Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Equatorial Guinea

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Equatorial Guinea in 2025 — 33.53%. Ranked 155 in the world out of 189. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 98 pp.

2025 33.53% −0.39 pp vs 2024
World rank 155of 189
Period maximum 225.41%1996
Period minimum 13.51%1976

Trend over time

1962–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Equatorial Guinea, 1962–2025010020030019621969197619831990199720042011201820251962: 131.53%1964: 107.87%1966: 83.92%1968: 100.72%1970: 73.87%1972: 70.31%1974: 52.04%1976: 13.51%1980: 78.98%1982: 97.08%1984: 65.58%1986: 99.47%1988: 109.42%1990: 109.7%1992: 78.69%1994: 98.21%1996: 225.41%1998: 203.95%2000: 147.99%2002: 145.23%2004: 129.03%2006: 101.39%2008: 96.23%2010: 124.2%2012: 111.75%2014: 83.3%2016: 65.12%2018: 68.69%2020: 44.53%2022: 61.71%2024: 33.92%2025: 33.53%
Change over the period: −98 pp Annual average: -1.56 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Equatorial Guinea 33.53%
World 43.89%
Middle Africa computed 47.3%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 33.53 −0.39 pp
2024 33.92 −3.51 pp
2023 37.43 −24.28 pp
2022 61.71 +15.94 pp
2021 45.77 +1.24 pp
2020 44.53 −20.3 pp
2019 64.84 −3.85 pp
2018 68.69 +4.66 pp
2017 64.03 −1.09 pp
2016 65.12 −4.84 pp
2015 69.96 −13.34 pp
2014 83.3 −6.92 pp
2013 90.21 −21.54 pp
2012 111.75 −1.58 pp
2011 113.33 −10.86 pp
2010 124.2 +22.04 pp
2009 102.16 +5.93 pp
2008 96.23 −3.05 pp
2007 99.28 −2.12 pp
2006 101.39 −0.51 pp
2005 101.91 −27.12 pp
2004 129.03 −20.25 pp
2003 149.27 +4.04 pp
2002 145.23 −29.15 pp
2001 174.38 +26.39 pp
2000 147.99 −34.58 pp
1999 182.57 −21.37 pp
1998 203.95 +10.65 pp
1997 193.29 −32.12 pp
1996 225.41 +50.58 pp
1995 174.83 +76.62 pp
1994 98.21 +12.94 pp
1993 85.26 +6.57 pp
1992 78.69 −15.08 pp
1991 93.77 −15.93 pp
1990 109.7 +5.47 pp
1989 104.23 −5.18 pp
1988 109.42 +5.5 pp
1987 103.91 +4.45 pp
1986 99.47 +39.9 pp
1985 59.56 −6.02 pp
1984 65.58 −6.42 pp
1983 72 −25.07 pp
1982 97.08 −6.38 pp
1981 103.45 +24.47 pp
1980 78.98
1977 23.08 +9.57 pp
1976 13.51 −30.6 pp
1975 44.11 −7.93 pp
1974 52.04 −4.61 pp
1973 56.65 −13.66 pp
1972 70.31 −15.92 pp
1971 86.22 +12.35 pp
1970 73.87 −31.74 pp
1969 105.61 +4.89 pp
1968 100.72 +6.69 pp
1967 94.03 +10.11 pp
1966 83.92 +2.07 pp
1965 81.86 −26.01 pp
1964 107.87 +3.95 pp
1963 103.92 −27.62 pp
1962 131.53

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.