Merchandise trade as a share of GDP rose 3.65% to 47.3% in Togo in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, merchandise trade as a share of GDP in Togo reached an all time high of 99.3% in 2013 and an all time low of 25.5% in 1993. When compared to Togo's main peers, merchandise trade as a share of GDP in Benin amounted to 45.4%, 48.9% in Burkina Faso, 36.5% in Ghana and 22.4% in Nigeria in 2021.
Togo has been ranked 114th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of merchandise trade as a share of GDP, 73 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Merchandise 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 |
| Benin | % | 37.3% | 39.3% | 45.0% | 54.1% | 48.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 44.4% | 45.6% | 47.7% | 47.5% | 46.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 31.4% | 25.2% | 22.2% | 23.7% | 26.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 55.9% | 45.1% | 44.7% | 52.0% | 48.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 48.1% | 42.8% | 43.8% | 41.7% | 42.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 46.4% | 40.2% | 41.6% | 39.4% | 39.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 49.7% | 49.0% | 46.7% | 48.7% | 51.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 31.6% | 26.4% | 28.2% | 27.2% | 26.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 19.3% | 17.0% | 20.2% | 24.6% | 26.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 80.1% | 54.7% | 45.2% | 44.9% | 43.6% |
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