Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Senegal

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Senegal in 2025 — 59.96%. Ranked 80 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 31.57 pp.

2025 59.96% +4.95 pp vs 2024
World rank 80of 189
Period maximum 63.98%2022
Period minimum 21.97%1992

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Senegal, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 28.4%1962: 26.35%1964: 26.07%1966: 24.86%1968: 25.89%1970: 26.67%1972: 30.6%1974: 42.35%1976: 39.06%1978: 36.7%1980: 33.9%1982: 38.37%1984: 46.34%1986: 29.41%1988: 26.03%1990: 26.79%1992: 21.97%1994: 36.01%1996: 36.95%1998: 37.24%2000: 40.56%2002: 43.17%2004: 43.15%2006: 45.01%2008: 51.61%2010: 43.07%2012: 50.77%2014: 47%2016: 42.64%2018: 50.59%2020: 47.86%2022: 63.98%2024: 55.02%2025: 59.96%
Change over the period: +31.57 pp Annual average: 0.49 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Senegal 59.96%
World 43.89%
Western Africa computed 43.23%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 59.96 +4.95 pp
2024 55.02 −1 pp
2023 56.02 −7.96 pp
2022 63.98 +9.83 pp
2021 54.14 +6.28 pp
2020 47.86 −4.79 pp
2019 52.65 +2.07 pp
2018 50.59 +4.23 pp
2017 46.35 +3.72 pp
2016 42.64 −3.54 pp
2015 46.17 −0.83 pp
2014 47 −1.7 pp
2013 48.7 −2.07 pp
2012 50.77 +3.33 pp
2011 47.44 +4.37 pp
2010 43.07 +1.38 pp
2009 41.68 −9.93 pp
2008 51.61 +4.84 pp
2007 46.77 +1.76 pp
2006 45.01 −1.1 pp
2005 46.11 +2.96 pp
2004 43.15 +1.55 pp
2003 41.6 −1.57 pp
2002 43.17 +1.18 pp
2001 42 +1.43 pp
2000 40.56 +1.26 pp
1999 39.3 +2.06 pp
1998 37.24 +0.17 pp
1997 37.08 +0.12 pp
1996 36.95 −1.06 pp
1995 38.02 +2 pp
1994 36.01 +11.66 pp
1993 24.35 +2.38 pp
1992 21.97 −3.86 pp
1991 25.83 −0.96 pp
1990 26.79 −3.28 pp
1989 30.07 +4.03 pp
1988 26.03 +0.91 pp
1987 25.13 −4.29 pp
1986 29.41 −6.93 pp
1985 36.35 −9.99 pp
1984 46.34 +0.31 pp
1983 46.03 +7.66 pp
1982 38.37 −0.11 pp
1981 38.48 +4.58 pp
1980 33.9 −1.99 pp
1979 35.89 −0.81 pp
1978 36.7 −10.54 pp
1977 47.24 +8.18 pp
1976 39.06 +2.18 pp
1975 36.89 −5.46 pp
1974 42.35 +12.51 pp
1973 29.84 −0.76 pp
1972 30.6 +4.92 pp
1971 25.68 −0.99 pp
1970 26.67 +1.05 pp
1969 25.62 −0.27 pp
1968 25.89 +1.5 pp
1967 24.39 −0.47 pp
1966 24.86 +0.65 pp
1965 24.21 −1.86 pp
1964 26.07 −0.04 pp
1963 26.11 −0.24 pp
1962 26.35 −0.75 pp
1961 27.1 −1.29 pp
1960 28.4

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.