Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — South America

Trade balance in South America in 2025 — 42,482,452,857 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 5,681.5%.

2025 42.48B US$ −13.06% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 70.63B US$2006
Period minimum -69.71B US$2013

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — South America, 1960–2025-100B-50B050B100B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 734,794,420 US$1962: 26,935,682 US$1964: 1,001,256,276 US$1966: 1,262,910,974 US$1968: 517,965,185 US$1970: 554,888,127 US$1972: -916,084,972 US$1974: -139,814,489 US$1976: -2,576,186,107 US$1978: -5,808,415,906 US$1980: -3,242,798,238 US$1982: -6,045,345,383 US$1984: 19,972,236,627 US$1986: 10,730,492,409 US$1988: 19,664,967,692 US$1990: 26,208,938,824 US$1992: 4,872,702,501 US$1994: -12,796,119,431 US$1996: -30,217,609,352 US$1998: -43,167,431,414 US$2000: -16,562,173,782 US$2002: 16,529,741,266 US$2004: 46,202,240,230 US$2006: 70,631,723,525 US$2008: 11,761,303,784 US$2010: 6,486,307,566 US$2012: 10,706,026,994 US$2014: -31,378,245,541 US$2016: 8,545,082,662 US$2018: 13,426,061,543 US$2020: 21,199,041,718 US$2022: -17,023,322,810 US$2024: 48,866,445,011 US$2025: 42,482,452,857 US$
Change over the period: +41.75B (+5,681.54%) Average annual rate: 6.44 %
Trade balance — South America, by year South America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 42.48B −6.38B −13.06%
2024 48.87B +624M +1.29%
2023 48.24B +65.27B +383.39%
2022 -17.02B −27.52B −262.1%
2021 10.5B −10.7B −50.46%
2020 21.2B +12.44B +141.98%
2019 8.76B −4.67B −34.75%
2018 13.43B −4.43B −24.8%
2017 17.85B +9.31B +108.93%
2016 8.55B +40.82B +126.47%
2015 -32.28B −898M −2.86%
2014 -31.38B +38.33B +54.98%
2013 -69.71B −80.41B −751.09%
2012 10.71B +5.47B +104.4%
2011 5.24B −1.25B −19.25%
2010 6.49B −19.75B −75.27%
2009 26.23B +14.47B +123.03%
2008 11.76B −46.95B −79.97%
2007 58.71B −11.92B −16.88%
2006 70.63B +15.73B +28.66%
2005 54.9B +8.7B +18.82%
2004 46.2B +17.39B +60.35%
2003 28.81B +12.28B +74.31%
2002 16.53B +28.8B +234.74%
2001 -12.27B +4.29B +25.93%
2000 -16.56B −990M −6.36%
1999 -15.57B +27.6B +63.93%
1998 -43.17B −853M −2.02%
1997 -42.31B −12.1B −40.03%
1996 -30.22B −6.29B −26.31%
1995 -23.92B −11.13B −86.95%
1994 -12.8B −5.36B −72.09%
1993 -7.44B −12.31B −252.6%
1992 4.87B −5.2B −51.61%
1991 10.07B −16.14B −61.58%
1990 26.21B −2.37B −8.29%
1989 28.58B +8.91B +45.32%
1988 19.66B +10.35B +111.06%
1987 9.32B −1.41B −13.17%
1986 10.73B −11.61B −51.97%
1985 22.34B +2.37B +11.85%
1984 19.97B +5.8B +40.96%
1983 14.17B +20.21B +334.37%
1982 -6.05B −1.45B −31.67%
1981 -4.59B −1.35B −41.58%
1980 -3.24B +163M +4.79%
1979 -3.41B +2.4B +41.36%
1978 -5.81B −1.94B −50.21%
1977 -3.87B −1.29B −50.1%
1976 -2.58B +2.63B +50.5%
1975 -5.2B −5.06B −3,622.48%
1974 -140M −1.48B −110.46%
1973 1.34B +2.25B +245.91%
1972 -916M +84.19M +8.42%
1971 -1B −1.56B −280.27%
1970 555M +6.46M +1.18%
1969 548M +30.46M +5.88%
1968 518M −753M −59.24%
1967 1.27B +7.8M +0.62%
1966 1.26B −705M −35.81%
1965 1.97B +966M +96.5%
1964 1B −299M −22.97%
1963 1.3B +1.27B +4,725.59%
1962 26.94M −819M −96.81%
1961 846M +111M +15.07%
1960 735M

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.