Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Middle Africa

Trade balance in Middle Africa in 2025 — 19,835,584,197 US$. Since 1994, the indicator has risen by 1,607.2%.

2025 19.84B US$ −9.24% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 39.73B US$2011
Period minimum -5.5B US$2015

Trend over time

1994–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Middle Africa, 1994–2025-20B020B40B1994199820022006201020142018202220251994: 1,161,880,912 US$1995: 1,937,521,314 US$1996: 2,038,095,561 US$1997: 2,182,422,398 US$1998: -234,336,445 US$1999: 1,526,551,413 US$2000: 2,142,619,624 US$2001: 1,082,137,234 US$2002: 1,193,834,308 US$2003: 915,125,904 US$2004: 6,147,085,612 US$2005: 18,433,047,001 US$2006: 28,132,631,605 US$2007: 27,969,536,788 US$2008: 37,253,661,394 US$2009: 2,661,074,106 US$2010: 23,730,366,342 US$2011: 39,732,184,782 US$2012: 39,634,370,345 US$2013: 31,289,244,711 US$2014: 12,002,979,478 US$2015: -5,497,909,629 US$2016: -2,598,551,460 US$2017: 7,749,801,759 US$2018: 20,322,025,555 US$2019: 16,308,325,401 US$2020: 8,551,749,189 US$2021: 24,884,906,598 US$2022: 34,645,739,579 US$2023: 21,680,555,198 US$2024: 21,854,421,675 US$2025: 19,835,584,197 US$
Change over the period: +18.67B (+1,607.2%) Average annual rate: 9.58 %
Trade balance — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 19.84B −2.02B −9.24%
2024 21.85B +174M +0.8%
2023 21.68B −12.97B −37.42%
2022 34.65B +9.76B +39.22%
2021 24.88B +16.33B +190.99%
2020 8.55B −7.76B −47.56%
2019 16.31B −4.01B −19.75%
2018 20.32B +12.57B +162.23%
2017 7.75B +10.35B +398.24%
2016 -2.6B +2.9B +52.74%
2015 -5.5B −17.5B −145.8%
2014 12B −19.29B −61.64%
2013 31.29B −8.35B −21.06%
2012 39.63B −97.81M −0.25%
2011 39.73B +16B +67.43%
2010 23.73B +21.07B +791.76%
2009 2.66B −34.59B −92.86%
2008 37.25B +9.28B +33.19%
2007 27.97B −163M −0.58%
2006 28.13B +9.7B +52.62%
2005 18.43B +12.29B +199.87%
2004 6.15B +5.23B +571.72%
2003 915M −279M −23.35%
2002 1.19B +112M +10.32%
2001 1.08B −1.06B −49.49%
2000 2.14B +616M +40.36%
1999 1.53B +1.76B +751.44%
1998 -234M −2.42B −110.74%
1997 2.18B +144M +7.08%
1996 2.04B +101M +5.19%
1995 1.94B +776M +66.76%
1994 1.16B

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.