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Goods trade balance (calculated by SOTW from World Bank GEM exports and imports)

Source series · Listed tier · Trade · Monthly · USD mn · WBGEM.L.CALC.TRADE.BALANCE.M

Calculated by SOTW: merchandise exports minus merchandise imports, current US$ millions, not seasonally adjusted, from World Bank GEM. Eight countries whose export figures are at the wrong scale in the source are left out. Listed tier; not individually reviewed.

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Goods trade balance (calculated by SOTW from World Bank GEM exports and imports): latest reading for 91 geographies, with the period of each. Source: World Bank Global Economic Monitor (calculation by SOTW).
#Country or areaValue (USD mn)PeriodHistory
1ChinaCHN116,740.52026-08History
2South KoreaKOR34,668.72026-08History
3GermanyDEU25,115.72026-07History
4RussiaRUS13,595.02026-07History
5NetherlandsNLD12,450.72026-07History
6NorwayNOR10,665.02026-08History
7SingaporeSGP9,783.32026-08History
8ItalyITA9,399.82026-07History
9BrazilBRA7,394.02026-08History
10BelgiumBEL7,392.32026-07History
11MalaysiaMYS6,943.22026-08History
12IrelandIRL6,012.92026-07History
13DenmarkDNK5,540.02026-07History
14Saudi ArabiaSAU3,825.42026-07History
15FranceFRA3,364.82026-07History
16PeruPER3,308.52026-07History
17OmanOMN2,487.52026-07History
18ArgentinaARG2,186.62026-08History
19QatarQAT2,020.42026-03History
20ChileCHL1,688.22026-08History
21AustraliaAUS1,331.62026-07History
22South AfricaZAF1,266.52026-08History
23CzechiaCZE1,207.92026-07History
24MongoliaMNG978.32026-08History
25AzerbaijanAZE937.92026-03History
26MexicoMEX605.42026-08History
27PanamaPAN594.92026-06History
28AlgeriaDZA572.92023-12History
29BoliviaBOL137.02026-05History
30IndonesiaIDN121.92026-07History
31MyanmarMMR111.12020-12History
32DominicaDMA-31.72025-12History
33AustriaAUT-40.02026-06History
34SamoaWSM-46.42026-06History
35ZambiaZMB-49.02016-01History
36BurundiBDI-70.82025-12History
37MalawiMWI-73.32016-09History
38SeychellesSYC-77.92016-01History
39VietnamVNM-113.22026-08History
40BotswanaBWA-175.32026-07History
41BelizeBLZ-236.72025-12History
42BelarusBLR-290.12026-07History
43UgandaUGA-330.12026-05History
44NicaraguaNIC-348.72026-06History
45MaldivesMDV-356.62026-06History
46North MacedoniaMKD-433.82026-06History
47JamaicaJAM-461.72026-04History
48Costa RicaCRI-464.22026-08History
49EstoniaEST-492.02026-07History
50MauritiusMUS-493.82026-06History
51BahrainBHR-496.32026-07History
52IcelandISL-516.62026-08History
53LatviaLVA-518.82026-07History
54HungaryHUN-590.72026-08History
55MoldovaMDA-613.42026-07History
56Sri LankaLKA-673.82026-08History
57AlbaniaALB-687.02026-08History
58FinlandFIN-729.12026-07History
59LithuaniaLTU-736.22026-07History
60Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH-746.62026-08History
61New ZealandNZL-793.62026-08History
62HondurasHND-832.62026-06History
63LuxembourgLUX-902.92026-07History
64TunisiaTUN-992.92026-08History
65CyprusCYP-1,077.12026-07History
66PolandPOL-1,124.42026-07History
67El SalvadorSLV-1,151.22026-08History
68JordanJOR-1,157.02026-07History
69BulgariaBGR-1,174.02026-07History
70SwedenSWE-1,255.22026-08History
71KenyaKEN-1,313.82026-07History
72Dominican RepublicDOM-1,375.22026-03History
73LebanonLBN-1,510.92026-07History
74GuatemalaGTM-2,143.82026-07History
75BangladeshBGD-2,732.32026-06History
76ColombiaCOL-2,797.82026-07History
77PakistanPAK-3,142.42026-08History
78RomaniaROU-3,222.12026-07History
79ThailandTHA-3,435.92026-08History
80PortugalPRT-3,489.12026-07History
81GreeceGRC-3,551.22026-07History
82PhilippinesPHL-3,850.02026-08History
83MoroccoMAR-4,085.82026-08History
84UkraineUKR-4,450.02025-09History
85TürkiyeTUR-5,711.02026-08History
86IsraelISR-5,794.42026-08History
87SpainESP-5,976.72026-07History
88JapanJPN-6,954.82026-08History
89EgyptEGY-8,042.02026-07History
90Hong KongHKG-9,077.32026-08History
91United StatesUSA-131,824.02026-08History

Source: World Bank Global Economic Monitor (calculation by SOTW). 91 geographies, periods 2016-01-01 to 2026-08-01. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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Frequency
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WBGEM.L.CALC.TRADE.BALANCE.M

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Source: World Bank, Global Economic Monitor (CC BY 4.0); calculation by Statistics of the World.

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