What the current account is
Current account balance (% of GDP) — World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS. Displayed observations use each economy's latest available year; these years need not match.
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Current account balance (% of GDP)
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| Year | Current account |
|---|---|
| 2020 | -15.72% |
| 2019 | -20.17% |
| 2018 | -21.59% |
| 2017 | -18.96% |
| 2016 | -14.95% |
| 2015 | -21.91% |
| 2014 | -15.77% |
| 2013 | -25.29% |
| 2012 | -25.87% |
| 2011 | -12.62% |
| 2010 | -3.64% |
| 2009 | 2.24% |
| 2008 | -2.36% |
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CountryCurrent accountChangeYear
Afghanistan-15.72%+4.45 pp2020
Albania-0.53%+1.87 pp2025
Algeria-1.02%-3.64 pp2024
Andorra16.05%+1.82 pp2024
Angola0.44%-5.68 pp2025
Antigua and Barbuda-12.03%-4.58 pp2025
Argentina-1.11%-2.00 pp2025
Armenia-7.22%-2.62 pp2025
Aruba5.19%-1.74 pp2023
Australia-2.68%-0.37 pp2025Austria1.79%+0.26 pp2025
Azerbaijan4.58%-1.70 pp2025
Bahamas, The-6.65%+0.35 pp2024
Bahrain4.83%-1.01 pp2024
Bangladesh-0.05%+0.62 pp2025
Barbados-5.07%+2.90 pp2017
Belarus-1.94%+0.13 pp2025
Belgium-1.93%-1.55 pp2025
Belize-2.77%-1.16 pp2025
Benin-8.18%-2.49 pp2023
Bermuda15.35%+0.74 pp2023
Bhutan-19.40%+14.51 pp2024
Bolivia-1.88%+0.50 pp2025
Bosnia and Herzegovina-3.14%+0.32 pp2025
Botswana-4.26%-5.75 pp2024
Brazil-2.93%+0.06 pp2025Brunei Darussalam18.01%+3.48 pp2025
Bulgaria-5.84%-5.33 pp2025
Burkina Faso-3.97%+1.09 pp2024
Burundi-13.71%+1.92 pp2025
Cabo Verde3.53%-0.42 pp2025
Cambodia-3.64%-4.13 pp2025
Cameroon-3.28%+0.85 pp2024
Canada-0.95%-0.46 pp2025Cayman Islands-8.84%+0.89 pp2024
Central African Republic-2.90%-1.89 pp1994
Chad-3.20%+4.77 pp1994
Chile-1.22%-0.05 pp2025
China3.77%+1.30 pp2025
Colombia-2.38%-0.71 pp2025
Comoros-1.68%-1.27 pp2023
Congo, Dem. Rep.-4.33%-0.74 pp2025
Congo, Rep.11.57%-0.99 pp2021
Costa Rica-0.67%+0.20 pp2025
Cote d'Ivoire-4.47%+3.58 pp2024
Croatia-2.08%-2.82 pp2024
Curacao-19.95%+6.80 pp2023
Cyprus-6.29%+1.87 pp2025
Czechia0.62%-1.07 pp2025
Denmark12.20%+1.19 pp2024
Djibouti14.69%-3.81 pp2024
Dominica-37.99%-0.18 pp2025
Dominican Republic-1.17%+1.81 pp2025
Ecuador5.91%+0.22 pp2025
Egypt, Arab Rep.-3.82%+1.87 pp2025
El Salvador-3.54%-0.78 pp2025
Equatorial Guinea-148.00%-61.00 pp1996
Eritrea-14.82%+15.49 pp2000
Estonia-0.15%+1.11 pp2025
Eswatini1.61%-0.52 pp2024
Ethiopia-2.53%+0.99 pp2024
Faroe Islands7.75%+1.57 pp2011
Fiji-7.78%-1.17 pp2024
Finland1.34%+1.77 pp2025
France-0.27%-0.36 pp2025French Polynesia7.49%+2.03 pp2016
Gabon0.98%-5.13 pp2015
Gambia, The-4.15%+0.89 pp2024
Georgia-2.65%+2.65 pp2025
Germany4.51%-1.39 pp2025Ghana8.22%+6.30 pp2025
Greece-7.11%-0.33 pp2024
Grenada-23.13%-1.24 pp2025
Guatemala2.89%-0.19 pp2024
Guinea-1.57%-10.05 pp2024
Guinea-Bissau-7.36%+0.35 pp2024
Guyana13.90%-14.92 pp2023
Haiti-0.60%+2.89 pp2024
Honduras2.36%+6.73 pp2025
Hong Kong SAR, China13.34%+4.85 pp2024
Hungary1.65%-0.19 pp2025
Iceland-3.48%-0.24 pp2025
India-0.42%+0.43 pp2025Indonesia-0.11%+0.51 pp2025
Iran, Islamic Rep.11.39%+5.63 pp2000
Iraq2.99%-7.56 pp2024
Ireland17.40%+9.51 pp2024Israel1.40%-1.46 pp2025
Italy1.15%+0.05 pp2025Jamaica3.08%+0.43 pp2024
Japan4.86%+0.24 pp2025Jordan-5.33%-2.08 pp2024
Kazakhstan-4.07%-1.75 pp2025
Kenya-1.29%+1.26 pp2024
Kiribati-17.57%-0.22 pp2025
Korea, Rep.6.57%+1.24 pp2025Kosovo-8.10%+0.22 pp2025
Kuwait22.70%-6.33 pp2025
Kyrgyz Republic-22.64%+22.29 pp2024
Lao PDR3.22%+0.67 pp2024
Latvia-3.38%-1.81 pp2025
Lebanon-28.10%+6.50 pp2023
Lesotho-0.15%-3.89 pp2025
Liberia2.51%+14.01 pp2024
Libya4.24%-17.98 pp2023
Lithuania0.94%-2.30 pp2025
Luxembourg5.23%-1.97 pp2025
Macao SAR, China33.73%+4.45 pp2024
Madagascar-4.26%-1.43 pp2024
Malawi-18.79%-3.05 pp2024
Malaysia1.69%+0.13 pp2024
Maldives-18.68%+2.46 pp2024
Mali-4.33%+2.17 pp2024
Malta7.10%+0.56 pp2024
Marshall Islands21.87%+6.13 pp2024
Mauritania-9.55%-0.51 pp2024
Mauritius-7.03%-2.08 pp2024
Mexico-0.45%+0.46 pp2025Micronesia, Fed. Sts.7.09%+7.78 pp2014
Moldova-19.64%-3.10 pp2025
Mongolia-10.45%-11.04 pp2024
Montenegro-20.38%-3.41 pp2025
Morocco-2.50%-1.27 pp2025
Mozambique-10.96%-0.41 pp2024
Myanmar0.09%+3.86 pp2019
Namibia-13.41%+1.62 pp2024
Naoero5.80%+4.61 pp2024
Nepal3.88%+1.43 pp2024
Netherlands9.14%-0.28 pp2024New Caledonia-7.50%+5.31 pp2016
New Zealand-3.62%+1.01 pp2025Nicaragua4.15%-4.08 pp2024
Niger-6.09%+7.67 pp2024
Nigeria4.83%-2.72 pp2025
North Macedonia-4.27%-2.17 pp2025
Norway13.97%-1.07 pp2025
Oman2.86%+0.57 pp2024
Pakistan-0.11%-0.23 pp2025
Palau-48.61%-1.30 pp2023
Panama-0.19%-0.84 pp2025
Papua New Guinea15.48%+6.41 pp2024
Paraguay-3.18%+0.07 pp2025
Peru3.58%+1.20 pp2025
Philippines-3.34%+0.68 pp2025
Poland-0.87%-1.18 pp2025
Portugal2.08%+1.52 pp2024
Qatar14.81%-2.70 pp2025
Romania-7.90%+0.26 pp2025
Russian Federation1.68%-1.18 pp2025
Rwanda-11.96%-0.84 pp2024
Samoa6.93%+1.35 pp2025
San Marino21.99%+8.40 pp2023
Sao Tome and Principe5.03%+2.00 pp2024
Saudi Arabia-2.56%-1.27 pp2025
Senegal-19.78%+0.17 pp2023
Serbia-4.90%-0.34 pp2025
Seychelles-7.46%-0.33 pp2024
Sierra Leone-14.12%-6.26 pp2024
Singapore16.71%-0.49 pp2025Sint Maarten (Dutch part)-6.92%-3.34 pp2023
Slovak Republic-3.63%+0.99 pp2025
Slovenia3.55%-1.00 pp2025
Solomon Islands-4.18%+7.65 pp2024
South Africa-0.42%+0.22 pp2025South Sudan7.93%+19.15 pp2023
Spain2.94%-0.24 pp2025Sri Lanka1.21%-0.50 pp2024
St. Kitts and Nevis-13.71%-1.53 pp2025
St. Lucia-6.26%-4.72 pp2025
St. Vincent and the Grenadines-16.07%+0.61 pp2025
Sudan-8.60%-0.94 pp2022
Suriname-54.92%-42.00 pp2025
Sweden6.06%-0.80 pp2025
Switzerland6.98%-1.90 pp2025
Syrian Arab Republic-0.60%+1.30 pp2010
Tajikistan17.10%+10.67 pp2025
Tanzania-3.00%+0.74 pp2024
Thailand2.76%+0.57 pp2025
Timor-Leste-36.87%-4.46 pp2025
Togo-0.28%+0.52 pp2020
Tonga-6.72%+1.21 pp2024
Trinidad and Tobago4.81%+2.29 pp2025
Tunisia-1.51%+0.80 pp2024
Turkiye-0.77%+2.87 pp2024
Turks and Caicos Islands13.14%+10.22 pp2018
Tuvalu40.03%+40.30 pp2023
Uganda-7.78%-0.34 pp2024
Ukraine-7.96%-2.81 pp2024
United Arab Emirates14.48%+1.35 pp2024
United Kingdom-2.43%+0.53 pp2025United States-3.63%+0.42 pp2025Uruguay-0.44%+0.32 pp2025
Uzbekistan-3.93%+0.78 pp2025
Vanuatu-11.06%-4.17 pp2022
Venezuela, RB-3.43%+9.39 pp2016
Viet Nam6.33%+0.39 pp2024
West Bank and Gaza-15.82%+2.28 pp2025
Yemen, Rep.-7.72%-0.59 pp2016
Zambia-4.41%-1.37 pp2024
Zimbabwe1.21%+0.83 pp2024