Trade balance in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — -386,291,842,039 US$. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 816.8%.
1981–2025 · US$
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -386B | −35.73B | −10.19% |
| 2024 | -351B | −55.82B | −18.94% |
| 2023 | -295B | +77.66B | +20.85% |
| 2022 | -372B | −65.06B | −21.17% |
| 2021 | -307B | −118B | −62.26% |
| 2020 | -189B | +97.88B | +34.07% |
| 2019 | -287B | +25.3B | +8.09% |
| 2018 | -313B | −32.91B | −11.77% |
| 2017 | -280B | −55.85B | −24.95% |
| 2016 | -224B | +15.17B | +6.35% |
| 2015 | -239B | −25.75B | −12.07% |
| 2014 | -213B | −24.26B | −12.84% |
| 2013 | -189B | +62.45B | +24.84% |
| 2012 | -251B | −77.87B | −44.87% |
| 2011 | -174B | −29.96B | −20.86% |
| 2010 | -144B | +32.57B | +18.49% |
| 2009 | -176B | −14.39B | −8.89% |
| 2008 | -162B | −58.89B | −57.24% |
| 2007 | -103B | −48.57B | −89.42% |
| 2006 | -54.32B | −4.22B | −8.42% |
| 2005 | -50.1B | +202M | +0.4% |
| 2004 | -50.3B | −10.86B | −27.52% |
| 2003 | -39.45B | −7.12B | −22.03% |
| 2002 | -32.33B | +8B | +19.83% |
| 2001 | -40.32B | −7.51B | −22.87% |
| 2000 | -32.82B | +2.59B | +7.33% |
| 1999 | -35.41B | +14.2B | +28.63% |
| 1998 | -49.61B | −5.63B | −12.79% |
| 1997 | -43.99B | −7.48B | −20.48% |
| 1996 | -36.51B | −5.84B | −19.05% |
| 1995 | -30.67B | −11.42B | −59.3% |
| 1994 | -19.25B | +4.32B | +18.32% |
| 1993 | -23.57B | +15.43B | +39.56% |
| 1992 | -39B | +926M | +2.32% |
| 1991 | -39.92B | +2.25B | +5.34% |
| 1990 | -42.18B | −7.71B | −22.36% |
| 1989 | -34.47B | −1.51B | −4.58% |
| 1988 | -32.96B | −11.03B | −50.31% |
| 1987 | -21.93B | +13.53B | +38.16% |
| 1986 | -35.46B | −4.46B | −14.4% |
| 1985 | -31B | −2.69B | −9.5% |
| 1984 | -28.31B | +9.56B | +25.24% |
| 1983 | -37.87B | — | — |
| 1981 | -42.13B | — | — |
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.
The value of goods shipped out and of services provided to non-residents, in US dollars.
Trade Imports of goods and servicesThe value of goods brought in and of services received from non-residents.
Finance Current account balance in US dollarsHow much more a country receives from abroad than it pays out there. A minus means it pays more.
Trade Trade opennessExports plus imports as a percent of GDP — total foreign trade turnover.