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Trade balance — Zimbabwe

Trade balance in Zimbabwe in 2024 — -2,238,495,607 US$. Ranked 120 in the world out of 171. Since 1975, the indicator has fallen by 2,967.3%.

2024 -2.24B US$ −3.02% vs 2023
World rank 120of 171
Period maximum 267M US$1999
Period minimum -4.08B US$2012

Trend over time

1975–2024 · US$

Trade balance — Zimbabwe, 1975–2024-6B-4B-2B02B197519801985199019952000200520102015202020241975: -72,978,943 US$1976: 102,101,705 US$1977: 51,413,637 US$1978: 88,654,442 US$1979: -44,607,464 US$1980: -210,868,110 US$1981: -519,417,369 US$1982: -452,333,535 US$1983: -235,449,455 US$1984: -15,498,109 US$1985: 11,160,295 US$1986: 157,288,367 US$1987: 184,859,237 US$1988: 264,301,378 US$1989: 134,474,725 US$1990: 6,541,938 US$1991: -284,000,000 US$1992: -625,250,000 US$1993: -113,500,000 US$1994: -132,250,000 US$1995: -191,000,000 US$1996: 16,250,000 US$1997: -598,750,000 US$1998: -110,500,000 US$1999: 267,250,000 US$2000: 150,750,000 US$2001: 137,000,000 US$2002: -199,250,000 US$2003: -324,250,000 US$2004: -412,250,000 US$2005: -515,250,000 US$2006: -594,000,000 US$2007: -455,500,000 US$2008: -1,174,750,000 US$2009: -2,207,250,000 US$2010: -2,872,500,000 US$2011: -2,802,750,000 US$2012: -4,081,750,000 US$2013: -2,804,250,000 US$2014: -2,499,000,000 US$2015: -3,680,750,000 US$2016: -2,329,750,000 US$2017: -2,915,139,442 US$2018: -758,700,980 US$2019: -150,141,425 US$2020: -586,610,275 US$2021: -1,502,731,293 US$2022: -2,475,627,325 US$2023: -2,172,792,964 US$2024: -2,238,495,607 US$
Change over the period: −2.17B (−2,967.32%)

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe -2.24B US$
World computed 863B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -35.13B US$
Eastern Africa computed -42.19B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed -351B US$
Trade balance — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 -2.24B −65.7M −3.02%
2023 -2.17B +303M +12.23%
2022 -2.48B −973M −64.74%
2021 -1.5B −916M −156.17%
2020 -587M −436M −290.71%
2019 -150M +609M +80.21%
2018 -759M +2.16B +73.97%
2017 -2.92B −585M −25.13%
2016 -2.33B +1.35B +36.7%
2015 -3.68B −1.18B −47.29%
2014 -2.5B +305M +10.89%
2013 -2.8B +1.28B +31.3%
2012 -4.08B −1.28B −45.63%
2011 -2.8B +69.75M +2.43%
2010 -2.87B −665M −30.14%
2009 -2.21B −1.03B −87.89%
2008 -1.17B −719M −157.9%
2007 -456M +139M +23.32%
2006 -594M −78.75M −15.28%
2005 -515M −103M −24.98%
2004 -412M −88M −27.14%
2003 -324M −125M −62.74%
2002 -199M −336M −245.44%
2001 137M −13.75M −9.12%
2000 151M −117M −43.59%
1999 267M +378M +341.86%
1998 -111M +488M +81.54%
1997 -599M −615M −3,784.62%
1996 16.25M +207M +108.51%
1995 -191M −58.75M −44.42%
1994 -132M −18.75M −16.52%
1993 -114M +512M +81.85%
1992 -625M −341M −120.16%
1991 -284M −291M −4,441.22%
1990 6.54M −128M −95.14%
1989 134M −130M −49.12%
1988 264M +79.44M +42.97%
1987 185M +27.57M +17.53%
1986 157M +146M +1,309.36%
1985 11.16M +26.66M +172.01%
1984 -15.5M +220M +93.42%
1983 -235M +217M +47.95%
1982 -452M +67.08M +12.92%
1981 -519M −309M −146.32%
1980 -211M −166M −372.72%
1979 -44.61M −133M −150.32%
1978 88.65M +37.24M +72.43%
1977 51.41M −50.69M −49.64%
1976 102M +175M +239.91%
1975 -72.98M

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.