Iran - External balance on goods and services

External balance on goods and services (current US$)

The latest value for External balance on goods and services (current US$) in Iran was ($11,723,270,000) as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $46,894,510,000 in 2011 and ($15,651,420,000) in 1981.

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). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 ($148,623,500)
1961 ($94,336,010)
1962 $38,426,760
1963 $141,505,700
1964 $3,653,727
1965 ($20,171,390)
1966 ($89,504,580)
1967 ($178,485,500)
1968 ($261,589,900)
1969 ($294,433,600)
1970 ($300,301,800)
1971 $244,757,900
1972 $247,261,300
1973 $3,461,655,000
1974 $10,783,900,000
1975 $2,773,056,000
1976 $6,107,914,000
1977 $1,372,240,000
1978 $978,445,600
1979 $9,660,040,000
1980 ($14,164,370,000)
1981 ($15,651,420,000)
1982 ($4,890,561,000)
1983 ($15,108,730,000)
1984 ($8,612,447,000)
1985 ($9,739,287,000)
1986 ($13,970,910,000)
1987 $576,180,400
1988 ($8,630,858,000)
1989 ($9,977,685,000)
1990 ($13,134,200,000)
1993 $3,046,536,000
1994 $10,749,820,000
1995 $7,914,318,000
1996 $6,223,633,000
1997 $2,171,645,000
1998 ($4,258,297,000)
1999 $4,210,835,000
2000 $1,837,708,000
2001 ($2,447,397,000)
2002 $842,657,800
2003 ($2,186,723,000)
2004 ($1,482,340,000)
2005 $14,087,910,000
2006 $17,497,730,000
2007 $27,290,480,000
2008 $20,306,950,000
2009 $7,176,178,000
2010 $24,479,910,000
2011 $46,894,510,000
2012 $5,298,020,000
2013 $15,798,720,000
2014 $7,257,471,000
2015 $1,807,238,000
2016 $6,660,943,000
2017 $4,915,357,000
2018 $4,137,804,000
2019 ($14,565,130,000)
2020 ($11,723,270,000)

External balance on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in Iran was -2,021,450,000,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 516,479,000,000,000 in 2011 and a minimum value of -2,021,450,000,000,000 in 2020.

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). Data are in current local currency.

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

Year Value
1960 -11,258,230,000
1961 -7,145,953,000
1962 2,910,827,000
1963 10,719,060,000
1964 276,769,800
1965 -1,527,983,000
1966 -6,779,972,000
1967 -13,520,280,000
1968 -19,815,430,000
1969 -22,303,350,000
1970 -22,747,860,000
1971 18,540,410,000
1972 18,730,040,000
1973 238,446,000,000
1974 729,261,000,000
1975 189,028,000,000
1976 430,822,000,000
1977 96,851,340,000
1978 68,955,960,000
1979 680,791,000,000
1980 -1,013,810,000,000
1981 -1,252,540,000,000
1982 -413,018,000,000
1983 -1,317,900,000,000
1984 -791,501,000,000
1985 -854,457,000,000
1986 -1,069,470,000,000
1987 83,494,300,000
1988 -1,536,030,000,000
1989 -2,254,960,000,000
1990 -3,997,360,000,000
1991 -8,899,090,000,000
1992 -10,110,000,000,000
1993 5,072,480,000,000
1994 20,908,400,000,000
1995 16,200,600,000,000
1996 13,978,300,000,000
1997 6,036,090,000,000
1998 -13,652,100,000,000
1999 17,567,600,000,000
2000 10,531,900,000,000
2001 -14,241,400,000,000
2002 6,705,870,000,000
2003 -17,917,800,000,000
2004 -12,768,900,000,000
2005 126,283,000,000,000
2006 160,471,000,000,000
2007 253,287,000,000,000
2008 191,465,000,000,000
2009 70,788,000,000,000
2010 253,234,000,000,000
2011 516,479,000,000,000
2012 64,952,100,000,000
2013 340,965,000,000,000
2014 193,183,000,000,000
2015 53,586,300,000,000
2016 209,577,000,000,000
2017 169,051,000,000,000
2018 268,896,000,000,000
2019 -1,376,880,000,000,000
2020 -2,021,450,000,000,000

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Iran was -5.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.34 in 1974, while its lowest value was -16.55 in 1991.

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
1960 -3.54
1961 -2.13
1962 0.82
1963 2.87
1964 0.07
1965 -0.33
1966 -1.32
1967 -2.36
1968 -3.03
1969 -3.02
1970 -2.74
1971 1.78
1972 1.44
1973 12.78
1974 23.34
1975 5.36
1976 8.97
1977 1.70
1978 1.25
1979 10.69
1980 -15.01
1981 -15.57
1982 -3.88
1983 -9.66
1984 -5.31
1985 -5.41
1986 -6.68
1987 0.43
1988 -7.01
1989 -8.28
1990 -10.52
1991 -16.55
1992 -14.07
1993 4.78
1994 14.96
1995 8.21
1996 5.17
1997 1.91
1998 -3.86
1999 3.70
2000 1.68
2001 -1.93
2002 0.66
2003 -1.42
2004 -0.78
2005 6.22
2006 6.57
2007 7.80
2008 4.92
2009 1.72
2010 5.03
2011 8.07
2012 0.88
2013 3.43
2014 1.68
2015 0.47
2016 1.59
2017 1.10
2018 1.41
2019 -5.64
2020 -5.76

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts