Indonesia's external balance on goods and services (current LCU) was 548.34 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1,143% from 44.11 trillion in 2015 (28.66% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 548.34 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 261.02 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 44.11 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 693.66 trillion | 2022 |
| Lowest | -158.6 trillion | 2018 |
| Average since 2016 | 280.1 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | -4 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Indonesia's external balance on goods and services (current LCU) rose 147.76 trillion on 2024 (from 400.57 trillion to 548.34 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +13.21 trillion and a typical year strayed about 128.27 trillion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 331.43 trillion in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 294.38 trillion in 2018. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 69.5 trillion a year. A straight line explains 58% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Indonesia had the 2nd 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 Indonesia in the 2025 ranking
- Viet Nam — 1st of 137: 790.38 trillion
- Korea, Rep. — 3rd of 137: 137.55 trillion
- Angola — 4th of 137: 14.62 trillion
- Chile — 5th of 137: 14.08 trillion
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 66 values
| Year | External balance on goods and services (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 548,335,493,617,700 |
| 2024 | 400,573,970,813,600 |
| 2023 | 450,574,031,236,960 |
| 2022 | 693,657,370,000,000 |
| 2021 | 446,208,955,261,500 |
| 2020 | 261,017,559,061,600 |
| 2019 | -70,411,300,496,300 |
| 2018 | -158,598,992,498,700 |
| 2017 | 135,777,552,135,600 |
| 2016 | 93,837,170,844,600 |
External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in nearby economies
- American Samoa — -268 million (2022)
- Australia — 16.32 billion (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 3.84 billion (2025)
- Cambodia — 2.48 trillion (2025)
- China — 5.87 trillion (2025)
- Fiji — -1.37 billion (2024)
- French Polynesia — -194.1 billion (2024)
- Guam — -3.88 billion (2022)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 95.62 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Indonesia
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$156.54 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$144.53 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 1,794.3 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$106.29 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 981.99 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 7.53% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 13,156.3 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Indonesia's external balance on goods and services (current LCU)?
- 548.34 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 13.71 million% from -4 billion in 1960. The highest value was 693.66 trillion in 2022 and the lowest -158.6 trillion in 2018.
- How does Indonesia rank?
- 2nd highest of 137 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in external balance on goods and services (current LCU) unusual for Indonesia?
- In 2025, Indonesia's external balance on goods and services (current LCU) rose 147.76 trillion on 2024 (from 400.57 trillion to 548.34 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +13.21 trillion and a typical year strayed about 128.27 trillion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
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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