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

Regional distributions of current account balances according to traditionally defined first world, second world, and third world. (IMF data)

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 2010 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 2011 estimates.

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

The IMF data are estimates updated for the October 2010 report, derived from 2009 and 2008 data (in most cases). The World Factbook data is as of May 24, 2012.

IMF World Economic Outlook Country Current account balance (% of GDP) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -48.27% Seychelles -39.46% Liberia -36.75% Chad -32.03% Solomon Islands -30.06% São Tomé and Príncipe -29.06% Maldives -25.97% Dominica -25.37% Grenada -25.01% Saint Kitts and Nevis -24.67% Niger -24.18% Lesotho -22.02% Zimbabwe -21.58% Saint Lucia -21.25% Democratic Republic of Congo -20.69% Cape Verde -18.65% Tonga -18.6% Kosovo -18.48% Montenegro -17% Nicaragua -16.38% Papua New Guinea -16.14% Antigua and Barbuda -14.78% Armenia -14.59% Iraq -14.36% Madagascar -14.35% Djibouti -14.32% Belarus -13.97% Mongolia -13.86% The Bahamas -13.85% Mozambique -13.62% Swaziland -12.56% Georgia -12.04% Ghana -11.59% Guyana -11.31% Moldova -11.22% The Gambia -11.15% Lebanon -11.09% Greece -10.84% Laos -10.21% Fiji -10.05% Portugal -9.98% Guinea -9.7% Serbia -9.62% Benin -9.55% Mauritius -9.38% Sierra Leone -9.33% Samoa -9.26% Albania -9.17% Burundi -9.05% Sudan -8.87% Comoros -8.85% Tanzania -8.76% Senegal -8.7% Vietnam -8.34% Mali -8.02% Cyprus -7.92% Panama -7.91% Togo -7.76% Jamaica -7.7% Rwanda -7.66% Mauritania -7.64% Central African Republic -7.55% Cambodia -7.29% Bhutan -7.17% Jordan -7.17% Kiribati -7.1% Dominican Republic -6.87% Kenya -6.74% Burkina Faso -6.43% Uganda -6.37% Honduras -6.28% Belize -5.74% Bosnia and Herzegovina -5.52% Malta -5.39% Kyrgyzstan -5.37% Morocco -5.3% Spain -5.23% Turkey -5.21% Romania -5.13% Yemen -4.87% Turkmenistan -4.66% Tunisia -4.43% Sri Lanka -4.31% South Africa -4.29% Barbados -4.23% Costa Rica -4.21% Ethiopia -3.95% Syrian Arab Republic -3.93% Macedonia -3.91% Cameroon -3.89% Croatia -3.84% Tajikistan -3.59% New Zealand -3.21% United States -3.19% India -3.08% Bulgaria -3% Guatemala -2.91% Nepal -2.89% Italy -2.86% Canada -2.83% El Salvador -2.78% Equatorial Guinea -2.78% Ireland -2.73% Colombia -2.67% Brazil -2.56% Namibia -2.56% Australia -2.45% Myanmar -2.42% Poland -2.41% Zambia -2.41% Vanuatu -2.36% United Kingdom -2.23% Haiti -2.15% Pakistan -2% Egypt -1.99% France -1.79% Malawi -1.67% Eritrea -1.37% Slovak Republic -1.36% Peru -1.34% Czech Republic -1.21% Paraguay -1.21% Mexico -1.16% Iceland -0.91% Ecuador -0.76% Slovenia -0.73% Chile -0.68% Botswana -0.53% Ukraine -0.44% Uruguay -0.05% Suriname 0.12% Belgium 0.5% Hungary 0.51% Afghanistan 0.64% Indonesia 0.92% Finland 1.43% Angola 1.58% Argentina 1.71% Lithuania 1.86% Guinea-Bissau 2.01% Austria 2.31% Bangladesh 2.54% South Korea 2.64% Japan 3.09% Kazakhstan 3.24% Algeria 3.38% Israel 3.41% Denmark 3.42% Thailand 3.55% Uzbekistan 3.81% Philippines 4.13% Estonia 4.21% Iran 4.23% Republic of the Congo 4.23% China 4.7% Russia 4.73% Bahrain 5.15% United Arab Emirates 5.4% Latvia 5.49% Netherlands 5.72% Oman 5.81% Sweden 5.95% Germany 6.06% Bolivia 6.5% Saudi Arabia 6.7% Côte d'Ivoire 6.75% Luxembourg 6.91% Venezuela 7.79% Hong Kong 8.35% Switzerland 9.57% Taiwan 9.99% Nigeria 13.05% Malaysia 14.68% Gabon 15.17% Qatar 15.58% Norway 16.58% Trinidad and Tobago 17.83% Libya 20.14% Singapore 20.46% Azerbaijan 24.1% Kuwait 30.06% Brunei 43.32% Timor-Leste 223.79%

CIA World Factbook. Country Current account balance (% of GDP) Montenegro -45.88% Kosovo -45.71% Sao Tome and Principe -45.00% Liberia -42.60% Nicaragua -34.59% Seychelles -32.20% Chad -31.10% Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -29.67% Sierra Leone -28.74% Lebanon -28.39% Antigua and Barbuda -25.43% Dominica -24.02% Madagascar -23.85% Saint Kitts and Nevis -22.06% Papua New Guinea -21.23% Niger -19.91% Saint Lucia -19.68% Haiti -16.30% Jamaica -16.10% Lesotho -15.40% Bahamas, The -14.15% Rwanda -14.13% Cape Verde -13.92% Guyana -13.42% Georgia -13.37% Gambia, The -13.05% Armenia -12.91% Panama -12.66% Burundi -12.59% Malawi -12.53% Swaziland -11.84% Moldova -11.68% Mozambique -11.45% Cyprus -11.12% Dominican Republic -11.04% Burkina Faso -10.95% Albania -10.38% Central African Republic -10.14% Guinea-Bissau -10.00% Mauritius -9.79% Tajikistan -9.72% Senegal -9.69% Bhutan -9.56% Barbados -9.50% Turkey -9.43% Tunisia -9.36% Togo -9.11% Greece -9.10% Uganda -9.10% Tanzania -8.93% Belarus -8.67% Cambodia -8.66% Yemen -8.50% Portugal -8.43% Sudan -7.90% Morocco -7.90% Benin -7.46% Mauritania -7.42% Zimbabwe -7.34% Kenya -7.30% Mali -7.26% Honduras -7.21% Serbia -7.00% Djibouti -6.97% Sri Lanka -6.80% Iceland -6.38% Comoros -6.27% Bosnia and Herzegovina -6.20% Guinea -5.90% Kyrgyzstan -5.90% Guatemala -5.81% El Salvador -5.70% Poland -5.63% Ethiopia -5.43% Costa Rica -4.92% Equatorial Guinea -4.85% Jordan -4.63% Cameroon -4.25% Paraguay -4.23% Malta -4.05% United States -3.98% Spain -3.96% South Africa -3.95% Croatia -3.95% Vietnam -3.83% Syria -3.79% Ghana -3.73% Egypt -3.71% Ukraine -3.50% Italy -3.46% Romania -3.43% India -3.42% Macedonia -3.06% New Zealand -3.02% Canada -2.99% Slovakia -2.98% Eritrea -2.98% Czech Republic -2.86% Botswana -2.85% Lithuania -2.84% Congo, Democratic Republic of the -2.74% United Kingdom -2.68% France -2.65% Brazil -2.52% Colombia -2.28% Uruguay -2.18% Australia -2.04% Ecuador -1.72% Belize -1.69% Slovenia -1.46% Peru -1.28% Laos -0.97% Mexico -0.95% Latvia -0.89% Finland -0.52% Chile -0.45% Bangladesh -0.32% Zambia -0.23% Argentina -0.06% Pakistan 0.13% Israel 0.35% Bulgaria 0.52% Ireland 0.63% Indonesia 0.68% Namibia 0.84% Belgium 0.89% Hungary 1.13% Estonia 1.73% Burma 1.99% Japan 2.10% Cote d'Ivoire 2.28% Bahrain 2.34% Korea, South 2.56% Austria 2.82% Philippines 3.26% Thailand 3.44% China 4.01% Germany 4.11% Nigeria 4.86% Russia 5.05% Bolivia 5.30% Turkmenistan 6.41% Hong Kong 6.66% Denmark 6.69% Sweden 7.28% Netherlands 7.47% Kazakhstan 7.55% Angola 7.81% Taiwan 8.11% Venezuela 8.63% Iran 8.74% Oman 9.33% Algeria 9.88% Suriname 9.99% United Arab Emirates 10.74% Switzerland 11.52% Norway 13.25% Malaysia 13.32% Iraq 15.99% Azerbaijan 16.23% Uzbekistan 16.53% Luxembourg 18.44% Gabon 20.53% Singapore 21.38% Congo, Republic of the 25.73% Trinidad and Tobago 26.26% Saudi Arabia 27.02% Kuwait 36.07% Qatar 44.09% Timor-Leste 339.29% References See also List of countries by current account balance List of countries by GDP (PPP)