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Trade balance — France

Trade balance in France in 2025 — -13,691,892,676 US$. Ranked 122 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 900.5%.

2025 -13.69B US$ −31.81% vs 2024
World rank 122of 138
Period maximum 50.11B US$1997
Period minimum -76.32B US$2022

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — France, 1960–2025-100B-50B050B100B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,710,489,823 US$1962: 1,154,587,274 US$1964: 442,835,372 US$1966: 1,011,891,447 US$1968: 612,901,162 US$1970: 1,297,980,394 US$1972: 2,245,383,615 US$1974: -2,215,630,115 US$1976: -2,147,364,108 US$1978: 7,241,133,721 US$1980: -8,643,123,254 US$1982: -13,723,325,681 US$1984: 2,161,975,531 US$1986: 2,015,437,068 US$1988: -3,842,638,476 US$1990: -7,657,631,611 US$1992: 12,888,475,836 US$1994: 24,247,400,756 US$1996: 34,112,706,757 US$1998: 46,166,110,740 US$2000: 23,545,285,267 US$2002: 34,756,831,657 US$2004: 27,985,189,929 US$2006: -314,778,625 US$2008: -22,878,042,543 US$2010: -24,731,111,845 US$2012: -25,424,169,112 US$2014: -20,476,182,589 US$2016: -8,555,918,301 US$2018: -26,878,288,452 US$2020: -45,662,030,726 US$2022: -76,323,175,109 US$2024: -10,387,713,597 US$2025: -13,691,892,676 US$
Change over the period: −15.4B (−900.47%)

Comparison, 2025

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

France -13.69B US$
Europe & Central Asia computed 864B US$
Western Europe computed 379B US$
Trade balance — France, by year France All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -13.69B −3.3B −31.81%
2024 -10.39B +41.99B +80.17%
2023 -52.37B +23.95B +31.38%
2022 -76.32B −40.36B −112.22%
2021 -35.96B +9.7B +21.24%
2020 -45.66B −27.97B −158.05%
2019 -17.69B +9.18B +34.17%
2018 -26.88B −6.89B −34.45%
2017 -19.99B −11.43B −133.65%
2016 -8.56B −5.68B −197.62%
2015 -2.87B +17.6B +85.96%
2014 -20.48B −2.55B −14.21%
2013 -17.93B +7.5B +29.48%
2012 -25.42B +18.43B +42.03%
2011 -43.86B −19.13B −77.34%
2010 -24.73B −12.93B −109.49%
2009 -11.81B +11.07B +48.4%
2008 -22.88B −11.31B −97.81%
2007 -11.57B −11.25B −3,574.29%
2006 -315M −11.37B −102.85%
2005 11.05B −16.93B −60.5%
2004 27.99B −2.75B −8.96%
2003 30.74B −4.02B −11.56%
2002 34.76B +7.79B +28.88%
2001 26.97B +3.42B +14.54%
2000 23.55B −17.25B −42.28%
1999 40.79B −5.38B −11.64%
1998 46.17B −3.94B −7.87%
1997 50.11B +16B +46.89%
1996 34.11B +3.04B +9.8%
1995 31.07B +6.82B +28.13%
1994 24.25B −818M −3.26%
1993 25.07B +12.18B +94.48%
1992 12.89B +14.46B +917.93%
1991 -1.58B +6.08B +79.42%
1990 -7.66B −3.42B −80.66%
1989 -4.24B −396M −10.31%
1988 -3.84B +3.2B +45.4%
1987 -7.04B −9.05B −449.23%
1986 2.02B +2.3B +804.27%
1985 -286M −2.45B −113.24%
1984 2.16B +2.79B +441.68%
1983 -633M +13.09B +95.39%
1982 -13.72B −6.14B −81.05%
1981 -7.58B +1.06B +12.3%
1980 -8.64B −13.46B −279.45%
1979 4.82B −2.42B −33.49%
1978 7.24B +6.37B +733.96%
1977 868M +3.02B +140.43%
1976 -2.15B −6.96B −144.62%
1975 4.81B +7.03B +317.21%
1974 -2.22B −4.74B −187.66%
1973 2.53B +282M +12.56%
1972 2.25B +85.92M +3.98%
1971 2.16B +861M +66.37%
1970 1.3B +1.44B +985.28%
1969 -147M −760M −123.92%
1968 613M −227M −27.06%
1967 840M −172M −16.96%
1966 1.01B −510M −33.51%
1965 1.52B +1.08B +243.65%
1964 443M −399M −47.38%
1963 842M −313M −27.11%
1962 1.15B −512M −30.72%
1961 1.67B −43.85M −2.56%
1960 1.71B

Western Europe, 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.