Japan
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2025
No figure published for 2025.
Trade balance
Indicator · Trade
Trade balance
AddExports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services for the same year. A surplus is positive, a deficit negative.
Read the trade balance as exports minus imports for the same year. A surplus is positive; a deficit is negative. It is derived on BizNavi Hub from the two World Bank series.
Because it is derived, a missing export or import observation removes the balance for that economy-year.
Compare economies carefully: currencies, survey methods, and coverage years differ. A higher value is not automatically “better” for every indicator.
- Unit
- Current US dollars
- World Bank indicator code
- BIZNAVI.TRADE_BALANCE.USD
- Source
- World Bank Open Data
- Latest year published
- 2025
Computed by BizNavi Hub
The World Bank publishes no trade balance series of its own. BizNavi Hub subtracts imports of goods and services from exports of goods and services for the same economy and the same year, and publishes a figure only where both sides are present.
exports - imports · NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD
Latest available World Bank data
Every figure is the most recent annual value the World Bank has published for that economy. This is not a live or real-time feed: the World Bank revises its series on its own irregular schedule, and this page shows what our last refresh retrieved.
Last refreshed by BizNavi Hub: Sep 22, 2026
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Selected economies in 2025
United States
—
2025
No figure published for 2025.
Trade balance
Germany
$119.0B
2025
Trade balance
Trend, 2016 to 2025
One indicator for one geography across the available periods.
Show these figures as a table
| Period | Japan | United States | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $40.3B | -$503.3B | $257.0B |
| 2017 | $37.4B | -$543.3B | $261.7B |
| 2018 | $964.5M | -$593.1B | $238.0B |
| 2019 | -$14.8B | -$577.3B | $222.0B |
| 2020 | -$13.6B | -$618.6B | $209.1B |
| 2021 | -$26.2B | -$849.2B | $223.0B |
| 2022 | -$158.6B | -$937.9B | $103.8B |
| 2023 | -$64.7B | -$786.5B | $181.2B |
| 2024 | -$37.4B | -$898.5B | $177.0B |
| 2025 | — | — | $119.0B |
Global ranking for 2025
| # | Geography | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $816.2B |
| 2 | Ireland | $289.9B |
| 3 | Singapore | $213.8B |
| 4 | Netherlands | $149.5B |
| 5 | Germany | $119.0B |
| 6 | Korea, Rep. | $96.7B |
| 7 | Switzerland | $93.3B |
| 8 | Spain | $72.9B |
| 9 | Russian Federation | $69.1B |
| 10 | Norway | $62.1B |
| 11 | Denmark | $50.9B |
| 12 | Italy | $49.3B |
| 13 | Indonesia | $33.3B |
| 14 | Viet Nam | $31.7B |
| 15 | Luxembourg | $31.5B |
| 16 | Poland | $29.7B |
| 17 | Peru | $27.2B |
| 18 | Malaysia | $26.2B |
| 19 | Macao SAR, China | $23.7B |
| 20 | Czechia | $22.9B |
| 21 | Thailand | $22.4B |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | $20.1B |
| 23 | Chile | $14.8B |
| 24 | Sweden | $14.2B |
| 25 | Angola | $13.8B |
Top 25 economies by the selected indicator in 2025. Countries only, so World Bank aggregates are excluded. An economy with no figure for 2025 has no rank rather than a last place.
Observations, 2016 to 2025
| Indicator | Geography | Period | Value | Source | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trade balance | Germany | 2016 | $257.0B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Japan | 2016 | $40.3B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | United States | 2016 | -$503.3B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Germany | 2017 | $261.7B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Japan | 2017 | $37.4B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | United States | 2017 | -$543.3B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Germany | 2018 | $238.0B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Japan | 2018 | $964.5M | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | United States | 2018 | -$593.1B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Germany | 2019 | $222.0B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Japan | 2019 | -$14.8B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | United States | 2019 | -$577.3B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Germany | 2020 | $209.1B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Japan | 2020 | -$13.6B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | United States | 2020 | -$618.6B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Germany | 2021 | $223.0B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Japan | 2021 | -$26.2B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | United States | 2021 | -$849.2B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Germany | 2022 | $103.8B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Japan | 2022 | -$158.6B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | United States | 2022 | -$937.9B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Germany | 2023 | $181.2B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Japan | 2023 | -$64.7B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | United States | 2023 | -$786.5B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Germany | 2024 | $177.0B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Japan | 2024 | -$37.4B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | United States | 2024 | -$898.5B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Trade balance | Germany | 2025 | $119.0B | World Bank Open Data | Sep 22, 2026 |
Where these figures come from
Derived by BizNavi Hub- Indicator code
- BIZNAVI.TRADE_BALANCE.USD
- Official series name
- Trade balance in goods and services (BizNavi Hub derived)
- Retrieved by BizNavi Hub
- Sep 22, 2026
- Provider last revised
- —
- Last refreshed by BizNavi Hub
- Sep 22, 2026
- Attribution
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
The World Bank does not publish this series under a code of its own. BizNavi Hub computes it from the two World Bank indicators below, and only where both are present for the same economy and the same year.
- Formula
- exports - imports
- Input indicator codes
- NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD
Published figures are reproduced from public statistical sources for general business reference. They are not financial, investment, or legal advice, and revisions made by a provider appear here only after the next refresh.
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