Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Comoros

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in the Comoros in 2025 — 23.09%. Ranked 181 in the world out of 189. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 7.47 pp.

2025 23.09% −1.01 pp vs 2024
World rank 181of 189
Period maximum 31.42%2022
Period minimum 15.61%1980

Trend over time

1980–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Comoros, 1980–2025152025303519801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 15.61%1981: 22.54%1982: 26.22%1983: 27.01%1984: 26.44%1985: 27.09%1986: 22.08%1987: 20.43%1988: 22%1989: 18.56%1990: 17.43%1991: 20.47%1992: 20.85%1993: 18.94%1994: 20.33%1995: 18.84%1996: 16.05%1997: 16.81%1998: 16.49%1999: 17.21%2000: 16.79%2001: 18.24%2002: 16.85%2003: 17.74%2004: 16.86%2005: 16.94%2006: 18.16%2007: 19.1%2008: 20.42%2009: 24.85%2010: 27.97%2011: 29.62%2012: 28.84%2013: 27.32%2014: 26.44%2015: 23.91%2016: 24.68%2017: 27.1%2018: 23.89%2019: 25.44%2020: 24.57%2021: 27.79%2022: 31.42%2023: 26.54%2024: 24.1%2025: 23.09%
Change over the period: +7.47 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Comoros 23.09%
World 43.89%
Eastern Africa computed 37.9%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Comoros, by year Comoros All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 23.09 −1.01 pp
2024 24.1 −2.44 pp
2023 26.54 −4.88 pp
2022 31.42 +3.63 pp
2021 27.79 +3.22 pp
2020 24.57 −0.87 pp
2019 25.44 +1.55 pp
2018 23.89 −3.21 pp
2017 27.1 +2.42 pp
2016 24.68 +0.77 pp
2015 23.91 −2.53 pp
2014 26.44 −0.88 pp
2013 27.32 −1.52 pp
2012 28.84 −0.77 pp
2011 29.62 +1.64 pp
2010 27.97 +3.12 pp
2009 24.85 +4.43 pp
2008 20.42 +1.32 pp
2007 19.1 +0.95 pp
2006 18.16 +1.22 pp
2005 16.94 +0.07 pp
2004 16.86 −0.88 pp
2003 17.74 +0.89 pp
2002 16.85 −1.4 pp
2001 18.24 +1.45 pp
2000 16.79 −0.42 pp
1999 17.21 +0.72 pp
1998 16.49 −0.33 pp
1997 16.81 +0.76 pp
1996 16.05 −2.79 pp
1995 18.84 −1.49 pp
1994 20.33 +1.39 pp
1993 18.94 −1.91 pp
1992 20.85 +0.38 pp
1991 20.47 +3.04 pp
1990 17.43 −1.13 pp
1989 18.56 −3.44 pp
1988 22 +1.57 pp
1987 20.43 −1.65 pp
1986 22.08 −5.01 pp
1985 27.09 +0.65 pp
1984 26.44 −0.57 pp
1983 27.01 +0.8 pp
1982 26.22 +3.68 pp
1981 22.54 +6.93 pp
1980 15.61

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.