Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — India

Trade balance in India in 2025 — -68,919,379,155 US$. Ranked 138 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 7,751.4%.

2025 -68.92B US$ −2.45% vs 2024
World rank 138of 138
Period maximum 587M US$1976
Period minimum -123B US$2012

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — India, 1960–2025-150B-100B-50B050B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -877,800,878 US$1962: -785,400,785 US$1964: -1,106,701,107 US$1966: -1,152,811,397 US$1968: -480,000,000 US$1970: -60,000,000 US$1972: 227,671,476 US$1974: -1,183,618,321 US$1976: 587,355,938 US$1978: -375,331,507 US$1980: -5,786,386,673 US$1982: -4,334,108,792 US$1984: -3,060,529,243 US$1986: -4,548,547,296 US$1988: -4,211,604,784 US$1990: -4,492,297,406 US$1992: -2,153,620,947 US$1994: -988,286,716 US$1996: -4,554,261,385 US$1998: -7,005,099,303 US$2000: -4,245,772,554 US$2002: -5,045,863,334 US$2004: -12,662,376,777 US$2006: -29,981,104,764 US$2008: -62,024,910,978 US$2010: -74,620,856,173 US$2012: -122,906,076,681 US$2014: -60,893,612,908 US$2016: -40,526,477,692 US$2018: -101,665,620,603 US$2020: -10,516,218,300 US$2022: -85,070,227,555 US$2024: -67,270,704,658 US$2025: -68,919,379,155 US$
Change over the period: −68.04B (−7,751.37%)

Comparison, 2025

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

India -68.92B US$
South Asia computed -140B US$
Southern Asia computed -172B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed -386B US$
Trade balance — India, by year India All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -68.92B −1.65B −2.45%
2024 -67.27B −10.79B −19.1%
2023 -56.48B +28.59B +33.61%
2022 -85.07B −1.94B −2.33%
2021 -83.13B −72.62B −690.53%
2020 -10.52B +62.55B +85.61%
2019 -73.07B +28.6B +28.13%
2018 -102B −17.91B −21.38%
2017 -83.76B −43.23B −106.68%
2016 -40.53B +7.78B +16.11%
2015 -48.31B +12.58B +20.67%
2014 -60.89B −5.52B −9.97%
2013 -55.38B +67.53B +54.95%
2012 -123B −3.62B −3.04%
2011 -119B −44.66B −59.85%
2010 -74.62B −1.2B −1.63%
2009 -73.43B −11.4B −18.38%
2008 -62.02B −12.3B −24.73%
2007 -49.73B −19.75B −65.86%
2006 -29.98B −7.08B −30.93%
2005 -22.9B −10.24B −80.84%
2004 -12.66B −8.43B −199.11%
2003 -4.23B +813M +16.1%
2002 -5.05B −791M −18.59%
2001 -4.25B −9.09M −0.21%
2000 -4.25B +4.52B +51.59%
1999 -8.77B −1.77B −25.2%
1998 -7.01B −1.86B −36.07%
1997 -5.15B −594M −13.04%
1996 -4.55B −305M −7.17%
1995 -4.25B −3.26B −329.99%
1994 -988M −1.04B −2,194.39%
1993 47.19M +2.2B +102.19%
1992 -2.15B −2.16B −105,707.54%
1991 2.04M +4.49B +100.05%
1990 -4.49B −1.13B −33.59%
1989 -3.36B +849M +20.16%
1988 -4.21B −373M −9.72%
1987 -3.84B +710M +15.61%
1986 -4.55B +1.01B +18.18%
1985 -5.56B −2.5B −81.64%
1984 -3.06B +1.34B +30.42%
1983 -4.4B −64.6M −1.49%
1982 -4.33B +765M +15%
1981 -5.1B +687M +11.88%
1980 -5.79B −3.61B −166.43%
1979 -2.17B −1.8B −478.64%
1978 -375M −519M −361.28%
1977 144M −444M −75.54%
1976 587M +1.57B +159.65%
1975 -985M +199M +16.81%
1974 -1.18B −744M −168.97%
1973 -440M −668M −293.28%
1972 228M +453M +200.85%
1971 -226M −166M −276.27%
1970 -60M +125M +67.63%
1969 -185M +295M +61.39%
1968 -480M +479M +49.93%
1967 -959M +194M +16.84%
1966 -1.15B −18.81M −1.66%
1965 -1.13B −27.3M −2.47%
1964 -1.11B −319M −40.53%
1963 -788M −2.1M −0.27%
1962 -785M −137M −21.04%
1961 -649M +229M +26.08%
1960 -878M

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.