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Trade balance

49 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank

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

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.