North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Exports (2022)$9.41T
Imports (2022)$11.2T
Main Exporter (2022)United States $1.95T
Main Importer (2022)United States$3.12T
Internal Trade (2022)63.3%of total trade

About

Overview NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is an International Organization composed by United States, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, France, Canada, Belgium, United Kingdom, Spain, Poland, Norway, Turkey, Czechia, Hungary, Denmark, Slovakia, Romania, Portugal, Slovenia, Greece, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Iceland, Albania, and Montenegro. In 2022, NATO exported $9.41T (39.7% of global exports) and imported $11.2T (47.3% of global imports). Its largest exporter, United States exported $1.95T, which corresponds to 20.8% of the total exports. On the other hand, the largest importer, United States, imported $3.12T, which is 27.8% of the total imports of North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Trade In 2022, NATO's most exported products were Oils petroleum, bituminous, distillates, except crude ($421B), Petroleum oils, oils from bituminous minerals, crude ($348B), Natural gas in gaseous state ($297B), Medicaments nes, in dosage ($245B), and Other and Gas Turbine ($157B). The same year, the most imported products were Petroleum oils, oils from bituminous minerals, crude ($575B), Oils petroleum, bituminous, distillates, except crude ($374B), Natural gas in gaseous state ($344B), Transmit-receive apparatus for radio, TV, etc. ($269B), and Medicaments nes, in dosage ($235B).

Partners In 2022, NATO's exports went primarly to Germany ($944B), United States ($937B), France ($565B), United Kingdom ($450B), and Netherlands ($434B). The same year, NATO's imported primarily from China ($1.33T), Germany ($1.01T), United States ($712B), Netherlands ($501B), and Canada ($483B).

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The following section shows the trade patterns over time for countries that comprise the organization.

Disclaimer: data is presented based on availability and only countries that use the harmonized system are being shown.

*All data is converted to USD using January 2020 exchange rates when data is reported in local currency.

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Historical Data

Organization Composition

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The following section shows the trade patterns over time for all the countries that comprise the organization, using historical dataset.

Yearly Exports of NATO

Internal Trade

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Internal Trade includes all trade between the countries that comprise this organization.

In 2022, the top internal exports of NATO were Petroleum Gas ($342B), Cars ($318B), Crude Petroleum ($258B), Refined Petroleum ($200B), and Packaged Medicaments ($194B).

The same year, the principal destinations of internal exports were Germany ($944B), United States ($937B), France ($565B), United Kingdom ($450B), and Netherlands ($434B).

Internal Exports (2021)
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External Trade

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External trade includes all world trade excluding the countries that comprise this organization.

In 2022, the top external exports of NATO were China ($425B), Mexico ($349B), Switzerland ($222B), Austria ($177B), and Japan ($169B).

The same year, the principal destinations of external exports were Refined Petroleum ($222B), Cars ($146B), Packaged Medicaments ($113B), Crude Petroleum ($90.1B), and Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($80.7B).

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Total Trade

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Top Export (2022)Cars$464B
Top Destination (2022)Germany$944B

In 2022, NATO exported a total of $9.41T. During the last five reported years the exports of NATO have changed by $2.27T from $7.14T in 2017 to $9.41T in 2022.

The most recent exports are led by Cars ($464B), Petroleum Gas ($421B), Refined Petroleum ($421B), Crude Petroleum ($348B), and Packaged Medicaments ($306B). The most common destination for the exports of NATO are Germany ($944B), United States ($937B), France ($565B), United Kingdom ($450B), and Netherlands ($434B).

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Largest Export by Country

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The following visualization shows the principal export per country, the product which has grown the most over the past 5 years or the product in which the country has a higher level of specialization, measured by the RCA Index.

Biggest export by country (2021)

Trade between organizations

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Economic Complexity

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This visualization compares the Economic Complexity Index (ECI) with different indicators about country development such as GDP per capita or Inflation. For more information about ECI, check the Methods page.

In 2022, the countries with higher complexity that belong to North Atlantic Treaty Organization were Germany (1.78), Czechia (1.56), United States (1.48), Slovenia (1.46), and United Kingdom (1.44).

On the other hand, the countries with higher GDP per capita were Luxembourg ($126k), Norway ($106k), United States ($76.4k), Iceland ($72.9k), and Denmark ($67k).

Finally, the biggest exporters of NATO were United States ($1.95T), Germany ($1.6T), Netherlands ($674B), Italy ($634B), and France ($608B).

GDP per capita v/s ECI for countries that comprise North Atlantic Treaty Organization (2022)

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