Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Mozambique

Trade balance in Mozambique in 2025 — -3,203,460,812 US$. Ranked 98 in the world out of 138. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 148.2%.

2025 -3.2B US$ −41% vs 2024
World rank 98of 138
Period maximum -731M US$2001
Period minimum -9.18B US$2013

Trend over time

1991–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Mozambique, 1991–2025-10B-7.5B-5B-2.5B019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: -1,290,681,702 US$1992: -1,148,422,287 US$1993: -1,117,485,120 US$1994: -1,115,684,279 US$1995: -1,256,731,229 US$1996: -1,101,167,828 US$1997: -1,064,432,482 US$1998: -1,062,047,526 US$1999: -1,744,750,512 US$2000: -1,503,399,666 US$2001: -730,889,523 US$2002: -1,807,205,199 US$2003: -1,615,903,761 US$2004: -1,532,110,451 US$2005: -1,443,236,855 US$2006: -1,071,809,246 US$2007: -1,024,785,745 US$2008: -1,329,359,072 US$2009: -1,463,294,793 US$2010: -1,723,297,417 US$2011: -3,164,841,875 US$2012: -7,659,795,956 US$2013: -9,183,386,130 US$2014: -9,129,134,398 US$2015: -5,448,912,599 US$2016: -4,783,023,348 US$2017: -3,138,243,402 US$2018: -5,037,631,004 US$2019: -4,856,588,578 US$2020: -4,886,507,145 US$2021: -5,073,207,178 US$2022: -6,727,387,884 US$2023: -3,102,606,758 US$2024: -2,271,993,216 US$2025: -3,203,460,812 US$
Change over the period: −1.91B (−148.2%)

Comparison, 2025

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

Mozambique -3.2B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -29.17B US$
Eastern Africa computed -43.36B US$
Low-income countries computed -37.41B US$
Trade balance — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -3.2B −931M −41%
2024 -2.27B +831M +26.77%
2023 -3.1B +3.62B +53.88%
2022 -6.73B −1.65B −32.61%
2021 -5.07B −187M −3.82%
2020 -4.89B −29.92M −0.62%
2019 -4.86B +181M +3.59%
2018 -5.04B −1.9B −60.52%
2017 -3.14B +1.64B +34.39%
2016 -4.78B +666M +12.22%
2015 -5.45B +3.68B +40.31%
2014 -9.13B +54.25M +0.59%
2013 -9.18B −1.52B −19.89%
2012 -7.66B −4.49B −142.03%
2011 -3.16B −1.44B −83.65%
2010 -1.72B −260M −17.77%
2009 -1.46B −134M −10.08%
2008 -1.33B −305M −29.72%
2007 -1.02B +47.02M +4.39%
2006 -1.07B +371M +25.74%
2005 -1.44B +88.87M +5.8%
2004 -1.53B +83.79M +5.19%
2003 -1.62B +191M +10.59%
2002 -1.81B −1.08B −147.26%
2001 -731M +773M +51.38%
2000 -1.5B +241M +13.83%
1999 -1.74B −683M −64.28%
1998 -1.06B +2.38M +0.22%
1997 -1.06B +36.74M +3.34%
1996 -1.1B +156M +12.38%
1995 -1.26B −141M −12.64%
1994 -1.12B +1.8M +0.16%
1993 -1.12B +30.94M +2.69%
1992 -1.15B +142M +11.02%
1991 -1.29B

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.