Belarus's external balance on goods and services (current LCU) was -5.58 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 5,916% from 95.94 million in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -5.58 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 4.63 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 95.94 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 11.78 billion | 2022 |
| Lowest | -5.58 billion | 2025 |
| Average since 2016 | 1.79 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 10 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Belarus' external balance on goods and services (current LCU) fell 654.1 million on 2024 (from -4.93 billion to -5.58 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −164.18 million and a typical year strayed about 2.99 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.52 billion in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.75 billion in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Belarus had the 72nd highest value of the 137 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Belarus in the 2025 ranking
- Seychelles — 69th of 137: -4.59 billion
- Croatia — 70th of 137: -4.69 billion
- West Bank and Gaza — 71st of 137: -5.55 billion
- Georgia — 73rd of 137: -6.08 billion
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 74th of 137: -7.42 billion
- El Salvador — 75th of 137: -8.83 billion
What this measures
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 in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 36 values
| Year | External balance on goods and services (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -5,579,600,000 |
| 2024 | -4,925,500,000 |
| 2023 | 1,021,800,000 |
| 2022 | 11,775,900,000 |
| 2021 | 9,992,500,000 |
| 2020 | 4,626,400,000 |
| 2019 | -890,900,000 |
| 2018 | 1,854,800,000 |
| 2017 | 223,600,000 |
| 2016 | -181,000,000 |
External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Albania — -145.93 billion (2025)
- Armenia — -623.38 billion (2025)
- Austria — 12.23 billion (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 8.02 billion (2025)
- Belgium — -12.95 billion (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — -7.42 billion (2025)
- Bulgaria — -1.2 billion (2025)
- Croatia — -4.69 billion (2025)
- Cyprus — 2.06 billion (2025)
- Czechia
More economic policy & debt data for Belarus
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.45% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$440.66 million (2021)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$17.65 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 54.18 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$8.15 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 33.41 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 18.9% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Belarus's external balance on goods and services (current LCU)?
- -5.58 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 55.8 billion% from 10 in 1990. The highest value was 11.78 billion in 2022 and the lowest -5.58 billion in 2025.
- How does Belarus rank?
- 72nd highest of 137 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in external balance on goods and services (current LCU) unusual for Belarus?
- In 2025, Belarus' external balance on goods and services (current LCU) fell 654.1 million on 2024 (from -4.93 billion to -5.58 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −164.18 million and a typical year strayed about 2.99 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.RSB.GNFS.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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