Burkina Faso vs El Salvador: Merchandise trade
Merchandise trade over time
- Burkina Faso
- El Salvador
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 67.5% against 66.1% in El Salvador, a difference of 1.4%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was El Salvador ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 71st and El Salvador ranks 72nd of 204 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.3% | 42.8% | 29.5% | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 19.1% | 54.9% | 35.7% | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 23.0% | 44.9% | 21.9% | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 26.4% | 50.6% | 24.3% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 28.6% | 69.2% | 40.6% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 44.7% | 69.0% | 24.3% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 53.7% | 67.1% | 13.5% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise trade, Burkina Faso or El Salvador?
- Burkina Faso, at 67.5% against 66.1% in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in merchandise trade between Burkina Faso and El Salvador?
- 1.4%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and El Salvador?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Burkina Faso and El Salvador rank globally for merchandise trade?
- Burkina Faso ranks 71st and El Salvador ranks 72nd of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Trade Organization (WTO), published as Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.