Liberia: Current account, in dollars

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 Liberia

Current account balance, billion USD

 Latest value 0.12
 Year 2024
 Measure billion U.S. dollars
 Data availability 1979 - 2024
 Average -0.33
 Min - Max -1.67 - 0.17
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is 0.12 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from -0.51 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 2.69 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 159 countries. Historically, the average for Liberia from 1979 to 2024 is -0.33 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -1.67 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 2012 while the maximum of 0.17 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2015. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Liberia: Current account, in dollars
 2024 0.12
 2023 -0.51
 2022 -0.35
 2021 -0.10
 2020 -0.33
 2019 -0.65
 2018 -0.67
 2017 -0.57




Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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 Financial openness 1.092 2022 index points
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 9.87 2024 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 0.47 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities 6.05 2014 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP 2.51 2024 percent
 Current account, in dollars 0.12 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, in dollars -0.41 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 0.34 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 21.28 2024 percent
 Remittances 1,016.84 2024 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -860.70 2024 million USD
 External debt 51.39 2024 percent
 Short-term external debt 0.00 2023 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 0.00 2022 percent
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