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Trade balance — Ecuador

Trade balance in Ecuador in 2025 — 4,587,782,900 US$. Ranked 40 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 27,251.3%.

2025 4.59B US$ +4.32% vs 2024
World rank 40of 138
Period maximum 4.59B US$2025
Period minimum -2.25B US$2015

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Ecuador, 1960–2025-4B-2B02B4B6B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -16,897,128 US$1962: -8,394,021 US$1964: -27,926,250 US$1966: -15,272,315 US$1968: -74,264,573 US$1970: -102,156,933 US$1972: -100,108,952 US$1974: 257,353,272 US$1976: -176,622,602 US$1978: -456,853,833 US$1980: -130,348,437 US$1982: -617,817,935 US$1984: 286,589,276 US$1986: -283,586,838 US$1988: -606,990,749 US$1990: 142,309,166 US$1992: 626,230,115 US$1994: -730,790,395 US$1996: 83,465,733 US$1998: -2,129,759,880 US$2000: 1,700,945,473 US$2002: -911,134,000 US$2004: 747,833,000 US$2006: 2,540,870,000 US$2008: 3,645,320,000 US$2010: -549,296,000 US$2012: 2,333,658,000 US$2014: 1,318,585,000 US$2016: 531,421,000 US$2018: -990,534,000 US$2020: 2,471,233,000 US$2022: -35,190,000 US$2024: 4,397,598,000 US$2025: 4,587,782,900 US$
Change over the period: +4.6B (+27,251.26%)

Comparison, 2025

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

Ecuador 4.59B US$
South America computed 42.48B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 855B US$
Trade balance — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 4.59B +190M +4.32%
2024 4.4B +4.23B +2,569.47%
2023 165M +200M +568.14%
2022 -35.19M −968M −103.77%
2021 933M −1.54B −62.24%
2020 2.47B +2.46B +15,828.02%
2019 15.52M +1.01B +101.57%
2018 -991M −315M −46.65%
2017 -675M −1.21B −227.1%
2016 531M +2.79B +123.57%
2015 -2.25B −3.57B −270.97%
2014 1.32B +46.53M +3.66%
2013 1.27B −1.06B −45.49%
2012 2.33B +603M +34.84%
2011 1.73B +2.28B +415.07%
2010 -549M −1.31B −171.86%
2009 764M −2.88B −79.03%
2008 3.65B +597M +19.6%
2007 3.05B +507M +19.95%
2006 2.54B +1.21B +91.38%
2005 1.33B +580M +77.53%
2004 748M +337M +82.13%
2003 411M +1.32B +145.06%
2002 -911M −700M −330.93%
2001 -211M −1.91B −112.43%
2000 1.7B +1B +143.63%
1999 698M +2.83B +132.78%
1998 -2.13B −1.58B −288.35%
1997 -548M −632M −757.05%
1996 83.47M +899M +110.24%
1995 -815M −84.65M −11.58%
1994 -731M −144M −24.49%
1993 -587M −1.21B −193.74%
1992 626M +261M +71.25%
1991 366M +223M +156.96%
1990 142M +774M +122.53%
1989 -632M −24.61M −4.05%
1988 -607M +369M +37.81%
1987 -976M −692M −244.15%
1986 -284M −909M −145.36%
1985 625M +339M +118.14%
1984 287M +245M +586.98%
1983 41.72M +660M +106.75%
1982 -618M −470M −316.82%
1981 -148M −17.87M −13.71%
1980 -130M −93.01M −249.08%
1979 -37.34M +420M +91.83%
1978 -457M −254M −125.61%
1977 -202M −25.87M −14.65%
1976 -177M +75.68M +30%
1975 -252M −510M −198.04%
1974 257M +210M +442.73%
1973 47.42M +148M +147.37%
1972 -100M +68.17M +40.51%
1971 -168M −66.12M −64.72%
1970 -102M +9.86M +8.8%
1969 -112M −37.76M −50.84%
1968 -74.26M −25.12M −51.12%
1967 -49.14M −33.87M −221.77%
1966 -15.27M +16.02M +51.19%
1965 -31.29M −3.36M −12.05%
1964 -27.93M −14.72M −111.53%
1963 -13.2M −4.81M −57.28%
1962 -8.39M +12.55M +59.92%
1961 -20.94M −4.05M −23.95%
1960 -16.9M

South America, 2025

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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.