Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Tunisia

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Tunisia in 2025 — 86.75%. Ranked 36 in the world out of 189. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 49.69 pp.

2025 86.75% −2.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 36of 189
Period maximum 100.64%2022
Period minimum 30.95%1968

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Tunisia, 1961–202505010015019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 37.06%1963: 33.99%1965: 36.93%1967: 37.76%1969: 33.49%1971: 33.35%1973: 40.43%1975: 52.67%1977: 53.9%1979: 64.54%1981: 74.64%1983: 59.36%1985: 53.45%1987: 53.4%1989: 72.3%1991: 67.98%1993: 68.56%1995: 74.19%1997: 64.94%1999: 62.53%2001: 73.24%2003: 68.98%2005: 73.35%2007: 88.05%2009: 77.18%2011: 86.86%2013: 84.89%2015: 74.91%2017: 82.67%2019: 87.09%2021: 83.22%2023: 94.33%2025: 86.75%
Change over the period: +49.69 pp Annual average: 0.78 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Tunisia 86.75%
World 43.89%
Northern Africa computed 48.97%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Tunisia, by year Tunisia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 86.75 −2.8 pp
2024 89.55 −4.77 pp
2023 94.33 −6.31 pp
2022 100.64 +17.42 pp
2021 83.22 +7.54 pp
2020 75.68 −11.41 pp
2019 87.09 −2.47 pp
2018 89.57 +6.89 pp
2017 82.67 +8.21 pp
2016 74.47 −0.44 pp
2015 74.91 −7.81 pp
2014 82.72 −2.17 pp
2013 84.89 −2.78 pp
2012 87.67 +0.81 pp
2011 86.86 +3.23 pp
2010 83.63 +6.45 pp
2009 77.18 −20.81 pp
2008 97.99 +9.94 pp
2007 88.05 +10.38 pp
2006 77.67 +4.32 pp
2005 73.35 +1.19 pp
2004 72.16 +3.18 pp
2003 68.98 −1.89 pp
2002 70.87 −2.37 pp
2001 73.24 +6.1 pp
2000 67.14 +4.61 pp
1999 62.53 −2.09 pp
1998 64.62 −0.33 pp
1997 64.94 −2.53 pp
1996 67.47 −6.72 pp
1995 74.19 +2.31 pp
1994 71.88 +3.32 pp
1993 68.56 +1.13 pp
1992 67.43 −0.54 pp
1991 67.98 −5.57 pp
1990 73.54 +1.24 pp
1989 72.3 +12.04 pp
1988 60.26 +6.86 pp
1987 53.4 +1.85 pp
1986 51.55 −1.89 pp
1985 53.45 −6.74 pp
1984 60.19 +0.82 pp
1983 59.36 −7.1 pp
1982 66.47 −8.17 pp
1981 74.64 +9.02 pp
1980 65.62 +1.08 pp
1979 64.54 +9.86 pp
1978 54.69 +0.79 pp
1977 53.9 +2.51 pp
1976 51.4 −1.27 pp
1975 52.67 −5.12 pp
1974 57.79 +17.36 pp
1973 40.43 +5.52 pp
1972 34.9 +1.55 pp
1971 33.35 −0.56 pp
1970 33.91 +0.42 pp
1969 33.49 +2.54 pp
1968 30.95 −6.81 pp
1967 37.76 +0.3 pp
1966 37.47 +0.54 pp
1965 36.93 +0.08 pp
1964 36.85 +2.86 pp
1963 33.99 −3.73 pp
1962 37.73 +0.67 pp
1961 37.06

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.