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Trade balance

Exports minus imports, current US$

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Countries
49 of 54 have data · 5 without data
Period
Latest figures range from 2015 to 2025: 10 countries report 2025; 39 report earlier years.
Source
World Bank · annual

Countries’ latest figures come from different years. Each row shows its own year, so figures from different years are not a like-for-like comparison.

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Trade balance: Highest to lowest
Rank Country Value (US$) Year Change from previous figure Compare
1 🇬🇭 Ghana+ compare $9.2B ↑ $7.7B from previous figure 2025 ↑ $7.7B + compare
2 🇿🇦 South Africa+ compare $8.2B ↑ $438.4M from previous figure 2025 ↑ $438.4M + compare
3 🇦🇴 Angola+ compare $6.6B ↓ $7.6B from previous figure 2025 ↓ $7.6B + compare
4 🇱🇾 Libya+ compare $4.5B ↓ $7.5B from previous figure 2023 ↓ $7.5B + compare
5 🇨🇬 Congo+ compare $3.3B ↑ $1.9B from previous figure 2021 ↑ $1.9B + compare
6 🇬🇳 Guinea+ compare $1.5B ↓ $1.9B from previous figure 2024 ↓ $1.9B + compare
7 🇿🇲 Zambia+ compare $688.7M ↑ $115.1M from previous figure 2024 ↑ $115.1M + compare
8 🇩🇯 Djibouti+ compare $484.9M ↓ $122.5M from previous figure 2024 ↓ $122.5M + compare
9 🇬🇦 Gabon+ compare $340.7M ↓ $1.9B from previous figure 2015 ↓ $1.9B + compare
10 🇸🇸 South Sudan+ compare $55.8M ↑ $646.7M from previous figure 2023 ↑ $646.7M + compare
11 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire+ compare $36.7M ↑ $3.2B from previous figure 2024 ↑ $3.2B + compare
12 🇸🇿 Eswatini+ compare $-52.9M ↑ $132.2M from previous figure 2024 ↑ $132.2M + compare
13 🇳🇬 Nigeria+ compare $-72M ↑ $122.4M from previous figure 2025 ↑ $122.4M + compare
14 🇸🇨 Seychelles+ compare $-76.1M ↓ $14.8M from previous figure 2024 ↓ $14.8M + compare
15 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe+ compare $-118.9M ↑ $38.3M from previous figure 2024 ↑ $38.3M + compare
16 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau+ compare $-331.5M ↓ $23.9M from previous figure 2024 ↓ $23.9M + compare
17 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde+ compare $-353.6M ↓ $40.3M from previous figure 2025 ↓ $40.3M + compare
18 🇰🇲 Comoros+ compare $-355.6M ↓ $41.3M from previous figure 2023 ↓ $41.3M + compare
19 🇱🇷 Liberia+ compare $-412.3M ↑ $599.7M from previous figure 2024 ↑ $599.7M + compare
20 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso+ compare $-547.4M ↑ $374.9M from previous figure 2024 ↑ $374.9M + compare
21 🇹🇬 Togo+ compare $-667.6M ↓ $72M from previous figure 2020 ↓ $72M + compare
22 🇬🇲 Gambia+ compare $-701.4M ↓ $65.7M from previous figure 2024 ↓ $65.7M + compare
23 🇧🇮 Burundi+ compare $-946.7M ↑ $21.9M from previous figure 2025 ↑ $21.9M + compare
24 🇹🇿 Tanzania+ compare $-1B ↑ $1.2B from previous figure 2024 ↑ $1.2B + compare
25 🇲🇿 Mozambique+ compare $-1.1B ↑ $645.8M from previous figure 2024 ↑ $645.8M + compare
26 🇱🇸 Lesotho+ compare $-1.2B ↓ $105.4M from previous figure 2025 ↓ $105.4M + compare
27 🇳🇪 Niger+ compare $-1.3B ↑ $1.3B from previous figure 2024 ↑ $1.3B + compare
28 🇲🇱 Mali+ compare $-1.3B ↑ $642.3M from previous figure 2024 ↑ $642.3M + compare
29 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone+ compare $-1.3B ↓ $474.6M from previous figure 2024 ↓ $474.6M + compare
30 🇲🇷 Mauritania+ compare $-1.3B ↑ $967,591 from previous figure 2024 ↑ $967,591 + compare
31 🇲🇬 Madagascar+ compare $-1.3B ↓ $366.3M from previous figure 2024 ↓ $366.3M + compare
32 🇩🇿 Algeria+ compare $-1.4B ↓ $9.8B from previous figure 2024 ↓ $9.8B + compare
33 🇨🇩 DR Congo+ compare $-1.6B ↑ $336.2M from previous figure 2025 ↑ $336.2M + compare
34 🇨🇲 Cameroon+ compare $-1.6B ↑ $357.4M from previous figure 2024 ↑ $357.4M + compare
35 🇧🇯 Benin+ compare $-1.7B ↓ $653.6M from previous figure 2023 ↓ $653.6M + compare
36 🇲🇺 Mauritius+ compare $-2.1B ↓ $417M from previous figure 2024 ↓ $417M + compare
37 🇷🇼 Rwanda+ compare $-2.3B ↑ $13.5M from previous figure 2024 ↑ $13.5M + compare
38 🇲🇼 Malawi+ compare $-2.4B ↑ $128.1M from previous figure 2024 ↑ $128.1M + compare
39 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe+ compare $-2.5B ↑ $226.6M from previous figure 2024 ↑ $226.6M + compare
40 🇹🇳 Tunisia+ compare $-2.5B ↓ $253.6M from previous figure 2024 ↓ $253.6M + compare
41 🇧🇼 Botswana+ compare $-2.6B ↓ $1.8B from previous figure 2024 ↓ $1.8B + compare
42 🇳🇦 Namibia+ compare $-3.3B ↓ $562.6M from previous figure 2024 ↓ $562.6M + compare
43 🇺🇬 Uganda+ compare $-4.9B ↓ $541.9M from previous figure 2024 ↓ $541.9M + compare
44 🇸🇩 Sudan+ compare $-5.7B ↓ $2.1B from previous figure 2022 ↓ $2.1B + compare
45 🇰🇪 Kenya+ compare $-7.3B ↑ $593.2M from previous figure 2024 ↑ $593.2M + compare
46 🇸🇳 Senegal+ compare $-7.9B ↓ $635.7M from previous figure 2023 ↓ $635.7M + compare
47 🇪🇹 Ethiopia+ compare $-11.9B ↑ $137.8M from previous figure 2024 ↑ $137.8M + compare
48 🇲🇦 Morocco+ compare $-16.5B ↓ $3.4B from previous figure 2025 ↓ $3.4B + compare
49 🇪🇬 Egypt+ compare $-38.6B ↓ $2.8B from previous figure 2025 ↓ $2.8B + compare
Median $-1.1B median of shown

“—” in the change column means there is no earlier figure to compare with.

5 countries have no figure and are not ranked

Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Somalia

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