New Zealand: Trade balance, in dollars

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 New Zealand

Trade balance, billion USD

 Latest value -4.54
 Year 2024
 Measure billion U.S. dollars
 Data availability 2000 - 2024
 Average -0.34
 Min - Max -13.68 - 3.32
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is -4.54 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from -8.17 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 New Zealand from 2000 to 2024 is -0.34 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -13.68 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 2022 while the maximum of 3.32 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2010. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values New Zealand: Trade balance, in dollars
 2024 -4.54
 2023 -8.17
 2022 -13.68
 2021 -7.73
 2020 1.94
 2019 0.08
 2018 -0.26
 2017 2.11




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 107.60 2024 percent
 Trade openness 50.66 2024 percent
 Financial openness 2.290 2022 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 24.71 2024 percent
 Exports, billion dollars 64.60 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Growth of exports 3.35 2024 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 25.96 2024 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 67.87 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 1.37 2025 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 1.76 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities 4,702.88 2024 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP -3.62 2025 percent
 Current account, in dollars -9.56 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Current Account, quarterly -3.95 3/2026 percent
 Trade balance, percent of GDP -1.25 2024 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars -4.54 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 28.15 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 0.16 2022 percent
 Remittances 407.21 2022 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -416.44 2025 million USD
 External debt 88.27 2024 percent
 Short-term external debt 22.63 2024 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 233.88 2024 percent
 External debt in foreign currencies 38.46 2024 percent
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