United States - Trade Balance 2021
$-860.0B
−$233.8B from 2020
United States's trade balance was $-860.0B in 2021, decreased +$233.8B from $-626.2B in 2020. This was the 1st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United States | $-860.0B | -37.3% |
| 2nd | India | $-83.1B | -690.5% |
| 3rd | Philippines | $-47.2B | -68.1% |
| 4th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $-37.1B | -34.6% |
| 5th | France | $-36.0B | 21.2% |
| 6th | Pakistan | $-31.1B | -27.6% |
| 7th | Bangladesh | $-26.6B | -32.2% |
| 8th | Japan | $-26.2B | -92.9% |
| 9th | Mexico | $-25.4B | -240.3% |
| 10th | Colombia | $-24.4B | -28.8% |
| 11th | Greece | $-16.4B | -15.6% |
| 12th | Romania | $-16.2B | -46.3% |
| 13th | Morocco | $-13.1B | -49.2% |
| 14th | Nepal | $-12.1B | -32.7% |
| 15th | Guatemala | $-12.1B | -84.3% |
| 16th | Uzbekistan | $-11.5B | -41.4% |
| 17th | New Zealand | $-10.0B | -702.0% |
| 18th | Kenya | $-9.6B | -27.3% |
| 19th | Jordan | $-9.5B | -18.4% |
| 20th | Dominican Republic | $-8.4B | -50.4% |
| 21st | Portugal | $-7.1B | -55.1% |
| 22nd | El Salvador | $-7.1B | -62.6% |
| 23rd | West Bank and Gaza | $-7.0B | -22.4% |
| 24th | Honduras | $-6.9B | -82.8% |
| 25th | Sri Lanka | $-6.5B | -25.6% |
| 26th | Lebanon | $-6.2B | -12.4% |
| 27th | Senegal | $-5.5B | -20.9% |
| 28th | Mozambique | $-5.1B | -3.8% |
| 29th | Serbia | $-5.1B | -11.8% |
| 30th | Haiti | $-4.8B | -49.0% |
| 31st | Tunisia | $-4.7B | -33.6% |
| 32nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $-4.4B | -6.3% |
| 33rd | Syrian Arab Republic | $-4.3B | -106.2% |
| 34th | Uganda | $-4.1B | -77.3% |
| 35th | Moldova | $-3.7B | -37.7% |
| 36th | Guam | $-3.5B | -15.3% |
| 37th | Afghanistan | $-3.2B | 37.2% |
| 38th | Georgia | $-3.1B | -0.2% |
| 39th | Kosovo | $-3.0B | -20.5% |
| 40th | Chile | $-2.8B | -124.7% |
| 41st | Kyrgyz Republic | $-2.6B | -61.6% |
| 42nd | Ukraine | $-2.6B | -11.4% |
| 43rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $-2.6B | 2.7% |
| 44th | Niger | $-2.5B | -15.2% |
| 45th | Namibia | $-2.4B | -140.4% |
| 46th | Albania | $-2.4B | -9.2% |
| 47th | Malawi | $-2.4B | -6.0% |
| 48th | Mali | $-2.3B | -90.0% |
| 49th | North Macedonia | $-2.2B | -41.2% |
| 50th | Tajikistan | $-2.1B | -22.2% |
| 51st | New Caledonia | $-2.1B | -19.4% |
| 52nd | Ghana | $-2.1B | 16.3% |
| 53rd | Nicaragua | $-1.9B | -190.7% |
| 54th | Croatia | $-1.9B | 53.1% |
| 55th | Zimbabwe | $-1.9B | -156.2% |
| 56th | Rwanda | $-1.7B | -0.7% |
| 57th | Cameroon | $-1.7B | -25.5% |
| 58th | Mauritius | $-1.6B | -31.9% |
| 59th | French Polynesia | $-1.6B | -4.6% |
| 60th | Madagascar | $-1.3B | -13.8% |
| 61st | Latvia | $-1.2B | -353.0% |
| 62nd | Bahamas, The | $-1.2B | -68.8% |
| 63rd | Tanzania | $-1.2B | -87.5% |
| 64th | Montenegro | $-1.1B | 32.1% |
| 65th | Lesotho | $-1.1B | -5.5% |
| 66th | Benin | $-1.1B | -37.8% |
| 67th | Armenia | $-1.1B | 12.9% |
| 68th | Botswana | $-925.1M | 59.0% |
| 69th | Togo | $-863.5M | -29.2% |
| 70th | Mauritania | $-792.7M | -142.1% |
| 71st | Sierra Leone | $-791.8M | -9.3% |
| 72nd | Thailand | $-679.1M | -102.6% |
| 73rd | Hungary | $-668.4M | -125.6% |
| 74th | Northern Mariana Islands | $-611.0M | -42.8% |
| 75th | Cabo Verde | $-610.5M | -20.5% |
| 76th | Gambia, The | $-581.4M | -13.8% |
| 77th | Slovak Republic | $-549.2M | -148.0% |
| 78th | Cambodia | $-536.3M | 31.9% |
| 79th | Bhutan | $-531.2M | -37.7% |
| 80th | Greenland | $-512.9M | -54.7% |
| 81st | Guinea | $-470.8M | 84.7% |
| 82nd | Estonia | $-461.3M | -33.8% |
| 83rd | Central African Republic | $-445.5M | 0.1% |
| 84th | Iceland | $-394.0M | -373.6% |
| 85th | Vanuatu | $-388.2M | -29.5% |
| 86th | Côte d'Ivoire | $-379.6M | -1,459.5% |
| 87th | American Samoa | $-362.0M | -39.8% |
| 88th | Seychelles | $-345.7M | -22.6% |
| 89th | Samoa | $-316.6M | -90.9% |
| 90th | Mongolia | $-305.8M | -192.5% |
| 91st | Comoros | $-282.9M | -3.7% |
| 92nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $-269.1M | 83.1% |
| 93rd | Tonga | $-240.9M | -12.0% |
| 94th | Solomon Islands | $-223.0M | -234.2% |
| 95th | Kiribati | $-191.0M | -50.2% |
| 96th | Guinea-Bissau | $-185.7M | 8.8% |
| 97th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $-184.0M | 2.6% |
| 98th | Palau | $-156.7M | -4.7% |
| 99th | Aruba | $-140.5M | 63.5% |
| 100th | Antigua and Barbuda | $-114.6M | 22.8% |
| 101st | Belize | $-92.8M | 28.9% |
| 102nd | Nauru | $-86.2M | -44.6% |
| 103rd | Marshall Islands | $-73.4M | 17.6% |
| 104th | Eswatini | $-33.9M | -125.7% |
| 105th | Virgin Islands (US) | $12.0M | 100.8% |
| 106th | Faroe Islands | $17.5M | 139.1% |
| 107th | Algeria | $96.2M | 100.6% |
| 108th | Sudan | $127.4M | 59.5% |
| 109th | Finland | $159.7M | -75.8% |
| 110th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $160.6M | 125.7% |
| 111th | San Marino | $485.4M | 30.9% |
| 112th | Paraguay | $492.2M | -63.3% |
| 113th | Maldives | $503.7M | 175.9% |
| 114th | Burkina Faso | $625.2M | 25.3% |
| 115th | Djibouti | $745.7M | 178.2% |
| 116th | Ecuador | $933.2M | -62.2% |
| 117th | Timor-Leste | $984.8M | 498.8% |
| 118th | Costa Rica | $1.0B | -55.5% |
| 119th | United Kingdom | $1.3B | -93.6% |
| 120th | Cyprus | $1.4B | 505.4% |
| 121st | Chad | $1.5B | 404.4% |
| 122nd | Equatorial Guinea | $1.6B | 336.0% |
| 123rd | Bermuda | $1.8B | 3.0% |
| 124th | Brunei Darussalam | $1.9B | 248.7% |
| 125th | Panama | $2.1B | -5.2% |
| 126th | Canada | $2.1B | 105.7% |
| 127th | Bulgaria | $2.1B | 17.7% |
| 128th | Congo, Republic of | $3.0B | 114.5% |
| 129th | Lithuania | $3.0B | -42.7% |
| 130th | Turkmenistan | $3.3B | 2,739.6% |
| 131st | Malta | $3.4B | 18.9% |
| 132nd | Slovenia | $3.5B | -28.1% |
| 133rd | Viet Nam | $3.8B | -80.4% |
| 134th | Macao SAR, China | $3.8B | 14,568.3% |
| 135th | Belarus | $3.9B | 107.6% |
| 136th | Zambia | $4.0B | 56.0% |
| 137th | Türkiye | $4.2B | 119.6% |
| 138th | Austria | $4.2B | -71.4% |
| 139th | Uruguay | $4.6B | 84.9% |
| 140th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $5.6B | 127.9% |
| 141st | Peru | $6.9B | 92.5% |
| 142nd | Libya | $7.0B | 245.4% |
| 143rd | Gabon | $7.1B | 84.6% |
| 144th | Bahrain | $7.7B | 292.2% |
| 145th | Azerbaijan | $9.2B | 2,880.9% |
| 146th | Oman | $9.4B | 451.5% |
| 147th | Brazil | $9.4B | 5.2% |
| 148th | Czechia | $10.8B | -36.0% |
| 149th | Belgium | $11.2B | 46.3% |
| 150th | Puerto Rico (US) | $12.9B | -27.5% |
| 151st | Israel | $13.4B | 5.3% |
| 152nd | Angola | $13.8B | 166.7% |
| 153rd | Spain | $14.5B | -26.0% |
| 154th | Argentina | $14.9B | 28.1% |
| 155th | Kazakhstan | $17.0B | 146.4% |
| 156th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $20.5B | 208.7% |
| 157th | Poland | $22.1B | -35.1% |
| 158th | Sweden | $24.4B | 9.2% |
| 159th | Denmark | $24.7B | 23.4% |
| 160th | South Africa | $26.1B | 75.9% |
| 161st | Malaysia | $27.0B | 25.8% |
| 162nd | Iraq | $27.6B | 779.4% |
| 163rd | Luxembourg | $29.1B | 18.8% |
| 164th | Indonesia | $31.2B | 74.2% |
| 165th | Kuwait | $31.8B | 429.3% |
| 166th | Qatar | $44.3B | 273.6% |
| 167th | Italy | $44.5B | -33.6% |
| 168th | Australia | $59.3B | 31.8% |
| 169th | Korea | $65.5B | 1.9% |
| 170th | Saudi Arabia | $73.0B | 10,891.9% |
| 171st | Norway | $74.7B | 2,278.6% |
| 172nd | United Arab Emirates | $77.6B | 46.3% |
| 173rd | Switzerland | $99.6B | 109.7% |
| 174th | Netherlands | $102.8B | 7.5% |
| 175th | Singapore | $158.3B | 43.8% |
| 176th | Russian Federation | $172.3B | 127.3% |
| 177th | Ireland | $221.5B | 143.7% |
| 178th | Germany | $223.0B | 6.6% |
| 179th | China | $460.8B | 29.8% |
FAQ
What was United States's trade balance in 2021?▾
United States's trade balance in 2021 was $-860.0B. This ranked 1st globally.
How did United States's trade balance change in 2021?▾
United States's trade balance decreased by 37.3% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest trade balance in 2021?▾
China had the highest trade balance in 2021 at $460.8B.
What is the trade balance of United States in 2021?▾
The trade balance of United States in 2021 was $-860.0B. This ranked 1st globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for United States's trade balance?▾
United States's trade balance went from $-626.2B in 2020 to $-860.0B in 2021, a 37.3% decrease.
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