Malta: Trade balance, in dollars

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 Malta

Trade balance, billion USD

 Latest value 4.74
 Year 2024
 Measure billion U.S. dollars
 Data availability 1971 - 2024
 Average 0.50
 Min - Max -0.48 - 4.74
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2024 is 4.74 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from 4.01 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 4.90 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 109 countries. Historically, the average for Malta from 1971 to 2024 is 0.5 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -0.48 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1996 while the maximum of 4.74 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2024. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Malta - Trade balance, in dollars - historical chart - 1971-2024




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 100.60 2023 percent
 Trade openness 229.55 2024 percent
 Financial openness 2.290 2022 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 123.47 2024 percent
 Exports, billion dollars 30.03 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Growth of exports 5.31 2024 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 106.08 2024 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 25.80 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 174.83 2024 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 42.52 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities 2,118.75 2024 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP 0.90 2023 percent
 Trade balance, percent of GDP 17.38 2024 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars 4.74 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 1.42 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 1.11 2023 percent
 Remittances 15.40 2024 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions 371.52 2023 million USD
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