Current account forecast - Country rankings
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Current account balance forecast, percent of GDP, 2022 - Country rankings:
The average for 2022 based on 184 countries was -2.43 percent.The highest value was in Papua New Guinea: 21.14 percent and the lowest value was in Palau: -43.96 percent. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2026. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: International Monetary Fund
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21.14
18.76
15.84
15.73
15.70
15.39
15.24
14.93
13.78
13.27
12.69
11.56
9.37
8.89
8.83
8.67
7.73
7.52
6.96
6.95
6.84
6.33
6.31
5.69
5.62
5.48
4.73
4.41
4.33
4.31
4.18
4.03
4.00
3.82
3.81
3.79
3.75
3.56
3.32
3.19
3.05
2.11
2.07
2.00
1.73
1.56
1.49
1.41
1.32
1.23
1.13
1.03
0.99
0.88
0.82
0.77
0.36
0.35
0.21
0.16
0.15
-0.26
-0.27
-0.28
-0.62
-0.66
-0.68
-0.72
-0.80
-0.86
-0.94
-0.98
-1.02
-1.14
-1.20
-1.35
-1.37
-1.40
-1.41
-1.50
-1.61
-1.66
-1.72
-1.84
-1.85
-1.93
-1.94
-1.96
-2.02
-2.05
-2.11
-2.13
-2.16
-2.20
-2.25
-2.44
-2.53
-2.69
-2.71
-2.83
-2.87
-2.88
-2.91
-3.00
-3.10
-3.21
-3.25
-3.36
-3.40
-3.45
-3.45
-3.50
-3.50
-3.66
-3.66
-3.84
-3.87
-3.98
-4.03
-4.09
-4.28
-4.40
-4.45
-4.56
-4.57
-4.73
-4.73
-5.01
-5.02
-5.10
-5.14
-5.19
-5.47
-5.53
-5.60
-5.63
-6.09
-6.69
-6.91
-7.30
-7.43
-7.55
-7.59
-7.62
-7.63
-7.98
-8.21
-8.24
-8.31
-8.40
-8.45
-8.68
-8.70
-8.91
-8.92
-9.10
-9.43
-9.60
-9.61
-9.67
-9.90
-11.16
-11.59
-11.98
-12.22
-13.25
-13.28
-13.38
-13.89
-14.34
-14.36
-14.71
-15.12
-15.58
-15.81
-16.11
-16.15
-16.80
-20.48
-20.61
-23.00
-24.13
-24.94
-43.96
-43.96
-27.7
-11.4
4.9
21.14
Definition: The current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The series includes actual historical values for past years and forecast values for the current and the next few years.
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