Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Republic of the Congo

Trade balance in the Republic of the Congo in 2025 — 713,612,435 US$. Ranked 54 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 931.4%.

2025 714M US$ −63.31% vs 2024
World rank 54of 138
Period maximum 4.66B US$2022
Period minimum -4.43B US$2015

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Republic of the Congo, 1960–2025-5B-2.5B02.5B5B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -85,828,369 US$1962: -54,056,320 US$1964: -33,975,284 US$1966: -46,809,155 US$1968: -67,457,196 US$1970: -63,313,319 US$1972: -96,418,041 US$1974: -36,559,241 US$1976: -197,530,414 US$1978: -152,446,252 US$1980: -1,893,226 US$1982: -286,056,638 US$1984: 351,064,561 US$1986: -255,843,169 US$1988: 4,364,639 US$1990: 916,179,730 US$1992: 711,115,493 US$1994: -277,829,404 US$1996: 216,181,946 US$1998: 71,226,195 US$2000: 1,184,146,232 US$2002: 836,748,699 US$2004: 1,382,720,450 US$2006: 2,367,404,930 US$2008: 1,595,721,826 US$2010: 1,708,164,514 US$2012: 3,312,045,849 US$2014: 370,868,418 US$2016: -4,167,324,672 US$2018: 3,521,797,595 US$2020: 1,391,319,443 US$2022: 4,660,164,796 US$2024: 1,944,745,262 US$2025: 713,612,435 US$
Change over the period: +799M (+931.44%)

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 714M US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -29.17B US$
Middle Africa computed 19.84B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed -386B US$
Trade balance — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 714M −1.23B −63.31%
2024 1.94B −749M −27.8%
2023 2.69B −1.97B −42.2%
2022 4.66B +1.68B +56.17%
2021 2.98B +1.59B +114.47%
2020 1.39B −1.52B −52.19%
2019 2.91B −612M −17.37%
2018 3.52B +3.37B +2,174.5%
2017 155M +4.32B +103.72%
2016 -4.17B +260M +5.88%
2015 -4.43B −4.8B −1,293.85%
2014 371M −1.94B −83.95%
2013 2.31B −1B −30.24%
2012 3.31B −231M −6.52%
2011 3.54B +1.83B +107.42%
2010 1.71B +2.35B +366.48%
2009 -641M −2.24B −140.17%
2008 1.6B +2.62B +256.41%
2007 -1.02B −3.39B −143.09%
2006 2.37B +342M +16.89%
2005 2.03B +643M +46.48%
2004 1.38B +1.22B +728.57%
2003 167M −670M −80.06%
2002 837M +163M +24.11%
2001 674M −510M −43.06%
2000 1.18B +874M +281.37%
1999 310M +239M +335.93%
1998 71.23M −287M −80.13%
1997 359M +142M +65.84%
1996 216M +193M +831.62%
1995 23.2M +301M +108.35%
1994 -278M −586M −190.03%
1993 309M −403M −56.6%
1992 711M +341M +92.11%
1991 370M −546M −59.6%
1990 916M +589M +179.95%
1989 327M +323M +7,398.08%
1988 4.36M −67.17M −93.9%
1987 71.54M +327M +127.96%
1986 -256M −273M −1,612.38%
1985 16.92M −334M −95.18%
1984 351M +221M +170.81%
1983 130M +416M +145.32%
1982 -286M +74.23M +20.6%
1981 -360M −358M −18,930.06%
1980 -1.89M +12.68M +87.01%
1979 -14.57M +138M +90.44%
1978 -152M −1.84M −1.22%
1977 -151M +46.93M +23.76%
1976 -198M +16.18M +7.57%
1975 -214M −177M −484.55%
1974 -36.56M +27.15M +42.62%
1973 -63.71M +32.71M +33.92%
1972 -96.42M −31.77M −49.15%
1971 -64.64M −1.33M −2.1%
1970 -63.31M +2.47M +3.75%
1969 -65.78M +1.68M +2.49%
1968 -67.46M −7.29M −12.13%
1967 -60.16M −13.35M −28.53%
1966 -46.81M −12.94M −38.21%
1965 -33.87M +106,156 +0.31%
1964 -33.98M +2.84M +7.71%
1963 -36.81M +17.24M +31.9%
1962 -54.06M +43.32M +44.49%
1961 -97.38M −11.55M −13.46%
1960 -85.83M

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.