External balance on goods and services (current US$) by country
The balance of international trade in goods and services is the difference between the exports and imports of goods and services. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
816.19 billion current US$
China
Lowest
-898.46 billion current US$
United States
Median
-332.34 million current US$
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
9,040
What the numbers show
External balance on goods and services (current US$) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 816.19 billion current US$ in China; the lowest is -898.46 billion current US$ in United States.
The median across all reporting countries is -332.34 million current US$, and the mean is 5.59 billion current US$.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 1,857.8%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 5,022.2%).
External balance on goods and services: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 816.19 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 127.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Ireland | 289.94 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 223.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Singapore | 213.75 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 154.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Netherlands | 149.52 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 151.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 119.04 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 6 | South Korea | 96.70 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Switzerland | 93.33 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Qatar | 87.17 billion current US$ | 2022 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 76.55 billion current US$ | 2023 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Spain | 72.91 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 100.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Russia | 69.06 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Norway | 62.06 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 130.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Denmark | 50.93 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 159.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Italy | 49.27 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Indonesia | 33.28 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 910.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Vietnam | 31.66 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 1,320.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 31.52 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 61.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Poland | 29.73 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 199.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Kuwait | 28.19 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Peru | 27.20 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 653.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Malaysia | 26.16 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Macao | 23.65 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Czechia | 22.88 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Thailand | 22.40 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 20.07 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 168.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Oman | 18.53 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 17.53 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Chile | 14.80 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 731.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Sweden | 14.20 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Angola | 13.82 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 602.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Austria | 13.81 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Israel | 12.99 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Hong Kong | 12.26 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Hungary | 11.05 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Australia | 10.56 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 151.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Bahrain | 8.26 billion current US$ | 2024 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 37 | South Africa | 8.16 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 281.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Brazil | 7.98 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 138.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Iraq | 6.68 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 6.39 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 1,584.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Gabon | 5.59 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 114.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Malta | 5.33 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 358.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Argentina | 5.10 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 179.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.00 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 447.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Venezuela | 4.78 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 4.72 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 197.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Ecuador | 4.59 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 303.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Panama | 4.36 billion current US$ | 2024 | up 263.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Puerto Rico | 4.28 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Slovenia | 4.27 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Finland | 3.99 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 528.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Uruguay | 3.78 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 1,857.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Lithuania | 3.68 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 996.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Portugal | 3.18 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 115.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Brunei | 2.94 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Libya | 2.77 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 145.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Bermuda | 2.77 billion current US$ | 2024 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 58 | Chad | 2.73 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 156.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Cyprus | 2.33 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 324.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.32 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Zambia | 1.88 billion current US$ | 2024 | up 377.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Mongolia | 1.38 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 1,022.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 1.37 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 269.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Ghana | 953.40 million current US$ | 2024 | up 123.7% | volatile |
| 65 | South Sudan | 929.99 million current US$ | 2015 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Congo | 713.61 million current US$ | 2025 | up 116.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Cuba | 702.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Djibouti | 679.40 million current US$ | 2025 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 69 | San Marino | 628.49 million current US$ | 2023 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 70 | Suriname | 617.39 million current US$ | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Cambodia | 616.89 million current US$ | 2025 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Papua New Guinea | 520.16 million current US$ | 2004 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Estonia | 453.75 million current US$ | 2025 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Turkmenistan | 386.28 million current US$ | 2025 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Aruba | 325.03 million current US$ | 2024 | up 308.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Faroe Islands | 136.17 million current US$ | 2024 | up 581.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Belize | 47.23 million current US$ | 2024 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Eswatini | 1.51 million current US$ | 2024 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Maldives | -3.21 million current US$ | 2024 | down 100.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Nauru | -73.78 million current US$ | 2025 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Sudan | -105.79 million current US$ | 2025 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Palau | -129.93 million current US$ | 2024 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 83 | Marshall Islands | -135.00 million current US$ | 2025 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 84 | Antigua and Barbuda | -154.10 million current US$ | 2022 | down 249.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Sao Tome and Principe | -196.66 million current US$ | 2025 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 86 | Samoa | -198.24 million current US$ | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 87 | Guyana | -207.09 million current US$ | 2005 | down 205.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Eritrea | -228.89 million current US$ | 2011 | up 39.7% | falling |
| 89 | Slovakia | -236.80 million current US$ | 2025 | down 113.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Micronesia (country) | -245.00 million current US$ | 2025 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 91 | American Samoa | -268.00 million current US$ | 2022 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 92 | Tonga | -283.48 million current US$ | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Vanuatu | -294.46 million current US$ | 2024 | down 558.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Seychelles | -311.50 million current US$ | 2025 | down 197.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Kiribati | -319.40 million current US$ | 2024 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Guinea-Bissau | -332.34 million current US$ | 2025 | down 574.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Greenland | -342.39 million current US$ | 2023 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Cape Verde | -347.73 million current US$ | 2025 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Comoros | -404.54 million current US$ | 2025 | down 138.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Central African Republic | -435.91 million current US$ | 2025 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -454.53 million current US$ | 2025 | up 80.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Solomon Islands | -478.61 million current US$ | 2024 | down 308.1% | volatile |
| 103 | United States Virgin Islands | -509.00 million current US$ | 2022 | down 494.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Niger | -515.62 million current US$ | 2025 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Northern Mariana Islands | -533.00 million current US$ | 2022 | down 438.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Sierra Leone | -545.92 million current US$ | 2025 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Bhutan | -547.93 million current US$ | 2024 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Bahamas | -581.90 million current US$ | 2024 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Fiji | -605.83 million current US$ | 2024 | down 103.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Benin | -739.95 million current US$ | 2025 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Iceland | -872.02 million current US$ | 2025 | down 163.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Curacao | -876.65 million current US$ | 2018 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 113 | Tanzania | -903.42 million current US$ | 2025 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Gambia | -952.15 million current US$ | 2025 | down 416.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Paraguay | -1.05 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 213.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Togo | -1.05 billion current US$ | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Botswana | -1.09 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Bulgaria | -1.36 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 419.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Laos | -1.38 billion current US$ | 2016 | down 606.8% | volatile |
| 120 | East Timor | -1.39 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Mali | -1.39 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Lesotho | -1.41 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 123 | New Caledonia | -1.45 billion current US$ | 2024 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Mauritius | -1.59 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 227.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Armenia | -1.61 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Mauritania | -1.67 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Albania | -1.68 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 128 | French Polynesia | -1.76 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 129 | Belarus | -1.82 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 3,117.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Georgia | -2.22 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Rwanda | -2.22 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Latvia | -2.23 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 610.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Zimbabwe | -2.24 billion current US$ | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Bolivia | -2.25 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 616.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Senegal | -2.25 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Madagascar | -2.27 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 351.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Montenegro | -2.37 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 216.3% | volatile |
| 138 | North Macedonia | -2.63 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Malawi | -2.70 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 140 | Namibia | -2.90 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Nicaragua | -2.95 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Mozambique | -3.20 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 143 | New Zealand | -3.27 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 300.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Turkey | -3.76 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Guam | -3.88 billion current US$ | 2022 | down 90.7% | falling |
| 147 | Haiti | -4.09 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Sri Lanka | -4.22 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Cameroon | -4.25 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 270.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -4.28 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 151 | Serbia | -4.30 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Uganda | -4.54 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Tunisia | -4.68 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Syria | -5.19 billion current US$ | 2022 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Tajikistan | -5.29 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Croatia | -5.30 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 5,022.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Dominican Republic | -5.37 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Palestine | -5.55 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 159 | Guinea | -5.91 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 128.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Moldova | -5.94 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 200.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Jordan | -6.42 billion current US$ | 2007 | down 298.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Kenya | -8.15 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Yemen | -8.33 billion current US$ | 2018 | down 455.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Honduras | -8.52 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 140.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Ethiopia | -8.71 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 33.0% | falling |
| 166 | Kyrgyzstan | -8.77 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 223.8% | volatile |
| 167 | El Salvador | -8.83 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 114.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Somalia | -9.04 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 243.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Lebanon | -9.25 billion current US$ | 2024 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Afghanistan | -9.31 billion current US$ | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Nepal | -11.33 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Mexico | -11.61 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Greece | -12.71 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 626.5% | volatile |
| 174 | France | -13.69 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 376.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Belgium | -14.64 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 562.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Algeria | -15.24 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Morocco | -16.71 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 107.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Guatemala | -19.00 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 198.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Uzbekistan | -19.60 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 608.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Canada | -19.62 billion current US$ | 2025 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 181 | Romania | -22.49 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 1,437.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Colombia | -24.70 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Bangladesh | -26.09 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Pakistan | -29.42 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Iran | -31.68 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 290.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Japan | -37.42 billion current US$ | 2024 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Egypt | -42.71 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 188 | United Kingdom | -50.57 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Ukraine | -56.80 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 2,289.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Philippines | -66.70 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 360.6% | volatile |
| 191 | India | -68.92 billion current US$ | 2025 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 192 | United States | -898.46 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 76.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo -3.77 billion current US$
About this data
The balance of international trade in goods and services is the difference between the exports and imports of goods and services. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.