Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Upper-middle-income countries

Trade balance in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — 854,833,302,031 US$. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 5,018.7%.

2025 855B US$ +34.97% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 855B US$2025
Period minimum -48.88B US$1993

Trend over time

1990–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Upper-middle-income countries, 1990–2025-250B0250B500B750B1T19901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 16,700,274,660 US$1991: 7,060,466,857 US$1992: -8,554,783,953 US$1993: -48,883,016,150 US$1994: -38,717,335,726 US$1995: -25,163,069,419 US$1996: -16,339,884,896 US$1997: 8,811,563,853 US$1998: 32,141,221,104 US$1999: 57,242,202,466 US$2000: 68,378,209,911 US$2001: 53,936,712,362 US$2002: 89,150,103,433 US$2003: 103,764,127,422 US$2004: 114,328,977,840 US$2005: 211,594,685,253 US$2006: 338,548,921,652 US$2007: 433,498,112,854 US$2008: 460,980,031,205 US$2009: 298,216,435,364 US$2010: 300,028,799,321 US$2011: 280,711,750,577 US$2012: 304,478,720,772 US$2013: 199,215,793,652 US$2014: 172,592,708,370 US$2015: 283,793,525,439 US$2016: 244,290,363,751 US$2017: 245,968,655,674 US$2018: 160,996,010,254 US$2019: 209,870,138,157 US$2020: 368,353,383,934 US$2021: 502,735,099,703 US$2022: 641,917,265,699 US$2023: 468,188,933,892 US$2024: 633,331,355,203 US$2025: 854,833,302,031 US$
Change over the period: +838B (+5,018.68%) Average annual rate: 11.9 %
Trade balance — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 855B +222B +34.97%
2024 633B +165B +35.27%
2023 468B −174B −27.06%
2022 642B +139B +27.68%
2021 503B +134B +36.48%
2020 368B +158B +75.51%
2019 210B +48.87B +30.36%
2018 161B −84.97B −34.55%
2017 246B +1.68B +0.69%
2016 244B −39.5B −13.92%
2015 284B +111B +64.43%
2014 173B −26.62B −13.36%
2013 199B −105B −34.57%
2012 304B +23.77B +8.47%
2011 281B −19.32B −6.44%
2010 300B +1.81B +0.61%
2009 298B −163B −35.31%
2008 461B +27.48B +6.34%
2007 433B +94.95B +28.05%
2006 339B +127B +60%
2005 212B +97.27B +85.08%
2004 114B +10.56B +10.18%
2003 104B +14.61B +16.39%
2002 89.15B +35.21B +65.29%
2001 53.94B −14.44B −21.12%
2000 68.38B +11.14B +19.45%
1999 57.24B +25.1B +78.1%
1998 32.14B +23.33B +264.76%
1997 8.81B +25.15B +153.93%
1996 -16.34B +8.82B +35.06%
1995 -25.16B +13.55B +35.01%
1994 -38.72B +10.17B +20.8%
1993 -48.88B −40.33B −471.41%
1992 -8.55B −15.62B −221.16%
1991 7.06B −9.64B −57.72%
1990 16.7B

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.