Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Burundi

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Burundi in 2025 — 45.17%. Ranked 119 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 30.89 pp.

2025 45.17% +4.06 pp vs 2024
World rank 119of 189
Period maximum 45.17%2025
Period minimum 9.97%1964

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Burundi, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 14.29%1962: 13.11%1964: 9.97%1966: 18.13%1968: 20.74%1970: 18.95%1972: 23.5%1974: 21.43%1976: 26.54%1978: 27.37%1980: 25.33%1982: 29.71%1984: 29.28%1986: 29.62%1988: 31.13%1990: 27.03%1992: 27.05%1994: 37.19%1996: 19.1%1998: 24.95%2000: 22.75%2002: 19.26%2004: 24.36%2006: 38.4%2008: 28.54%2010: 30.02%2012: 38.03%2014: 33.3%2016: 28.3%2018: 33.4%2020: 33.59%2022: 36.49%2024: 41.12%2025: 45.17%
Change over the period: +30.89 pp Annual average: 0.48 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Burundi 45.17%
World 43.89%
Eastern Africa computed 37.9%
Low-income countries computed 39.9%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 45.17 +4.06 pp
2024 41.12 −0.06 pp
2023 41.17 +4.69 pp
2022 36.49 +1.8 pp
2021 34.68 +1.09 pp
2020 33.59 −3.57 pp
2019 37.16 +3.76 pp
2018 33.4 +0.66 pp
2017 32.74 +4.44 pp
2016 28.3 −6.49 pp
2015 34.8 +1.5 pp
2014 33.3 −3.62 pp
2013 36.91 −1.11 pp
2012 38.03 −1.11 pp
2011 39.14 +9.12 pp
2010 30.02 +3.6 pp
2009 26.42 −2.12 pp
2008 28.54 +0.67 pp
2007 27.87 −10.53 pp
2006 38.4 +9.13 pp
2005 29.27 +4.91 pp
2004 24.36 −0.49 pp
2003 24.85 +5.59 pp
2002 19.26 −1.04 pp
2001 20.3 −2.44 pp
2000 22.75 +1.46 pp
1999 21.29 −3.67 pp
1998 24.95 +3.67 pp
1997 21.28 +2.18 pp
1996 19.1 −14.78 pp
1995 33.89 −3.3 pp
1994 37.19 +9.06 pp
1993 28.13 +1.07 pp
1992 27.05 −2.5 pp
1991 29.55 +2.52 pp
1990 27.03 +3.24 pp
1989 23.79 −7.34 pp
1988 31.13 +4.36 pp
1987 26.78 −2.84 pp
1986 29.62 +3.45 pp
1985 26.17 −3.1 pp
1984 29.28 +5.08 pp
1983 24.19 −5.51 pp
1982 29.71 +5.35 pp
1981 24.35 −0.98 pp
1980 25.33 −7.38 pp
1979 32.72 +5.35 pp
1978 27.37 −2.59 pp
1977 29.95 +3.41 pp
1976 26.54 +4.21 pp
1975 22.33 +0.9 pp
1974 21.43 +1.39 pp
1973 20.04 −3.46 pp
1972 23.5 +4.12 pp
1971 19.38 +0.43 pp
1970 18.95 +1.6 pp
1969 17.35 −3.39 pp
1968 20.74 +1.67 pp
1967 19.07 +0.94 pp
1966 18.13 +1.15 pp
1965 16.98 +7.01 pp
1964 9.97 −1.63 pp
1963 11.6 −1.51 pp
1962 13.11 +0.8 pp
1961 12.32 −1.97 pp
1960 14.29

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.