Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Côte d'Ivoire

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Côte d'Ivoire in 2025 — 47.85%. Ranked 109 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 4.87 pp.

2025 47.85% +4.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 109of 189
Period maximum 71.07%1974
Period minimum 36.46%2020

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Côte d'Ivoire, 1960–202530405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 52.73%1962: 54.08%1964: 57.65%1966: 55.17%1968: 57.13%1970: 58.88%1972: 54.45%1974: 71.07%1976: 62.8%1978: 58.83%1980: 59.96%1982: 59.86%1984: 61.42%1986: 59.06%1988: 47.27%1990: 47.88%1992: 46.87%1994: 56.04%1996: 40.66%1998: 38.72%2000: 38.43%2002: 43.61%2004: 49.48%2006: 56.55%2008: 53.62%2010: 55.13%2012: 60.31%2014: 49.28%2016: 40.19%2018: 39.1%2020: 36.46%2022: 48.39%2024: 43.36%2025: 47.85%
Change over the period: −4.87 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire 47.85%
World 43.89%
Western Africa computed 43.23%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Côte d'Ivoire, by year Côte d'Ivoire All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 47.85 +4.5 pp
2024 43.36 −2.69 pp
2023 46.04 −2.35 pp
2022 48.39 +8.14 pp
2021 40.25 +3.79 pp
2020 36.46 −1.96 pp
2019 38.42 −0.68 pp
2018 39.1 −1.78 pp
2017 40.88 +0.69 pp
2016 40.19 −8.12 pp
2015 48.32 −0.96 pp
2014 49.28 −8.65 pp
2013 57.93 −2.38 pp
2012 60.31 +7.56 pp
2011 52.75 −2.38 pp
2010 55.13 +1.16 pp
2009 53.96 +0.34 pp
2008 53.62 +0.24 pp
2007 53.38 −3.17 pp
2006 56.55 +0.13 pp
2005 56.42 +6.94 pp
2004 49.48 +6.82 pp
2003 42.66 −0.95 pp
2002 43.61 +4.98 pp
2001 38.63 +0.21 pp
2000 38.43 −1.63 pp
1999 40.06 +1.33 pp
1998 38.72 −1.35 pp
1997 40.07 −0.59 pp
1996 40.66 −20.58 pp
1995 61.24 +5.2 pp
1994 56.04 +14.09 pp
1993 41.95 −4.91 pp
1992 46.87 +1.22 pp
1991 45.64 −2.24 pp
1990 47.88 −2.52 pp
1989 50.4 +3.13 pp
1988 47.27 −7.04 pp
1987 54.31 −4.75 pp
1986 59.06 −11.82 pp
1985 70.88 +9.47 pp
1984 61.42 +3.96 pp
1983 57.46 −2.41 pp
1982 59.86 +1.58 pp
1981 58.29 −1.67 pp
1980 59.96 +5.22 pp
1979 54.74 −4.09 pp
1978 58.83 −3.63 pp
1977 62.46 −0.35 pp
1976 62.8 +3.53 pp
1975 59.27 −11.8 pp
1974 71.07 +8.6 pp
1973 62.47 +8.02 pp
1972 54.45 +0.35 pp
1971 54.1 −4.78 pp
1970 58.88 +1.22 pp
1969 57.66 +0.53 pp
1968 57.13 +2.74 pp
1967 54.39 −0.78 pp
1966 55.17 −0.6 pp
1965 55.77 −1.88 pp
1964 57.65 +5.09 pp
1963 52.56 −1.53 pp
1962 54.08 −4.47 pp
1961 58.55 +5.83 pp
1960 52.73

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.