82 billion current US$ 2011 up 202.9% volatile
26 Uganda 9.78 billion current US$ 2011 up 373.9% volatile
27 Mozambique 9.51 billion current US$ 2011 up 277.2% volatile
28 Chad 7.00 billion current US$ 2011 up 536.8% volatile
29 Mali 6.58 billion current US$ 2011 up 199.5% volatile
30 Madagascar 6.26 billion current US$ 2011 up 125.2% volatile
31 Eswatini 5.61 billion current US$ 2011 up 125.9% volatile
32 Mauritania 5.26 billion current US$ 2011 up 433.6% volatile
33 Burkina Faso 5.17 billion current US$ 2011 up 467.7% volatile
34 Guinea 3.99 billion current US$ 2011 up 140.6% rising
35 Malawi 3.88 billion current US$ 2011 up 237.1% volatile
36 Lesotho 3.86 billion current US$ 2011 up 186.9% volatile
37 Togo 3.60 billion current US$ 2011 up 228.1% volatile
38 Benin 3.06 billion current US$ 2011 up 130.0% volatile
39 Rwanda 2.93 billion current US$ 2011 up 433.6% volatile
40 Cabo Verde 2.18 billion current US$ 2011 up 320.6% volatile
41 Sierra Leone 2.11 billion current US$ 2011 up 446.8% volatile
42 Liberia 1.87 billion current US$ 2011 up 524.7% volatile
43 Seychelles 1.53 billion current US$ 2011 up 122.3% volatile
44 Niger 1.34 billion current US$ 2005 up 71.4% volatile
45 Djibouti 1.14 billion current US$ 2007 up 154.0% rising
46 Burundi 913.55 million current US$ 2011 up 397.0% volatile
47 Central African Republic 770.69 million current US$ 2011 up 112.2% volatile
48 Gambia 682.89 million current US$ 2011 up 111.7% volatile
49 Eritrea 463.60 million current US$ 2009 down 30.1% flat
50 Somalia 435.85 million current US$ 1990 down 40.6% volatile
51 Comoros 409.58 million current US$ 2011 up 301.8% volatile
52 Sao Tome and Principe 170.87 million current US$ 2011 up 203.3% rising
53 Guinea-Bissau 165.01 million current US$ 2002 up 32.5% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Trade of goods and services (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
59 places, 2,602 data points, 1960–2011
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Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services measured as a share of gross domestic product.