By 2024, China’s trade footprint expanded dramatically, becoming the largest trading partner for nearly all of Asia, much of Africa, and the majority of South America. The U.S. maintained dominance in North America and select countries in South America. The EU remained the leading partner for much of Europe, North Africa, and nearby regions, but its global reach diminished relative to China’s.
China’s total trade surged from $474 billion in 2000 to $6.2 trillion in 2024, overtaking both the U.S. and EU to become the world’s leading trading power.
Dataset
Dominant Trade Partner | U.S., EU, or China | |||||||
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Million US$ | ||||||||
2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | |||
U.S. | EU | China | U.S. | EU | China | |||
Afghanistan | 9 | 112 | 25 | Afghanistan | 34 | 325 | 1,586 | |
Albania | 29 | 1,060 | 14 | Albania | 270 | 7,905 | 1,342 | |
Algeria | 3,586 | 21,028 | 199 | Algeria | 3,476 | 50,184 | 12,487 | |
Andorra | 11 | 936 | 0 | Andorra | 8 | 2,023 | 11 | |
Angola | 3,781 | 2,355 | 1,876 | Angola | 2,552 | 10,279 | 20,890 | |
Anguilla | 31 | 13 | Anguilla | 74 | 5 | 7 | ||
Antigua and Barbuda | 140 | 1,363 | 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 598 | 335 | 120 | |
Argentina | 7,795 | 10,857 | 1,540 | Argentina | 16,263 | 17,734 | 16,347 | |
Armenia | 79 | 370 | 5 | Armenia | 282 | 2,603 | 1,802 | |
Aruba | 1,827 | 259 | Aruba | 736 | 285 | 87 | ||
Australia | 18,920 | 22,981 | 8,453 | Australia | 51,279 | 53,361 | 211,899 | |
Austria | 5,818 | 781 | Austria | 22,046 | 12,243 | |||
Azerbaijan | 231 | 1,248 | 6 | Azerbaijan | 413 | 19,315 | 2,467 | |
Bahamas | 1,344 | 1,524 | 8 | Bahamas | 7,432 | 764 | 1,273 | |
Bahrain | 787 | 1,239 | 121 | Bahrain | 2,851 | 3,816 | 1,474 | |
Bangladesh | 2,657 | 3,546 | 918 | Bangladesh | 10,580 | 24,014 | 24,078 | |
Barbados | 346 | 224 | 3 | Barbados | 821 | 201 | 197 | |
Belarus | 135 | 2,781 | 114 | Belarus | 31 | 8,791 | 8,401 | |
Belgium | 23,855 | 3,687 | Belgium | 62,028 | 39,091 | |||
Belize | 302 | 175 | 4 | Belize | 672 | 129 | 213 | |
Benin | 29 | 592 | 372 | Benin | 265 | 785 | 1,107 | |
Bermuda | 468 | 2,271 | Bermuda | 564 | 276 | 345 | ||
Bhutan | 2 | 13 | Bhutan | 7 | 20 | 69 | ||
Bolivia | 438 | 366 | 17 | Bolivia | 905 | 1,161 | 2,721 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62 | 2,299 | 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 232 | 16,456 | 417 | |
Botswana | 73 | 663 | 11 | Botswana | 509 | 984 | 1,012 | |
Brazil | 29,173 | 32,665 | 2,845 | Brazil | 91,983 | 96,724 | 188,395 | |
British Indian Ocean Terr. | 4 | 6 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 6 | 1 | |||
British Virgin Islands | 94 | 484 | 1 | British Virgin Islands | 373 | 218 | ||
Brunei | 540 | 411 | 74 | Brunei Darussalam | 366 | 274 | 2,814 | |
Bulgaria | 350 | 94 | Bulgaria | 1,980 | 4,040 | |||
Burkina Faso | 18 | 271 | Burkina Faso | 59 | 950 | 742 | ||
Burma | 488 | 489 | 621 | Myanmar | 734 | 3,896 | 16,286 | |
Burundi | 10 | 83 | 5 | Burundi | 10 | 132 | 113 | |
Cabo Verde | 11 | 239 | Cabo Verde | 17 | 891 | 114 | ||
Cambodia | 857 | 440 | 224 | Cambodia | 12,983 | 6,968 | 17,818 | |
Cameroon | 215 | 2,424 | 161 | Cameroon | 442 | 5,142 | 4,722 | |
Canada | 409,779 | 36,870 | 6,909 | Canada | 762,056 | 81,809 | 93,036 | |
Cayman Islands | 361 | 2,090 | Cayman Islands | 1,336 | 7,174 | 77 | ||
Central African Republic | 5 | 266 | 1 | Central African Republic | 36 | 113 | 95 | |
Chad | 15 | 150 | 1 | Chad | 141 | 2,685 | 1,131 | |
Chile | 6,730 | 8,012 | 2,122 | Chile | 34,637 | 21,748 | 61,482 | |
China | 116,203 | 92,442 | Christmas Island | 4 | 0 | |||
Christmas Island | 2 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 4 | 0 | ||||
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 1 | Colombia | 36,728 | 13,948 | 21,040 | |||
Colombia | 10,640 | 4,043 | 188 | Comoros | 7 | 84 | 97 | |
Comoros | 4 | 32 | 0 | Congo (Brazzaville) | 277 | 3,204 | 5,714 | |
Congo (Brazzaville) | 614 | 710 | 342 | Congo (Kinshasa) | 576 | 4,056 | 25,938 | |
Congo (Kinshasa) | 225 | 1,199 | 19 | Cook Islands | 8 | 99 | 21 | |
Cook Islands | 4 | 0 | Costa Rica | 21,312 | 7,788 | 7,760 | ||
Costa Rica | 5,999 | 3,106 | 75 | Côte d’Ivoire | 1,611 | 13,381 | 5,056 | |
Cote d’Ivoire | 479 | 3,221 | 230 | Croatia | 1,995 | 2,956 | ||
Croatia | 231 | 8,081 | 85 | Cuba | 591 | 1,839 | 915 | |
Cuba | 7 | 1,983 | 314 | Curacao | 855 | 516 | 88 | |
Cyprus | 214 | 152 | Cyprus | 242 | 1,147 | |||
Czech Republic | 1,806 | 437 | Czech Republic | 12,362 | 23,222 | |||
Denmark | 4,472 | 1,334 | Denmark | 15,848 | 15,455 | |||
Djibouti | 17 | 181 | 54 | Djibouti | 185 | 259 | 3,059 | |
Dominica | 44 | 60 | 60 | Dominica | 61 | 60 | 47 | |
Dominican Republic | 8,856 | 1,391 | 76 | Dominican Republic | 20,587 | 4,768 | 5,184 | |
East Timor | – | East Timor | 25 | 37 | 267 | |||
Ecuador | 3,276 | 1,452 | 155 | Ecuador | 16,056 | 8,193 | 13,981 | |
Egypt | 4,222 | 10,931 | 907 | Egypt | 8,638 | 35,169 | 17,387 | |
El Salvador | 3,713 | 852 | 63 | El Salvador | 6,868 | 1,145 | 1,967 | |
Equatorial Guinea | 250 | 806 | 323 | Equatorial Guinea | 223 | 1,786 | 1,154 | |
Eritrea | 17 | 95 | Eritrea | 38 | 66 | 604 | ||
Estonia | 661 | 67 | Estonia | 1,439 | 1,148 | |||
Eswatini | 120 | 142 | 3 | Eswatini | 69 | 153 | 51 | |
Ethiopia | 194 | 641 | 59 | Ethiopia | 1,484 | 2,435 | 3,555 | |
Falkland Islands(Islas Malvin | 3 | 145 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 27 | 380 | 0 | ||
Faroe Islands | 33 | 624 | Faroe Islands | 251 | 2,157 | |||
Fiji | 170 | 146 | 15 | Fiji | 354 | 116 | 534 | |
Finland | 4,822 | 3,190 | Finland | 10,594 | 8,216 | |||
France | 50,162 | 7,667 | France | 103,424 | 79,826 | |||
French Guiana | 19 | French Guiana | 31 | |||||
French Polynesia | 138 | 496 | 4 | French Polynesia | 186 | 1,061 | 147 | |
French Southern and Antarctic | 2 | French Southern and Antarctic | 2 | 32 | 0 | |||
Gabon | 2,260 | 1,983 | 342 | Gabon | 343 | 2,585 | 3,642 | |
Gambia | 9 | 121 | Gambia | 83 | 304 | 496 | ||
Gaza Strip admin. by Israel | 1 | Gaza Strip admin. by Israel | 1 | |||||
Georgia | 141 | 562 | 4 | Georgia | 1,902 | 5,429 | 2,251 | |
Germany | 87,961 | 19,687 | Germany | 236,049 | 201,847 | |||
Ghana | 396 | 2,257 | 121 | Ghana | 2,139 | 6,914 | 11,826 | |
Gibraltar | 17 | 1,240 | Gibraltar | 651 | 9,065 | 43 | ||
Greece | 1,813 | 627 | Greece | 4,857 | 12,862 | |||
Greenland | 17 | 531 | 6 | Greenland | 81 | 1,679 | 383 | |
Grenada | 107 | 41 | Grenada | 179 | 79 | 28 | ||
Guadeloupe | 96 | Guadeloupe | 474 | |||||
Guatemala | 4,508 | 898 | 143 | Guatemala | 14,735 | 3,167 | 5,037 | |
Guinea | 156 | 793 | 34 | Guinea | 145 | 2,049 | 11,583 | |
Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 46 | 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 205 | 98 | |
Guyana | 299 | 261 | 14 | Guyana | 6,690 | 10,958 | 1,407 | |
Haiti | 874 | 120 | 16 | Haiti | 1,831 | 167 | 456 | |
Heard and McDonald Islands | 1 | Heard and McDonald Islands | 0 | |||||
Honduras | 5,674 | 570 | 62 | Honduras | 12,590 | 2,087 | 2,033 | |
Hong Kong | 26,031 | 30,128 | 53,947 | Hong Kong | 33,859 | 30,597 | 310,009 | |
Hungary | 3,284 | 997 | Hungary | 15,965 | 16,176 | |||
Iceland | 516 | 3,169 | 32 | Iceland | 2,058 | 9,290 | 443 | |
India | 14,354 | 24,392 | 2,914 | India | 129,169 | 129,813 | 138,570 | |
Indonesia | 12,769 | 14,807 | 7,464 | Indonesia | 38,287 | 29,459 | 147,985 | |
Iran | 186 | 12,822 | 2,486 | Iran | 97 | 4,911 | 13,374 | |
Iraq | 6,076 | 6,844 | 975 | Iraq | 9,083 | 24,126 | 54,236 | |
Ireland | 24,177 | 714 | Ireland | 119,824 | 23,415 | |||
Israel | 20,710 | 24,734 | 1,054 | Israel | 37,010 | 46,025 | 22,732 | |
Italy | 36,103 | 6,880 | Italy | 108,768 | 72,484 | |||
Jamaica | 2,024 | 871 | 79 | Jamaica | 3,006 | 734 | 1,090 | |
Japan | 211,404 | 126,549 | 83,164 | Japan | 227,949 | 140,887 | 308,321 | |
Jordan | 390 | 1,725 | 253 | Jordan | 5,396 | 5,202 | 5,364 | |
Kazakhstan | 553 | 4,827 | 1,557 | Kazakhstan | 3,408 | 48,628 | 43,976 | |
Kenya | 348 | 1,643 | 137 | Kenya | 1,520 | 3,635 | 8,829 | |
Kiribati | 6 | 1 | 1 | Kiribati | 5 | 9 | 54 | |
North Korea | 3 | 335 | 488 | North Korea | 2 | 11 | 2,182 | |
South Korea | 68,138 | 40,192 | 34,500 | South Korea | 197,091 | 133,782 | 328,154 | |
Kuwait | 3,568 | 5,148 | 616 | Kosovo | 83 | 2,756 | ||
Kyrgyzstan | 25 | 194 | 178 | Kuwait | 4,055 | 13,800 | 16,283 | |
Laos | 14 | 169 | 41 | Kyrgyzstan | 150 | 3,073 | 22,718 | |
Latvia | 422 | 29 | Laos | 844 | 630 | 8,222 | ||
Lebanon | 432 | 2,991 | 169 | Latvia | 1,177 | 1,148 | ||
Lesotho | 141 | 28 | 10 | Lebanon | 799 | 5,918 | 2,205 | |
Liberia | 89 | 2,385 | 161 | Lesotho | 240 | 318 | 153 | |
Libya | 18 | 14,402 | 77 | Liberia | 293 | 1,871 | 13,163 | |
Liechtenstein | 292 | Libya | 2,033 | 30,544 | 4,748 | |||
Lithuania | 195 | 39 | Liechtenstein | 310 | 2,945 | |||
Luxembourg | 729 | 99 | Lithuania | 3,941 | 2,195 | |||
Macao | 1,337 | 970 | 805 | Luxembourg | 1,836 | 748 | ||
Macedonia | 221 | 2,355 | 7 | Macao | 384 | 1,122 | 4,042 | |
Madagascar | 173 | 898 | 78 | Macedonia | 234 | 14,181 | 490 | |
Malawi | 69 | 279 | Madagascar | 787 | 1,864 | 1,680 | ||
Malaysia | 36,506 | 24,691 | 8,045 | Malawi | 68 | 453 | 266 | |
Maldives | 100 | 148 | 1 | Malaysia | 80,240 | 50,178 | 212,009 | |
Mali | 42 | 377 | 35 | Maldives | 97 | 319 | 619 | |
Malta | 817 | 95 | Mali | 57 | 1,243 | 1,078 | ||
Marshall Islands | 66 | 84 | 2 | Malta | 581 | 4,540 | ||
Martinique | 24 | Marshall Islands | 148 | 2,380 | 5,312 | |||
Mauritania | 17 | 673 | 30 | Martinique | 202 | |||
Mauritius | 310 | 1,911 | 113 | Mauritania | 143 | 2,035 | 2,439 | |
Mexico | 247,275 | 19,941 | 1,824 | Mauritius | 283 | 1,803 | 1,103 | |
Micronesia | 43 | 1 | 2 | Mayotte | 4 | |||
Moldova | 133 | 809 | 8 | Mexico | 839,892 | 89,045 | 109,273 | |
Monaco | 51 | Micronesia | 53 | 3 | 123 | |||
Mongolia | 134 | 123 | 323 | Moldova | 190 | 8,190 | 465 | |
Montserrat | 11 | 5 | 0 | Monaco | 210 | |||
Morocco | 964 | 12,885 | 336 | Mongolia | 424 | 1,026 | 18,269 | |
Mozambique | 81 | 350 | 33 | Montenegro | 43 | 2,756 | 226 | |
Namibia | 125 | 609 | 12 | Montserrat | 18 | 4 | 1 | |
Nauru | 5 | 5 | Morocco | 7,174 | 65,493 | 9,041 | ||
Nepal | 265 | 249 | 204 | Mozambique | 366 | 2,882 | 5,172 | |
Netherlands | 31,507 | 7,923 | Namibia | 436 | 2,145 | 1,368 | ||
Netherlands Antilles | 1,393 | 841 | 33 | Nauru | 3 | 20 | ||
New Caledonia | 51 | 766 | 3 | Nepal | 241 | 332 | 2,198 | |
New Zealand | 4,050 | 4,233 | 1,054 | Netherlands | 123,782 | 109,922 | ||
Nicaragua | 969 | 320 | 43 | New Caledonia | 63 | 814 | ||
Niger | 44 | 255 | New Zealand | 10,116 | 8,489 | 20,143 | ||
Nigeria | 11,260 | 9,594 | 856 | Nicaragua | 7,563 | 705 | 1,252 | |
Niue | 0 | Niger | 52 | 538 | 836 | |||
Norfolk Island | 2 | Nigeria | 9,873 | 32,891 | 21,905 | |||
Norway | 7,253 | 67,687 | 1,097 | Niue | 5 | 19 | ||
Oman | 457 | 1,222 | 3,321 | Norfolk Island | 0 | 1 | ||
Pakistan | 2,629 | 4,324 | 1,162 | Norway | 11,175 | 173,652 | 10,172 | |
Palau | 32 | 1 | Oman | 3,274 | 5,390 | 36,734 | ||
Panama | 1,919 | 1,903 | 1,291 | Pakistan | 7,259 | 12,972 | 23,069 | |
Papua New Guinea | 57 | 309 | 226 | Palau | 23 | 52 | 43 | |
Paraguay | 487 | 419 | 89 | Panama | 11,258 | 5,898 | 12,830 | |
Peru | 3,655 | 2,602 | 705 | Papua New Guinea | 146 | 1,162 | 4,606 | |
Philippines | 22,734 | 12,611 | 3,142 | Paraguay | 3,515 | 1,519 | 2,592 | |
Pitcairn Islands | 3 | 2 | Peru | 20,587 | 13,326 | 43,165 | ||
Poland | 1,799 | 960 | Philippines | 23,475 | 18,186 | 71,625 | ||
Portugal | 2,563 | 308 | Pitcairn | 1 | 0 | |||
Qatar | 677 | 1,588 | 472 | Poland | 25,673 | 44,924 | ||
Reunion | 4 | Portugal | 9,637 | 9,266 | ||||
Romania | 706 | 298 | Qatar | 5,638 | 16,067 | 24,213 | ||
Russia | 9,751 | 79,582 | 8,003 | Reunion | 56 | |||
Rwanda | 24 | 92 | 6 | Romania | 5,164 | 13,445 | ||
Samoa | 70 | 6 | 2 | Russia | 3,534 | 73,068 | 244,574 | |
San Marino | 8 | 200 | Rwanda | 75 | 477 | 670 | ||
Sao Tome and Principe | 2 | 43 | Samoa | 60 | 6 | 113 | ||
Saudi Arabia | 20,599 | 25,868 | 3,098 | San Marino | 105 | 514 | ||
Senegal | 86 | 1,326 | 53 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 | 104 | 21 | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 32 | 3,614 | 68 | Saudi Arabia | 25,911 | 75,666 | 107,429 | |
Seychelles | 15 | 268 | 2 | Senegal | 586 | 4,839 | 5,827 | |
Sierra Leone | 23 | 290 | 9 | Serbia | 1,024 | 46,473 | 5,729 | |
Singapore | 36,985 | 30,526 | 10,821 | Seychelles | 24 | 616 | 84 | |
Slovakia | 351 | 56 | Sierra Leone | 149 | 569 | 1,782 | ||
Slovenia | 452 | 70 | Singapore | 89,236 | 51,975 | 111,205 | ||
Solomon Islands | 6 | 15 | 14 | Sint Maarten | 855 | 150 | 65 | |
Somalia | 5 | 41 | 1 | Slovakia | 8,740 | 9,714 | ||
South Africa | 7,299 | 24,376 | 2,051 | Slovenia | 6,625 | 6,634 | ||
Spain | 12,036 | 2,772 | Solomon Islands | 14 | 124 | 596 | ||
Sri Lanka | 2,207 | 3,297 | 458 | Somalia | 52 | 177 | 972 | |
St Helena | 4 | 29 | South Africa | 20,475 | 48,390 | 52,511 | ||
St Kitts and Nevis | 95 | 54 | South Sudan | 60 | 59 | 466 | ||
St. Lucia | 130 | 103 | 2 | Spain | 45,189 | 50,002 | ||
St Pierre and Miquelon | 8 | 29 | Sri Lanka | 3,384 | 4,020 | 5,367 | ||
St Vincent and the Grenadines | 47 | 293 | St Lucia | 1,051 | 54 | 43 | ||
Sudan | 19 | 669 | 890 | St Pierre and Miquelon | 3 | 42 | 0 | |
Suriname | 270 | 276 | 11 | St Vincent and the Grenadines | 151 | 93 | 34 | |
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island | 0 | Sudan | 70 | 656 | 1,394 | |||
Sweden | 14,151 | 3,503 | Suriname | 474 | 454 | 425 | ||
Switzerland | 20,114 | 125,766 | 2,210 | Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island | 0 | |||
Syria | 385 | 5,067 | 174 | Sweden | 26,183 | 18,892 | ||
Taiwan | 64,909 | Switzerland | 88,387 | 356,780 | 62,878 | |||
Tajikistan | 21 | 130 | 17 | Syria | 13 | 397 | 390 | |
Tanzania | 77 | 705 | 91 | Taiwan | 158,601 | 77,240 | 293,055 | |
Thailand | 23,003 | 18,556 | 6,624 | Tajikistan | 61 | 612 | 3,863 | |
Togo | 17 | 359 | 80 | Tanzania | 778 | 2,105 | 8,883 | |
Tokelau | 16 | Thailand | 81,047 | 45,341 | 133,997 | |||
Tonga | 12 | 5 | Togo | 374 | 1,316 | 3,499 | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | 3,329 | 853 | 27 | Tokelau | 0 | 6 | ||
Tunisia | 383 | 11,900 | 99 | Tonga | 23 | 2 | 70 | |
Turkey | 6,762 | 46,573 | 1,205 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6,266 | 3,174 | 1,167 | |
Turkmenistan | 112 | 422 | 16 | Tunisia | 1,627 | 27,163 | 2,882 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 95 | 10 | 0 | Turkey | 32,039 | 228,001 | 42,890 | |
Tuvalu | – | 2 | Turkmenistan | 97 | 1,192 | 10,648 | ||
Uganda | 57 | 449 | 15 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 725 | 53 | 20 | |
Ukraine | 1,063 | 9,436 | 591 | Tuvalu | 1 | 19 | ||
United Arab Emirates | 3,256 | 13,476 | 2,495 | Uganda | 239 | 1,962 | 1,463 | |
United States | 408,859 | 74,531 | Ukraine | 2,870 | 72,658 | 8,013 | ||
United Kingdom | 84,916 | 9,903 | United Arab Emirates | 34,444 | 60,144 | 101,785 | ||
Uruguay | 850 | 1,207 | 344 | United Kingdom | 148,026 | 546,174 | 98,354 | |
Uzbekistan | 199 | 1,137 | 51 | Uruguay | 2,878 | 4,148 | 6,590 | |
Vanuatu | 2 | 14 | 2 | Uzbekistan | 423 | 5,194 | 13,785 | |
Venezuela | 24,173 | 5,619 | 351 | Vanuatu | 21 | 16 | 206 | |
Vietnam | 1,189 | 5,134 | 2,466 | Vatican City | 1 | |||
Yemen | 445 | 663 | 912 | Venezuela | 10,220 | 3,192 | 6,407 | |
Wallis and Futuna | – | 8 | Vietnam | 149,659 | 72,545 | 260,741 | ||
West Bank admin. by Israel | 14 | 73 | 6 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
Western Sahara | – | Yemen | 143 | 646 | 2,494 | |||
Zambia | 37 | 284 | 102 | Palestine | 10 | 373 | 155 | |
Zimbabwe | 165 | 975 | 135 | Zambia | 283 | 793 | 6,693 |