Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Melanesia

Trade balance in Melanesia in 2024 — -2,830,461,948 US$. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 615.8%.

2024 -2.83B US$ +6.77% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 207M US$1995
Period minimum -3.6B US$2008

Trend over time

1980–2024 · US$

Trade balance — Melanesia, 1980–2024-4B-3B-2B-1B01B19801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: -395,400,517 US$1981: -784,569,543 US$1982: -731,090,044 US$1983: -603,313,382 US$1984: -439,979,793 US$1985: -358,065,288 US$1986: -273,023,389 US$1987: -270,910,239 US$1988: -417,566,840 US$1989: -558,484,098 US$1990: -890,423,259 US$1991: -1,006,791,058 US$1992: -611,039,329 US$1993: 32,589,662 US$1994: 80,865,437 US$1995: 207,328,688 US$1996: 144,290,359 US$1997: -425,258,665 US$1998: -519,268,511 US$1999: -390,061,900 US$2000: -38,177,114 US$2001: -487,215,571 US$2002: -732,227,604 US$2003: -731,324,751 US$2004: -881,430,581 US$2005: -1,573,467,131 US$2006: -2,089,796,251 US$2007: -2,151,920,220 US$2008: -3,598,340,413 US$2009: -2,640,130,413 US$2010: -3,075,086,397 US$2011: -3,102,009,767 US$2012: -2,922,037,657 US$2013: -3,434,794,109 US$2014: -2,777,270,011 US$2015: -2,548,342,076 US$2016: -2,131,900,587 US$2017: -2,037,143,089 US$2018: -2,338,008,641 US$2019: -2,955,405,021 US$2020: -2,847,814,419 US$2021: -3,577,011,686 US$2022: -3,585,445,131 US$2023: -3,036,094,045 US$2024: -2,830,461,948 US$
Change over the period: −2.44B (−615.85%)

Comparison, 2024

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

Melanesia -2.83B US$
World computed 863B US$
Trade balance — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 -2.83B +206M +6.77%
2023 -3.04B +549M +15.32%
2022 -3.59B −8.43M −0.24%
2021 -3.58B −729M −25.61%
2020 -2.85B +108M +3.64%
2019 -2.96B −617M −26.41%
2018 -2.34B −301M −14.77%
2017 -2.04B +94.76M +4.44%
2016 -2.13B +416M +16.34%
2015 -2.55B +229M +8.24%
2014 -2.78B +658M +19.14%
2013 -3.43B −513M −17.55%
2012 -2.92B +180M +5.8%
2011 -3.1B −26.92M −0.88%
2010 -3.08B −435M −16.47%
2009 -2.64B +958M +26.63%
2008 -3.6B −1.45B −67.22%
2007 -2.15B −62.12M −2.97%
2006 -2.09B −516M −32.81%
2005 -1.57B −692M −78.51%
2004 -881M −150M −20.53%
2003 -731M +902,854 +0.12%
2002 -732M −245M −50.29%
2001 -487M −449M −1,176.2%
2000 -38.18M +352M +90.21%
1999 -390M +129M +24.88%
1998 -519M −94.01M −22.11%
1997 -425M −570M −394.72%
1996 144M −63.04M −30.41%
1995 207M +126M +156.39%
1994 80.87M +48.28M +148.13%
1993 32.59M +644M +105.33%
1992 -611M +396M +39.31%
1991 -1.01B −116M −13.07%
1990 -890M −332M −59.44%
1989 -558M −141M −33.75%
1988 -418M −147M −54.13%
1987 -271M +2.11M +0.77%
1986 -273M +85.04M +23.75%
1985 -358M +81.91M +18.62%
1984 -440M +163M +27.07%
1983 -603M +128M +17.48%
1982 -731M +53.48M +6.82%
1981 -785M −389M −98.42%
1980 -395M

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.