Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Lesotho leads Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in 2025 at 102.89%, while Sudan sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 14.96%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.
| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 102.89% |
| 2 | Namibia | 102.44% |
| 3 | Congo, Rep. | 94.44% |
| 4 | Zambia | 91.71% |
| 5 | Mauritania | 87.29% |
| 6 | Liberia | 86.96% |
| 7 | Seychelles | 86.72% |
| 8 | Eswatini | 86.42% |
| 9 | Guinea | 82.72% |
| 10 | Mozambique | 77.49% |
| 11 | Gabon | 72.80% |
| 12 | Cabo Verde | 69.98% |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 67.50% |
| 14 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 66.13% |
| 15 | Senegal | 59.96% |
| 16 | Botswana | 57.78% |
| 17 | Mauritius | 57.42% |
| 18 | South Africa | 57.23% |
| 19 | Gambia, The | 54.29% |
| 20 | Uganda | 49.85% |
| 21 | Cote d'Ivoire | 47.85% |
| 22 | Rwanda | 45.93% |
| 23 | Sierra Leone | 45.91% |
| 24 | Burundi | 45.17% |
| 25 | Togo | 43.73% |
| 26 | Ghana | 42.52% |
| 27 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 40.25% |
| 28 | Madagascar | 39.44% |
| 29 | Mali | 39.35% |
| 30 | Angola | 38.84% |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 38.70% |
| 32 | South Sudan | 37.16% |
| 33 | Benin | 36.39% |
| 34 | Equatorial Guinea | 33.53% |
| 35 | Nigeria | 33.33% |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 31.73% |
| 37 | Malawi | 30.89% |
| 38 | Eritrea | 29.36% |
| 39 | Chad | 28.87% |
| 40 | Tanzania | 27.47% |
| 41 | Central African Republic | 27.00% |
| 42 | Cameroon | 24.60% |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 24.21% |
| 44 | Comoros | 23.09% |
| 45 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.52% |
| 46 | Kenya | 22.23% |
| 47 | Niger | 21.25% |
| 48 | Sudan | 14.96% |