Trade balance
% of GDP · no best or worst — smallest to largest
187 of 216 countries report a figure for trade balance
World average: -6.5%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #187 | Kiribati | -93.1% | 2024 | |
| #186 | Timor-Leste | -74.3% | 2024 | |
| #185 | Somalia | -69.6% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Guam | -56.1% | 2022 | |
| #183 | Lesotho | -54.9% | 2025 | |
| #182 | Afghanistan | -52.4% | 2024 | |
| #181 | Federated States of Micronesia | -48.8% | 2025 | |
| #180 | Northern Mariana Islands | -48.6% | 2022 | |
| #179 | Marshall Islands | -43.8% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Tonga | -43.8% | 2024 | |
| #177 | Nauru | -41.9% | 2025 | |
| #176 | Palau | -40.4% | 2024 | |
| #175 | Cuba | -39.9% | 2024 | |
| #174 | Kyrgyzstan | -38.8% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Yemen | -38.6% | 2018 | |
| #172 | The Gambia | -36.7% | 2025 | |
| #171 | Tajikistan | -36.7% | 2024 | |
| #170 | Lebanon | -35.6% | 2024 | |
| #169 | Palestine | -32.3% | 2025 | |
| #168 | American Samoa | -30.8% | 2022 | |
| #167 | Kosovo | -30.3% | 2025 | |
| #166 | Solomon Islands | -30.2% | 2024 | |
| #165 | Moldova | -29.2% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Curaçao | -28.8% | 2018 | |
| #163 | French Polynesia | -27.8% | 2024 | |
| #162 | Ukraine | -26.5% | 2025 | |
| #161 | Montenegro | -25.6% | 2025 | |
| #160 | Nepal | -24.9% | 2025 | |
| #159 | El Salvador | -24.1% | 2025 | |
| #158 | Vanuatu | -22.7% | 2024 | |
| #157 | Comoros | -22.3% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Syria | -21.9% | 2022 | |
| #155 | Honduras | -21.5% | 2025 | |
| #154 | Guinea | -20.9% | 2025 | |
| #153 | São Tomé and Príncipe | -20.0% | 2025 | |
| #152 | Namibia | -19.2% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Malawi | -18.1% | 2025 | |
| #150 | New Caledonia | -17.0% | 2024 | |
| #149 | Bhutan | -16.4% | 2024 | |
| #148 | Guatemala | -15.4% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Samoa | -15.4% | 2025 | |
| #146 | Mozambique | -14.3% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Mauritania | -14.3% | 2025 | |
| #144 | Central African Republic | -14.2% | 2025 | |
| #143 | North Macedonia | -13.7% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Philippines | -13.7% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Rwanda | -13.6% | 2025 | |
| #140 | Uzbekistan | -13.3% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Nicaragua | -13.3% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Guinea-Bissau | -13.1% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -13.1% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Seychelles | -13.0% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Haiti | -12.8% | 2025 | |
| #134 | Egypt | -11.7% | 2025 | |
| #133 | Madagascar | -11.6% | 2025 | |
| #132 | Cape Verde | -11.4% | 2025 | |
| #131 | United States Virgin Islands | -10.9% | 2022 | |
| #130 | Togo | -10.8% | 2023 | |
| #129 | Greenland | -10.3% | 2023 | |
| #128 | Fiji | -10.2% | 2024 | |
| #127 | Mauritius | -9.9% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Morocco | -9.2% | 2025 | |
| #125 | Iran | -8.7% | 2025 | |
| #124 | Laos | -8.7% | 2016 | |
| #123 | Antigua and Barbuda | -8.3% | 2022 | |
| #122 | Tunisia | -8.1% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Uganda | -7.3% | 2025 | |
| #120 | Sierra Leone | -7.3% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Pakistan | -7.2% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Cameroon | -7.2% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Ethiopia | -6.9% | 2025 | |
| #116 | Senegal | -6.1% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Kenya | -6.0% | 2025 | |
| #114 | Georgia | -5.8% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Bangladesh | -5.7% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Armenia | -5.5% | 2025 | |
| #111 | Albania | -5.5% | 2025 | |
| #110 | Botswana | -5.5% | 2025 | |
| #109 | Colombia | -5.4% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Zimbabwe | -5.4% | 2024 | |
| #107 | Algeria | -5.3% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Romania | -5.2% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Croatia | -5.0% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Mali | -4.6% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Latvia | -4.6% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Greece | -4.5% | 2025 | |
| #101 | Serbia | -4.3% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Dominican Republic | -4.2% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Bolivia | -4.1% | 2024 | |
| #98 | Sri Lanka | -3.9% | 2025 | |
| #97 | The Bahamas | -3.7% | 2024 | |
| #96 | United States | -3.1% | 2024 | |
| #95 | Benin | -3.0% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Niger | -2.4% | 2025 | |
| #93 | Iceland | -2.3% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Paraguay | -2.1% | 2025 | |
| #91 | Belgium | -2.0% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Belarus | -1.9% | 2025 | |
| #89 | India | -1.7% | 2025 | |
| #88 | United Kingdom | -1.3% | 2025 | |
| #87 | New Zealand | -1.3% | 2024 | |
| #86 | Bulgaria | -1.0% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Tanzania | -1.0% | 2025 | |
| #84 | Japan | -0.9% | 2024 | |
| #83 | Canada | -0.8% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Mexico | -0.6% | 2025 | |
| #81 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -0.5% | 2025 | |
| #80 | France | -0.4% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Turkey | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Sudan | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Slovakia | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Maldives | -0.0% | 2024 | |
| #75 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2024 | |
| #74 | Brazil | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #73 | Australia | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Argentina | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Turkmenistan | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Portugal | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Estonia | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Ghana | 1.1% | 2024 | |
| #67 | Cambodia | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #66 | Finland | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Belize | 1.5% | 2024 | |
| #64 | Saudi Arabia | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #63 | South Africa | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Italy | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| #61 | Sweden | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Israel | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Indonesia | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Germany | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #57 | Austria | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Iraq | 2.4% | 2024 | |
| #55 | Russia | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| #54 | Hong Kong | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| #53 | Poland | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| #52 | Puerto Rico | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Faroe Islands | 3.4% | 2024 | |
| #50 | Ecuador | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Spain | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Lithuania | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Thailand | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Chile | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| #45 | People's Republic of China | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| #44 | Republic of the Congo | 4.4% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Uruguay | 4.4% | 2025 | |
| #42 | Hungary | 4.5% | 2025 | |
| #41 | Venezuela | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Burkina Faso | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| #39 | Ivory Coast | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| #38 | Panama | 5.0% | 2024 | |
| #37 | South Korea | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Slovenia | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Mongolia | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| #34 | Malaysia | 5.5% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Cyprus | 5.7% | 2025 | |
| #32 | Libya | 5.8% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Czech Republic | 5.9% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Kazakhstan | 6.0% | 2024 | |
| #29 | Vietnam | 6.2% | 2025 | |
| #28 | Costa Rica | 6.2% | 2025 | |
| #27 | Azerbaijan | 6.2% | 2025 | |
| #26 | Zambia | 7.4% | 2024 | |
| #25 | Aruba | 7.8% | 2024 | |
| #24 | Peru | 8.1% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Switzerland | 8.9% | 2025 | |
| #22 | Denmark | 11.0% | 2025 | |
| #21 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 11.2% | 2025 | |
| #20 | Angola | 11.3% | 2025 | |
| #19 | Norway | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| #18 | Chad | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| #17 | Cayman Islands | 13.8% | 2020 | |
| #16 | United Arab Emirates | 14.6% | 2023 | |
| #15 | Djibouti | 14.7% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Oman | 17.3% | 2024 | |
| #13 | Bahrain | 17.5% | 2024 | |
| #12 | Kuwait | 17.5% | 2024 | |
| #11 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.1% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Malta | 19.2% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Brunei | 19.5% | 2025 | |
| #8 | Gabon | 26.1% | 2025 | |
| #7 | Bermuda | 30.1% | 2024 | |
| #6 | San Marino | 31.0% | 2023 | |
| #5 | Luxembourg | 31.2% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Singapore | 35.4% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Qatar | 37.0% | 2022 | |
| #2 | Ireland | 40.2% | 2025 | |
| #1 | Macau | 45.4% | 2025 | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Barbados | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Burundi | — | — | |
| — | Dominica | — | — | |
| — | Eritrea | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Grenada | — | — | |
| — | Guyana | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Jamaica | — | — | |
| — | Jordan | — | — | |
| — | North Korea | — | — | |
| — | Liberia | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Myanmar | — | — | |
| — | Nigeria | — | — | |
| — | Papua New Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | South Sudan | — | — | |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | |
| — | Saint Lucia | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — | — | |
| — | Suriname | — | — | |
| — | Trinidad and Tobago | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)