Canada vs United States: Trade & Finance

This page compares Canada and United States across 30 Trade & Finance indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator	Canada	United States	Detail
Merchandise exports (current US$)	$568.75B	$2.07T	Compare →
Merchandise imports (current US$)	$574.21B	$3.36T	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)	2.41	23.41	Compare →
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)	71.63	52.52	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)	15.81	22.61	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)	0.00	0.12	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$585.79B	$3.08T	Compare →
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)	90.65	61.01	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)	0.03	0.12	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$567.83B	$2.02T	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)	28.36	47.36	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	1.46	3.24	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	0.89	2.23	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	0.32	0.69	Compare →
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)	50.94	18.87	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)	4.85	10.56	Compare →
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)	1.10	3.24	Compare →
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)	0.93	1.63	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)	9.32	38.87	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	0.38	0.89	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	0.55	0.68	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)	9.10	19.19	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	1.12	0.95	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	0.28	1.02	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)	$63.05B	$297.06B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	0.50	0.76	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)	2.81	1.03	Compare →
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)	$15.23B	$103.18B	Compare →
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)	16.78	24.32	Compare →
Real interest rate (%)	0.13	-1.09	Compare →

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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.