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United Kingdom - Trade Balance 2012

Name: United Kingdom Trade Balance 2012
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External balance on goods and services · World Bank

$-26.4B −$5.1B from 2011 Global rank: 7th

United Kingdom's trade balance was $-26.4B in 2012, decreased +$5.1B from $-21.3B in 2011. This was the 7th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2012▾

Trade Balance by Country - 2012
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	United States	$-551.6B	4.8%
2nd	India	$-122.9B	-3.0%
3rd	Japan	$-103.0B	-155.7%
4th	Canada	$-34.5B	-68.7%
5th	Brazil	$-33.5B	-66.5%
6th	Türkiye	$-30.1B	46.6%
7th	United Kingdom	$-26.4B	-24.1%
8th	France	$-25.4B	42.0%
9th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	$-22.1B	-127.3%
10th	Pakistan	$-18.9B	-52.1%
11th	Morocco	$-15.0B	-5.5%
12th	Mexico	$-14.8B	5.7%
13th	Ukraine	$-14.3B	-41.4%
14th	Lebanon	$-13.6B	-15.9%
15th	Greece	$-10.7B	33.7%
16th	Bangladesh	$-10.4B	-6.5%
17th	Romania	$-9.3B	17.0%
18th	Jordan	$-8.7B	-14.7%
19th	Syrian Arab Republic	$-8.6B	-6.6%
20th	Mozambique	$-7.7B	-142.0%
21st	Philippines	$-7.6B	-25.8%
22nd	Kenya	$-6.7B	6.5%
23rd	Serbia	$-6.0B	5.4%
24th	Guatemala	$-5.7B	-10.8%
25th	South Africa	$-5.7B	-262.7%
26th	Dominican Republic	$-5.4B	10.0%
27th	Ghana	$-5.1B	-5.2%
28th	Tunisia	$-4.6B	-19.6%
29th	Colombia	$-4.5B	-46.3%
30th	Nepal	$-4.4B	0.7%
31st	West Bank and Gaza	$-4.4B	-12.9%
32nd	El Salvador	$-4.4B	-1.4%
33rd	Yemen, Republic of	$-4.1B	-429.1%
34th	Zimbabwe	$-4.1B	-45.6%
35th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$-4.0B	8.8%
36th	Finland	$-4.0B	-86.9%
37th	Poland	$-3.9B	67.6%
38th	Uzbekistan	$-3.8B	-179.1%
39th	Tanzania	$-3.8B	14.6%
40th	Tajikistan	$-3.7B	-21.3%
41st	Indonesia	$-3.6B	-116.4%
42nd	Honduras	$-3.6B	-2.9%
43rd	Uganda	$-3.4B	12.7%
44th	Kyrgyz Republic	$-3.4B	-100.0%
45th	Georgia	$-3.1B	-13.6%
46th	Sudan	$-3.1B	-118.0%
47th	Senegal	$-3.0B	-12.8%
48th	Moldova	$-3.0B	-5.1%
49th	Haiti	$-2.9B	8.0%
50th	Mongolia	$-2.8B	-21.1%
51st	Australia	$-2.8B	-119.2%
52nd	New Caledonia	$-2.7B	1.2%
53rd	Namibia	$-2.6B	-88.4%
54th	Albania	$-2.3B	21.7%
55th	Lao PDR	$-2.3B	-137.3%
56th	Armenia	$-2.2B	10.5%
57th	Botswana	$-2.2B	-37.3%
58th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	$-2.2B	-742.2%
59th	Nicaragua	$-2.1B	-0.1%
60th	North Macedonia	$-2.1B	-5.2%
61st	Guam	$-2.0B	-0.6%
62nd	Kosovo	$-2.0B	13.3%
63rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	$-2.0B	-24.1%
64th	Cambodia	$-1.8B	-13.7%
65th	Bulgaria	$-1.8B	-2,049.6%
66th	Costa Rica	$-1.8B	-12.0%
67th	Uruguay	$-1.7B	-761.8%
68th	Panama	$-1.7B	-76.7%
69th	Lesotho	$-1.7B	-17.7%
70th	Guinea	$-1.6B	-10.7%
71st	Latvia	$-1.5B	7.7%
72nd	Belgium	$-1.4B	-21.1%
73rd	Mauritius	$-1.4B	4.5%
74th	Israel	$-1.4B	4.8%
75th	Timor-Leste	$-1.3B	0.6%
76th	Rwanda	$-1.3B	-27.8%
77th	Chile	$-1.2B	-117.0%
78th	Niger	$-1.2B	29.6%
79th	French Polynesia	$-1.1B	10.3%
80th	Portugal	$-1.1B	89.6%
81st	Madagascar	$-1.1B	17.5%
82nd	Burkina Faso	$-1.0B	-63.8%
83rd	Montenegro	$-991.0M	-0.5%
84th	Mauritania	$-959.8M	-854.6%
85th	Croatia	$-920.7M	12.9%
86th	Bahamas, The	$-857.3M	36.8%
87th	Sierra Leone	$-749.1M	37.3%
88th	Cameroon	$-688.3M	26.6%
89th	Greenland	$-677.3M	53.7%
90th	Curaçao	$-652.1M	17.4%
91st	Mali	$-619.3M	41.7%
92nd	Togo	$-527.0M	34.1%
93rd	Cyprus	$-447.7M	56.3%
94th	Bhutan	$-443.4M	16.8%
95th	Benin	$-327.9M	44.4%
96th	Cabo Verde	$-300.8M	40.8%
97th	Faroe Islands	$-292.2M	-1,093.1%
98th	Aruba	$-273.0M	30.7%
99th	Central African Republic	$-250.0M	-24.7%
100th	Samoa	$-233.8M	-26.6%
101st	Comoros	$-232.8M	-13.3%
102nd	Tonga	$-206.6M	-7.6%
103rd	Seychelles	$-175.2M	-16.9%
104th	Micronesia, Federated States of	$-169.0M	5.6%
105th	Guinea-Bissau	$-166.8M	-43.8%
106th	American Samoa	$-163.0M	28.5%
107th	Kiribati	$-146.1M	-11.1%
108th	Côte d'Ivoire	$-122.0M	-105.7%
109th	Gambia, The	$-113.4M	9.8%
110th	Northern Mariana Islands	$-99.0M	25.0%
111th	Marshall Islands	$-86.7M	0.8%
112th	Palau	$-69.7M	-6.8%
113th	Solomon Islands	$-59.3M	19.8%
114th	Vanuatu	$-13.7M	69.3%
115th	Nauru	$16.5M	518.4%
116th	Virgin Islands (US)	$129.0M	122.4%
117th	Belize	$143.5M	20.0%
118th	Malta	$229.1M	-18.0%
119th	Lithuania	$261.9M	122.4%
120th	Estonia	$381.1M	-71.8%
121st	Paraguay	$407.9M	-39.1%
122nd	Iceland	$887.0M	-25.9%
123rd	Thailand	$904.6M	-88.0%
124th	Zambia	$1.2B	-36.0%
125th	New Zealand	$1.2B	-53.0%
126th	Slovenia	$1.6B	151.0%
127th	South Sudan	$1.7B	-71.1%
128th	Bermuda	$1.7B	-4.5%
129th	Chad	$2.2B	71.0%
130th	Ecuador	$2.3B	34.8%
131st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	$2.5B	86.0%
132nd	Turkmenistan	$2.9B	17.5%
133rd	Belarus	$2.9B	555.4%
134th	Hong Kong SAR, China	$3.0B	-69.0%
135th	Congo, Republic of	$3.3B	-6.5%
136th	Cuba	$3.8B	68.3%
137th	Peru	$4.4B	-49.0%
138th	Slovak Republic	$4.6B	5,133.1%
139th	Gabon	$5.1B	-15.5%
140th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	$5.5B	-89.8%
141st	Bahrain	$5.7B	-20.3%
142nd	Equatorial Guinea	$6.1B	-20.6%
143rd	Brunei Darussalam	$6.6B	-9.7%
144th	Viet Nam	$7.3B	245.5%
145th	Hungary	$7.7B	-3.4%
146th	Czechia	$9.9B	14.6%
147th	Argentina	$10.6B	18.6%
148th	Austria	$11.4B	-5.1%
149th	Puerto Rico (US)	$11.8B	-40.0%
150th	Algeria	$18.2B	-14.6%
151st	Luxembourg	$18.3B	-1.9%
152nd	Denmark	$19.0B	-10.6%
153rd	Azerbaijan	$19.3B	-9.6%
154th	Oman	$20.4B	0.6%
155th	Italy	$22.8B	173.4%
156th	Sweden	$24.0B	-5.1%
157th	Macao SAR, China	$25.0B	17.3%
158th	Angola	$26.0B	7.9%
159th	Spain	$27.2B	590.6%
160th	Kazakhstan	$30.2B	-21.0%
161st	Libya	$32.9B	413.5%
162nd	Iraq	$33.6B	8.5%
163rd	Korea	$33.8B	193.0%
164th	Malaysia	$33.8B	-27.1%
165th	Ireland	$39.2B	-12.1%
166th	Switzerland	$62.5B	18.8%
167th	Singapore	$71.5B	-7.1%
168th	Norway	$72.2B	4.9%
169th	Netherlands	$82.5B	5.2%
170th	Kuwait	$84.3B	15.7%
171st	Qatar	$88.2B	13.0%
172nd	United Arab Emirates	$135.8B	35.9%
173rd	Russian Federation	$147.1B	-10.9%
174th	Saudi Arabia	$184.2B	3.3%
175th	Germany	$217.2B	17.0%
176th	China	$231.9B	28.2%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's trade balance in 2012?▾

United Kingdom's trade balance in 2012 was $-26.4B. This ranked 7th globally.

How did United Kingdom's trade balance change in 2012?▾

United Kingdom's trade balance decreased by 24.1% in 2012 compared to 2011.

Which country had the highest trade balance in 2012?▾

China had the highest trade balance in 2012 at $231.9B.

What is the trade balance of United Kingdom in 2012?▾

The trade balance of United Kingdom in 2012 was $-26.4B. This ranked 7th globally.

How does 2012 compare to 2011 for United Kingdom's trade balance?▾

United Kingdom's trade balance went from $-21.3B in 2011 to $-26.4B in 2012, a 24.1% decrease.

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