Africa Rankings
Trade Openness: Exports Plus Imports
as percent of GDP
| Rank | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Djibouti | 293.78% |
2 | 2 |  Seychelles | 175.10% |
3 | 3 |  Lesotho | 152.51% |
4 | 4 |  Mozambique | 115.84% |
5 | 5 |  Republic of the Congo | 110.07% |
6 | 9 |  Tunisia | 104.30% |
7 | 7 |  Somalia | 100.44% |
8 | 8 |  Libya | 91.81% |
9 | 12 |  Mauritania | 91.06% |
10 | 20 |  Guinea | 90.23% |
11 | 10 |  Equatorial Guinea | 89.78% |
12 | 13 |  Swaziland | 87.32% |
13 | 6 |  Cape Verde | 84.69% |
14 | 21 |  Zambia | 79.33% |
15 | 11 |  Mauritius | 78.70% |
16 | 14 |  Morocco | 77.48% |
17 | 15 |  Botswana | 77.14% |
18 | 16 |  Namibia | 76.41% |
19 | 24 |  Zimbabwe | 76.00% |
20 | 19 |  Gabon | 70.44% |
21 | 17 |  Ghana | 68.04% |
22 | 18 |  Chad | 68.01% |
23 | 23 |  Mali | 64.86% |
24 | 27 |  Burkina Faso | 58.66% |
25 | 29 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 58.49% |
26 | 25 |  Senegal | 56.09% |
27 | 28 |  Rwanda | 54.34% |
28 | 32 |  Togo | 52.95% |
29 | 35 |  Central African Republic | 52.20% |
30 | 30 |  Sierra Leone | 51.56% |
31 | 33 |  South Africa | 51.13% |
32 | 26 |  Madagascar | 48.99% |
33 | 44 |  Eritrea | 47.39% |
34 | 36 |  Algeria | 45.84% |
35 | 34 |  Gambia | 44.89% |
36 | 22 |  Benin | 44.83% |
37 | 31 |  Guinea-Bissau | 43.64% |
38 | 37 |  Ivory Coast | 42.02% |
39 | 42 |  Uganda | 37.00% |
40 | 43 |  Niger | 36.18% |
41 | 39 |  Egypt | 33.76% |
42 | 40 |  Comoros | 33.40% |
43 | 38 |  Cameroon | 33.26% |
44 | 41 |  Burundi | 32.90% |
45 | 46 |  Tanzania | 29.60% |
46 | 47 |  Kenya | 27.35% |
47 | 45 |  Nigeria | 25.40% |
48 | 48 |  Ethiopia | 24.02% |
49 | 49 |  Sudan | 0.78% |