Algeria: Trade balance, in dollars

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 Algeria

Trade balance, billion USD

 Latest value -1.41
 Year 2024
 Measure billion U.S. dollars
 Data availability 1977 - 2024
 Average 2.02
 Min - Max -27.45 - 32.48
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2024 is -1.41 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from 8.36 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 6.57 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 157 countries. Historically, the average for Algeria from 1977 to 2024 is 2.02 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -27.45 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 2016 while the maximum of 32.48 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2008. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Algeria - Trade balance, in dollars - Recent values chart

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Algeria - Trade balance, in dollars - historical chart - 1977-2024




Definition: Net trade in goods and services is derived by offsetting imports of goods and services against exports of goods and services. Exports and imports of goods and services comprise all transactions involving a change of ownership of goods and services between residents of one country and the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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 Terms of trade 138.20 2024 percent
 Trade openness 38.98 2025 percent
 Financial openness -1.248 2022 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 16.83 2025 percent
 Exports, billion dollars 48.32 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Growth of exports 2.51 2025 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 22.14 2025 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 63.56 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 0.46 2024 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 1.23 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities 0.00 1991 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP -1.02 2024 percent
 Current account, in dollars -2.75 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP -5.31 2025 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars -1.41 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 72.50 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 0.67 2024 percent
 Remittances 1,798.92 2024 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -192.96 2024 million USD
 External debt 2.56 2024 percent
 Short-term external debt 25.51 2024 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 2.12 2024 percent
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