Trade as a share of GDP in Rwanda

Trade in goods and services was equal to 56.7% of GDP in Rwanda in 2025.

Measure: Trade as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Rwanda, 2025 56.7% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −15.0percentage points 2024: 71.7%
World, 2025 68.5% Official aggregate

Trade as a share of GDP in Rwanda over time

View
Places
2 selected
Rwanda World ×

% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Trade as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period RwandaWorld
2025 56.7% 68.5%
2024 71.7% 56.7%
2023 66.9% 58.1%
2022 61.0% 62.1%
2021 59.8% 56.5%
2020 44.4% 51.9%
2019 48.9% 55.8%
2018 48.0% 57.0%
2017 54.2% 55.5%
2016 50.1% 53.8%
2015 45.7% 55.6%
2014 44.5% 58.0%
2013 43.3% 58.6%
2012 41.1% 59.3%
2011 40.2% 59.3%
2010 37.7% 56.2%
2009 37.2% 51.9%
2008 38.0% 60.3%
2007 36.4% 58.7%
2006 33.7% 58.4%
2005 38.0% 56.2%
2004 37.0% 54.2%
2003 32.8% 50.7%
2002 31.3% 49.0%
2001 33.2% 49.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −15.0 percentage points from 71.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 45.7%, the figure has changed by +10.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 68.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Rwanda
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices