Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Liberia

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Liberia in 2025 — 86.96%. Ranked 35 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 7.17 pp.

2025 86.96% +24.46 pp vs 2024
World rank 35of 189
Period maximum 986.65%1995
Period minimum 37.3%2003

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Liberia, 1960–202502505007501,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 79.79%1962: 104.24%1964: 108.25%1966: 107.99%1968: 100.06%1970: 112.66%1972: 114.92%1974: 141.29%1976: 143.96%1978: 137.33%1980: 132.79%1982: 104.75%1984: 96.05%1986: 79.31%1988: 64.34%1990: 374.09%1992: 431.77%1994: 573.37%1996: 743.41%1998: 248.89%2000: 114.07%2002: 38.19%2004: 49.16%2006: 55.85%2008: 61.12%2010: 46.65%2012: 52.48%2014: 75.67%2016: 46.52%2018: 49.4%2020: 53.84%2022: 68.66%2024: 62.5%2025: 86.96%
Change over the period: +7.17 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Liberia 86.96%
World 43.89%
Western Africa computed 43.23%
Low-income countries computed 39.9%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 86.96 +24.46 pp
2024 62.5 −9.96 pp
2023 72.46 +3.8 pp
2022 68.66 +1.45 pp
2021 67.21 +13.37 pp
2020 53.84 +6.36 pp
2019 47.48 −1.93 pp
2018 49.4 +6.73 pp
2017 42.68 −3.85 pp
2016 46.52 −14.52 pp
2015 61.05 −14.63 pp
2014 75.67 +21.89 pp
2013 53.79 +1.31 pp
2012 52.48 −6.36 pp
2011 58.84 +12.19 pp
2010 46.65 +7.05 pp
2009 39.59 −21.53 pp
2008 61.12 +10.21 pp
2007 50.91 −4.94 pp
2006 55.85 +9.38 pp
2005 46.47 −2.69 pp
2004 49.16 +11.86 pp
2003 37.3 −0.89 pp
2002 38.19 −1.22 pp
2001 39.4 −74.67 pp
2000 114.07 −109.78 pp
1999 223.86 −25.03 pp
1998 248.89 −102.58 pp
1997 351.47 −391.94 pp
1996 743.41 −243.23 pp
1995 986.65 +413.27 pp
1994 573.37 +43.45 pp
1993 529.93 +98.16 pp
1992 431.77 +221.71 pp
1991 210.06 −164.03 pp
1990 374.09 +236.1 pp
1989 137.99 +73.65 pp
1988 64.34 −6.59 pp
1987 70.93 −8.38 pp
1986 79.31 −5.26 pp
1985 84.58 −11.48 pp
1984 96.05 −5.96 pp
1983 102.02 −2.73 pp
1982 104.75 −10.54 pp
1981 115.3 −17.5 pp
1980 132.79 +4.55 pp
1979 128.24 −9.09 pp
1978 137.33 +1.97 pp
1977 135.36 −8.6 pp
1976 143.96 +18.43 pp
1975 125.53 −15.76 pp
1974 141.29 +7.68 pp
1973 133.6 +18.69 pp
1972 114.92 +3.95 pp
1971 110.97 −1.69 pp
1970 112.66 +11.34 pp
1969 101.32 +1.25 pp
1968 100.06 −8.74 pp
1967 108.8 +0.81 pp
1966 107.99 +3.31 pp
1965 104.68 −3.57 pp
1964 108.25 +13.86 pp
1963 94.39 −9.85 pp
1962 104.24 +21.05 pp
1961 83.19 +3.4 pp
1960 79.79

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.