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

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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

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

The first list includes 2014 data for members of the International Monetary Fund. The UN World Bank sites 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 2014 estimates for both Current Account Balance and GDP.

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

The IMF data are estimates updated for the October 2015 report, derived from 2014 data. The World Factbook data is as of October 2015.

   
IMF World Economic Outlook[1]
Country Current account balance
(% of GDP)
 Mozambique -34.75%
 Libya -30.11%
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -29.59%
 Mauritania -28.95%
 Liberia -28.72%
 Laos -27.76%
 São Tomé and Príncipe -27.71%
 Tuvalu -26.06%
 Djibouti -25.60%
 Lebanon -24.88%
 Guinea -24.25%
 Bhutan -23.15%
 Bahamas -22.22%
 Zimbabwe -22.02%
 Seychelles -20.99%
 Marshall Islands -17.77%
 Burundi -17.61%
 Kyrgyzstan -16.83%
 Guyana -15.65%
 Grenada -15.55%
 Montenegro -15.35%
 Niger -15.22%
 Antigua and Barbuda -14.48%
 Gambia -13.11%
 Dominica -13.06%
 Albania -13.05%
 Togo -12.87%
 Palau -12.68%
 Cambodia -12.25%
 Panama -12.01%
 Rwanda -11.92%
 Comoros -11.46%
 Kenya -10.40%
 Equatorial Guinea -9.98%
 Namibia -9.94%
 Georgia -9.74%
 Sierra Leone -9.68%
 Uganda -9.66%
 Ghana -9.58%
 Republic of Congo -9.40%
 Tanzania -9.31%
 Tajikistan -9.23%
 Democratic Republic of the Congo -9.16%
 Fiji -9.00%
 Chad -8.91%
 Tunisia -8.85%
 Senegal -8.78%
 Barbados -8.49%
 Mongolia -8.16%
 Ethiopia -8.04%
 Benin -8.01%
 Kosovo -8.00%
 Samoa -7.96%
 Lesotho -7.92%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina -7.73%
 Sudan -7.68%
 Saint Kitts and Nevis -7.65%
 Belize -7.64%
 Cabo Verde -7.61%
 Suriname -7.41%
 Honduras -7.40%
 Jamaica -7.39%
 Armenia -7.29%
 Mali -7.29%
 Nicaragua -7.10%
 Jordan -6.83%
 Saint Lucia -6.70%
 Belarus -6.69%
 Haiti -6.34%
 Burkina Faso -6.14%
 Myanmar -6.10%
 Maldives -6.09%
 Central African Republic -6.06%
 Serbia -6.00%
 United Kingdom -5.90%
 Turkey -5.83%
 Turkmenistan -5.80%
 Mauritius -5.55%
 Morocco -5.48%
 South Africa -5.44%
 Colombia -5.17%
 Solomon Islands -4.92%
 Costa Rica -4.90%
 El Salvador -4.74%
 Ukraine -4.74%
 Cameroon -4.58%
 Algeria -4.51%
 Cyprus -4.48%
 Brazil -4.42%
 Uruguay -4.37%
 Papua New Guinea -4.18%
 Peru -3.96%
 Moldova -3.69%
 Malawi -3.56%
 New Zealand -3.27%
 Dominican Republic -3.16%
 Latvia -3.11%
 Tonga -3.10%
 Australia -3.03%
 Indonesia -2.95%
 Iraq -2.78%
 Sri Lanka -2.69%
 Guatemala -2.36%
 United States -2.25%
 Canada -2.10%
 Mexico -1.94%
 Finland -1.86%
 Yemen -1.66%
 Angola -1.51%
 Zambia -1.35%
 India -1.34%
 Macedonia -1.33%
 Pakistan -1.27%
 Poland -1.26%
 Guinea-Bissau -1.18%
 Chile -1.16%
 Argentina -1.04%
 France -0.93%
 Eritrea -0.90%
 Egypt -0.82%
 Côte d'Ivoire -0.66%
 Ecuador -0.60%
 Romania -0.44%
 Madagascar -0.24%
 Bangladesh -0.08%
 Bolivia 0.03%
 Bulgaria 0.05%
 Slovakia 0.05%
 Paraguay 0.07%
 Estonia 0.07%
 Lithuania 0.12%
 Nigeria 0.21%
 Vanuatu 0.51%
 Japan 0.53%
 Portugal 0.55%
 Czech Republic 0.62%
 Croatia 0.67%
 Austria 0.74%
 Spain 0.80%
 Greece 0.93%
 Belgium 1.62%
 Uzbekistan 1.70%
 Hong Kong 1.87%
 Italy 1.91%
 Oman 1.98%
 China 2.12%
 Kazakhstan 2.15%
 South Sudan 2.66%
 Swaziland 2.91%
 Russia 3.20%
 Malta 3.31%
 Thailand 3.31%
 Bahrain 3.32%
 Iceland 3.41%
 Ireland 3.62%
 Iran 3.83%
 Hungary 3.98%
 Kiribati 4.07%
 Malaysia 4.28%
 Israel 4.34%
 Philippines 4.44%
 Micronesia 4.60%
   Nepal 4.60%
 Vietnam 4.92%
 Luxembourg 5.06%
 Venezuela 5.28%
 Trinidad and Tobago 5.67%
 Afghanistan 6.12%
 Sweden 6.20%
 Denmark 6.26%
 South Korea 6.33%
 Slovenia 6.99%
  Switzerland 7.27%
 Germany 7.39%
 Gabon 8.30%
 Norway 9.43%
 Netherlands 10.24%
 Saudi Arabia 10.31%
 Taiwan 12.35%
 United Arab Emirates 13.68%
 Azerbaijan 14.07%
 Botswana 16.10%
 Singapore 19.09%
 Timor-Leste 21.41%
 Qatar 26.10%
 Brunei 28.35%
 Kuwait 31.01%
CIA World Factbook.[2][3][4]
Country Current account balance
(% of GDP)
 Mozambique -34.75%
 Liberia -31.85%
 Libya -30.11%
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -29.35%
 Mauritania -27.62%
 Djibouti -27.44%
 Lebanon -24.94%
 Laos -24.89%
 Grenada -23.67%
 Seychelles -22.46%
 Zimbabwe -22.27%
 Bhutan -21.94%
 Bahamas -21.61%
 São Tomé and Príncipe -20.82%
 Marshall Islands -20.73%
 Guinea -18.53%
 Niger -18.04%
 Montenegro -17.77%
 Burundi -17.58%
 Guyana -15.92%
 Antigua and Barbuda -14.57%
 Kyrgyzstan -13.69%
 Equatorial Guinea -13.12%
 Albania -13.08%
 Dominica -12.93%
 Gambia -12.73%
 Saint Lucia -12.39%
 Papua New Guinea -12.12%
 Rwanda -12.03%
 Panama -12.01%
 Cambodia -11.2%
 Saint Kitts and Nevis -10.7%
 Comoros -10.6%
 Palau -10.41%
 Senegal -10.28%
 Tanzania -10.16%
 Guinea-Bissau -9.96%
 Georgia -9.63%
 Democratic Republic of the Congo -9.55%
 Cabo Verde -9.11%
 Tajikistan -9.08%
 Barbados -9.06%
 Ethiopia -8.99%
 Tunisia -8.92%
 Tonga -8.81%
 Chad -8.74%
 Armenia -8.72%
 Ghana -8.62%
 Solomon Islands -8.48%
 Benin -8.48%
 Fiji -8.42%
 Kenya -8.24%
 Mongolia -8.22%
 Mali -7.96%
 Sierra Leone -7.59%
 Uganda -7.54%
 Honduras -7.4%
 Mauritius -7.22%
 Burma -7.18%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina -7.05%
 Jordan -7.02%
 Lesotho -6.62%
 Namibia -6.61%
 Jamaica -6.37%
 Togo -6.3%
 Nicaragua -6.23%
 Republic of the Congo -6.21%
 Central African Republic -6.16%
 Burkina Faso -6.14%
 Belarus -6.1%
 Serbia -6.04%
 Turkmenistan -5.95%
 Morocco -5.85%
 Haiti -5.76%
 Belize -5.73%
 Turkey -5.69%
 United Kingdom -5.51%
 Moldova -5.48%
 South Africa -5.44%
 Sudan -5.16%
 Malawi -5.07%
 El Salvador -5.02%
 Colombia -5.01%
 Uruguay -4.74%
 Costa Rica -4.47%
 Algeria -4.34%
 Kosovo -4.26%
 Cameroon -4.21%
 Peru -4.06%
 Ukraine -4%
 Brazil -3.88%
 Samoa -3.75%
 Sri Lanka -3.74%
 Suriname -3.57%
 New Zealand -3.52%
 Iraq -3.5%
 Côte d'Ivoire -3.28%
 Dominican Republic -3.12%
 Latvia -3.12%
 Indonesia -2.95%
 Australia -2.76%
 United States -2.36%
 Guatemala -2.31%
 Madagascar -2.26%
 Canada -2.2%
 Mexico -2.07%
 Yemen -1.58%
 India -1.44%
 Vanuatu -1.35%
 Macedonia -1.33%
 Pakistan -1.24%
 Poland -1.22%
 Chile -1.16%
 France -1.05%
 Cyprus -0.98%
 Argentina -0.87%
 Angola -0.85%
 Ecuador -0.83%
 Egypt -0.82%
 South Sudan -0.73%
 Finland -0.57%
 Romania -0.46%
 Lithuania -0.37%
 Zambia -0.23%
 Eritrea -0.21%
 Bangladesh -0.07%
 Estonia -0.05%
 Bulgaria 0.04%
 Paraguay 0.05%
 Slovakia 0.06%
 Spain 0.11%
 Uzbekistan 0.12%
 Portugal 0.6%
 Czech Republic 0.62%
 Bolivia 0.73%
 Swaziland 0.92%
 Greece 0.93%
 Japan 0.98%
 China 1.25%
 Hong Kong 1.57%
 Kazakhstan 1.6%
 Belgium 1.63%
 Italy 1.81%
 Austria 1.82%
 Croatia 2.04%
 Nigeria 2.21%
 Malta 2.7%
 Russia 3.09%
 Thailand 3.51%
 Israel 3.78%
 Iran 3.81%
 Kiribati 3.87%
 Hungary 4.25%
 Venezuela 4.31%
 Philippines 4.44%
   Nepal 4.62%
 Malaysia 4.63%
 Iceland 4.73%
 Luxembourg 5.25%
 Bahrain 5.32%
 Vietnam 5.41%
 Afghanistan 5.7%
 Slovenia 5.77%
 Ireland 6.19%
 Denmark 6.26%
 Sweden 6.27%
 South Korea 6.33%
  Switzerland 6.96%
 Germany 7.45%
 Trinidad and Tobago 8.26%
 Norway 8.46%
 Taiwan 9.94%
 Oman 10.26%
 Netherlands 10.35%
 Gabon 11.25%
 United Arab Emirates 12.06%
 Saudi Arabia 14.11%
 Azerbaijan 15.32%
 Botswana 17.12%
 Qatar 18.57%
 Singapore 19.09%
 Brunei 23.56%
 Tuvalu 26.32%
 Kuwait 35.34%

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