Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Chad

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Chad in 2025 — 28.87%. Ranked 167 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 16.76 pp.

2025 28.87% −4.28 pp vs 2024
World rank 167of 189
Period maximum 91.69%2002
Period minimum 12.12%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Chad, 1960–2025025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 12.12%1962: 12.86%1964: 15.81%1966: 12.94%1968: 18.72%1970: 19.61%1972: 16.74%1974: 19%1976: 20.67%1978: 28.37%1980: 14.04%1982: 20.02%1984: 33.95%1986: 29.12%1988: 25.09%1990: 27.21%1992: 22.58%1994: 27.55%1996: 35.46%1998: 35.42%2000: 36.01%2002: 91.69%2004: 71.09%2006: 48.43%2008: 46.09%2010: 42.68%2012: 42.48%2014: 47.36%2016: 34.97%2018: 30.28%2020: 22.73%2022: 34.38%2024: 33.15%2025: 28.87%
Change over the period: +16.76 pp Annual average: 0.26 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Chad 28.87%
World 43.89%
Middle Africa computed 47.3%
Low-income countries computed 39.9%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Chad, by year Chad All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 28.87 −4.28 pp
2024 33.15 −3.31 pp
2023 36.46 +2.09 pp
2022 34.38 +8.6 pp
2021 25.78 +3.05 pp
2020 22.73 −7.54 pp
2019 30.27 −0.01 pp
2018 30.28 −3.22 pp
2017 33.5 −1.47 pp
2016 34.97 −7.11 pp
2015 42.08 −5.29 pp
2014 47.36 +9.3 pp
2013 38.06 −4.41 pp
2012 42.48 −6.07 pp
2011 48.55 +5.87 pp
2010 42.68 +3.71 pp
2009 38.97 −7.12 pp
2008 46.09 −4.22 pp
2007 50.31 +1.88 pp
2006 48.43 +1.86 pp
2005 46.57 −24.52 pp
2004 71.09 +20.37 pp
2003 50.71 −40.97 pp
2002 91.69 +40.95 pp
2001 50.74 +14.73 pp
2000 36.01 −0.41 pp
1999 36.42 +1.01 pp
1998 35.42 −1.55 pp
1997 36.97 +1.5 pp
1996 35.46 −6.59 pp
1995 42.05 +14.5 pp
1994 27.55 +4.93 pp
1993 22.62 +0.04 pp
1992 22.58 −1.02 pp
1991 23.6 −3.61 pp
1990 27.21 −0.35 pp
1989 27.55 +2.46 pp
1988 25.09 −3.7 pp
1987 28.79 −0.33 pp
1986 29.12 +7.05 pp
1985 22.07 −11.88 pp
1984 33.95 +2.47 pp
1983 31.47 +11.46 pp
1982 20.02 −1.77 pp
1981 21.78 +7.74 pp
1980 14.04 −3.19 pp
1979 17.23 −11.14 pp
1978 28.37 −3.28 pp
1977 31.65 +10.98 pp
1976 20.67 −0.27 pp
1975 20.93 +1.93 pp
1974 19 +0.46 pp
1973 18.54 +1.8 pp
1972 16.74 −1.19 pp
1971 17.93 −1.67 pp
1970 19.61 +1.58 pp
1969 18.02 −0.7 pp
1968 18.72 −1.28 pp
1967 20.01 +7.07 pp
1966 12.94 −0.97 pp
1965 13.91 −1.9 pp
1964 15.81 +1.82 pp
1963 13.99 +1.13 pp
1962 12.86 −0.91 pp
1961 13.77 +1.66 pp
1960 12.12

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.