High income - External balance on goods and services

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in High income was 0.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 1.42 in 2013, while its lowest value was -0.65 in 1984.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1970 0.20
1971 0.34
1972 0.31
1973 0.29
1974 -0.31
1975 0.47
1976 -0.04
1977 -0.23
1978 0.02
1979 -0.47
1980 -0.36
1981 0.18
1982 -0.30
1983 -0.50
1984 -0.65
1985 -0.50
1986 -0.19
1987 -0.32
1988 -0.28
1989 -0.42
1990 -0.30
1991 0.13
1992 0.36
1993 0.73
1994 0.70
1995 0.72
1996 0.62
1997 0.75
1998 0.54
1999 0.11
2000 -0.30
2001 -0.25
2002 -0.11
2003 -0.13
2004 -0.07
2005 -0.29
2006 -0.34
2007 -0.04
2008 -0.15
2009 0.47
2010 0.59
2011 0.79
2012 1.11
2013 1.42
2014 1.29
2015 0.98
2016 1.10
2017 1.24
2018 1.20
2019 0.94
2020 0.88

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts