China vs United Kingdom: Trade & Finance

This page compares China and United Kingdom across 33 Trade & Finance indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator	China	United Kingdom	Detail
Merchandise exports (current US$)	$3.58T	$512.63B	Compare →
Merchandise imports (current US$)	$2.58T	$815.96B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)	6.00	1.63	Compare →
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)	68.06	79.58	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)	15.21	11.60	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)	0.03	0.01	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$2.46T	$721.75B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)	65.68	84.20	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)	0.10	0.00	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$3.42T	$487.27B	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)	16.70	18.14	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	0.96	2.45	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	4.89	1.84	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	1.87	1.07	Compare →
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)	32.87	36.04	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)	13.69	6.86	Compare →
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)	5.38	5.71	Compare →
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)	8.82	3.31	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)	20.53	13.06	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	3.95	1.57	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	1.74	2.27	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)	7.89	1.45	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	4.24	1.57	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	3.46	2.73	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)	$18.56B	-$12.96B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	2.23	1.17	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)	0.10	-0.35	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)	13.69	2.73	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)	15.21	2.27	Compare →
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)	$20.02B	$12.27B	Compare →
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)	26.28	29.23	Compare →
Net ODA received (% of GNI)	0.00	N/A	Compare →
Real interest rate (%)	5.09	-1.08	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.