Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Gabon

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Gabon in 2025 — 72.8%. Ranked 57 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 16.96 pp.

2025 72.8% −8.55 pp vs 2024
World rank 57of 189
Period maximum 128.97%2014
Period minimum 49.75%1992

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Gabon, 1960–202540608010012014019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.84%1962: 54.71%1964: 70.01%1966: 67.93%1968: 64.52%1970: 69.18%1972: 85.25%1974: 71.23%1976: 54.43%1978: 72.15%1980: 66.52%1982: 83.69%1984: 76.79%1986: 62.79%1988: 51.82%1990: 52.45%1992: 49.75%1994: 74.11%1996: 72.73%1998: 67.34%2000: 69.84%2002: 66.42%2004: 65.31%2006: 69.47%2008: 77.89%2010: 81.19%2012: 102.91%2014: 128.97%2016: 111.77%2018: 71.6%2020: 70.58%2022: 71.08%2024: 81.36%2025: 72.8%
Change over the period: +16.96 pp Annual average: 0.26 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Gabon 72.8%
World 43.89%
Middle Africa computed 47.3%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 72.8 −8.55 pp
2024 81.36 −5.87 pp
2023 87.23 +16.14 pp
2022 71.08 +11.03 pp
2021 60.05 −10.53 pp
2020 70.58 +1.91 pp
2019 68.67 −2.93 pp
2018 71.6 +7.19 pp
2017 64.41 −47.36 pp
2016 111.77 −4.86 pp
2015 116.63 −12.34 pp
2014 128.97 +17.72 pp
2013 111.25 +8.34 pp
2012 102.91 +29.15 pp
2011 73.75 −7.43 pp
2010 81.19 +16.33 pp
2009 64.86 −13.03 pp
2008 77.89 +9.92 pp
2007 67.97 −1.5 pp
2006 69.47 +1.27 pp
2005 68.21 +2.89 pp
2004 65.31 −0.23 pp
2003 65.54 −0.88 pp
2002 66.42 −3.77 pp
2001 70.19 +0.36 pp
2000 69.84 +0.46 pp
1999 69.38 +2.04 pp
1998 67.34 −10.16 pp
1997 77.49 +4.77 pp
1996 72.73 +0.23 pp
1995 72.5 −1.62 pp
1994 74.11 +2.4 pp
1993 71.71 +21.97 pp
1992 49.75 −7.2 pp
1991 56.95 +4.5 pp
1990 52.45 −4.04 pp
1989 56.49 +4.67 pp
1988 51.82 −9.67 pp
1987 61.49 −1.3 pp
1986 62.79 −21.23 pp
1985 84.01 +7.22 pp
1984 76.79 −2.38 pp
1983 79.17 −4.52 pp
1982 83.69 +4.93 pp
1981 78.76 +12.24 pp
1980 66.52 −12.02 pp
1979 78.54 +6.39 pp
1978 72.15 −1.14 pp
1977 73.29 +18.86 pp
1976 54.43 −11.01 pp
1975 65.44 −5.79 pp
1974 71.23 −0.85 pp
1973 72.08 −13.17 pp
1972 85.25 +14.25 pp
1971 71 +1.82 pp
1970 69.18 +0.34 pp
1969 68.84 +4.32 pp
1968 64.52 −4.34 pp
1967 68.87 +0.94 pp
1966 67.93 −5.81 pp
1965 73.74 +3.73 pp
1964 70.01 −8.32 pp
1963 78.33 +23.62 pp
1962 54.71 +0.42 pp
1961 54.28 −1.56 pp
1960 55.84

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.