Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Rwanda

Trade balance in Rwanda in 2025 — -2,220,697,592 US$. Ranked 89 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 1,076,013.6%.

2025 -2.22B US$ +1% vs 2024
World rank 89of 138
Period maximum 206,401 US$1960
Period minimum -2.89B US$2023

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Rwanda, 1960–2025-3B-2B-1B01B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 206,401 US$1962: -7,628,495 US$1964: -4,213,956 US$1966: -15,768,881 US$1968: -16,171,710 US$1970: -14,988,251 US$1972: -27,491,651 US$1974: -41,280,127 US$1976: -55,770,304 US$1978: -124,550,207 US$1980: -215,023,166 US$1982: -243,493,366 US$1984: -173,898,152 US$1986: -225,192,562 US$1988: -344,047,837 US$1990: -284,713,741 US$1992: -327,954,558 US$1994: -530,681,448 US$1996: -346,796,512 US$1998: -437,459,662 US$2000: -430,355,717 US$2002: -377,495,209 US$2004: -411,862,671 US$2006: -373,384,365 US$2008: -779,008,892 US$2010: -970,622,548 US$2012: -1,264,864,308 US$2014: -1,330,524,198 US$2016: -1,620,828,877 US$2018: -454,699,558 US$2020: -735,624,874 US$2022: -2,386,643,900 US$2024: -2,243,138,772 US$2025: -2,220,697,592 US$
Change over the period: −2.22B (−1,076,013.57%)

Comparison, 2025

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

Rwanda -2.22B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -29.17B US$
Eastern Africa computed -43.36B US$
Low-income countries computed -37.41B US$
Trade balance — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -2.22B +22.44M +1%
2024 -2.24B +643M +22.27%
2023 -2.89B −499M −20.92%
2022 -2.39B +2.26M +0.09%
2021 -2.39B −1.65B −224.74%
2020 -736M −227M −44.73%
2019 -508M −53.57M −11.78%
2018 -455M +713M +61.06%
2017 -1.17B +453M +27.96%
2016 -1.62B −19.13M −1.19%
2015 -1.6B −271M −20.38%
2014 -1.33B −103M −8.36%
2013 -1.23B +36.97M +2.92%
2012 -1.26B −272M −27.4%
2011 -993M −22.2M −2.29%
2010 -971M −60.86M −6.69%
2009 -910M −131M −16.78%
2008 -779M −430M −123.08%
2007 -349M +24.18M +6.48%
2006 -373M +145M +27.95%
2005 -518M −106M −25.83%
2004 -412M −24.73M −6.39%
2003 -387M −9.64M −2.55%
2002 -377M −11.53M −3.15%
2001 -366M +64.39M +14.96%
2000 -430M +14.77M +3.32%
1999 -445M −7.66M −1.75%
1998 -437M −16.28M −3.87%
1997 -421M −74.38M −21.45%
1996 -347M −16.97M −5.15%
1995 -330M +201M +37.85%
1994 -531M −152M −40.25%
1993 -378M −50.42M −15.38%
1992 -328M −56.14M −20.66%
1991 -272M +12.9M +4.53%
1990 -285M +62.98M +18.11%
1989 -348M −3.65M −1.06%
1988 -344M −12.41M −3.74%
1987 -332M −106M −47.27%
1986 -225M −1.9M −0.85%
1985 -223M −49.39M −28.4%
1984 -174M +22.43M +11.42%
1983 -196M +47.17M +19.37%
1982 -243M −16.24M −7.15%
1981 -227M −12.23M −5.69%
1980 -215M −144M −201.7%
1979 -71.27M +53.28M +42.78%
1978 -125M −72.31M −138.4%
1977 -52.25M +3.53M +6.32%
1976 -55.77M +12.83M +18.7%
1975 -68.6M −27.32M −66.18%
1974 -41.28M −27.88M −208.05%
1973 -13.4M +14.09M +51.26%
1972 -27.49M −5.19M −23.25%
1971 -22.31M −7.32M −48.82%
1970 -14.99M +2.93M +16.36%
1969 -17.92M −1.75M −10.82%
1968 -16.17M −3.42M −26.81%
1967 -12.75M +3.02M +19.13%
1966 -15.77M −3.49M −28.44%
1965 -12.28M −8.06M −191.35%
1964 -4.21M +7.54M +64.14%
1963 -11.75M −4.12M −54.05%
1962 -7.63M −7.06M −1,235.96%
1961 -571,012 −777,413 −376.65%
1960 206,401

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.