Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Cayman Islands

Trade balance in the Cayman Islands in 2020 — 780,123,120 US$. Ranked 57 in the world out of 184. Since 2017, the indicator has fallen by 50.7%.

2020 780M US$ −45.53% vs 2019
World rank 57of 184
Period maximum 1.58B US$2017
Period minimum 780M US$2020

Trend over time

2017–2020 · US$

Trade balance — Cayman Islands, 2017–2020750M1B1.25B1.5B1.75B20172018201920202017: 1,581,246,325 US$2018: 1,441,085,764 US$2019: 1,432,205,729 US$2020: 780,123,120 US$
Change over the period: −801M (−50.66%) Average annual rate: -20.98 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Cayman Islands 780M US$
World computed 505B US$
High-income countries computed 367B US$
Trade balance — Cayman Islands, by year Cayman Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2020 780M −652M −45.53%
2019 1.43B −8.88M −0.62%
2018 1.44B −140M −8.86%
2017 1.58B

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.