Foreign trade as a share of GDP rose 4.64% to 159% in Congo in 2017, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Congo reached an all time high of 166% in 2015 and an all time low of 57.1% in 1992. When compared to Congo's main peers, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Cameroon amounted to 41.2%, 44.3% in Central African Republic, 75.1% in Gabon and 75.0% in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2017.
Congo has been ranked 12th within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of foreign trade as a share of GDP, 17 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% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 45.5% | 40.6% | 39.2% | 40.6% | 43.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 53.1% | 50.5% | 57.1% | 49.7% | 50.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 66.6% | 63.3% | 73.6% | 74.2% | 74.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | % | 123% | 131% | 113% | 120% | 127% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 59.3% | 55.9% | 74.3% | 69.9% | 55.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | % | 98.9% | 92.6% | 102% | 104% | 94.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 73.9% | 70.1% | 75.1% | 77.0% | 73.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 21.3% | 20.7% | 26.3% | 33.0% | 34.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 1.50% | 1.46% | 1.46% | 1.30% | 1.22% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 79.9% | 74.0% | 71.6% | 74.9% | 68.8% |
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