Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Niger

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Niger in 2025 — 21.25%. Ranked 186 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 15.47 pp.

2025 21.25% +0.76 pp vs 2024
World rank 186of 189
Period maximum 46.24%1980
Period minimum 5.78%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Niger, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.78%1962: 8.65%1964: 9.09%1966: 11.39%1968: 10.92%1970: 13.85%1972: 16.16%1974: 14.62%1976: 24.42%1978: 33.08%1980: 46.24%1982: 39.55%1984: 37.43%1986: 35.98%1988: 29.64%1990: 19.08%1992: 23.98%1994: 28.53%1996: 32.13%1998: 30.45%2000: 30.24%2002: 26.85%2004: 30.53%2006: 31.64%2008: 35.71%2010: 46.18%2012: 40.78%2014: 38.72%2016: 30.89%2018: 31.85%2020: 30.96%2022: 31.99%2024: 20.49%2025: 21.25%
Change over the period: +15.47 pp Annual average: 0.24 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Niger 21.25%
World 43.89%
Western Africa computed 43.23%
Low-income countries computed 39.9%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 21.25 +0.76 pp
2024 20.49 −4.61 pp
2023 25.1 −6.89 pp
2022 31.99 +0.06 pp
2021 31.93 +0.97 pp
2020 30.96 −1.71 pp
2019 32.66 +0.81 pp
2018 31.85 −0.42 pp
2017 32.26 +1.38 pp
2016 30.89 −6.05 pp
2015 36.94 −1.78 pp
2014 38.72 −1.63 pp
2013 40.35 −0.42 pp
2012 40.78 −5.32 pp
2011 46.1 −0.09 pp
2010 46.18 +1.79 pp
2009 44.4 +8.68 pp
2008 35.71 +2.89 pp
2007 32.82 +1.18 pp
2006 31.64 −2.92 pp
2005 34.56 +4.03 pp
2004 30.53 +1.83 pp
2003 28.7 +1.85 pp
2002 26.85 −1.08 pp
2001 27.93 −2.31 pp
2000 30.24 +2.78 pp
1999 27.46 −2.99 pp
1998 30.45 +2.25 pp
1997 28.21 −3.93 pp
1996 32.13 +3.38 pp
1995 28.75 +0.22 pp
1994 28.53 +6.85 pp
1993 21.69 −2.29 pp
1992 23.98 +3.83 pp
1991 20.15 +1.07 pp
1990 19.08 −8.77 pp
1989 27.85 −1.79 pp
1988 29.64 +1.74 pp
1987 27.9 −8.08 pp
1986 35.98 −7.62 pp
1985 43.59 +6.16 pp
1984 37.43 +2.88 pp
1983 34.55 −5 pp
1982 39.55 −4.9 pp
1981 44.45 −1.79 pp
1980 46.24 +3.15 pp
1979 43.1 +10.01 pp
1978 33.08 +5.36 pp
1977 27.72 +3.3 pp
1976 24.42 +6.12 pp
1975 18.31 +3.69 pp
1974 14.62 −1.02 pp
1973 15.64 −0.52 pp
1972 16.16 +2.75 pp
1971 13.41 −0.44 pp
1970 13.85 +2.34 pp
1969 11.5 +0.59 pp
1968 10.92 −1.25 pp
1967 12.17 +0.78 pp
1966 11.39 +2.04 pp
1965 9.36 +0.26 pp
1964 9.09 +1.76 pp
1963 7.33 −1.32 pp
1962 8.65 +1.65 pp
1961 7 +1.22 pp
1960 5.78

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.