IDA total vs Liberia: Merchandise trade
Merchandise trade over time
- IDA total
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 87.0% against 40.1% in IDA total, a difference of 46.9%.
That makes Liberia's figure about 2.2 times IDA total's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Liberia ahead.
IDA total ranks 42nd and Liberia ranks 37th of 47 groups.
Liberia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | IDA total | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29.6% | 99.3% | 69.6% | Liberia |
| 1970s | 34.0% | 128.4% | 94.4% | Liberia |
| 1980s | 30.7% | 98.8% | 68.1% | Liberia |
| 1990s | 33.0% | 467.3% | 434.4% | Liberia |
| 2000s | 40.8% | 53.2% | 12.4% | Liberia |
| 2010s | 37.7% | 53.5% | 15.8% | Liberia |
| 2020s | 36.4% | 68.6% | 32.2% | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise trade, IDA total or Liberia?
- Liberia, at 87.0% against 40.1% in IDA total as of 2025.
- What is the difference in merchandise trade between IDA total and Liberia?
- 46.9%, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Liberia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do IDA total and Liberia rank globally for merchandise trade?
- IDA total ranks 42nd and Liberia ranks 37th of 47 groups.
- 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.