List of sovereign states by current account balance explained

This is the list of countries by current account balance, expressed in current U.S. dollars and as percentage of GDP, based on the data published by World Bank, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.

According to World Bank, ″the current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.″ Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.[1]

According to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, ″the current account forms part of the balance of payments and displays the flows of goods, services, primary income, and secondary income between residents and nonresidents of an economy. The current account balance measures, in general, the difference between current receipts and expenditures for internationally traded goods, services and income payments. At the same time, from a national perspective, the current account balance represents the gap between domestic saving and investment.″[2]

According to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, ″the current account balance of payments is a record of a country's international transactions with the rest of the world. The current account includes all the transactions (other than those in financial items) that involve economic values and occur between resident and non-resident entities. Also covered are offsets to current economic values provided or acquired without a quid pro quo. This indicator is measured in million USD and percentage of GDP.″[3]

List of countries by current account balance

The following table provides information on current account balance (CAB) based on data published by World Bank,[4] [5] United Nations Conference on Trade and Development[6] and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Sorting is alphabetical by country code, according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.

Country/Territory/Region/Group WB UNCTAD OECD
(mil. USD) Year (% of GDP) Year (mil. USD) Year (% of GDP) Year (mil. USD) Year (% of GDP) Year
2022 2022 2022 2022
2020 2020 2020 2020
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2021 2021
2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2018 2018 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2021 2021 2022 2022
2021 2021 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2021 2021 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2017 2017 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
1994 1994 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2021 2021 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2021 2021 2022 2022
2020 2020 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2021 2021 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2000 2000 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2011 2011
2014 2014 2022 2022
2015 2015 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2021 2021 2022 2022
1996 1996 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2000 2000 2019 2019
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
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2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022
2021 2021 2020 2020
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2021 2021 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2021 2021 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2019 2019 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2021 2021 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2016 2016
2021 2021 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2018 2018 2018 2018
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2021 2021 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2016 2016
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2020
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2021 2021 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2021 2021 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2010 2010 2019 2019
2018 2018
1994 1994 2022 2022
2020 2020 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2019 2019
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022
2020 2020 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2016 2014 2016 2016
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022
2016 2016 2016 2016
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
2022 2022 2022 2022
2020 2020 2020 2020
WORLD 2022 2022
Developed economies 2022 2022
Developed economies: Americas 2022 2022
Developed economies: Asia 2022 2022
Developed economies: Europe 2022 2022
Developed economies: Oceania 2022 2022
Developing economies 2022 2022
Developing economies: Africa 2022 2022
Developing economies: Americas 2022 2022
Developing economies: Asia 2022 2022
Developing economies: Oceania 2022 2022
Developing economies excluding China 2022 2022
Developing economies excluding LDCs 2022 2022
LDCs (Least developed countries) 2022 2022
LDCs: Africa 2022 2022
LDCs: Asia 2022 2022
LDCs: Islands and Haiti 2022 2022
LLDCs (Landlocked developing countries) 2022 2022
SIDS (Small island developing States) (UN-OHRLLS) 2022 2022
SIDS: Atlantic and Indian Ocean 2022 2022
SIDS: Caribbean 2022 2022
SIDS: Pacific 2022 2022
Low-income developing economies (UN) 2022 2022
Middle-income developing economies (UN) 2022 2022
High-income developing economies (UN) 2022 2022
BRICS 2022 2022
European Union 2022 2022 2022 2022
G-7 (Group of 7) 2022 2022
G20 (Group of Twenty) 2022 2022
G-77 (Group of 77) 2022 2022
OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) 2022 2022 2022 2022

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Bank . Current account balance (% of GDP) . databank.worldbank.org . 2024-01-10.
  2. Web site: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development . Balance of payments, Current account balance, annual . unctadstat.unctad.org . 2024-01-10.
  3. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development . Current account balance (indicator) . 10.1787/b2f74f3a-en . data.oecd.org . 2024-01-10.
  4. Web site: World Bank . Current account balance (BoP, current US$) . data.worldbank.org . 2024-01-10.
  5. Web site: World Bank . Current account balance (% of GDP) . data.worldbank.org . 2024-01-10.
  6. Web site: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development . Balance of payments, Current account balance, annual . unctad.org . 2024-01-10.