United States - Trade Balance 2020
$-626.2B
−$48.9B from 2019
United States's trade balance was $-626.2B in 2020, decreased +$48.9B from $-577.3B in 2019. This was the 1st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United States | $-626.2B | -8.5% |
| 2nd | France | $-45.7B | -158.1% |
| 3rd | Canada | $-36.6B | -43.1% |
| 4th | Philippines | $-28.1B | 38.3% |
| 5th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $-27.6B | -10.4% |
| 6th | Pakistan | $-24.4B | 24.9% |
| 7th | Türkiye | $-21.3B | -179.0% |
| 8th | Bangladesh | $-20.1B | -6.4% |
| 9th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $-20.0B | -44.7% |
| 10th | Colombia | $-19.0B | -0.8% |
| 11th | Algeria | $-15.4B | -39.6% |
| 12th | Greece | $-14.1B | -364.4% |
| 13th | Japan | $-13.6B | 8.3% |
| 14th | Romania | $-11.1B | -4.6% |
| 15th | India | $-10.5B | 85.6% |
| 16th | Nepal | $-9.1B | 20.7% |
| 17th | Morocco | $-8.8B | 12.6% |
| 18th | Uzbekistan | $-8.1B | 15.4% |
| 19th | Jordan | $-8.0B | -37.7% |
| 20th | Kenya | $-7.6B | 15.3% |
| 21st | Guatemala | $-6.6B | 17.3% |
| 22nd | West Bank and Gaza | $-5.7B | 12.6% |
| 23rd | Dominican Republic | $-5.6B | -47.6% |
| 24th | Lebanon | $-5.5B | 50.5% |
| 25th | Sri Lanka | $-5.2B | -1.2% |
| 26th | Afghanistan | $-5.2B | -5,062.3% |
| 27th | Mozambique | $-4.9B | -0.6% |
| 28th | Libya | $-4.8B | -221.3% |
| 29th | Portugal | $-4.6B | -456.7% |
| 30th | Senegal | $-4.6B | -37.0% |
| 31st | Serbia | $-4.5B | 12.8% |
| 32nd | El Salvador | $-4.3B | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $-4.2B | -9.2% |
| 34th | Iraq | $-4.1B | -124.4% |
| 35th | Croatia | $-4.0B | -1,503.0% |
| 36th | Honduras | $-3.8B | 19.8% |
| 37th | Tunisia | $-3.5B | 18.8% |
| 38th | Norway | $-3.4B | -135.2% |
| 39th | Haiti | $-3.2B | 8.9% |
| 40th | Guinea | $-3.1B | -174.6% |
| 41st | Georgia | $-3.1B | -88.3% |
| 42nd | Guam | $-3.0B | -41.1% |
| 43rd | Moldova | $-2.7B | 8.8% |
| 44th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $-2.7B | 8.8% |
| 45th | Kosovo | $-2.5B | -16.0% |
| 46th | Ghana | $-2.5B | -87.5% |
| 47th | Ukraine | $-2.4B | 80.9% |
| 48th | Uganda | $-2.3B | -27.6% |
| 49th | Botswana | $-2.3B | -51.3% |
| 50th | Malawi | $-2.2B | -11.2% |
| 51st | Niger | $-2.2B | -9.7% |
| 52nd | Albania | $-2.2B | -4.5% |
| 53rd | Syrian Arab Republic | $-2.1B | 41.8% |
| 54th | New Caledonia | $-1.7B | 14.4% |
| 55th | Tajikistan | $-1.7B | 20.7% |
| 56th | Rwanda | $-1.7B | -13.5% |
| 57th | Montenegro | $-1.7B | -42.5% |
| 58th | Kyrgyz Republic | $-1.6B | 36.3% |
| 59th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $-1.6B | 43.2% |
| 60th | North Macedonia | $-1.6B | 9.5% |
| 61st | Virgin Islands (US) | $-1.6B | 16.6% |
| 62nd | French Polynesia | $-1.5B | -12.3% |
| 63rd | Cameroon | $-1.3B | 8.7% |
| 64th | Armenia | $-1.3B | 30.5% |
| 65th | New Zealand | $-1.2B | -383.9% |
| 66th | Mauritius | $-1.2B | -13.3% |
| 67th | Mali | $-1.2B | 44.8% |
| 68th | Madagascar | $-1.1B | -40.4% |
| 69th | Lesotho | $-1.1B | 6.8% |
| 70th | Namibia | $-1.0B | 20.0% |
| 71st | Benin | $-798.2M | -25.5% |
| 72nd | Cambodia | $-787.5M | 55.7% |
| 73rd | Zimbabwe | $-740.7M | -290.8% |
| 74th | Sierra Leone | $-724.5M | 38.9% |
| 75th | Bahamas, The | $-712.3M | -556.6% |
| 76th | Togo | $-668.2M | -12.1% |
| 77th | Maldives | $-663.8M | -90.1% |
| 78th | Nicaragua | $-654.9M | -16.3% |
| 79th | Tanzania | $-631.1M | -9.4% |
| 80th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $-624.5M | 66.5% |
| 81st | Gambia, The | $-510.7M | -79.7% |
| 82nd | Cabo Verde | $-506.5M | -120.7% |
| 83rd | Central African Republic | $-446.2M | -8.3% |
| 84th | Northern Mariana Islands | $-428.0M | -83.7% |
| 85th | Bhutan | $-385.8M | -6.8% |
| 86th | Aruba | $-384.8M | -154.5% |
| 87th | Cyprus | $-351.2M | -232.5% |
| 88th | Estonia | $-344.8M | -129.3% |
| 89th | Greenland | $-331.5M | -9.4% |
| 90th | Azerbaijan | $-329.1M | -105.6% |
| 91st | Mauritania | $-327.5M | 52.3% |
| 92nd | Vanuatu | $-299.8M | -2,548.3% |
| 93rd | Seychelles | $-281.9M | -73.5% |
| 94th | Comoros | $-272.8M | -37.4% |
| 95th | American Samoa | $-259.0M | -20.5% |
| 96th | Timor-Leste | $-246.9M | 56.9% |
| 97th | Tonga | $-215.0M | 2.5% |
| 98th | Guinea-Bissau | $-203.7M | 4.6% |
| 99th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $-189.0M | -13.2% |
| 100th | Samoa | $-165.9M | -37.0% |
| 101st | Palau | $-149.7M | -36.6% |
| 102nd | Antigua and Barbuda | $-148.5M | -1,186.4% |
| 103rd | Belize | $-130.4M | -443.1% |
| 104th | Kiribati | $-127.2M | 14.3% |
| 105th | Turkmenistan | $-124.0M | -105.9% |
| 106th | Marshall Islands | $-89.1M | 51.5% |
| 107th | Iceland | $-83.2M | -105.9% |
| 108th | Solomon Islands | $-66.7M | 58.8% |
| 109th | Nauru | $-59.6M | -35.6% |
| 110th | Faroe Islands | $-44.7M | -147.0% |
| 111th | Macao SAR, China | $-26.4M | -100.1% |
| 112th | Côte d'Ivoire | $27.9M | -93.0% |
| 113th | Sudan | $79.9M | 102.7% |
| 114th | Eswatini | $132.0M | -0.8% |
| 115th | Djibouti | $268.0M | -30.6% |
| 116th | Chad | $288.3M | -40.6% |
| 117th | Mongolia | $330.4M | 139.0% |
| 118th | San Marino | $370.7M | 10.6% |
| 119th | Equatorial Guinea | $372.3M | -55.6% |
| 120th | Latvia | $479.1M | 764.1% |
| 121st | Burkina Faso | $498.8M | 264.3% |
| 122nd | Brunei Darussalam | $530.8M | -46.6% |
| 123rd | Finland | $659.0M | -63.3% |
| 124th | Saudi Arabia | $664.0M | -99.0% |
| 125th | Cuba | $702.0M | -57.7% |
| 126th | Cayman Islands | $780.1M | -45.5% |
| 127th | Slovak Republic | $1.1B | 3,240.6% |
| 128th | Paraguay | $1.3B | 270.9% |
| 129th | Congo, Republic of | $1.4B | -52.2% |
| 130th | Oman | $1.7B | -84.6% |
| 131st | Bermuda | $1.7B | -10.3% |
| 132nd | Bulgaria | $1.8B | -22.2% |
| 133rd | Belarus | $1.9B | 545.3% |
| 134th | Bahrain | $2.0B | -55.2% |
| 135th | Panama | $2.2B | 1,040,625.3% |
| 136th | Costa Rica | $2.3B | 23.1% |
| 137th | Ecuador | $2.5B | 15,828.0% |
| 138th | Uruguay | $2.5B | -34.1% |
| 139th | Zambia | $2.6B | 2,201.8% |
| 140th | Hungary | $2.6B | -28.2% |
| 141st | Malta | $2.9B | 10.3% |
| 142nd | Peru | $3.6B | 38.1% |
| 143rd | Gabon | $3.8B | -22.5% |
| 144th | Slovenia | $4.8B | 2.7% |
| 145th | Angola | $5.2B | -52.8% |
| 146th | Lithuania | $5.2B | 79.6% |
| 147th | Kuwait | $6.0B | -65.7% |
| 148th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $6.7B | 17.6% |
| 149th | Kazakhstan | $6.9B | -52.7% |
| 150th | Belgium | $7.6B | 203.5% |
| 151st | Brazil | $8.9B | 174.0% |
| 152nd | Chile | $11.4B | 319.5% |
| 153rd | Argentina | $11.6B | -19.5% |
| 154th | Qatar | $11.9B | -53.0% |
| 155th | Israel | $12.8B | 94.7% |
| 156th | Austria | $14.7B | -7.6% |
| 157th | South Africa | $14.8B | 653.1% |
| 158th | Czechia | $16.9B | 8.2% |
| 159th | Puerto Rico (US) | $17.7B | 24.1% |
| 160th | Indonesia | $17.9B | 459.7% |
| 161st | Mexico | $18.1B | 445.0% |
| 162nd | Viet Nam | $19.1B | 1.9% |
| 163rd | Spain | $19.6B | -53.3% |
| 164th | Denmark | $20.1B | -3.4% |
| 165th | United Kingdom | $20.1B | 158.3% |
| 166th | Malaysia | $21.5B | -21.8% |
| 167th | Sweden | $22.3B | 9.9% |
| 168th | Luxembourg | $24.5B | 15.1% |
| 169th | Thailand | $26.0B | -48.9% |
| 170th | Poland | $34.0B | 54.7% |
| 171st | Australia | $45.0B | 51.6% |
| 172nd | Switzerland | $47.5B | -32.8% |
| 173rd | United Arab Emirates | $53.0B | -46.3% |
| 174th | Korea | $64.3B | 39.3% |
| 175th | Italy | $67.0B | 3.5% |
| 176th | Russian Federation | $75.8B | -41.4% |
| 177th | Ireland | $90.9B | 365.3% |
| 178th | Netherlands | $95.6B | 3.3% |
| 179th | Singapore | $110.1B | -0.4% |
| 180th | Germany | $209.1B | -5.8% |
| 181st | China | $355.1B | 167.5% |
FAQ
What was United States's trade balance in 2020?▾
United States's trade balance in 2020 was $-626.2B. This ranked 1st globally.
How did United States's trade balance change in 2020?▾
United States's trade balance decreased by 8.5% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest trade balance in 2020?▾
China had the highest trade balance in 2020 at $355.1B.
What is the trade balance of United States in 2020?▾
The trade balance of United States in 2020 was $-626.2B. This ranked 1st globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for United States's trade balance?▾
United States's trade balance went from $-577.3B in 2019 to $-626.2B in 2020, a 8.5% decrease.
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