Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Nepal

Trade balance in Nepal in 2025 — -11,325,496,917 US$. Ranked 119 in the world out of 138. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 24,911.3%.

2025 -11.33B US$ −4.37% vs 2024
World rank 119of 138
Period maximum -656,254 US$1967
Period minimum -14.65B US$2022

Trend over time

1965–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Nepal, 1965–2025-15B-10B-5B0196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: -45,281,533 US$1967: -656,254 US$1969: -25,283,951 US$1971: -32,888,889 US$1973: -36,567,171 US$1975: -70,368,962 US$1977: -34,960,000 US$1979: -77,416,683 US$1981: -152,833,342 US$1983: -271,247,885 US$1985: -221,916,059 US$1987: -268,913,256 US$1989: -395,379,411 US$1991: -458,559,867 US$1993: -377,850,000 US$1995: -420,050,227 US$1997: -559,740,487 US$1999: -345,813,098 US$2001: -641,455,782 US$2003: -813,348,972 US$2005: -1,211,048,644 US$2007: -1,948,231,956 US$2009: -2,859,043,816 US$2011: -4,462,444,951 US$2013: -5,158,487,757 US$2015: -6,391,434,590 US$2017: -8,406,985,329 US$2019: -11,517,205,870 US$2021: -12,117,057,230 US$2023: -11,312,462,877 US$2025: -11,325,496,917 US$
Change over the period: −11.28B (−24,911.29%)

Comparison, 2025

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

Nepal -11.33B US$
South Asia computed -140B US$
Southern Asia computed -172B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed -386B US$
Trade balance — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -11.33B −474M −4.37%
2024 -10.85B +461M +4.08%
2023 -11.31B +3.34B +22.77%
2022 -14.65B −2.53B −20.89%
2021 -12.12B −2.99B −32.71%
2020 -9.13B +2.39B +20.73%
2019 -11.52B −651M −5.99%
2018 -10.87B −2.46B −29.25%
2017 -8.41B −2.09B −33.1%
2016 -6.32B +74.92M +1.17%
2015 -6.39B −542M −9.26%
2014 -5.85B −691M −13.4%
2013 -5.16B −726M −16.39%
2012 -4.43B +30.38M +0.68%
2011 -4.46B −171M −3.97%
2010 -4.29B −1.43B −50.12%
2009 -2.86B −289M −11.25%
2008 -2.57B −622M −31.91%
2007 -1.95B −332M −20.56%
2006 -1.62B −405M −33.44%
2005 -1.21B −281M −30.26%
2004 -930M −116M −14.31%
2003 -813M −162M −24.97%
2002 -651M −9.4M −1.47%
2001 -641M −139M −27.7%
2000 -502M −157M −45.26%
1999 -346M +192M +35.65%
1998 -537M +22.37M +4%
1997 -560M +20.04M +3.46%
1996 -580M −160M −38.03%
1995 -420M +86.03M +17%
1994 -506M −128M −33.94%
1993 -378M −45.35M −13.64%
1992 -333M +126M +27.49%
1991 -459M −54.66M −13.53%
1990 -404M −8.52M −2.15%
1989 -395M −14.09M −3.69%
1988 -381M −112M −41.79%
1987 -269M −22.59M −9.17%
1986 -246M −24.4M −11%
1985 -222M +5.14M +2.27%
1984 -227M +44.19M +16.29%
1983 -271M −98.4M −56.93%
1982 -173M −20.01M −13.09%
1981 -153M −12.92M −9.23%
1980 -140M −62.5M −80.73%
1979 -77.42M +1.2M +1.52%
1978 -78.61M −43.65M −124.87%
1977 -34.96M +14.49M +29.3%
1976 -49.45M +20.92M +29.73%
1975 -70.37M −8.27M −13.32%
1974 -62.1M −25.53M −69.81%
1973 -36.57M −13.46M −58.22%
1972 -23.11M +9.78M +29.73%
1971 -32.89M −3.46M −11.74%
1970 -29.43M −4.15M −16.41%
1969 -25.28M −20.22M −399.69%
1968 -5.06M −4.4M −671.03%
1967 -656,254 +27.56M +97.67%
1966 -28.22M +17.06M +37.68%
1965 -45.28M

Southern Asia, 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.