Uruguay - External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Uruguay was 4.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 6.92 in 1965, while its lowest value was -5.60 in 1980.

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 -4.83
1961 -0.57
1962 -3.09
1963 0.00
1964 0.60
1965 6.92
1966 5.64
1967 1.43
1968 2.98
1969 1.27
1970 -1.32
1971 -1.15
1972 0.54
1973 0.91
1974 -2.51
1975 -3.50
1976 -0.52
1977 -2.76
1978 -2.31
1979 -4.33
1980 -5.60
1981 -3.83
1982 -2.96
1983 2.09
1984 5.21
1985 5.66
1986 5.95
1987 2.44
1988 4.32
1989 5.79
1990 5.44
1991 2.83
1992 0.82
1993 -0.43
1994 -0.62
1995 -0.10
1996 -0.19
1997 -2.79
1998 -2.80
1999 -3.19
2000 -3.32
2001 -2.70
2002 1.21
2003 3.11
2004 2.75
2005 1.93
2006 -1.38
2007 -1.03
2008 -4.80
2009 0.80
2010 0.99
2011 -0.40
2012 -3.22
2013 -3.01
2014 -2.00
2015 -0.37
2016 5.34
2017 5.49
2018 4.97
2019 5.89
2020 4.38

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts