Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Angola

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Angola in 2025 — 38.84%. Ranked 141 in the world out of 189. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 15.3 pp.

2025 38.84% −12.76 pp vs 2024
World rank 141of 189
Period maximum 134.34%1999
Period minimum 34.19%1986

Trend over time

1980–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Angola, 1980–202505010015019801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 54.14%1981: 63.38%1982: 45.31%1983: 48.49%1984: 53.64%1985: 48.27%1986: 34.19%1987: 42.93%1988: 44.33%1989: 42.67%1990: 48.87%1991: 44.86%1992: 69.13%1993: 90.57%1994: 100.76%1995: 92.26%1996: 94.8%1997: 99.42%1998: 86.41%1999: 134.34%2000: 120.06%2001: 108.69%2002: 69.83%2003: 73.68%2004: 71.51%2005: 78.42%2006: 69.29%2007: 79.49%2008: 85.94%2009: 77.7%2010: 70.4%2011: 69.72%2012: 66.04%2013: 63.54%2014: 57.18%2015: 52.54%2016: 66.86%2017: 57.31%2018: 62.49%2019: 60.83%2020: 53.79%2021: 58.57%2022: 53.87%2023: 52.06%2024: 51.61%2025: 38.84%
Change over the period: −15.3 pp Annual average: -0.34 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Angola

Angola 38.84%
World 43.89%
Middle Africa computed 47.3%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Angola, by year Angola All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 38.84 −12.76 pp
2024 51.61 −0.45 pp
2023 52.06 −1.81 pp
2022 53.87 −4.7 pp
2021 58.57 +4.78 pp
2020 53.79 −7.05 pp
2019 60.83 −1.65 pp
2018 62.49 +5.18 pp
2017 57.31 −9.54 pp
2016 66.86 +14.32 pp
2015 52.54 −4.65 pp
2014 57.18 −6.36 pp
2013 63.54 −2.49 pp
2012 66.04 −3.69 pp
2011 69.72 −0.67 pp
2010 70.4 −7.31 pp
2009 77.7 −8.23 pp
2008 85.94 +6.45 pp
2007 79.49 +10.2 pp
2006 69.29 −9.13 pp
2005 78.42 +6.9 pp
2004 71.51 −2.17 pp
2003 73.68 +3.85 pp
2002 69.83 −38.87 pp
2001 108.69 −11.37 pp
2000 120.06 −14.28 pp
1999 134.34 +47.93 pp
1998 86.41 −13.01 pp
1997 99.42 +4.62 pp
1996 94.8 +2.54 pp
1995 92.26 −8.5 pp
1994 100.76 +10.18 pp
1993 90.57 +21.45 pp
1992 69.13 +24.27 pp
1991 44.86 −4.01 pp
1990 48.87 +6.2 pp
1989 42.67 −1.66 pp
1988 44.33 +1.4 pp
1987 42.93 +8.75 pp
1986 34.19 −14.08 pp
1985 48.27 −5.38 pp
1984 53.64 +5.15 pp
1983 48.49 +3.18 pp
1982 45.31 −18.07 pp
1981 63.38 +9.24 pp
1980 54.14

About the indicator

The sum of exports and imports of goods as a percent of GDP. It differs from trade openness in that services are not counted here, and the difference between the two indicators is exactly what shows the weight of services in a country's foreign trade. The highest values come not from large exporters but from transshipment economies — Singapore, Hong Kong, Luxembourg — where goods are brought in to be sent out again, and both flows are counted in full.

Important: Goods only. The value can exceed 100% of GDP: exports and imports are counted at the full value of the goods while GDP is counted as value added, so in transshipment economies the values run to several hundred percent.

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