Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Central America

Trade balance in Central America in 2025 — -44,524,720,632 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 8,700.9%.

2025 -44.52B US$ −3.16% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 13.62B US$1983
Period minimum -74.24B US$2022

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Central America, 1960–2025-75B-50B-25B025B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -505,912,189 US$1962: -283,581,512 US$1964: -533,896,977 US$1966: -528,224,274 US$1968: -761,739,385 US$1970: -863,373,307 US$1972: -437,367,370 US$1974: -2,715,793,322 US$1976: -1,965,209,085 US$1978: -1,715,481,731 US$1980: -6,012,945,797 US$1982: 7,826,168,981 US$1984: 12,514,335,659 US$1986: 4,612,596,173 US$1988: 745,526,628 US$1990: -4,818,729,193 US$1992: -22,374,690,961 US$1994: -24,874,991,240 US$1996: 4,235,722,714 US$1998: -13,873,892,420 US$2000: -16,556,672,806 US$2002: -19,384,136,230 US$2004: -24,718,492,881 US$2006: -27,777,244,963 US$2008: -49,330,978,814 US$2010: -28,414,994,717 US$2012: -33,912,253,694 US$2014: -36,376,331,625 US$2016: -38,248,504,873 US$2018: -45,917,675,143 US$2020: 7,112,245,751 US$2022: -74,241,059,284 US$2024: -43,160,699,805 US$2025: -44,524,720,632 US$
Change over the period: −44.02B (−8,700.88%)
Trade balance — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -44.52B −1.36B −3.16%
2024 -43.16B +9.87B +18.61%
2023 -53.03B +21.21B +28.57%
2022 -74.24B −23.83B −47.26%
2021 -50.41B −57.53B −808.85%
2020 7.11B +28.04B +133.99%
2019 -20.93B +24.99B +54.42%
2018 -45.92B −6.55B −16.63%
2017 -39.37B −1.12B −2.93%
2016 -38.25B +4.87B +11.3%
2015 -43.12B −6.75B −18.55%
2014 -36.38B −78.21M −0.22%
2013 -36.3B −2.39B −7.04%
2012 -33.91B −737M −2.22%
2011 -33.18B −4.76B −16.75%
2010 -28.41B −3.48B −13.98%
2009 -24.93B +24.4B +49.46%
2008 -49.33B −12.58B −34.24%
2007 -36.75B −8.97B −32.29%
2006 -27.78B −1.86B −7.17%
2005 -25.92B −1.2B −4.86%
2004 -24.72B −5.94B −31.66%
2003 -18.77B +610M +3.15%
2002 -19.38B +152M +0.78%
2001 -19.54B −2.98B −17.99%
2000 -16.56B −3.23B −24.2%
1999 -13.33B +543M +3.92%
1998 -13.87B −10.62B −326.34%
1997 -3.25B −7.49B −176.83%
1996 4.24B +910M +27.35%
1995 3.33B +28.2B +113.37%
1994 -24.87B −4.69B −23.23%
1993 -20.19B +2.19B +9.79%
1992 -22.37B −10.54B −89.03%
1991 -11.84B −7.02B −145.64%
1990 -4.82B −2.87B −147.6%
1989 -1.95B −2.69B −361.05%
1988 746M −6.5B −89.71%
1987 7.24B +2.63B +57.05%
1986 4.61B −3.75B −44.83%
1985 8.36B −4.15B −33.19%
1984 12.51B −1.11B −8.12%
1983 13.62B +5.79B +74.03%
1982 7.83B +16.21B +193.4%
1981 -8.38B −2.37B −39.35%
1980 -6.01B −3.27B −119.15%
1979 -2.74B −1.03B −59.94%
1978 -1.72B −1.23B −255.14%
1977 -483M +1.48B +75.42%
1976 -1.97B +1.3B +39.85%
1975 -3.27B −552M −20.31%
1974 -2.72B −1.81B −201.31%
1973 -901M −464M −106.08%
1972 -437M +235M +34.94%
1971 -672M +191M +22.14%
1970 -863M −185M −27.26%
1969 -678M +83.3M +10.93%
1968 -762M −10.8M −1.44%
1967 -751M −223M −42.16%
1966 -528M +23.23M +4.21%
1965 -551M −17.55M −3.29%
1964 -534M −157M −41.48%
1963 -377M −93.79M −33.07%
1962 -284M +90.59M +24.21%
1961 -374M +132M +26.04%
1960 -506M

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.