Western Sahara
Census publishes no separate figures for Western Sahara after 2020. The latest full year with a record is 2020.
Goods: the latest figures
2025, full year
Census publishes no separate figures for Western Sahara after 2020.
Latest 12 months, August 2025 to July 2026
Census publishes no separate figures for Western Sahara after 2020.
- Census basis goods, not seasonally adjusted. Exports are free alongside ship value; imports are general imports (customs value), everything that arrives, including goods entering bonded warehouses and Foreign Trade Zones. Shares and ranks compare total goods trade (exports plus imports) with the same period's world total.
- US exports include re-exports: foreign goods shipped on in substantially the same condition as when they were imported. Exports are credited to the destination as known to the shipper and imports to the country of origin. The workbook used here does not separate re-exports.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods by Country. Monthly data through July 2026; 2025 is the latest full year. Census revises the prior year's country totals each June. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026.
Goods since 1992
US goods exports to and imports from Western Sahara, 1992 to 2020
Full years only, in current dollars (not adjusted for inflation).
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Data table
| Year | Exports | Imports | Balance | Total | Share of US goods trade | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $6.8M | $19K | Exports exceeded imports by $6.8M | $6.8M | less than 0.001% | 212 |
| 2019 | $21.2M | $268K | Exports exceeded imports by $20.9M | $21.5M | 0.001% | 195 |
| 2018 | $260K | $89K | Exports exceeded imports by $171K | $349K | less than 0.001% | 230 |
| 2017 | $418K | $18K | Exports exceeded imports by $400K | $437K | less than 0.001% | 229 |
| 2016 | $94K | $83K | Exports exceeded imports by $11K | $177K | less than 0.001% | 230 |
| 2015 | $32K | $44K | Imports exceeded exports by $12K | $76K | less than 0.001% | 233 |
| 2014 | $277K | $125K | Exports exceeded imports by $152K | $402K | less than 0.001% | 229 |
| 2013 | $156K | $710K | Imports exceeded exports by $554K | $866K | less than 0.001% | 228 |
| 2012 | $59K | $114K | Imports exceeded exports by $56K | $173K | less than 0.001% | 232 |
| 2011 | $31K | $18K | Exports exceeded imports by $13K | $49K | less than 0.001% | 235 |
| 2010 | $54K | $19 | Exports exceeded imports by $54K | $54K | less than 0.001% | 231 |
| 2009 | $159K | $0 | Exports exceeded imports by $159K | $159K | less than 0.001% | 232 |
| 2008 | $91K | $4K | Exports exceeded imports by $87K | $95K | less than 0.001% | 229 |
| 2007 | $344K | $48K | Exports exceeded imports by $297K | $392K | less than 0.001% | 229 |
| 2006 | $16K | $0 | Exports exceeded imports by $16K | $16K | less than 0.001% | 229 |
| 2005 | $29K | $0 | Exports exceeded imports by $29K | $29K | less than 0.001% | 229 |
| 2004 | $23K | $0 | Exports exceeded imports by $23K | $23K | less than 0.001% | 230 |
| 2003 | $28K | $3K | Exports exceeded imports by $25K | $31K | less than 0.001% | 229 |
| 2002 | $0 | $0 | Exports and imports were equal | $0 | 0% | n/a |
| 2001 | $0 | $0 | Exports and imports were equal | $0 | 0% | n/a |
| 2000 | $0 | $0 | Exports and imports were equal | $0 | 0% | n/a |
| 1999 | $0 | $0 | Exports and imports were equal | $0 | 0% | n/a |
| 1998 | $0 | $0 | Exports and imports were equal | $0 | 0% | n/a |
| 1997 | $100K | $0 | Exports exceeded imports by $100K | $100K | less than 0.001% | 223 |
| 1996 | $100K | $0 | Exports exceeded imports by $100K | $100K | less than 0.001% | 224 (tied) |
| 1995 | $0 | $0 | Exports and imports were equal | $0 | 0% | n/a |
| 1994 | $1.8M | $1.4M | Exports exceeded imports by $400K | $3.2M | less than 0.001% | 202 |
| 1993 | $0 | $0 | Exports and imports were equal | $0 | 0% | n/a |
| 1992 | $100K | $300K | Imports exceeded exports by $200K | $400K | less than 0.001% | 210 (tied) |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods by Country. Census Trade in Goods by Country, country.xlsx (columns IYR, EYR) · retrieved Sept. 26, 2026 · 9,217 rows · as of July 2026 · monthly. Download CSV
Ranks start in 1992; before then the Census workbook covers only 76 partners. Shares start in 1987, the first year with a world total.
Goods by month
Census has no monthly record for Western Sahara in the latest 24 months.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods by Country. Monthly, August 2024 to July 2026; not seasonally adjusted. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026.
Services
Services are counted separately from goods, by a different agency, on an annual timetable. They are not added to the goods figures above.
BEA's Table 2.4 has no separate line for Western Sahara; its services trade is counted within a wider area.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, International Services, Table 2.4. Annual, 2018 to 2025, released July 7, 2026; cells exactly as BEA publishes them, marks included. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026. Download CSV
Direct investment
The value of direct investment at year end, both ways: US companies' stake in businesses in Western Sahara, and investors in Western Sahara with a stake in US businesses. Historical cost (book value), not market value.
| Year end | US direct investment in Western Sahara | Direct investment from Western Sahara in the US |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | --- | $0 |
| 2024 | --- | $0 |
| 2023 | --- | $0 |
| 2022 | --- | $0 |
| 2021 | --- | ---- |
| 2020 | $0 | $0 |
- --- Included elsewhere that year (see BEA’s note).
- ---- Included elsewhere that year (see BEA’s note).
- BEA: Starting in 2021, data for Western Sahara are included in Morocco.
BEA assigns each position to the immediate counterpart country, which may not be where the money ends up or where the ultimate owner is. That is why financial centers such as the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Caribbean islands rank high.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Direct Investment by Country and Industry. Positions at year end, 2020 to 2025; inward by country of foreign parent; cells exactly as BEA publishes them. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026. Download CSV
Trade agreements
USTR lists no trade agreement with Western Sahara.
From USTR's list of free trade agreements in force and its page of agreements on reciprocal trade, in USTR's own wording. USTR's reciprocal trade page does not say whether each agreement is in force, so none is described that way here.
Source: Office of the United States Trade Representative, Free Trade Agreements and Agreements on Reciprocal Trade. Checked Sept. 26, 2026. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026.
Context
Population and GDP: the World Bank has no entry for this Census entity.
Top products and tariffs
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