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 172 countries was -3.17 percent.The highest value was in Kiribati: 39.18 percent and the lowest value was in Libya: -59.8 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: National central bank
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39.18
20.22
16.84
14.20
14.09
12.20
10.10
8.99
8.10
7.92
7.60
7.40
7.30
7.10
7.00
7.00
6.55
6.10
5.88
5.46
4.94
4.80
4.63
4.57
4.50
4.39
4.20
4.10
3.80
3.77
3.70
3.40
3.33
3.30
3.22
3.22
3.20
2.95
2.90
2.90
2.71
2.60
2.43
2.41
2.23
2.00
2.00
1.94
1.86
1.70
1.20
0.85
0.83
0.80
0.80
0.80
0.75
0.70
0.50
0.40
0.10
-0.04
-0.08
-0.10
-0.10
-0.30
-0.31
-0.40
-0.45
-0.50
-0.53
-0.55
-0.60
-0.80
-0.90
-1.00
-1.10
-1.14
-1.50
-1.50
-1.50
-1.66
-1.69
-1.70
-1.70
-1.70
-1.79
-1.90
-1.90
-1.90
-2.10
-2.10
-2.47
-2.50
-2.50
-2.50
-2.53
-2.70
-2.90
-2.90
-3.10
-3.12
-3.40
-3.43
-3.44
-3.50
-3.70
-3.75
-3.79
-3.83
-4.10
-4.20
-4.20
-4.30
-4.40
-4.96
-5.00
-5.20
-5.40
-5.40
-5.44
-5.70
-5.90
-5.96
-6.60
-6.70
-6.70
-6.80
-6.90
-7.20
-7.37
-7.50
-8.00
-8.49
-8.60
-8.70
-8.90
-9.20
-9.34
-9.50
-9.90
-10.10
-10.80
-11.20
-11.40
-12.02
-12.26
-12.60
-12.60
-12.80
-12.90
-12.90
-13.00
-13.30
-13.30
-13.83
-14.19
-14.51
-14.80
-15.50
-15.60
-15.60
-16.50
-17.50
-17.60
-21.30
-23.52
-27.40
-30.80
-36.00
-48.23
-59.80
-59.8
-35.1
-10.3
14.4
39.18
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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