List of countries by current account balance as percentage of GDP

This article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by current account balance as a percentage of gross domestic product (nominal GDP).

Quartile representation of current account balance as percent GDP by IMF WEO data
Quartile representation of current account balance as percent GDP by CIA World factbook data

The first list includes 2017 data for members of the International Monetary Fund. The UN World Bank cites the IMF as the source for their data on Current Account Balance, and so is not included separately on this page. The second list includes only countries for which the CIA World Factbook lists 2015 estimates for both Current Account Balance and GDP.

List of countries by current account balance as a percentage of GDP edit

The IMF data are estimates updated for the October 2022 report, derived from 2020 data. The World Factbook data is as of February 2015.

   
IMF World Economic Outlook 2022[1]
Country Current account balance
(% of GDP)
  Palau -41.68%
  Maldives -35.53%
  Dominica -29.26%
  Mozambique -27.33%
  Montenegro -26.05%
  The Bahamas -24.47%
  Grenada -21.04%
  Antigua and Barbuda -18.36%
  Sudan -17.46%
  Oman -16.99%
  Guyana -16.4%
  Liberia -16.39%
  Timor-Leste -16.19%
  Lebanon -15.83%
  Bhutan -15.8%
  St. Lucia -15.67%
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines -15.07%
  Cabo Verde -15.01%
  South Sudan -13.8%
  Malawi -13.77%
  Seychelles -13.72%
  Guinea -13.61%
  Niger -13.49%
  Aruba -12.96%
  Algeria -12.91%
  Fiji -12.7%
  Georgia -12.49%
  West Bank and Gaza -12.25%
  Rwanda -12.05%
  São Tomé and Príncipe -11.01%
  Senegal -10.86%
  Botswana -10.85%
  Somalia -10.84%
  Burundi -10.21%
  Cyprus -10.07%
  Uganda -9.47%
  Bahrain -9.34%
  Mauritius -9.18%
  Albania -8.68%
  Cambodia -8.66%
  Central African Republic -8.64%
  Libya -8.48%
  Venezuela -8.02%
  St. Kitts and Nevis -8%
  Tuvalu -7.87%
  Moldova -7.74%
  Chad -7.55%
  Greece -7.34%
  Kosovo -6.97%
  Barbados -6.9%
  Gabon -6.9%
  Ireland -6.84%
  Sierra Leone -6.79%
  Mauritania -6.69%
  Trinidad and Tobago -6.34%
  Belize -6.33%
  Tunisia -5.9%
  Yemen -5.86%
  Jordan -5.73%
  Madagascar -5.37%
  Mongolia -5.07%
  Uzbekistan -5.02%
  Romania -4.99%
  Turkey -4.94%
  Kenya -4.75%
  Ethiopia -4.6%
  Laos -4.52%
  Equatorial Guinea -4.15%
  Serbia -4.12%
  Tonga -3.96%
  Nigeria -3.95%
  Kazakhstan -3.84%
  Armenia -3.79%
  Bosnia and Herzegovina -3.77%
  Cameroon -3.71%
  North Macedonia -3.44%
  Colombia -3.41%
  Myanmar -3.38%
  Turkmenistan -3.31%
  Saudi Arabia -3.24%
  Côte d'Ivoire -3.21%
  Ghana -3.05%
  Comoros -2.99%
  United States -2.97%
  The Gambia -2.95%
  Egypt -2.92%
  Malta -2.86%
  Guinea-Bissau -2.67%
  United Kingdom -2.5%
  Democratic Republic of the Congo -2.25%
  Mali -2.22%
  Qatar -1.98%
  Tanzania -1.81%
  France -1.8%
  Canada -1.79%
  Benin -1.75%
  Dominican Republic -1.69%
  Brazil -1.69%
  Chile -1.69%
  Solomon Islands -1.63%
  Lesotho -1.62%
  Pakistan -1.48%
  Bangladesh -1.45%
  Sri Lanka -1.39%
  Morocco -1.17%
  Hungary -1.14%
  Portugal -1.04%
  Costa Rica -1.03%
    Nepal -1%
  New Zealand -0.85%
  Uruguay -0.84%
  Bolivia -0.72%
  Azerbaijan -0.53%
  Jamaica -0.44%
  Belarus -0.42%
  Indonesia -0.42%
  Togo -0.27%
  Estonia -0.25%
  Croatia -0.11%
  Republic of Congo -0.09%
  Islamic Republic of Iran -0.07%
  Bulgaria -0.07%
  Samoa 0.17%
  Slovak Republic 0.35%
  Finland 0.64%
  Peru 0.75%
  Argentina 0.8%
  Spain 0.83%
  El Salvador 0.83%
  Belgium 0.84%
  India 0.9%
  Haiti 1.09%
  Norway 1.11%
  Angola 1.5%
  China 1.67%
  Iceland 1.85%
  Austria 1.9%
  South Africa 1.97%
  Czech Republic 1.99%
  Panama 2.03%
  Russia 2.38%
  Australia 2.39%
  Mexico 2.49%
  Namibia 2.56%
  Paraguay 2.71%
  Ecuador 2.71%
  Vanuatu 2.72%
  Nauru 2.76%
  San Marino 2.78%
  Honduras 2.84%
   Switzerland 2.87%
  Latvia 2.87%
  Poland 2.89%
  Japan 2.92%
  Zimbabwe 2.93%
  Philippines 3.2%
  Kuwait 3.21%
  Ukraine 3.31%
  Micronesia 3.69%
  Italy 3.75%
  Nicaragua 3.95%
  Luxembourg 4.12%
  Tajikistan 4.13%
  Malaysia 4.17%
  Thailand 4.24%
  Brunei Darussalam 4.28%
  Burkina Faso 4.28%
  Vietnam 4.39%
  Korea 4.62%
  Kyrgyz Republic 4.84%
  Guatemala 4.94%
  Israel 5.28%
  United Arab Emirates 5.88%
  Sweden 5.89%
  Eswatini 6.67%
  Hong Kong SAR 6.98%
  Germany 7.01%
  Netherlands 7.14%
  Lithuania 7.34%
  Slovenia 7.56%
  Denmark 8.02%
  Suriname 9.06%
  Afghanistan 11.16%
  Djibouti 11.32%
  Zambia 12.04%
  Taiwan 14.17%
  Eritrea 14.62%
  Andorra 14.63%
  Macao 15.16%
  Marshall Islands 16.16%
  Iraq 16.30%
  Singapore 16.84%
  Papua New Guinea 20.16%
  Kiribati 39.15%
CIA World Factbook 2015[2][3][4]
Country Current account balance
(% of GDP)
  Libya -62.15%
  Liberia -41.64%
  Mozambique -40.97%
  Tuvalu -35.29%
  Djibouti -31.38%
  Laos -28.29%
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -26.93%
  Bhutan -26.75%
  Kiribati -25.00%
  Zimbabwe -22.91%
  Lebanon -21.01%
  Niger -19.08%
  Mauritania -18.30%
  Kyrgyzstan -17.74%
  Algeria -17.68%
  Montenegro -16.96%
  Oman -16.88%
  Guinea -16.69%
  Comoros -15.79%
  Seychelles -15.20%
  Republic of the Congo -15.17%
  Guyana -14.89%
  Grenada -13.69%
  Turkmenistan -13.57%
  Gambia -13.53%
  Vanuatu -13.49%
  Albania -13.16%
  Bahamas -12.93%
  Dominica -12.83%
  Iraq -12.67%
  Saint Kitts and Nevis -12.60%
  São Tomé and Príncipe -12.27%
  Togo -12.24%
  Namibia -12.11%
  Central African Republic -11.82%
  Sierra Leone -11.42%
  Burundi -11.31%
  Solomon Islands -11.20%
  Cambodia -11.13%
  Georgia -10.73%
  Rwanda -10.57%
  Uganda -10.53%
  Antigua and Barbuda -10.51%
  Chad -10.41%
  Panama -9.79%
  Cabo Verde -9.69%
  Kenya -9.58%
  Suriname -9.43%
  Benin -9.34%
  Burma -8.92%
  Equatorial Guinea -8.69%
  Tunisia -8.48%
  Mongolia -8.38%
  Ghana -8.33%
  Tanzania -8.17%
  Palau -8.05%
  Kosovo -8.00%
  Burkina Faso -7.91%
  Bosnia and Herzegovina -7.74%
  Maldives -7.67%
  Democratic Republic of the Congo -7.64%
  Angola -7.63%
  Tajikistan -7.51%
  Jordan -7.38%
  Gabon -7.01%
  Samoa -6.81%
  Saint Lucia -6.61%
  Ethiopia -6.57%
  Nicaragua -6.55%
  Honduras -6.51%
  Fiji -6.32%
  Belize -6.30%
  Lesotho -6.29%
  Moldova -6.19%
  Colombia -6.17%
  Senegal -6.07%
  Armenia -5.89%
  Tonga -5.87%
  Sudan -5.82%
  Yemen -5.26%
  Cameroon -5.05%
  Belarus -4.90%
  South Sudan -4.84%
  Barbados -4.83%
  Mauritius -4.80%
  Bahrain -4.77%
  United Kingdom -4.74%
  New Zealand -4.66%
  Jamaica -4.55%
  Turkey -4.53%
  Bolivia -4.52%
  Haiti -4.34%
  South Africa -4.32%
  Cyprus -4.16%
  Brazil -4.04%
  Australia -4.02%
  Serbia -4.02%
  Costa Rica -3.75%
  Peru -3.72%
  Uruguay -3.61%
  Guinea-Bissau -3.48%
  Saudi Arabia -3.36%
  Mali -3.34%
  North Macedonia -3.24%
  Brunei -3.07%
  Kazakhstan -3.03%
  Venezuela -3.01%
  Canada -2.91%
  El Salvador -2.64%
  Malawi -2.63%
  United States -2.56%
  Ecuador -2.56%
  Mexico -2.40%
  Dominican Republic -2.37%
  Morocco -2.35%
  Indonesia -2.24%
  Eritrea -2.23%
  Lithuania -2.22%
  Sri Lanka -1.97%
  Paraguay -1.95%
  Nigeria -1.80%
  Argentina -1.76%
  Guatemala -1.73%
  Latvia -1.71%
  Ukraine -1.69%
  Zambia -1.39%
  India -1.39%
  Madagascar -1.35%
  Romania -1.25%
  Pakistan -1.06%
  Finland -1.06%
  Marshall Islands -1.03%
  Côte d'Ivoire -1.00%
  Bangladesh -0.94%
  Chile -0.75%
  Poland -0.52%
  France -0.22%
  Slovakia 0.14%
  Uzbekistan 0.20%
  Federated States of Micronesia 0.33%
  Iran 0.41%
  Estonia 0.57%
  Vietnam 0.68%
  Portugal 0.69%
  Trinidad and Tobago 0.71%
  Greece 0.72%
  Spain 0.87%
  Bulgaria 0.97%
  Swaziland 1.09%
  Malta 1.55%
  Austria 1.65%
  Czech Republic 1.68%
  Croatia 1.70%
  China 1.78%
  Italy 2.03%
  Belgium 2.07%
  Hong Kong 2.20%
  Malaysia 2.21%
  Botswana 2.77%
  United Arab Emirates 2.88%
  Japan 3.01%
  Azerbaijan 3.03%
  Ireland 3.17%
  Afghanistan 4.41%
  Iceland 4.61%
  Israel 4.65%
  Philippines 4.98%
    Nepal 5.00%
  Hungary 5.00%
  Russia 5.00%
  Qatar 5.04%
  Luxembourg 5.62%
  Thailand 6.21%
  Slovenia 6.71%
  Sweden 6.72%
  Norway 6.97%
  Denmark 6.99%
  South Korea 7.06%
   Switzerland 7.21%
  Papua New Guinea 7.53%
  Germany 8.49%
  Kuwait 9.28%
  Netherlands 9.62%
  Taiwan 12.36%
  Singapore 20.81%

References edit

  1. ^ "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". www.imf.org. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  2. ^ The World Factbook - Country Comparison :: Current account balance
  3. ^ The World Factbook - Country Comparison :: GDP (official exchange rate)
  4. ^ The World Factbook - Country Comparison :: GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) - for China only

See also edit