Foreign trade as a share of GDP rose 16.5% to 60.5% in Angola in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Angola reached an all time high of 179% in 1999 and an all time low of 51.9% in 2020. When compared to Angola's main peers, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Botswana amounted to 94.5%, 79.7% in Namibia, 86.0% in Zambia and 80.5% in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2021.
Angola has been ranked 102nd within the group of 152 countries we follow in terms of foreign trade as a share of GDP, 42 places below 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% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 113% | 100% | 81.9% | 87.5% | 83.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| 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% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 97.2% | 94.0% | 81.2% | 81.7% | 82.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 56.7% | 55.9% | 53.5% | 54.6% | 54.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 40.8% | 35.4% | 32.2% | 32.6% | 33.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 79.9% | 74.0% | 71.6% | 74.9% | 68.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 56.7% | 51.2% | 50.0% | 54.6% | 52.7% |
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