Foreign trade as a share of GDP fell 2.32% to 53.9% in Rwanda in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Rwanda reached an all time high of 71.1% in 1994 and an all time low of 18.6% in 1963. When compared to Rwanda's main peers, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Burundi amounted to 28.8%, 31.4% in Tanzania, 41.7% in Uganda and 80.5% in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2021.
Rwanda has been ranked 115th within the group of 152 countries we follow in terms of foreign trade as a share of GDP, 46 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Trade (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Angola | % | 62.9% | 53.4% | 52.3% | 66.4% | 57.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 22.8% | 23.0% | 22.2% | 26.6% | 29.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 53.1% | 50.5% | 57.1% | 49.7% | 50.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | % | 123% | 131% | 113% | 120% | 127% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 59.3% | 55.9% | 74.3% | 69.9% | 55.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 40.3% | 34.9% | 36.0% | 34.4% | 31.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 93.9% | 106% | 99.7% | 127% | 112% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | % | 45.2% | 49.5% | 53.7% | 55.8% | 57.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 65.6% | 117% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Tanzania | % | 40.8% | 35.4% | 32.2% | 32.6% | 33.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 37.7% | 31.2% | 36.8% | 36.6% | 39.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 79.9% | 74.0% | 71.6% | 74.9% | 68.8% |
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