Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Southern Asia

Trade balance in Southern Asia in 2025 — -171,651,534,503 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 13,301.7%.

2025 -172B US$ −3.55% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 8.09B US$1974
Period minimum -181B US$2022

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Southern Asia, 1960–2025-200B-150B-100B-50B050B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -1,280,816,863 US$1962: -1,126,320,892 US$1964: -1,824,273,913 US$1966: -1,976,924,473 US$1968: -1,458,860,107 US$1970: -1,151,013,259 US$1972: -286,862,358 US$1974: 8,094,250,003 US$1976: 4,208,292,999 US$1978: -2,637,200,969 US$1980: -25,813,771,066 US$1982: -15,648,494,584 US$1984: -17,502,990,647 US$1986: -23,520,834,745 US$1988: -17,989,087,272 US$1990: -23,121,445,605 US$1992: -23,345,777,924 US$1994: 4,769,948,090 US$1996: -6,142,099,975 US$1998: -15,639,233,880 US$2000: -9,415,585,366 US$2002: -8,927,269,177 US$2004: -22,665,043,983 US$2006: -34,050,754,864 US$2008: -78,404,513,405 US$2010: -74,709,845,171 US$2012: -151,552,505,417 US$2014: -95,617,047,835 US$2016: -81,798,127,083 US$2018: -169,447,192,092 US$2020: -95,555,860,165 US$2022: -180,728,797,497 US$2024: -165,763,244,932 US$2025: -171,651,534,503 US$
Change over the period: −170B (−13,301.72%)
Trade balance — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -172B −5.89B −3.55%
2024 -166B −36.71B −28.44%
2023 -129B +51.67B +28.59%
2022 -181B −23.49B −14.94%
2021 -157B −61.69B −64.56%
2020 -95.56B +60.09B +38.61%
2019 -156B +13.8B +8.15%
2018 -169B −29.44B −21.02%
2017 -140B −58.21B −71.17%
2016 -81.8B +21.96B +21.17%
2015 -104B −8.14B −8.52%
2014 -95.62B −23.36B −32.34%
2013 -72.25B +79.3B +52.33%
2012 -152B −59.48B −64.6%
2011 -92.07B −17.36B −23.24%
2010 -74.71B +19.77B +20.92%
2009 -94.48B −16.07B −20.5%
2008 -78.4B −32.01B −68.98%
2007 -46.4B −12.35B −36.26%
2006 -34.05B −9.84B −40.64%
2005 -24.21B −1.55B −6.82%
2004 -22.67B −10.91B −92.87%
2003 -11.75B −2.82B −31.64%
2002 -8.93B +4.63B +34.17%
2001 -13.56B −4.15B −44.03%
2000 -9.42B +308M +3.16%
1999 -9.72B +5.92B +37.83%
1998 -15.64B −5.52B −54.6%
1997 -10.12B −3.97B −64.7%
1996 -6.14B −3.91B −174.96%
1995 -2.23B −7B −146.83%
1994 4.77B +7.92B +251.64%
1993 -3.15B +20.2B +86.53%
1992 -23.35B +2.25B +8.81%
1991 -25.6B −2.48B −10.72%
1990 -23.12B −4.09B −21.48%
1989 -19.03B −1.04B −5.81%
1988 -17.99B −10.33B −134.84%
1987 -7.66B +15.86B +67.43%
1986 -23.52B −1.81B −8.36%
1985 -21.71B −4.2B −24.02%
1984 -17.5B +7.68B +30.49%
1983 -25.18B −9.53B −60.92%
1982 -15.65B +10.5B +40.16%
1981 -26.15B −335M −1.3%
1980 -25.81B −29.19B −864.55%
1979 3.38B +6.01B +228.03%
1978 -2.64B −2.37B −893.1%
1977 -266M −4.47B −106.31%
1976 4.21B +4.84B +770.59%
1975 -628M −8.72B −107.75%
1974 8.09B +5.57B +220.75%
1973 2.52B +2.81B +979.7%
1972 -287M +552M +65.82%
1971 -839M +312M +27.08%
1970 -1.15B +159M +12.15%
1969 -1.31B +149M +10.19%
1968 -1.46B +592M +28.85%
1967 -2.05B −73.46M −3.72%
1966 -1.98B +125M +5.97%
1965 -2.1B −278M −15.24%
1964 -1.82B −656M −56.2%
1963 -1.17B −41.6M −3.69%
1962 -1.13B +16.11M +1.41%
1961 -1.14B +138M +10.8%
1960 -1.28B

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.