Current account, percent of GDP - Country rankings
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Current account balance as percent of GDP, 2020 - Country rankings:
The average for 2020 based on 130 countries was -3.27 percent.The highest value was in Micronesia: 21.62 percent and the lowest value was in Libya: -59.8 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: National central bank
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21.62
18.79
17.58
12.20
10.10
8.40
7.80
7.80
7.10
7.00
6.60
5.50
5.20
5.00
4.62
4.60
4.57
4.50
4.39
4.30
4.20
4.00
4.00
3.94
3.60
3.60
3.60
3.60
3.30
3.28
2.49
2.30
2.30
2.20
1.86
1.70
1.40
1.20
1.16
1.00
0.70
0.50
0.50
0.48
0.30
0.10
-0.40
-0.44
-0.45
-0.50
-0.55
-0.60
-0.70
-0.70
-0.80
-0.85
-0.86
-1.00
-1.00
-1.02
-1.10
-1.10
-1.20
-1.30
-1.47
-1.66
-1.90
-1.90
-1.94
-2.00
-2.10
-2.40
-2.47
-3.10
-3.12
-3.43
-3.45
-3.50
-3.50
-3.70
-3.75
-3.80
-4.00
-4.00
-4.10
-4.20
-4.30
-4.30
-4.40
-5.13
-5.20
-5.20
-5.40
-5.44
-5.70
-6.10
-6.20
-6.70
-7.50
-8.00
-8.60
-8.70
-9.20
-9.50
-9.90
-11.20
-11.40
-11.45
-11.80
-12.10
-12.20
-12.26
-12.60
-12.80
-12.90
-13.00
-13.30
-13.30
-13.83
-14.80
-14.83
-15.60
-15.60
-17.50
-17.60
-21.30
-30.00
-30.80
-32.60
-59.80
-59.8
-39.4
-19.1
1.3
21.62
Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.
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