United Kingdom - Trade Balance 2022
$-34.2B
−$35.5B from 2021
United Kingdom's trade balance was $-34.2B in 2022, decreased +$35.5B from $1.3B in 2021. This was the 10th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United States | $-958.9B | -11.5% |
| 2nd | Japan | $-158.6B | -505.1% |
| 3rd | India | $-119.5B | -43.8% |
| 4th | France | $-76.3B | -112.2% |
| 5th | Philippines | $-63.3B | -34.1% |
| 6th | Pakistan | $-44.8B | -44.0% |
| 7th | Mexico | $-43.0B | -69.3% |
| 8th | Italy | $-38.3B | -186.0% |
| 9th | Bangladesh | $-36.9B | -38.5% |
| 10th | United Kingdom | $-34.2B | -2,748.1% |
| 11th | Türkiye | $-33.5B | -900.0% |
| 12th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $-32.5B | 12.5% |
| 13th | Ukraine | $-26.7B | -913.0% |
| 14th | Colombia | $-25.9B | -6.3% |
| 15th | Greece | $-21.1B | -28.7% |
| 16th | Romania | $-20.4B | -26.2% |
| 17th | Guatemala | $-15.8B | -30.7% |
| 18th | Morocco | $-15.1B | -14.7% |
| 19th | Uzbekistan | $-14.7B | -28.0% |
| 20th | Nepal | $-14.6B | -20.9% |
| 21st | Belgium | $-13.8B | -223.5% |
| 22nd | New Zealand | $-13.4B | -34.8% |
| 23rd | Chile | $-12.0B | -327.2% |
| 24th | Dominican Republic | $-11.7B | -38.9% |
| 25th | Thailand | $-10.5B | -1,442.2% |
| 26th | Hungary | $-9.7B | -1,345.0% |
| 27th | Kenya | $-9.6B | 0.7% |
| 28th | Lebanon | $-9.5B | -53.3% |
| 29th | Jordan | $-9.3B | 1.9% |
| 30th | Honduras | $-8.7B | -26.1% |
| 31st | West Bank and Gaza | $-8.7B | -25.5% |
| 32nd | El Salvador | $-7.6B | -7.7% |
| 33rd | Senegal | $-7.3B | -31.6% |
| 34th | Serbia | $-7.0B | -37.6% |
| 35th | Slovak Republic | $-6.9B | -1,148.4% |
| 36th | Mozambique | $-6.7B | -32.6% |
| 37th | Portugal | $-6.2B | 13.3% |
| 38th | Tunisia | $-6.0B | -27.4% |
| 39th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $-5.7B | -27.4% |
| 40th | Finland | $-5.6B | -3,598.1% |
| 41st | Afghanistan | $-5.2B | -61.6% |
| 42nd | Syrian Arab Republic | $-5.2B | -19.9% |
| 43rd | Kyrgyz Republic | $-5.0B | -88.3% |
| 44th | Uganda | $-4.8B | -15.9% |
| 45th | Croatia | $-4.5B | -139.2% |
| 46th | Haiti | $-4.5B | 6.5% |
| 47th | Moldova | $-4.3B | -15.8% |
| 48th | Guam | $-3.9B | -11.7% |
| 49th | Tajikistan | $-3.5B | -67.2% |
| 50th | Austria | $-3.4B | -181.6% |
| 51st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $-3.3B | -27.0% |
| 52nd | Tanzania | $-3.2B | -167.3% |
| 53rd | Zimbabwe | $-3.1B | -64.7% |
| 54th | Côte d'Ivoire | $-3.1B | -709.3% |
| 55th | Kosovo | $-3.1B | -2.3% |
| 56th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $-2.9B | -1,933.1% |
| 57th | North Macedonia | $-2.9B | -29.3% |
| 58th | Sri Lanka | $-2.6B | 59.6% |
| 59th | Malawi | $-2.6B | -9.6% |
| 60th | Nicaragua | $-2.4B | -28.6% |
| 61st | Georgia | $-2.4B | 20.6% |
| 62nd | Namibia | $-2.3B | 5.3% |
| 63rd | Rwanda | $-2.2B | -27.3% |
| 64th | Mauritania | $-2.2B | -171.9% |
| 65th | Mali | $-2.1B | 5.3% |
| 66th | Paraguay | $-2.1B | -526.1% |
| 67th | Albania | $-2.0B | 18.4% |
| 68th | New Caledonia | $-1.9B | 9.2% |
| 69th | Latvia | $-1.9B | -53.3% |
| 70th | Mauritius | $-1.8B | -10.9% |
| 71st | Lithuania | $-1.5B | -149.8% |
| 72nd | French Polynesia | $-1.5B | 6.9% |
| 73rd | Madagascar | $-1.4B | -11.8% |
| 74th | Montenegro | $-1.4B | -25.4% |
| 75th | Cameroon | $-1.2B | 29.9% |
| 76th | Lesotho | $-1.2B | -2.8% |
| 77th | Mongolia | $-1.1B | -248.0% |
| 78th | Bhutan | $-1.0B | -88.6% |
| 79th | Togo | $-999.2M | -15.7% |
| 80th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $-987.1M | -266.8% |
| 81st | Burkina Faso | $-946.8M | -251.4% |
| 82nd | Sierra Leone | $-818.4M | -3.4% |
| 83rd | Guinea | $-662.6M | -40.7% |
| 84th | Gambia, The | $-608.1M | -4.6% |
| 85th | Cambodia | $-583.7M | -8.8% |
| 86th | Ghana | $-582.0M | 71.8% |
| 87th | Northern Mariana Islands | $-533.0M | 12.8% |
| 88th | Virgin Islands (US) | $-509.0M | -4,341.7% |
| 89th | Central African Republic | $-491.6M | -10.3% |
| 90th | Benin | $-479.4M | 56.4% |
| 91st | Vanuatu | $-472.1M | -21.6% |
| 92nd | Cabo Verde | $-441.0M | 27.8% |
| 93rd | Greenland | $-371.5M | 27.6% |
| 94th | Samoa | $-336.9M | -6.4% |
| 95th | Estonia | $-316.2M | 31.5% |
| 96th | Guinea-Bissau | $-303.3M | -63.3% |
| 97th | Comoros | $-299.4M | -5.9% |
| 98th | Solomon Islands | $-272.4M | -22.2% |
| 99th | Tonga | $-270.5M | -12.3% |
| 100th | American Samoa | $-268.0M | 26.0% |
| 101st | Kiribati | $-249.7M | -30.7% |
| 102nd | Bahamas, The | $-231.4M | 80.8% |
| 103rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | $-201.0M | -9.2% |
| 104th | Macao SAR, China | $-195.7M | -105.1% |
| 105th | Seychelles | $-193.4M | 44.0% |
| 106th | Palau | $-180.1M | -15.0% |
| 107th | Eswatini | $-170.0M | -400.6% |
| 108th | Antigua and Barbuda | $-154.1M | -34.5% |
| 109th | Armenia | $-143.8M | 86.9% |
| 110th | Marshall Islands | $-125.2M | -70.5% |
| 111th | Nauru | $-91.0M | -5.5% |
| 112th | Belize | $-76.4M | 17.7% |
| 113th | Ecuador | $-35.2M | -103.8% |
| 114th | Faroe Islands | $-4.1M | -123.7% |
| 115th | Niger | $0 | 100.0% |
| 116th | Aruba | $32.5M | 123.2% |
| 117th | Korea | $82.3M | -99.9% |
| 118th | Iceland | $126.7M | 132.2% |
| 119th | Maldives | $191.4M | -62.0% |
| 120th | Sudan | $229.1M | 79.9% |
| 121st | Botswana | $299.8M | 132.4% |
| 122nd | Timor-Leste | $436.5M | -55.7% |
| 123rd | San Marino | $446.1M | -8.1% |
| 124th | Djibouti | $577.7M | -22.5% |
| 125th | Peru | $902.4M | -86.9% |
| 126th | Bulgaria | $1.0B | -51.9% |
| 127th | Cyprus | $1.1B | -21.5% |
| 128th | Slovenia | $1.2B | -65.6% |
| 129th | Costa Rica | $1.8B | 75.2% |
| 130th | Panama | $2.0B | -5.0% |
| 131st | Bermuda | $2.0B | 12.5% |
| 132nd | Malta | $2.2B | -35.0% |
| 133rd | Czechia | $2.4B | -77.5% |
| 134th | Chad | $2.8B | 89.8% |
| 135th | Zambia | $3.2B | -19.7% |
| 136th | Equatorial Guinea | $3.3B | 103.4% |
| 137th | Uruguay | $4.0B | -13.6% |
| 138th | Brunei Darussalam | $4.3B | 132.6% |
| 139th | Belarus | $4.5B | 13.9% |
| 140th | Congo, Republic of | $4.7B | 56.2% |
| 141st | Turkmenistan | $5.2B | 59.8% |
| 142nd | Argentina | $6.2B | -58.1% |
| 143rd | Puerto Rico (US) | $7.6B | -41.2% |
| 144th | South Africa | $8.7B | -66.7% |
| 145th | Brazil | $8.7B | -7.5% |
| 146th | Sweden | $8.7B | -64.3% |
| 147th | Gabon | $8.8B | 24.0% |
| 148th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $9.4B | 68.2% |
| 149th | Israel | $11.2B | -17.0% |
| 150th | Bahrain | $11.5B | 50.4% |
| 151st | Poland | $11.7B | -46.9% |
| 152nd | Libya | $12.0B | 71.2% |
| 153rd | Canada | $12.5B | 496.2% |
| 154th | Spain | $12.7B | -12.1% |
| 155th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $14.7B | -28.6% |
| 156th | Viet Nam | $15.2B | 305.9% |
| 157th | Angola | $19.9B | 43.7% |
| 158th | Oman | $22.8B | 143.8% |
| 159th | Algeria | $23.4B | 24,261.8% |
| 160th | Azerbaijan | $26.0B | 184.1% |
| 161st | Luxembourg | $26.2B | -10.0% |
| 162nd | Malaysia | $29.3B | 8.5% |
| 163rd | Kazakhstan | $33.4B | 96.4% |
| 164th | Denmark | $38.1B | 53.8% |
| 165th | Indonesia | $46.7B | 49.8% |
| 166th | Kuwait | $55.0B | 72.9% |
| 167th | Iraq | $58.3B | 111.6% |
| 168th | Qatar | $87.2B | 96.6% |
| 169th | Australia | $88.7B | 49.4% |
| 170th | Netherlands | $91.9B | -10.6% |
| 171st | United Arab Emirates | $93.9B | 21.0% |
| 172nd | Germany | $103.8B | -53.4% |
| 173rd | Switzerland | $114.2B | 14.6% |
| 174th | Norway | $169.3B | 126.5% |
| 175th | Saudi Arabia | $187.7B | 157.1% |
| 176th | Singapore | $203.0B | 28.2% |
| 177th | Ireland | $226.2B | 2.1% |
| 178th | Russian Federation | $290.1B | 68.4% |
| 179th | China | $577.8B | 25.4% |
FAQ
What was United Kingdom's trade balance in 2022?▾
United Kingdom's trade balance in 2022 was $-34.2B. This ranked 10th globally.
How did United Kingdom's trade balance change in 2022?▾
United Kingdom's trade balance decreased by 2,748.1% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest trade balance in 2022?▾
China had the highest trade balance in 2022 at $577.8B.
What is the trade balance of United Kingdom in 2022?▾
The trade balance of United Kingdom in 2022 was $-34.2B. This ranked 10th globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for United Kingdom's trade balance?▾
United Kingdom's trade balance went from $1.3B in 2021 to $-34.2B in 2022, a 2,748.1% decrease.
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