Angola: Trade balance, percent of GDP

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 Angola

Trade balance as percent of GDP

 Latest value 11.31
 Year 2025
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2002 - 2025
 Average 12.59
 Min - Max -2.68 - 29.08
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2025 is 11.31 percent, a decline from 11.91 percent in 2024. In comparison, the world average is -3.51 percent, based on data from 135 countries. Historically, the average for Angola from 2002 to 2025 is 12.59 percent. The minimum value, -2.68 percent, was reached in 2015 while the maximum of 29.08 percent was recorded in 2006. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Angola: Trade balance, percent of GDP
 2025 11.31
 2024 11.91
 2023 11.73
 2022 15.49
 2021 17.66
 2020 8.86
 2019 13.53
 2018 13.43




The trade balance for Angola and other countries is calculated as the difference between the exports and imports of goods and services, as percent of GDP. A positive number means trade surplus and a negative number means trade deficit.
Definition: The balance of international trade in goods and services is the difference between the exports and imports of goods and services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

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 Trade openness 34.65 2025 percent
 Financial openness -1.935 2022 index points
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 Exports, billion dollars 28.07 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Growth of exports 1.51 2024 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 11.67 2025 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 14.26 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 0.94 2025 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars -1.11 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Current account, percent of GDP 0.44 2025 percent
 Current account, in dollars 0.54 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP 11.31 2025 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars 6.65 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 13.54 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 0.04 2025 percent
 Remittances 51.72 2025 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -1,433.43 2025 million USD
 External debt 50.70 2023 percent
 Short-term external debt 8.65 2023 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 35.37 2023 percent
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