Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Cameroon

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Cameroon in 2025 — 24.6%. Ranked 177 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 4.86 pp.

2025 24.6% −0.93 pp vs 2024
World rank 177of 189
Period maximum 44.74%1980
Period minimum 17.99%1988

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Cameroon, 1960–2025102030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 29.47%1962: 29.53%1964: 31.03%1966: 30.78%1968: 36.04%1970: 40.65%1972: 34.97%1974: 42.41%1976: 38.78%1978: 39.85%1980: 44.74%1982: 34.41%1984: 27.33%1986: 20.97%1988: 17.99%1990: 27.63%1992: 24.88%1994: 28.86%1996: 27%1998: 28.02%2000: 31.44%2002: 29.54%2004: 25.94%2006: 32.17%2008: 39.43%2010: 32.76%2012: 35.78%2014: 34.9%2016: 25.17%2018: 23.67%2020: 21.22%2022: 30.35%2024: 25.53%2025: 24.6%
Change over the period: −4.86 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cameroon 24.6%
World 43.89%
Middle Africa computed 47.3%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 24.6 −0.93 pp
2024 25.53 −1.42 pp
2023 26.96 −3.39 pp
2022 30.35 +5.25 pp
2021 25.1 +3.88 pp
2020 21.22 −5.67 pp
2019 26.89 +3.22 pp
2018 23.67 +1.43 pp
2017 22.24 −2.93 pp
2016 25.17 −6.2 pp
2015 31.37 −3.53 pp
2014 34.9 +1.8 pp
2013 33.1 −2.68 pp
2012 35.78 −1.17 pp
2011 36.95 +4.19 pp
2010 32.76 +4.14 pp
2009 28.62 −10.81 pp
2008 39.43 +2.29 pp
2007 37.14 +4.97 pp
2006 32.17 +3.48 pp
2005 28.68 +2.75 pp
2004 25.94 −1.9 pp
2003 27.84 −1.7 pp
2002 29.54 −3.34 pp
2001 32.88 +1.44 pp
2000 31.44 +6.2 pp
1999 25.24 −2.78 pp
1998 28.02 −1.81 pp
1997 29.83 +2.84 pp
1996 27 +0.77 pp
1995 26.23 −2.63 pp
1994 28.86 +10.41 pp
1993 18.45 −6.43 pp
1992 24.88 −0.52 pp
1991 25.4 −2.23 pp
1990 27.63 +0.9 pp
1989 26.72 +8.74 pp
1988 17.99 −1.39 pp
1987 19.38 −1.59 pp
1986 20.97 −0.95 pp
1985 21.92 −5.41 pp
1984 27.33 −4.7 pp
1983 32.02 −2.39 pp
1982 34.41 −3.89 pp
1981 38.3 −6.44 pp
1980 44.74 +4.07 pp
1979 40.67 +0.82 pp
1978 39.85 −2.54 pp
1977 42.39 +3.61 pp
1976 38.78 +2.17 pp
1975 36.61 −5.8 pp
1974 42.41 +6.28 pp
1973 36.13 +1.16 pp
1972 34.97 −2.05 pp
1971 37.03 −3.63 pp
1970 40.65 +1.67 pp
1969 38.98 +2.94 pp
1968 36.04 +4.2 pp
1967 31.83 +1.05 pp
1966 30.78 −3.37 pp
1965 34.15 +3.12 pp
1964 31.03 −5.58 pp
1963 36.61 +7.08 pp
1962 29.53 −0.19 pp
1961 29.72 +0.25 pp
1960 29.47

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.