Liberia vs Middle income: Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) over time
- Liberia
- Middle income
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 87.0% against 41.5% in Middle income, a difference of 45.5%.
That makes Liberia's figure about 2.1 times Middle income's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Liberia ahead.
Liberia ranks 37th and Middle income ranks 35th of 204 countries.
Liberia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99.3% | 18.4% | 80.9% | Liberia |
| 1970s | 128.4% | 23.4% | 105.0% | Liberia |
| 1980s | 98.8% | 28.7% | 70.1% | Liberia |
| 1990s | 467.3% | 33.8% | 433.5% | Liberia |
| 2000s | 53.2% | 47.3% | 5.9% | Liberia |
| 2010s | 53.5% | 42.2% | 11.3% | Liberia |
| 2020s | 68.6% | 40.9% | 27.7% | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise trade, Liberia or Middle income?
- Liberia, at 87.0% against 41.5% in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in merchandise trade between Liberia and Middle income?
- 45.5%, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Liberia and Middle income rank globally for merchandise trade?
- Liberia ranks 37th and Middle income ranks 35th 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.
Individual pages
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.