Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Burkina Faso in 2025 — 67.5%. Ranked 67 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 62.96 pp.

2025 67.5% +15.32 pp vs 2024
World rank 67of 189
Period maximum 67.5%2025
Period minimum 4.54%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.54%1962: 11.33%1964: 12.67%1966: 12.45%1968: 14.12%1970: 14.62%1972: 15.38%1974: 23.96%1976: 20.17%1978: 18.3%1980: 23.28%1982: 22.97%1984: 22.74%1986: 23.96%1988: 22.78%1990: 22.18%1992: 15.79%1994: 24.06%1996: 34.02%1998: 37.47%2000: 27.62%2002: 27.22%2004: 32.08%2006: 29.13%2008: 28.68%2010: 36%2012: 45.83%2014: 43.24%2016: 45.62%2018: 47.55%2020: 47.94%2022: 53.82%2024: 52.18%2025: 67.5%
Change over the period: +62.96 pp Annual average: 0.97 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Burkina Faso 67.5%
World 43.89%
Western Africa computed 43.23%
Low-income countries computed 39.9%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 67.5 +15.32 pp
2024 52.18 +0.65 pp
2023 51.53 −2.29 pp
2022 53.82 +4.79 pp
2021 49.03 +1.08 pp
2020 47.94 +1.02 pp
2019 46.92 −0.62 pp
2018 47.55 −0.2 pp
2017 47.75 +2.13 pp
2016 45.62 +1.19 pp
2015 44.42 +1.18 pp
2014 43.24 −6.75 pp
2013 49.99 +4.16 pp
2012 45.83 +6.06 pp
2011 39.78 +3.78 pp
2010 36 +6.69 pp
2009 29.31 +0.63 pp
2008 28.68 −1.49 pp
2007 30.17 +1.05 pp
2006 29.13 +1.01 pp
2005 28.11 −3.97 pp
2004 32.08 +5.8 pp
2003 26.28 −0.94 pp
2002 27.22 −0.33 pp
2001 27.55 −0.07 pp
2000 27.62 +0.1 pp
1999 27.53 −9.94 pp
1998 37.47 +4.01 pp
1997 33.46 −0.56 pp
1996 34.02 +3.3 pp
1995 30.72 +6.66 pp
1994 24.06 +5.99 pp
1993 18.07 +2.28 pp
1992 15.79 −4.59 pp
1991 20.38 −1.8 pp
1990 22.18 +3.6 pp
1989 18.58 −4.2 pp
1988 22.78 −2.07 pp
1987 24.85 +0.89 pp
1986 23.96 −1.99 pp
1985 25.96 +3.22 pp
1984 22.74 +0.93 pp
1983 21.81 −1.16 pp
1982 22.97 −0.23 pp
1981 23.2 −0.08 pp
1980 23.28 +1.66 pp
1979 21.62 +3.32 pp
1978 18.3 −5.04 pp
1977 23.34 +3.16 pp
1976 20.17 −0.57 pp
1975 20.75 −3.22 pp
1974 23.96 +5.74 pp
1973 18.23 +2.85 pp
1972 15.38 +0.46 pp
1971 14.93 +0.31 pp
1970 14.62 −1.06 pp
1969 15.68 +1.56 pp
1968 14.12 +2.14 pp
1967 11.98 −0.47 pp
1966 12.45 +0.15 pp
1965 12.3 −0.38 pp
1964 12.67 +1 pp
1963 11.67 +0.35 pp
1962 11.33 +2.19 pp
1961 9.14 +4.6 pp
1960 4.54

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.