Thailand - 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 Thailand was $24,728,300,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $56,835,780,000 in 2017 and ($11,416,460,000) in 1996.

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 ($35,077,280)
1961 $6,838,127
1962 ($64,942,530)
1963 ($114,738,400)
1964 ($55,240,380)
1965 ($52,932,690)
1966 ($17,500,000)
1967 ($115,576,900)
1968 ($227,596,200)
1969 ($267,740,400)
1970 ($309,086,500)
1971 ($208,269,200)
1972 ($81,346,150)
1973 ($156,454,400)
1974 ($324,268,400)
1975 ($686,382,700)
1976 ($419,507,700)
1977 ($1,071,906,000)
1978 ($1,014,895,000)
1979 ($1,840,941,000)
1980 ($2,024,086,000)
1981 ($2,186,211,000)
1982 ($626,606,000)
1983 ($2,867,901,000)
1984 ($1,783,294,000)
1985 ($1,061,199,000)
1986 $876,044,200
1987 $283,017,400
1988 ($856,886,500)
1989 ($1,852,424,000)
1990 ($6,416,525,000)
1991 ($6,427,021,000)
1992 ($4,468,919,000)
1993 ($5,299,333,000)
1994 ($6,989,066,000)
1995 ($11,327,260,000)
1996 ($11,416,460,000)
1997 $2,136,059,000
1998 $17,772,190,000
1999 $15,416,630,000
2000 $10,594,890,000
2001 $7,498,576,000
2002 $8,490,181,000
2003 $9,673,300,000
2004 $7,835,360,000
2005 ($1,984,878,000)
2006 $7,237,606,000
2007 $20,697,050,000
2008 $6,981,026,000
2009 $27,066,190,000
2010 $19,517,420,000
2011 $7,543,987,000
2012 $904,575,200
2013 $7,902,298,000
2014 $23,962,860,000
2015 $41,870,140,000
2016 $56,079,490,000
2017 $56,835,780,000
2018 $44,768,370,000
2019 $50,852,400,000
2020 $24,728,300,000

External balance on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in Thailand was 773,840,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,979,400,000,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of -289,324,000,000 in 1996.

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 -743,000,000
1961 144,000,000
1962 -1,356,000,000
1963 -2,390,000,000
1964 -1,149,000,000
1965 -1,101,000,000
1966 -364,000,000
1967 -2,404,000,000
1968 -4,734,000,000
1969 -5,569,000,000
1970 -6,429,000,000
1971 -4,332,000,000
1972 -1,692,000,000
1973 -3,206,000,000
1974 -6,607,000,000
1975 -13,988,000,000
1976 -8,558,000,000
1977 -21,867,000,000
1978 -20,639,000,000
1979 -37,590,000,000
1980 -41,446,000,000
1981 -47,704,000,000
1982 -14,412,000,000
1983 -65,962,000,000
1984 -42,156,000,000
1985 -28,821,000,000
1986 23,039,000,000
1987 7,280,000,000
1988 -21,674,000,000
1989 -47,611,000,000
1990 -164,170,000,000
1991 -163,997,000,000
1992 -113,511,000,000
1993 -134,177,000,000
1994 -175,775,000,000
1995 -282,221,000,000
1996 -289,324,000,000
1997 66,996,000,000
1998 735,047,000,000
1999 582,960,000,000
2000 424,980,000,000
2001 333,176,000,000
2002 364,739,000,000
2003 401,293,000,000
2004 315,157,000,000
2005 -79,832,000,000
2006 274,175,000,000
2007 714,425,000,000
2008 232,561,000,000
2009 927,986,000,000
2010 618,423,000,000
2011 230,029,000,000
2012 28,117,000,000
2013 242,806,000,000
2014 778,309,000,000
2015 1,433,960,000,000
2016 1,979,400,000,000
2017 1,929,000,000,000
2018 1,446,480,000,000
2019 1,578,850,000,000
2020 773,840,000,000

External balance on goods and services (constant LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (constant LCU) in Thailand was 196,849,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 954,929,000,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of -150,317,000,000 in 2005.

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 constant local currency.

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

Year Value
2002 364,739,000,000
2003 336,548,000,000
2004 188,222,000,000
2005 -150,317,000,000
2006 215,270,000,000
2007 469,579,000,000
2008 230,892,000,000
2009 704,910,000,000
2010 402,630,000,000
2011 277,128,000,000
2012 161,958,000,000
2013 222,112,000,000
2014 608,910,000,000
2015 697,247,000,000
2016 954,929,000,000
2017 937,292,000,000
2018 633,285,000,000
2019 777,835,000,000
2020 196,849,000,000

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Thailand was 4.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 15.63 in 1998, while its lowest value was -7.52 in 1990.

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 -1.27
1961 0.23
1962 -1.96
1963 -3.24
1964 -1.42
1965 -1.21
1966 -0.33
1967 -2.05
1968 -3.74
1969 -4.00
1970 -4.36
1971 -2.82
1972 -0.99
1973 -1.44
1974 -2.37
1975 -4.61
1976 -2.47
1977 -5.42
1978 -4.23
1979 -6.73
1980 -6.26
1981 -6.27
1982 -1.71
1983 -7.16
1984 -4.27
1985 -2.73
1986 2.03
1987 0.56
1988 -1.39
1989 -2.56
1990 -7.52
1991 -6.54
1992 -4.01
1993 -4.11
1994 -4.76
1995 -6.69
1996 -6.24
1997 1.42
1998 15.63
1999 12.17
2000 8.38
2001 6.23
2002 6.32
2003 6.35
2004 4.53
2005 -1.05
2006 3.26
2007 7.87
2008 2.40
2009 9.61
2010 5.72
2011 2.03
2012 0.23
2013 1.88
2014 5.88
2015 10.43
2016 13.57
2017 12.45
2018 8.84
2019 9.34
2020 4.93

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts