Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Sudan

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Sudan in 2025 — 14.96%. Ranked 189 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 17.45 pp.

2025 14.96% −1.24 pp vs 2024
World rank 189of 189
Period maximum 50.46%2020
Period minimum 2.71%1991

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Sudan, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 32.41%1962: 35.38%1964: 33.93%1966: 28.63%1968: 29.27%1970: 27.9%1972: 27.26%1974: 25.06%1976: 25.51%1978: 21.06%1980: 23.67%1982: 20.38%1984: 17%1986: 12.82%1988: 10.92%1990: 2.95%1992: 16.21%1994: 13.52%1996: 24.04%1998: 22.32%2000: 27.41%2002: 24.23%2004: 29.47%2006: 30.34%2008: 32.43%2010: 36.38%2012: 35.33%2014: 27.39%2016: 26.75%2018: 35.03%2020: 50.46%2022: 29.91%2024: 16.2%2025: 14.96%
Change over the period: −17.45 pp Annual average: -0.27 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Sudan 14.96%
World 43.89%
Northern Africa computed 48.97%
Low-income countries computed 39.9%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Sudan, by year Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14.96 −1.24 pp
2024 16.2 −11.24 pp
2023 27.43 −2.47 pp
2022 29.91 −13.68 pp
2021 43.59 −6.87 pp
2020 50.46 +10.18 pp
2019 40.28 +5.25 pp
2018 35.03 +2.98 pp
2017 32.06 +5.3 pp
2016 26.75 +2.24 pp
2015 24.51 −2.88 pp
2014 27.39 −6.8 pp
2013 34.19 −1.15 pp
2012 35.33 +0.02 pp
2011 35.31 −1.06 pp
2010 36.38 +1.61 pp
2009 34.77 +2.34 pp
2008 32.43 +2.73 pp
2007 29.7 −0.64 pp
2006 30.34 −2.58 pp
2005 32.92 +3.45 pp
2004 29.47 +4.07 pp
2003 25.4 +1.17 pp
2002 24.23 +0.96 pp
2001 23.27 −4.14 pp
2000 27.41 +6.86 pp
1999 20.55 −1.77 pp
1998 22.32 +3.71 pp
1997 18.61 −5.43 pp
1996 24.04 +11.21 pp
1995 12.83 −0.69 pp
1994 13.52 −1.81 pp
1993 15.34 −0.88 pp
1992 16.21 +13.51 pp
1991 2.71 −0.25 pp
1990 2.95 −6.42 pp
1989 9.37 −1.54 pp
1988 10.92 −0.45 pp
1987 11.37 −1.45 pp
1986 12.82 −1.36 pp
1985 14.18 −2.82 pp
1984 17 −7.03 pp
1983 24.03 +3.65 pp
1982 20.38 −0.17 pp
1981 20.55 −3.12 pp
1980 23.67 +4.14 pp
1979 19.53 −1.53 pp
1978 21.06 −2.17 pp
1977 23.23 −2.28 pp
1976 25.51 −1.96 pp
1975 27.47 +2.41 pp
1974 25.06 −3.21 pp
1973 28.27 +1.01 pp
1972 27.26 −1.53 pp
1971 28.8 +0.9 pp
1970 27.9 +0.57 pp
1969 27.33 −1.93 pp
1968 29.27 +2.7 pp
1967 26.56 −2.06 pp
1966 28.63 +0.78 pp
1965 27.85 −6.07 pp
1964 33.93 −3.89 pp
1963 37.82 +2.43 pp
1962 35.38 +2.02 pp
1961 33.36 +0.96 pp
1960 32.41

Northern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.