* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Current account balance forecast, percent of GDP, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 42 countries was 1.45 percent. The highest value was in Macao: 33.2 percent and the lowest value was in Yemen: -25.03 percent. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2028. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: International Monetary Fund
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Countries Current account forecast, 2024 Global rank Available data
Macao 33.2 1 2002 - 2028
Kuwait 28.24 2 1981 - 2028
Singapore 17.76 3 1980 - 2028
Brunei 15.88 4 1985 - 2028
Taiwan 14.77 5 1984 - 2028
Qatar 13.43 6 1980 - 2028
Hong Kong 9.78 7 1980 - 2028
UA Emirates 8.79 8 1980 - 2028
Azerbaijan 6.15 9 1992 - 2028
Bahrain 5.25 10 1980 - 2028
Turkmenistan 3.96 11 1996 - 2028
South Korea 3.85 12 1980 - 2028
Japan 3.78 13 1980 - 2028
Israel 3.37 14 1980 - 2028
Nepal 3.23 15 1980 - 2028
Vietnam 3 16 1980 - 2028
Iran 2.89 17 1980 - 2028
Malaysia 2.63 18 1980 - 2028
Laos 2.35 19 1980 - 2028
Oman 2.3 20 1980 - 2028
Thailand 1.78 21 1980 - 2028
China 1.44 22 1997 - 2028
Saudi Arabia 0.39 23 1980 - 2028
Tajikistan 0.26 24 1992 - 2028
Pakistan -0.18 25 1980 - 2028
Indonesia -1.05 26 1980 - 2028
India -1.15 27 1980 - 2028
Bangladesh -1.44 28 1980 - 2028
Kazakhstan -1.54 29 1992 - 2028
Iraq -1.94 30 2001 - 2028
Philippines -2.21 31 1980 - 2028
Cambodia -3.26 32 1992 - 2028
Burma -3.88 33 1998 - 2028
Armenia -4.22 34 1992 - 2028
Jordan -4.99 35 1980 - 2028
Georgia -5.82 36 1995 - 2028
Uzbekistan -6.29 37 1992 - 2028
Mongolia -6.95 38 1991 - 2028
Bhutan -17.75 39 1980 - 2028
Maldives -18 40 1980 - 2028
Kyrgyzstan -21.68 41 1992 - 2028
Yemen -25.03 42 1990 - 2028



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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