Togo: Trade openness

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 Togo

Trade openness: exports plus imports as percent of GDP

 Latest value 59.93
 Year 2023
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1963 - 2023
 Average 66.94
 Min - Max 42.71 - 118.65
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2023 is 59.93 percent, a decline from 61.58 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 94.41 percent, based on data from 169 countries. Historically, the average for Togo from 1963 to 2023 is 66.94 percent. The minimum value, 42.71 percent, was reached in 1993 while the maximum of 118.65 percent was recorded in 1982. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Togo: Trade openness
 2023 59.93
 2022 61.58
 2021 56.38
 2020 55.07
 2019 56.34
 2018 57.57
 2017 58.21
 2016 66.45




Definition: Exports plus imports as percent of GDP.

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 Terms of trade 115.60 2024 percent
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 Financial openness -1.248 2022 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 24.58 2023 percent
 Exports, billion dollars 2.39 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Growth of exports 5.30 2023 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 35.35 2023 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 3.44 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 0.79 2024 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 0.08 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities -173.93 2020 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP -0.28 2020 percent
 Current account, in dollars -0.02 2020 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP -10.77 2023 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars -0.67 2020 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 8.69 2020 percent
 Remittances 650.39 2020 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions 3.69 2020 million USD
 External debt 37.17 2023 percent
 Short-term external debt 2.97 2023 percent
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