Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — OECD

Trade balance in the OECD in 2025 — 1,012,564,190,299 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 44,429.2%.

2025 1.01T US$ +468.98% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1.01T US$2025
Period minimum -522B US$2022

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Trade balance — OECD, 1970–2025-1T-500B0500B1T1.5T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 2,273,934,089 US$1971: 4,756,798,926 US$1972: 3,274,883,255 US$1973: -4,127,873,906 US$1974: -45,419,122,640 US$1975: -11,416,637,318 US$1976: -33,344,659,944 US$1977: -38,158,267,272 US$1978: -10,750,068,104 US$1979: -73,107,796,348 US$1980: -110,382,989,154 US$1981: -64,494,994,668 US$1982: -43,972,764,819 US$1983: -31,303,656,673 US$1984: -50,866,994,665 US$1985: -51,226,662,665 US$1986: -29,421,823,282 US$1987: -59,274,289,799 US$1988: -57,458,498,152 US$1989: -92,760,285,193 US$1990: -95,402,319,282 US$1991: 1,227,598,344 US$1992: 32,608,193,846 US$1993: 102,261,566,790 US$1994: 100,917,664,149 US$1995: 156,565,865,723 US$1996: 109,935,612,007 US$1997: 144,871,059,239 US$1998: 97,062,680,701 US$1999: -39,855,087,127 US$2000: -197,967,019,356 US$2001: -176,745,745,004 US$2002: -157,898,700,391 US$2003: -217,042,998,531 US$2004: -235,159,715,430 US$2005: -416,771,451,620 US$2006: -497,068,070,384 US$2007: -389,531,198,326 US$2008: -500,556,052,415 US$2009: -41,797,411,801 US$2010: -166,323,826,443 US$2011: -289,989,600,252 US$2012: -161,999,847,994 US$2013: -3,587,322,430 US$2014: 35,071,537,219 US$2015: 99,207,696,641 US$2016: 167,228,899,624 US$2017: 159,118,462,460 US$2018: 89,670,231,817 US$2019: 64,417,446,061 US$2020: 76,893,696,112 US$2021: 61,509,438,965 US$2022: -521,729,442,451 US$2023: 13,754,386,066 US$2024: 177,961,500,853 US$2025: 1,012,564,190,299 US$
Change over the period: +1.01T (+44,429.18%) Average annual rate: 11.73 %
Trade balance — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 1.01T +835B +468.98%
2024 178B +164B +1,193.85%
2023 13.75B +535B +102.64%
2022 -522B −583B −948.21%
2021 61.51B −15.38B −20.01%
2020 76.89B +12.48B +19.37%
2019 64.42B −25.25B −28.16%
2018 89.67B −69.45B −43.65%
2017 159B −8.11B −4.85%
2016 167B +68.02B +68.56%
2015 99.21B +64.14B +182.87%
2014 35.07B +38.66B +1,077.65%
2013 -3.59B +158B +97.79%
2012 -162B +128B +44.14%
2011 -290B −124B −74.35%
2010 -166B −125B −297.93%
2009 -41.8B +459B +91.65%
2008 -501B −111B −28.5%
2007 -390B +108B +21.63%
2006 -497B −80.3B −19.27%
2005 -417B −182B −77.23%
2004 -235B −18.12B −8.35%
2003 -217B −59.14B −37.46%
2002 -158B +18.85B +10.66%
2001 -177B +21.22B +10.72%
2000 -198B −158B −396.72%
1999 -39.86B −137B −141.06%
1998 97.06B −47.81B −33%
1997 145B +34.94B +31.78%
1996 110B −46.63B −29.78%
1995 157B +55.65B +55.14%
1994 101B −1.34B −1.31%
1993 102B +69.65B +213.61%
1992 32.61B +31.38B +2,556.26%
1991 1.23B +96.63B +101.29%
1990 -95.4B −2.64B −2.85%
1989 -92.76B −35.3B −61.44%
1988 -57.46B +1.82B +3.06%
1987 -59.27B −29.85B −101.46%
1986 -29.42B +21.8B +42.57%
1985 -51.23B −360M −0.71%
1984 -50.87B −19.56B −62.5%
1983 -31.3B +12.67B +28.81%
1982 -43.97B +20.52B +31.82%
1981 -64.49B +45.89B +41.57%
1980 -110B −37.28B −50.99%
1979 -73.11B −62.36B −580.07%
1978 -10.75B +27.41B +71.83%
1977 -38.16B −4.81B −14.44%
1976 -33.34B −21.93B −192.07%
1975 -11.42B +34B +74.86%
1974 -45.42B −41.29B −1,000.3%
1973 -4.13B −7.4B −226.05%
1972 3.27B −1.48B −31.15%
1971 4.76B +2.48B +109.19%
1970 2.27B

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.