Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Northern Africa

Trade balance in Northern Africa in 2025 — -76,678,501,592 US$. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 42,991.1%.

2025 -76.68B US$ −84.4% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 54.43B US$2008
Period minimum -78.53B US$2016

Trend over time

1965–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Northern Africa, 1965–2025-100B-50B050B100B196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: -177,945,159 US$1967: -70,981,347 US$1969: -272,310,621 US$1971: -1,020,815,261 US$1973: -1,152,996,798 US$1975: -5,034,482,512 US$1977: -6,979,170,543 US$1979: -6,591,999,198 US$1981: -5,497,966,476 US$1983: -5,177,602,648 US$1985: -7,843,553,924 US$1987: -8,645,685,854 US$1989: -13,846,205,136 US$1991: -5,472,684,864 US$1993: -6,791,628,612 US$1995: -6,398,174,998 US$1997: -1,224,367,688 US$1999: -5,804,939,875 US$2001: 4,604,463,135 US$2003: 11,121,561,509 US$2005: 32,366,116,688 US$2007: 46,765,162,299 US$2009: -13,996,227,024 US$2011: -1,497,175,999 US$2013: -25,822,170,308 US$2015: -72,469,375,566 US$2017: -62,734,838,297 US$2019: -49,444,528,864 US$2021: -47,768,539,527 US$2023: -9,994,726,603 US$2025: -76,678,501,592 US$
Change over the period: −76.5B (−42,991.09%)
Trade balance — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -76.68B −35.1B −84.4%
2024 -41.58B −31.59B −316.05%
2023 -9.99B +7.95B +44.31%
2022 -17.95B +29.82B +62.43%
2021 -47.77B +12.23B +20.39%
2020 -60B −10.56B −21.35%
2019 -49.44B −4.46B −9.9%
2018 -44.99B +17.75B +28.29%
2017 -62.73B +15.79B +20.11%
2016 -78.53B −6.06B −8.36%
2015 -72.47B −13.99B −23.93%
2014 -58.48B −32.66B −126.46%
2013 -25.82B −32.11B −510.82%
2012 6.29B +7.78B +519.82%
2011 -1.5B −16.84B −109.76%
2010 15.35B +29.34B +209.65%
2009 -14B −68.42B −125.72%
2008 54.43B +7.66B +16.38%
2007 46.77B −3.15B −6.31%
2006 49.92B +17.55B +54.22%
2005 32.37B +13.35B +70.19%
2004 19.02B +7.9B +71%
2003 11.12B +9.21B +480.92%
2002 1.91B −2.69B −58.42%
2001 4.6B −4.74B −50.71%
2000 9.34B +15.15B +260.92%
1999 -5.8B +5.9B +50.4%
1998 -11.7B −10.48B −855.82%
1997 -1.22B +870M +41.54%
1996 -2.09B +4.3B +67.27%
1995 -6.4B +749M +10.48%
1994 -7.15B −356M −5.24%
1993 -6.79B −4.45B −190.64%
1992 -2.34B +3.14B +57.3%
1991 -5.47B +1.78B +24.58%
1990 -7.26B +6.59B +47.6%
1989 -13.85B −2.84B −25.85%
1988 -11B −2.36B −27.26%
1987 -8.65B +3.64B +29.66%
1986 -12.29B −4.45B −56.7%
1985 -7.84B +94.55M +1.19%
1984 -7.94B −2.76B −53.32%
1983 -5.18B +1.4B +21.34%
1982 -6.58B −1.08B −19.71%
1981 -5.5B −1.02B −22.83%
1980 -4.48B +2.12B +32.1%
1979 -6.59B +2.21B +25.15%
1978 -8.81B −1.83B −26.18%
1977 -6.98B −2.33B −49.97%
1976 -4.65B +381M +7.56%
1975 -5.03B −4.2B −504.88%
1974 -832M +321M +27.81%
1973 -1.15B −327M −39.54%
1972 -826M +195M +19.05%
1971 -1.02B −196M −23.74%
1970 -825M −553M −202.95%
1969 -272M +62.09M +18.57%
1968 -334M −263M −371.11%
1967 -70.98M +35.32M +33.23%
1966 -106M +71.64M +40.26%
1965 -178M

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.