Summary
- Pakistan → United Arab Emirates
- $1.8billion
- United Arab Emirates → Pakistan
- $5.7billion
- Pakistan’s balance
- -$3.9billion
Balance
Pakistan’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates
Trade between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates grew 2.9-fold since 2003
USD billions (current). Pakistan’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.8
- Imports 5.7
- Balance -3.9
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1996 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1997 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1998 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1999 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2001 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2002 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2003 | $1.1 billion | $1.5 billion | -$336 million |
| 2004 | $49 million | $443 million | -$395 million |
| 2005 | $626 million | $2.6 billion | -$1.9 billion |
| 2006 | $1.2 billion | $3.4 billion | -$2.2 billion |
| 2007 | $1.4 billion | $2.8 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2008 | $1.6 billion | $3.9 billion | -$2.3 billion |
| 2009 | $1.5 billion | $3.3 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| 2010 | $1.8 billion | $5.2 billion | -$3.4 billion |
| 2011 | $1.9 billion | $6.8 billion | -$4.9 billion |
| 2012 | $3.4 billion | $7.4 billion | -$4 billion |
| 2013 | $1.3 billion | $7.8 billion | -$6.5 billion |
| 2014 | $1 billion | $7.1 billion | -$6.1 billion |
| 2015 | $783 million | $5.8 billion | -$5.1 billion |
| 2016 | $817 million | $6.3 billion | -$5.4 billion |
| 2017 | $826 million | $7.7 billion | -$6.9 billion |
| 2018 | $870 million | $8.9 billion | -$8 billion |
| 2019 | $982 million | $6.6 billion | -$5.6 billion |
| 2020 | $964 million | $5 billion | -$4.1 billion |
| 2021 | $1.2 billion | $7.5 billion | -$6.3 billion |
| 2022 | $2.9 billion | $8.1 billion | -$5.2 billion |
| 2023 | $3.7 billion | $5.1 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2024 | $1.8 billion | $5.7 billion | -$3.9 billion |
What they sell each other
What Pakistan sells to the United Arab Emirates
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United Arab Emirates sells to Pakistan
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Karachi and Jebel Ali is 737 nautical miles (1,365 km) long: ≈ 1.5–2 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Hormuz.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
The United Arab Emirates was Pakistan’s 2nd largest trading partner (8% of its trade), and Pakistan was the United Arab Emirates’ 17th (1%).
- The United Arab Emirates in Pakistan’s trade
- 7.6%
- The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Pakistan’s partners
- 2nd
- Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
- 1.2%
- Pakistan’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
- 17th
Compare with
Other partners of Pakistan
Other partners of the United Arab Emirates
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.