Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Togo

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Togo in 2025 — 43.73%. Ranked 123 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 19.77 pp.

2025 43.73% −1.99 pp vs 2024
World rank 123of 189
Period maximum 71.26%2013
Period minimum 18.08%1993

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Togo, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 23.97%1962: 23.56%1964: 30.69%1966: 27.19%1968: 25.17%1970: 33.46%1972: 28.48%1974: 38.92%1976: 33.15%1978: 58.76%1980: 55.4%1982: 49.21%1984: 45.65%1986: 34.44%1988: 37.44%1990: 36.92%1992: 27.98%1994: 39.64%1996: 53.39%1998: 44.97%2000: 43.9%2002: 42.24%2004: 46.4%2006: 51.64%2008: 51.59%2010: 56.02%2012: 68.24%2014: 60.22%2016: 54.31%2018: 45.47%2020: 46.31%2022: 51.33%2024: 45.73%2025: 43.73%
Change over the period: +19.77 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Togo 43.73%
World 43.89%
Western Africa computed 43.23%
Low-income countries computed 39.9%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Togo, by year Togo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 43.73 −1.99 pp
2024 45.73 −3.96 pp
2023 49.68 −1.64 pp
2022 51.33 +4.78 pp
2021 46.55 +0.24 pp
2020 46.31 +1.32 pp
2019 44.99 −0.48 pp
2018 45.47 +0.22 pp
2017 45.25 −9.06 pp
2016 54.31 −3.85 pp
2015 58.15 −2.07 pp
2014 60.22 −11.04 pp
2013 71.26 +3.02 pp
2012 68.24 +6.16 pp
2011 62.08 +6.05 pp
2010 56.02 +4.94 pp
2009 51.08 −0.5 pp
2008 51.59 +0.68 pp
2007 50.9 −0.74 pp
2006 51.64 −1.74 pp
2005 53.38 +6.98 pp
2004 46.4 +0.45 pp
2003 45.95 +3.71 pp
2002 42.24 −1.23 pp
2001 43.47 −0.44 pp
2000 43.9 −0.47 pp
1999 44.37 −0.59 pp
1998 44.97 −5.53 pp
1997 50.5 −2.89 pp
1996 53.39 +0.83 pp
1995 52.57 +12.93 pp
1994 39.64 +21.55 pp
1993 18.08 −9.9 pp
1992 27.98 −2.78 pp
1991 30.76 −6.16 pp
1990 36.92 −0.61 pp
1989 37.53 +0.09 pp
1988 37.44 −0.43 pp
1987 37.87 +3.43 pp
1986 34.44 −9.96 pp
1985 44.4 −1.25 pp
1984 45.65 +4.5 pp
1983 41.15 −8.06 pp
1982 49.21 +1.97 pp
1981 47.24 −8.16 pp
1980 55.4 −3.13 pp
1979 58.52 −0.24 pp
1978 58.76 +18.41 pp
1977 40.35 +7.2 pp
1976 33.15 −1.26 pp
1975 34.41 −4.5 pp
1974 38.92 +10.69 pp
1973 28.22 −0.26 pp
1972 28.48 −1.18 pp
1971 29.66 −3.8 pp
1970 33.46 +6.74 pp
1969 26.71 +1.54 pp
1968 25.17 +1.64 pp
1967 23.53 −3.66 pp
1966 27.19 −0.03 pp
1965 27.22 −3.47 pp
1964 30.69 +7.46 pp
1963 23.23 −0.33 pp
1962 23.56 −1.65 pp
1961 25.21 +1.24 pp
1960 23.97

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.