"Figure 1.7: The trade deficit widened to 1.8% of nominal GDP in 2018 because of a fall in the services balance","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Goods balance","Services balance","Total trade balance" "2008","-5.8","3.5","-2.2" "2009","-5.5","3.9","-1.6" "2010","-6.0","3.9","-2.0" "2011","-5.7","4.9","-0.9" "2012","-6.2","5.0","-1.2" "2013","-6.7","5.3","-1.3" "2014","-6.6","5.1","-1.4" "2015","-6.1","4.8","-1.4" "2016","-6.6","5.1","-1.6" "2017","-6.6","5.3","-1.2" "2018","-6.5","4.9","-1.8"