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Merchandise trade as a share of GDP is the sum of merchandise exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars. Source: World Trade Organization, and World Bank GDP estimates.

Rank	Country	Value
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) - Trade - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)
1	Lesotho	180.64
2	Seychelles	163.26
3	Swaziland	152.40
4	Liberia	129.53
5	Mauritania	122.46
6	Equatorial Guinea	118.70
7	Republic of the Congo	111.23
8	Tunisia	109.33
9	Angola	104.82
10	Ghana	99.54
11	Namibia	87.34
12	Togo	82.53
13	Mauritius	80.88
14	Botswana	78.80
15	Chad	77.74
16	Gabon	75.51
17	Libya	74.60
18	Djibouti	74.22
19	Ivory Coast	73.67
20	Morocco	71.54
21	Zambia	71
22	Democratic Republic of the Congo	69.47
23	Mozambique	68.82
24	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	68.46
25	Guinea	67.98
26	Algeria	67.51
27	North Africa	65.97
28	Africa	65.58
29	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	65.45
30	Sub-Saharan Africa	65.36
31	South Africa	65.13
32	Senegal	61.26
33	Sao Tome and Principe	60.42
34	Guinea-Bissau	60.06
35	Madagascar	60.03
36	Malawi	58.33
37	Nigeria	58.28
38	Cape Verde	49.57
39	Mali	48.05
40	Uganda	48.04
41	Tanzania	47.94
42	Kenya	46.50
43	Benin	45.51
44	Egypt	45.37
45	Gambia	43.93
46	Niger	42.40
47	Sierra Leone	39.94
48	Burundi	39.47
49	Comoros	38.67
50	Cameroon	37.23
51	Sudan	37.04
52	Ethiopia	34.36
53	Eritrea	33.25
54	Rwanda	30.51
55	Burkina Faso	30.45
56	Central African Republic	25.13

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