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Unloading Brazilian cargoExports of products from South America totaled US$794.1 billion for 2025, growing by 28.6% from five years earlier in 2021 when South American worldwide shipments were valued at $617.4 billion.
Year over year, South America’s most recent total cashflow for its exported products increased by 6.1% from $748.4 billion for 2024.
To give some global perspective, worldwide exports from all continents equaled $25.6 trillion in 2025, expanding by 28.6% in value compared to 2021 and appreciating by 7% from 2024 to 2025. Therefore, the gain in value for South American exports (up 6.1%) lagged the average year-over-year increase for all countries (7%).
To give further context, South American exports in 2025 represents an estimated 3.1% of the world’s exported goods. That percentage mirrors the average 3.1% in 2024.
Calculated using statistics from the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook Database, the aggregate Gross Domestic Product for all South American countries (on a Purchasing Power Parity basis) amounted to roughly $10.02 trillion for 2025.
Therefore, exports accounted for approximately 7.9% of South America’s total economic output for 2025, up from 7.8% one year earlier. Those percentages suggest a relatively increasing importance of exports on South America’s overall economic performance.
Given South America’s population of 438 million people, the US$794.1 billion in South American exports for 2025 translates to roughly $1,800 for every person living on the continent. That metric reflects an increase from the average $1,700 in exports per capita in 2024.
Below are the South American export countries sorted in order by those attained the highest dollar value in global shipments during 2025. Also shown is each country’s overall share of South American exports plus the change in value year over year.
- Brazil: US$348.7 billion (up 3.5% from 2024; 43.9% of total)
- Chile: $111.4 billion (up 7.8%; 14% of total)
- Peru: $90.1 billion (up 20.6%; 11.3% of total)
- Argentina: $87.1 billion (up 9.2%; 11% of total)
- Colombia: $50.2 billion (up 1.3%; 6.3% of total)
- Ecuador: $37.2 billion (up 7.9%; 4.7% of total)
- Guyana: $24.3 billion (up 8.8%; 3.1% of total)
- Paraguay : $12.3 billion (up 1.7%; 1.5% of total)
- Uruguay : $11.3 billion (up 10.2%; 1.4% of total)
- Bolivia: $9.7 billion (up 7.1%; 1.2% of total)
- Venezuela: $8.3 billion (down -41.3%; 1% of total)
- Suriname: $3.4 billion (up 126%; 0.4% of total)
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas): $359 million (up 1.8%; 0.1% of total)
Collectively, South America’s top 3 export countries (Brazil, Chile, Peru) generated more than two-thirds (69.3%) of the overall value for all goods shipped from that continent in 2025.
The value of Brazil’s shipments exceeded two-fifths (43.9%) of all exports from South America. Historically, the most valuable Brazilian exports include soya beans, crude oil, iron ores and concentrates, sugar and corn.
The South American countries that grew the value of their international trade shipments at the greatest percentages were Suriname (up 126% from 2024), Peru (up 20.6%), Uruguay (up 10.2%), Argentina (up 9.2%) and Guyana (up 8.8%).
There was one South American decliner from 2024 to 2025, specifically exporters in Venezuela (down -41.3%).
See also Argentina’s Top 10 Exports, Brazil’s Top 10 Exports, Chile’s Top Trade Partners and Guyana’s Top 10 Exports
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports and World Population. Accessed on July 23, 2026
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on July 23, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on July 23, 2026
Wikipedia, Economy of Venezuela. Accessed on July 23, 2026
Wikipedia, List of South American countries by population. Accessed on July 23, 2026
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