Egypt: Trade balance, in dollars

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 Egypt

Trade balance, billion USD

 Latest value -35.87
 Year 2024
 Measure billion U.S. dollars
 Data availability 1977 - 2024
 Average -10.95
 Min - Max -35.87 - 0.40
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is -35.87 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from -14.05 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 Egypt from 1977 to 2024 is -10.95 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -35.87 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 2024 while the maximum of 0.4 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2003. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Egypt: Trade balance, in dollars
 2024 -35.87
 2023 -14.05
 2022 -20.85
 2021 -35.70
 2020 -32.38
 2019 -25.43
 2018 -24.71
 2017 -27.35




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 112.20 2024 percent
 Trade openness 51.33 2025 percent
 Financial openness -0.171 2022 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 19.82 2025 percent
 Exports, billion dollars 72.39 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Growth of exports 23.67 2025 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 31.51 2025 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 115.11 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 4.23 2025 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 46.58 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities -269.10 2024 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP -3.82 2025 percent
 Current account, in dollars -13.94 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP -11.69 2025 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars -35.87 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 48.88 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 7.60 2024 percent
 Remittances 41,517.40 2025 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions 2,451.90 2025 million USD
 External debt 40.49 2024 percent
 Short-term external debt 19.98 2024 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 69.00 2024 percent
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