Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Exports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s exports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP) rose 6.2% on 2024 (from US$1.6 trillion to US$1.7 trillion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +8.1% and a typical year strayed about 12.5% 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 27.8% in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 22.1% in 2009. 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 US$82.84 billion a year. A straight line explains 85% 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

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What this measures

Exports of goods includes changes in the economic ownership of goods from residents of the compiling economy to non-residents, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Exports of services includes services provided by residents to non-residents. Primary income represents the return that accrues to institutional units for their contribution to the production process or for the provision of financial assets and renting natural resources to other institutional units. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 47 values

Exports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — US$1.72 billion (2020)
• Algeria — US$51.76 billion (2025)
• Bahrain — US$49.41 billion (2025)
• Djibouti — US$5.52 billion (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$79.43 billion (2025)
• Iraq — US$106.45 billion (2025)
• Israel — US$199.89 billion (2025)
• Jordan — US$24.82 billion (2024)
• Kuwait

More economic policy & debt data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$1.07 trillion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$900.01 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 16.39% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$4.55 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$3.81 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$6,076 (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s exports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP)?

US$1.7 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1979?

It is up 1,997% from US$81.2 billion in 1979 (6.84% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1.7 trillion in 2025 and the lowest US$81.2 billion in 1979.

Is the latest change in exports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP) unusual for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

In 2025, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s exports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP) rose 6.2% on 2024 (from US$1.6 trillion to US$1.7 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +8.1% and a typical year strayed about 12.5% 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 BX.GSR.TOTL.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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