Merchandise trade as a share of GDP reached 46.9 % in 2017 in Mali, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 4.44 % less than in the previous year.
Historically, merchandise trade as a share of GDP in Mali reached an all time high of 55.7 % in 2008 and an all time low of 13.1 % in 1968. When compared to Mali's main peers, merchandise trade as a share of GDP in Algeria amounted to 48.5 %, 54.9 % in Burkina Faso, 76.0 % in Mauritania and 38.9 % in Niger in 2017.
Mali has been ranked 107th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of merchandise trade as a share of GDP, 17 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Merchandise trade as a share of GDP is the sum of merchandise exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current US dollars.
| Merchandise Trade (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Algeria | % | 60.4% | 58.5% | 57.2% | 55.5% | 52.0% | ||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 44.8% | 51.6% | 56.3% | 48.7% | 50.4% | ||||
| Chad | % | 66.6% | 61.4% | 52.5% | 61.7% | 53.9% | ||||
| Ghana | % | 72.3% | 74.7% | 49.5% | 51.9% | 48.4% | ||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 76.3% | 81.7% | 78.4% | 68.3% | 53.6% | ||||
| Libya | % | 78.0% | 101% | 111% | 96.8% | 99.9% | ||||
| Mali | % | 44.1% | 49.3% | 46.4% | 46.6% | 49.8% | ||||
| Mauritania | % | 101% | 110% | 99.5% | 85.0% | 68.9% | ||||
| Morocco | % | 65.0% | 67.5% | 62.9% | 63.8% | 59.7% | ||||
| Niger | % | 53.7% | 48.3% | 47.0% | 44.2% | 42.4% | ||||
| Senegal | % | 47.3% | 50.3% | 48.6% | 47.1% | 46.2% | ||||
| Spain | % | 45.9% | 47.3% | 48.3% | 49.6% | 49.5% | ||||
| Tunisia | % | 91.2% | 92.1% | 89.4% | 87.2% | 79.5% |
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