Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Bangladesh

Trade balance in Bangladesh in 2025 — -26,094,007,785 US$. Ranked 131 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 88,637.5%.

2025 -26.09B US$ +1% vs 2024
World rank 131of 138
Period maximum 29.47M US$1960
Period minimum -36.88B US$2022

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Bangladesh, 1960–2025-40B-30B-20B-10B010B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 29,472,271 US$1962: -3,117,229 US$1964: -220,475,083 US$1966: -152,462,271 US$1968: -245,129,813 US$1970: -377,188,146 US$1972: -506,696,083 US$1974: -831,762,076 US$1976: -1,304,107,178 US$1978: -1,317,974,808 US$1980: -2,247,061,873 US$1982: -1,937,075,848 US$1984: -1,895,720,000 US$1986: -1,448,600,000 US$1988: -1,813,076,865 US$1990: -2,259,239,984 US$1992: -1,509,549,072 US$1994: -1,642,094,763 US$1996: -3,094,229,829 US$1998: -2,182,026,432 US$2000: -2,472,788,710 US$2002: -2,269,650,009 US$2004: -2,972,345,847 US$2006: -3,880,557,603 US$2008: -6,692,430,506 US$2010: -6,633,666,170 US$2012: -10,381,901,109 US$2014: -11,297,725,501 US$2016: -9,260,953,611 US$2018: -23,025,820,647 US$2020: -20,142,051,278 US$2022: -36,881,921,801 US$2024: -26,357,644,240 US$2025: -26,094,007,785 US$
Change over the period: −26.12B (−88,637.49%)

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bangladesh

Bangladesh -26.09B US$
South Asia computed -140B US$
Southern Asia computed -172B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed -386B US$
Trade balance — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -26.09B +264M +1%
2024 -26.36B −5.94B −29.07%
2023 -20.42B +16.46B +44.63%
2022 -36.88B −10.25B −38.47%
2021 -26.63B −6.49B −32.24%
2020 -20.14B −1.22B −6.42%
2019 -18.93B +4.1B +17.8%
2018 -23.03B −10.22B −79.78%
2017 -12.81B −3.55B −38.29%
2016 -9.26B +5.2B +35.98%
2015 -14.47B −3.17B −28.04%
2014 -11.3B −467M −4.31%
2013 -10.83B −449M −4.32%
2012 -10.38B −638M −6.54%
2011 -9.74B −3.11B −46.89%
2010 -6.63B −267M −4.2%
2009 -6.37B +326M +4.87%
2008 -6.69B −1.95B −41.24%
2007 -4.74B −858M −22.1%
2006 -3.88B +17.92M +0.46%
2005 -3.9B −926M −31.16%
2004 -2.97B −87.37M −3.03%
2003 -2.88B −615M −27.11%
2002 -2.27B +605M +21.06%
2001 -2.87B −402M −16.26%
2000 -2.47B +24.42M +0.98%
1999 -2.5B −315M −14.44%
1998 -2.18B +368M +14.42%
1997 -2.55B +545M +17.6%
1996 -3.09B −636M −25.85%
1995 -2.46B −816M −49.72%
1994 -1.64B +45.1M +2.67%
1993 -1.69B −178M −11.77%
1992 -1.51B +213M +12.37%
1991 -1.72B +537M +23.75%
1990 -2.26B −174M −8.35%
1989 -2.09B −272M −15.01%
1988 -1.81B −183M −11.24%
1987 -1.63B −181M −12.51%
1986 -1.45B +212M +12.76%
1985 -1.66B +235M +12.41%
1984 -1.9B −292M −18.18%
1983 -1.6B +333M +17.19%
1982 -1.94B −118M −6.46%
1981 -1.82B +428M +19.03%
1980 -2.25B −739M −49%
1979 -1.51B −190M −14.42%
1978 -1.32B −803M −155.7%
1977 -515M +789M +60.48%
1976 -1.3B −292M −28.82%
1975 -1.01B −181M −21.71%
1974 -832M −402M −93.49%
1973 -430M +76.82M +15.16%
1972 -507M −118M −30.51%
1971 -388M −11.05M −2.93%
1970 -377M −79.06M −26.52%
1969 -298M −52.99M −21.62%
1968 -245M −6.52M −2.73%
1967 -239M −86.15M −56.51%
1966 -152M +66.31M +30.31%
1965 -219M +1.7M +0.77%
1964 -220M −131M −147.77%
1963 -88.98M −85.87M −2,754.57%
1962 -3.12M +41.09M +92.95%
1961 -44.21M −73.68M −250%
1960 29.47M

Southern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The balance of foreign trade in goods and services: exports minus imports. This is the largest part of the current account but not the whole of it — investment income and remittances do not enter the trade balance, and for countries with large transfers the two indicators move in opposite directions. A surplus is not in itself a sign of a healthy economy: a country importing equipment for construction will run a deficit precisely because it is investing in growth.

Important: Goods and services together. For countries with large service exports — tourism, transport, software — the merchandise balance can be negative while the overall balance is positive.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.