Merchandise trade in Sudan
Sudan: Merchandise trade was 15.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Merchandise trade in Sudan, 1960–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, merchandise trade in Sudan stood at 15.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.6% on the previous year and down 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in Sudan peaked at 50.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 1991.
Sudan ranks 202nd of 204 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in Sudan, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 32.4% | — |
| 1961 | 33.4% | +3.0% |
| 1962 | 35.4% | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 37.8% | +6.9% |
| 1964 | 33.9% | -10.3% |
| 1965 | 27.9% | -17.9% |
| 1966 | 28.6% | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 26.6% | -7.2% |
| 1968 | 29.3% | +10.2% |
| 1969 | 27.3% | -6.6% |
| 1970 | 27.9% | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 28.8% | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 27.3% | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 28.3% | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 25.1% | -11.4% |
| 1975 | 27.5% | +9.6% |
| 1976 | 25.5% | -7.1% |
| 1977 | 23.2% | -8.9% |
| 1978 | 21.1% | -9.3% |
| 1979 | 19.5% | -7.3% |
| 1980 | 23.7% | +21.2% |
| 1981 | 20.6% | -13.2% |
| 1982 | 20.4% | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 24.0% | +17.9% |
| 1984 | 17.0% | -29.3% |
| 1985 | 14.2% | -16.6% |
| 1986 | 12.8% | -9.6% |
| 1987 | 11.4% | -11.3% |
| 1988 | 10.9% | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 9.4% | -14.1% |
| 1990 | 3.0% | -68.5% |
| 1991 | 2.7% | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 16.2% | +499.2% |
| 1993 | 15.3% | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 13.5% | -11.8% |
| 1995 | 12.8% | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 24.0% | +87.3% |
| 1997 | 18.6% | -22.6% |
| 1998 | 22.3% | +19.9% |
| 1999 | 20.5% | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 27.4% | +33.4% |
| 2001 | 23.3% | -15.1% |
| 2002 | 24.2% | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 25.4% | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 29.5% | +16.0% |
| 2005 | 32.9% | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 30.3% | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 29.7% | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 32.4% | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 34.8% | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 36.4% | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 35.3% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 35.3% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 34.2% | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 27.4% | -19.9% |
| 2015 | 24.5% | -10.5% |
| 2016 | 26.8% | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 32.1% | +19.8% |
| 2018 | 35.0% | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 40.3% | +15.0% |
| 2020 | 50.5% | +25.3% |
| 2021 | 43.6% | -13.6% |
| 2022 | 29.9% | -31.4% |
| 2023 | 27.4% | -8.3% |
| 2024 | 16.2% | -41.0% |
| 2025 | 15.0% | -7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31.3% | 26.6% | 37.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 25.4% | 19.5% | 28.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.4% | 9.4% | 24.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.9% | 2.7% | 24.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 29.0% | 23.3% | 34.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.7% | 24.5% | 40.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.4% | 15.0% | 50.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
More private sector data for Sudan
- Food imports 29.9% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 56.0% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 6.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 50.6% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 1.1% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 2.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 54.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0465 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -10.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 120.01 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in Sudan?
- Merchandise trade in Sudan was 15.0% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 50.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 1991.
- How does Sudan rank for merchandise trade?
- Sudan ranks 202nd out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from World Trade Organization (WTO), published as part of Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.