Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Mauritius

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Mauritius in 2025 — 57.42%. Ranked 86 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 9.83 pp.

2025 57.42% −4.24 pp vs 2024
World rank 86of 189
Period maximum 104.57%1990
Period minimum 51.95%2020

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Mauritius, 1960–202540608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 67.25%1962: 66.75%1964: 72.63%1966: 61.97%1968: 67.77%1970: 64.7%1972: 70.61%1974: 92.7%1976: 87.6%1978: 80.17%1980: 90.67%1982: 75.76%1984: 79.94%1986: 90.25%1988: 104.24%1990: 104.57%1992: 89.57%1994: 90.88%1996: 91.29%1998: 87.98%2000: 77.23%2002: 80.71%2004: 71.45%2006: 83.44%2008: 69.46%2010: 65.52%2012: 67.64%2014: 65.79%2016: 54.98%2018: 53.67%2020: 51.95%2022: 69.55%2024: 61.66%2025: 57.42%
Change over the period: −9.83 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritius 57.42%
World 43.89%
Eastern Africa computed 37.9%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 57.42 −4.24 pp
2024 61.66 +0.78 pp
2023 60.89 −8.66 pp
2022 69.55 +8.5 pp
2021 61.05 +9.09 pp
2020 51.95 −1.44 pp
2019 53.39 −0.28 pp
2018 53.67 −0.99 pp
2017 54.66 −0.32 pp
2016 54.98 −6.29 pp
2015 61.27 −4.52 pp
2014 65.79 −0.69 pp
2013 66.48 −1.16 pp
2012 67.64 +1.58 pp
2011 66.06 +0.54 pp
2010 65.52 +4.3 pp
2009 61.22 −8.24 pp
2008 69.46 −4.62 pp
2007 74.08 −9.36 pp
2006 83.44 +2.85 pp
2005 80.59 +9.14 pp
2004 71.45 −0.83 pp
2003 72.28 −8.43 pp
2002 80.71 +3.4 pp
2001 77.31 +0.08 pp
2000 77.23 −9.11 pp
1999 86.34 −1.64 pp
1998 87.98 −1.11 pp
1997 89.1 −2.19 pp
1996 91.29 +5.47 pp
1995 85.82 −5.06 pp
1994 90.88 −0.26 pp
1993 91.13 +1.56 pp
1992 89.57 −5.51 pp
1991 95.08 −9.48 pp
1990 104.57 +0.06 pp
1989 104.51 +0.27 pp
1988 104.24 +5.77 pp
1987 98.47 +8.22 pp
1986 90.25 +2.31 pp
1985 87.93 +7.99 pp
1984 79.94 +6.9 pp
1983 73.03 −2.73 pp
1982 75.76 −1.54 pp
1981 77.3 −13.37 pp
1980 90.67 +12.87 pp
1979 77.8 −2.37 pp
1978 80.17 −10.4 pp
1977 90.57 +2.97 pp
1976 87.6 −5.97 pp
1975 93.57 +0.87 pp
1974 92.7 +17.26 pp
1973 75.44 +4.83 pp
1972 70.61 +10.95 pp
1971 59.66 −5.04 pp
1970 64.7 +4.21 pp
1969 60.48 −7.29 pp
1968 67.77 +9.06 pp
1967 58.72 −3.25 pp
1966 61.97 −0.2 pp
1965 62.17 −10.46 pp
1964 72.63 +9.6 pp
1963 63.03 −3.72 pp
1962 66.75 −1.04 pp
1961 67.79 +0.55 pp
1960 67.25

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.