Exports (% of GDP) — all countries

Exports (% of GDP) — Republic of the Congo

Exports (% of GDP) in the Republic of the Congo in 2025 — 48.02%. Ranked 40 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 27.57 pp.

2025 48.02% −4.76 pp vs 2024
World rank 40of 138
Period maximum 81.52%2002
Period minimum 19.46%1961

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Exports (% of GDP) — Republic of the Congo, 1960–2025025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 20.45%1962: 30.49%1964: 38.15%1966: 29.89%1968: 30.39%1970: 34.74%1972: 28.31%1974: 53.23%1976: 40.38%1978: 43.72%1980: 60.02%1982: 55.27%1984: 61.63%1986: 39.83%1988: 40.62%1990: 51.78%1992: 40.69%1994: 58.52%1996: 68.46%1998: 76.28%2000: 80.3%2002: 81.52%2004: 80.53%2006: 77.46%2008: 73.4%2010: 68.53%2012: 58.08%2014: 53.13%2016: 42.07%2018: 62.21%2020: 40.72%2022: 63.81%2024: 52.78%2025: 48.02%
Change over the period: +27.57 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 48.02%
World 29.48%
Middle Africa computed 31.03%
Exports (% of GDP) — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 48.02 −4.76 pp
2024 52.78 −4.12 pp
2023 56.9 −6.92 pp
2022 63.81 +10.98 pp
2021 52.84 +12.12 pp
2020 40.72 −15.48 pp
2019 56.2 −6.01 pp
2018 62.21 +14.25 pp
2017 47.96 +5.89 pp
2016 42.07 +1.21 pp
2015 40.86 −12.28 pp
2014 53.13 +0.2 pp
2013 52.93 −5.15 pp
2012 58.08 −15.53 pp
2011 73.61 +5.08 pp
2010 68.53 +4.05 pp
2009 64.48 −8.92 pp
2008 73.4 +4.92 pp
2007 68.49 −8.98 pp
2006 77.46 +2.46 pp
2005 75.01 −5.52 pp
2004 80.53 −0.28 pp
2003 80.81 −0.7 pp
2002 81.52 +4.1 pp
2001 77.42 −2.88 pp
2000 80.3 +8.01 pp
1999 72.29 −3.99 pp
1998 76.28 +0.68 pp
1997 75.6 +7.14 pp
1996 68.46 +3.75 pp
1995 64.7 +6.19 pp
1994 58.52 +15.68 pp
1993 42.84 +2.14 pp
1992 40.69 −0.94 pp
1991 41.63 −10.14 pp
1990 51.78 +3.25 pp
1989 48.52 +7.9 pp
1988 40.62 −1.11 pp
1987 41.73 +1.9 pp
1986 39.83 −16.95 pp
1985 56.79 −4.84 pp
1984 61.63 +3.68 pp
1983 57.95 +2.68 pp
1982 55.27 −2.75 pp
1981 58.02 −2 pp
1980 60.02 +12.6 pp
1979 47.41 +3.69 pp
1978 43.72 −1.86 pp
1977 45.58 +5.21 pp
1976 40.38 +4.49 pp
1975 35.89 −17.34 pp
1974 53.23 +21.61 pp
1973 31.62 +3.31 pp
1972 28.31 −4.27 pp
1971 32.58 −2.16 pp
1970 34.74 +2.66 pp
1969 32.08 +1.69 pp
1968 30.39 −0.09 pp
1967 30.48 +0.59 pp
1966 29.89 −6.12 pp
1965 36.01 −2.14 pp
1964 38.15 +1.68 pp
1963 36.47 +5.98 pp
1962 30.49 +11.03 pp
1961 19.46 −0.99 pp
1960 20.45

About the indicator

Exports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — a measure of how far an economy is oriented toward external markets. In small open economies and transit hubs the indicator can exceed 100% of GDP: exports are counted at the full value of the goods while GDP is counted as value added, so re-exports and assembly production inflate the figure.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.