Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Northern America

Trade balance in Northern America in 2024 — -899,853,986,387 US$. Since 2010, the indicator has fallen by 60.5%.

2024 -900B US$ −15.11% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum -506B US$2013
Period minimum -925B US$2022

Trend over time

2010–2024 · US$

Trade balance — Northern America, 2010–2024-1T-800B-600B-400B201020122014201620182020202220242010: -560,815,641,514 US$2011: -598,276,418,976 US$2012: -584,426,350,169 US$2013: -505,649,902,822 US$2014: -523,596,076,124 US$2015: -560,914,452,198 US$2016: -537,522,581,646 US$2017: -577,721,870,206 US$2018: -624,869,400,589 US$2019: -600,929,981,017 US$2020: -653,505,072,914 US$2021: -845,476,018,689 US$2022: -925,258,366,581 US$2023: -781,709,075,436 US$2024: -899,853,986,387 US$
Change over the period: −339B (−60.45%)

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern America -900B US$
World computed 863B US$
Trade balance — Northern America, by year Northern America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 -900B −118B −15.11%
2023 -782B +144B +15.51%
2022 -925B −79.78B −9.44%
2021 -845B −192B −29.38%
2020 -654B −52.58B −8.75%
2019 -601B +23.94B +3.83%
2018 -625B −47.15B −8.16%
2017 -578B −40.2B −7.48%
2016 -538B +23.39B +4.17%
2015 -561B −37.32B −7.13%
2014 -524B −17.95B −3.55%
2013 -506B +78.78B +13.48%
2012 -584B +13.85B +2.31%
2011 -598B −37.46B −6.68%
2010 -561B

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.