Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Djibouti

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Djibouti in 2025 — 267.14%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 189. Since 1985, the indicator has risen by 204.09 pp.

2025 267.14% +9.08 pp vs 2024
World rank 2of 189
Period maximum 272.23%2022
Period minimum 38.37%1995

Trend over time

1985–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Djibouti, 1985–20250100200300198519891993199720012005200920132017202120251985: 63.05%1987: 62.4%1988: 56.6%1989: 54.25%1990: 53.06%1991: 49.95%1992: 49.16%1993: 47.85%1994: 42.3%1995: 38.37%1996: 40.69%1997: 41.18%1998: 43.56%1999: 41.41%2000: 43.36%2001: 39.83%2002: 39.42%2003: 44.21%2004: 44.89%2005: 44.73%2006: 50.85%2007: 62.62%2008: 64.36%2009: 50.33%2010: 40.67%2011: 48.74%2012: 50.38%2013: 41.04%2014: 41.97%2015: 41.45%2016: 155.82%2017: 243.9%2018: 244.55%2019: 263.33%2020: 181.16%2021: 229.93%2022: 272.23%2023: 258.56%2024: 258.06%2025: 267.14%
Change over the period: +204.09 pp Annual average: 5.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Djibouti 267.14%
World 43.89%
Eastern Africa computed 37.9%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Djibouti, by year Djibouti All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 267.14 +9.08 pp
2024 258.06 −0.51 pp
2023 258.56 −13.66 pp
2022 272.23 +42.3 pp
2021 229.93 +48.77 pp
2020 181.16 −82.17 pp
2019 263.33 +18.78 pp
2018 244.55 +0.65 pp
2017 243.9 +88.08 pp
2016 155.82 +114.36 pp
2015 41.45 −0.52 pp
2014 41.97 +0.93 pp
2013 41.04 −9.34 pp
2012 50.38 +1.64 pp
2011 48.74 +8.07 pp
2010 40.67 −9.66 pp
2009 50.33 −14.03 pp
2008 64.36 +1.73 pp
2007 62.62 +11.77 pp
2006 50.85 +6.12 pp
2005 44.73 −0.16 pp
2004 44.89 +0.68 pp
2003 44.21 +4.79 pp
2002 39.42 −0.41 pp
2001 39.83 −3.53 pp
2000 43.36 +1.95 pp
1999 41.41 −2.15 pp
1998 43.56 +2.38 pp
1997 41.18 +0.49 pp
1996 40.69 +2.31 pp
1995 38.37 −3.93 pp
1994 42.3 −5.55 pp
1993 47.85 −1.31 pp
1992 49.16 −0.8 pp
1991 49.95 −3.1 pp
1990 53.06 −1.19 pp
1989 54.25 −2.35 pp
1988 56.6 −5.81 pp
1987 62.4
1985 63.05

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.