Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Mauritius

Trade balance in Mauritius in 2025 — -1,594,757,324 US$. Ranked 83 in the world out of 138. Since 1976, the indicator has fallen by 3,188.7%.

2025 -1.59B US$ +4.66% vs 2024
World rank 83of 138
Period maximum 286M US$2001
Period minimum -1.76B US$2022

Trend over time

1976–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Mauritius, 1976–2025-2B-1B01B197619811986199119962001200620112016202120251976: -48,491,924 US$1977: -87,630,242 US$1978: -125,258,081 US$1979: -142,356,472 US$1980: -116,080,961 US$1981: -119,509,314 US$1982: -30,351,665 US$1983: -3,929,542 US$1984: -34,854,231 US$1985: -20,398,274 US$1986: 97,427,976 US$1987: 38,669,949 US$1988: -105,895,901 US$1989: -159,871,295 US$1990: -191,005,235 US$1991: -106,949,084 US$1992: -104,541,429 US$1993: -197,075,877 US$1994: -310,906,787 US$1995: -97,950,590 US$1996: -30,365,387 US$1997: -204,395,083 US$1998: -34,677,287 US$1999: -134,043,744 US$2000: -5,790,574 US$2001: 285,829,457 US$2002: 164,331,487 US$2003: 110,280,908 US$2004: -119,897,375 US$2005: -337,229,503 US$2006: -718,271,473 US$2007: -749,130,028 US$2008: -1,339,022,842 US$2009: -841,744,942 US$2010: -1,110,400,073 US$2011: -1,471,646,122 US$2012: -1,405,725,104 US$2013: -1,004,776,401 US$2014: -723,247,241 US$2015: -487,039,567 US$2016: -537,731,780 US$2017: -872,122,159 US$2018: -957,877,552 US$2019: -1,061,637,052 US$2020: -1,203,244,990 US$2021: -1,587,373,810 US$2022: -1,760,029,785 US$2023: -1,300,145,967 US$2024: -1,672,768,365 US$2025: -1,594,757,324 US$
Change over the period: −1.55B (−3,188.71%)

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritius -1.59B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -29.17B US$
Eastern Africa computed -43.36B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 855B US$
Trade balance — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -1.59B +78.01M +4.66%
2024 -1.67B −373M −28.66%
2023 -1.3B +460M +26.13%
2022 -1.76B −173M −10.88%
2021 -1.59B −384M −31.92%
2020 -1.2B −142M −13.34%
2019 -1.06B −104M −10.83%
2018 -958M −85.76M −9.83%
2017 -872M −334M −62.19%
2016 -538M −50.69M −10.41%
2015 -487M +236M +32.66%
2014 -723M +282M +28.02%
2013 -1B +401M +28.52%
2012 -1.41B +65.92M +4.48%
2011 -1.47B −361M −32.53%
2010 -1.11B −269M −31.92%
2009 -842M +497M +37.14%
2008 -1.34B −590M −78.74%
2007 -749M −30.86M −4.3%
2006 -718M −381M −112.99%
2005 -337M −217M −181.27%
2004 -120M −230M −208.72%
2003 110M −54.05M −32.89%
2002 164M −121M −42.51%
2001 286M +292M +5,036.12%
2000 -5.79M +128M +95.68%
1999 -134M −99.37M −286.55%
1998 -34.68M +170M +83.03%
1997 -204M −174M −573.12%
1996 -30.37M +67.59M +69%
1995 -97.95M +213M +68.5%
1994 -311M −114M −57.76%
1993 -197M −92.53M −88.51%
1992 -105M +2.41M +2.25%
1991 -107M +84.06M +44.01%
1990 -191M −31.13M −19.47%
1989 -160M −53.98M −50.97%
1988 -106M −145M −373.85%
1987 38.67M −58.76M −60.31%
1986 97.43M +118M +577.63%
1985 -20.4M +14.46M +41.48%
1984 -34.85M −30.92M −786.98%
1983 -3.93M +26.42M +87.05%
1982 -30.35M +89.16M +74.6%
1981 -120M −3.43M −2.95%
1980 -116M +26.28M +18.46%
1979 -142M −17.1M −13.65%
1978 -125M −37.63M −42.94%
1977 -87.63M −39.14M −80.71%
1976 -48.49M

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.