United Kingdom vs United States: Trade & Finance

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

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Indicator	United Kingdom	United States	Detail
Merchandise exports (current US$)	$512.63B	$2.07T	Compare →
Merchandise imports (current US$)	$815.96B	$3.36T	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)	1.63	23.41	Compare →
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)	79.58	52.52	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)	11.60	22.61	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)	0.01	0.12	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$721.75B	$3.08T	Compare →
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)	84.20	61.01	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)	0.00	0.12	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$487.27B	$2.02T	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)	18.14	47.36	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	2.45	3.24	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	1.84	2.23	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	1.07	0.69	Compare →
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)	36.04	18.87	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)	6.86	10.56	Compare →
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)	5.71	3.24	Compare →
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)	3.31	1.63	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)	13.06	38.87	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	1.57	0.89	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	2.27	0.68	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)	1.45	19.19	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	1.57	0.95	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	2.73	1.02	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)	-$12.96B	$297.06B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	1.17	0.76	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)	-0.35	1.03	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)	2.73	N/A	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)	2.27	N/A	Compare →
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)	$12.27B	$103.18B	Compare →
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)	29.23	24.32	Compare →
Real interest rate (%)	-1.08	-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.