Trade Openness: Exports Plus Imports

Africa Ranking

as percent of GDPSource: United Nations

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Djibouti	293.78	2020	1	296.14
2	Seychelles	175.1	2020	2	178.66
3	Lesotho	152.51	2020	3	140.98
4	Mozambique	115.84	2019	4	127.2
5	Republic of the Congo	110.07	2020	5	126.96
6 ↑	Tunisia	104.3	2018	9	95.76
7	Somalia	100.44	2020	7	101.19
8	Libya	91.81	2020	8	100.56
9 ↑	Mauritania	91.06	2020	12	89.19
10 ↑	Guinea	90.23	2020	20	72.25
11 ↓	Equatorial Guinea	89.78	2020	10	94.51
12 ↑	Swaziland	87.32	2020	13	88.62
13 ↓	Cape Verde	84.69	2020	6	115.91
14 ↑	Zambia	79.33	2020	21	68.79
15 ↓	Mauritius	78.7	2020	11	92.14
16 ↓	Morocco	77.48	2020	14	87.23
17 ↓	Botswana	77.14	2020	15	83.75
18 ↓	Namibia	76.41	2020	16	83.47
19 ↑	Zimbabwe	76	2020	24	63.28
20 ↓	Gabon	70.44	2020	19	73.43
21 ↓	Ghana	68.04	2020	17	76.82
22 ↓	Chad	68.01	2020	18	74.57
23	Mali	64.86	2020	23	63.66
24 ↑	Burkina Faso	58.66	2019	27	60.6
25 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	58.49	2020	29	56.62
26 ↓	Senegal	56.09	2020	25	62.83
27 ↑	Rwanda	54.34	2020	28	57.93
28 ↑	Togo	52.95	2020	32	54.37
29 ↑	Central African Republic	52.2	2020	35	52.2
30	Sierra Leone	51.56	2020	30	56.19
31 ↑	South Africa	51.13	2020	33	54.15
32 ↓	Madagascar	48.99	2020	26	62.6
33 ↑	Eritrea	47.39	2011	44	37.47
34 ↑	Algeria	45.84	2020	36	51.84
35 ↓	Gambia	44.89	2020	34	53.3
36 ↓	Benin	44.83	2020	22	63.68
37 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	43.64	2020	31	55.37
38 ↓	Ivory Coast	42.02	2020	37	46.4
39 ↑	Uganda	37	2020	42	39.36
40 ↑	Niger	36.18	2020	43	37.71
41 ↓	Egypt	33.76	2020	39	43.24
42 ↓	Comoros	33.4	2020	40	42.3
43 ↓	Cameroon	33.26	2020	38	43.38
44 ↓	Burundi	32.9	2020	41	41.86
45 ↑	Tanzania	29.6	2020	46	32.96
46 ↑	Kenya	27.35	2020	47	31.7
47 ↓	Nigeria	25.4	2020	45	34.02
48	Ethiopia	24.02	2020	48	28.82
49	Sudan	0.78	2020	49	1.22

Definition of Trade Openness: Exports Plus Imports

Exports plus imports as percent of GDP.