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Trade balance, billion USD, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 13 countries was 13.95 billion U.S. dollars. The highest value was in Saudi Arabia: 79.41 billion U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in Egypt: -14.05 billion U.S. dollars. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: billion U.S. dollars; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Trade balance, in dollars, 2023 Global rank Available data
Saudi Arabia 79.41 1 1971 - 2023
Qatar 56.53 2 2011 - 2023
Kuwait 32.05 3 1975 - 2023
Iraq 26.67 4 2005 - 2023
Oman 17.34 5 1974 - 2023
Bahrain 7.97 6 1975 - 2023
Algeria 7.3 7 1977 - 2023
Djibouti 0.61 8 1991 - 2023
Tunisia -2.22 9 1976 - 2023
Jordan -6.74 10 1972 - 2023
Lebanon -11.54 11 2002 - 2023
Morocco -12.01 12 1975 - 2023
Egypt -14.05 13 1977 - 2023



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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