# United Kingdom BoP: trade in goods and services balance as per cent of GDP ()

United Kingdom BoP: trade in goods and services balance as per cent of GDP () was −1.60 £m in Q2 2026, up 0.5 from Q1 2026 and down 0.2 from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.40 £m (Q1 2019) to 4.50 £m (Q2 2020), averaging −0.846 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.TRADEBAL.Q.SA.ITEM-D28L`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1955-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (286 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/bop-trade-in-goods-and-services-balance-as-per-cent-of-gdp

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | −1.60 £m |
| Q1 2026 | −2.10 £m |
| Q4 2025 | −1.60 £m |
| Q3 2025 | −1.10 £m |
| Q2 2025 | −1.40 £m |
| Q1 2025 | −1.00 £m |
| Q4 2024 | −1.40 £m |
| Q3 2024 | 0.00 £m |
| Q2 2024 | −1.30 £m |
| Q1 2024 | −0.2 £m |
| Q4 2023 | −0.8 £m |
| Q3 2023 | −0.7 £m |
| Q2 2023 | −1.00 £m |
| Q1 2023 | −0.4 £m |
| Q4 2022 | 1.80 £m |
| Q3 2022 | 0.5 £m |
| Q2 2022 | −3.10 £m |
| Q1 2022 | −4.20 £m |
| Q4 2021 | −0.1 £m |
| Q3 2021 | −1.70 £m |
| Q2 2021 | 1.70 £m |
| Q1 2021 | 0.00 £m |
| Q4 2020 | −2.20 £m |
| Q3 2020 | 0.2 £m |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.TRADEBAL.Q.SA.ITEM-D28L"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.TRADEBAL.Q.SA.ITEM-D28L",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```