France vs United Kingdom: Trade & Finance

This page compares France and United Kingdom across 32 Trade & Finance indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator	France	United Kingdom	Detail
Merchandise exports (current US$)	$639.05B	$512.63B	Compare →
Merchandise imports (current US$)	$750.38B	$815.96B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)	1.89	1.63	Compare →
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)	83.21	79.58	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)	7.27	11.60	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)	0.01	0.01	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$783.36B	$721.75B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)	83.68	84.20	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)	0.01	0.00	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$636.01B	$487.27B	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)	14.66	18.14	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	1.48	2.45	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	1.31	1.84	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	3.32	1.07	Compare →
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)	43.96	36.04	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)	5.41	6.86	Compare →
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)	5.02	5.71	Compare →
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)	4.90	3.31	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)	13.37	13.06	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	1.75	1.57	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	2.12	2.27	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)	0.97	1.45	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	1.62	1.57	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	2.94	2.73	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)	$52.05B	-$12.96B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	3.01	1.17	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)	1.65	-0.35	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)	2.94	2.73	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)	2.12	2.27	Compare →
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)	$19.69B	$12.27B	Compare →
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)	23.14	29.23	Compare →
Real interest rate (%)	N/A	-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.