Current Account Balance by country from 2010 to 2018 (US$bn)


What is it?

The current account consists of the country’s balance of trade, net income, and direct payments over a given period. A surplus indicates that the value of a country's net foreign assets grew over the period in question and that it is a net lender to the rest of the world. A current account deficit means that the country’s net assets shrank. Government and private payments are included. The goods and services are usually consumed in the current period – hence the expression.


The data

Country
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Afghanistan
4.510
4.754
2.205
0.056
1.192
0.576
1.409
1.014
1.048
Albania
-1.348
-1.703
-1.251
-1.183
-1.430
-0.978
-0.899
-0.908
-1.073
Algeria
12.157
19.802
12.290
0.835
-9.436
-27.290
-26.473
-22.095
-16.917
Angola
7.506
13.085
13.853
8.348
-3.748
-10.273
-4.834
-1.254
-2.461
Antigua and Barbuda
0.026
0.093
0.002
-0.112
-0.222
Argentina
-1.623
-5.341
-2.139
-13.125
-9.180
-17.622
-14.693
-31.324
-17.531
Armenia
-1.261
-1.059
-1.058
-0.813
-0.883
-0.272
-0.238
-0.328
-0.476
Aruba
-0.463
-0.267
0.088
-0.333
-0.136
0.112
0.133
0.022
0.031
Australia
-45.728
-46.580
-67.428
-51.378
-44.714
-57.313
-41.447
-36.005
-39.487
Austria
11.208
7.036
6.074
8.359
10.952
7.349
8.313
7.859
10.198
Azerbaijan
15.040
17.146
14.916
12.318
10.431
-0.222
-1.363
1.685
3.020
Bahamas
-0.797
-1.102
-1.532
-1.516
-2.193
-1.610
-0.868
-1.909
-1.644
Bahrain
0.771
2.524
2.578
2.410
1.523
-0.752
-1.493
-1.600
-0.965
Bangladesh
0.507
-1.337
0.971
1.897
2.449
3.877
1.391
-5.322
-9.047
Barbados
-0.255
-0.550
-0.391
-0.391
-0.433
-0.289
-0.206
-0.189
-0.163
Belarus
-8.280
-5.053
-1.862
-7.567
-5.228
-1.831
-1.669
-0.931
-1.422
Belgium
8.548
-5.659
-0.266
-1.656
-4.630
-0.650
0.451
-0.807
0.297
Belize
-0.040
-0.017
-0.019
-0.072
-0.133
-0.174
-0.163
-0.143
-0.114
Benin
-0.574
-0.570
-0.604
-0.679
-0.835
-0.746
-0.808
-1.024
-1.120
Bhutan
-0.319
-0.517
-0.388
-0.470
-0.483
-0.574
-0.621
-0.547
-0.597
Bolivia
0.766
0.077
1.970
1.054
0.571
-1.936
-1.932
-2.375
-2.196
Bosnia and Herzegovina
-1.039
-1.767
-1.490
-0.967
-1.373
-0.883
-0.821
-0.873
-1.190
Botswana
-0.356
0.475
0.046
1.322
2.496
1.121
2.147
2.146
1.661
Brazil
-75.824
-77.032
-74.218
-74.839
-104.181
-59.434
-23.546
-9.762
-24.838
Brunei Darussalam
5.016
6.430
5.683
3.778
5.459
2.157
1.470
2.021
1.147
Bulgaria
-0.874
0.190
-0.460
0.711
0.047
-0.019
1.207
2.562
1.547
Burkina Faso
-0.200
-0.425
-0.751
-1.346
-0.999
-0.889
-0.820
-1.019
-1.225
Burundi
-0.248
-0.323
-0.434
-0.497
-0.544
-0.531
-0.411
-0.418
-0.459
Côte d'Ivoire
0.465
2.663
-0.321
-0.423
0.510
-0.201
-0.414
-1.860
-2.100
Cabo Verde
-0.207
-0.304
-0.221
-0.090
-0.169
-0.051
-0.040
-0.109
-0.180
Cambodia
-1.671
-1.526
-1.964
-2.042
-1.690
-1.625
-1.731
-1.871
-2.602
Cameroon
-0.650
-0.803
-0.950
-1.150
-1.396
-1.174
-1.034
-0.932
-1.232
Canada
-58.243
-49.600
-65.733
-59.352
-43.196
-55.919
-49.322
-48.752
-52.219
Central African Republic
-0.202
-0.166
-0.140
-0.050
-0.253
-0.154
-0.097
-0.163
-0.206
Chad
-0.910
-0.708
-0.968
-1.188
-1.248
-1.491
-0.926
-0.558
-0.461
Chile
3.156
-4.158
-10.446
-11.263
-4.356
-5.579
-3.484
-4.102
-7.417
China
237.810
136.097
215.392
148.204
236.047
304.164
202.203
164.887
97.549
China, Hong Kong SAR
16.008
13.812
4.145
4.187
4.056
10.263
12.711
14.749
12.103
China, Macao SAR
11.089
14.999
16.893
20.744
18.917
11.458
12.215
16.752
19.363
Colombia
-8.732
-9.802
-11.365
-12.504
-19.768
-18.586
-12.129
-10.359
-8.192
Comoros
-0.002
-0.037
-0.033
-0.046
-0.043
-0.002
-0.045
-0.027
-0.068
Congo
0.902
2.072
2.423
1.937
0.192
-4.631
-5.735
-1.128
1.048
Costa Rica
-1.214
-2.265
-2.411
-2.431
-2.453
-1.921
-1.326
-1.692
-2.015
Croatia
-0.660
-0.435
-0.064
0.529
1.140
2.241
1.338
2.150
1.622
Cyprus
-2.886
-1.128
-1.494
-1.190
-1.011
-0.288
-0.984
-1.458
-0.742
Czechia
-7.424
-4.792
-3.234
-1.113
0.380
0.459
3.037
2.317
-0.876
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
-2.174
-1.281
-1.260
-1.633
-1.660
-1.433
-1.215
-0.200
-0.006
Denmark
21.132
22.655
20.550
26.659
31.503
26.441
22.469
24.822
27.340
Djibouti
0.031
-0.162
-0.254
-0.339
-0.399
-0.549
-0.178
-0.280
-0.312
Dominica
-0.038
-0.010
0.005
-0.070
-0.159
Dominican Republic
-4.024
-4.359
-3.971
-2.568
-2.170
-1.280
-0.815
-0.165
-1.328
Ecuador
-1.583
-0.400
-0.153
-0.921
-0.522
-2.111
1.442
-0.349
-0.536
Egypt
-4.318
-6.088
-10.146
-6.390
-2.746
-12.143
-19.831
-14.915
-6.374
El Salvador
-0.533
-1.112
-1.240
-1.518
-1.214
-0.748
-0.500
-0.501
-1.020
Equatorial Guinea
-3.300
-1.210
-0.252
-0.526
-0.924
-2.140
-1.457
-0.738
-0.415
Eritrea
-0.129
0.083
0.082
0.126
0.160
-0.061
-0.105
-0.137
-0.108
Estonia
0.351
0.309
-0.449
0.130
0.068
0.441
0.443
0.809
0.639
Eswatini
-0.388
0.050
0.605
0.855
0.930
1.049
0.642
0.604
0.488
Ethiopia
-0.425
-0.783
-2.985
-2.820
-3.576
-6.579
-6.574
-6.551
-5.228
Fiji
-0.140
-0.194
-0.057
-0.405
-0.279
-0.096
-0.131
-0.277
-0.243
Finland
2.712
-4.767
-5.846
-5.258
-4.216
-1.995
-0.819
1.806
2.504
France
-16.654
-24.618
-25.900
-14.343
-27.317
-8.978
-18.548
-14.830
-25.613
Gabon
2.144
4.371
3.074
1.282
1.376
-0.801
-1.389
-0.725
-0.281
Gambia
-0.155
-0.105
-0.063
-0.093
-0.090
-0.134
-0.085
-0.194
-0.201
Georgia
-1.195
-1.843
-1.857
-0.938
-1.769
-1.681
-1.840
-1.348
-1.747
Germany
192.253
229.691
248.874
252.471
290.970
301.156
297.469
291.010
326.917
Ghana
-2.770
-3.545
-4.914
-5.704
-3.698
-2.836
-2.860
-2.131
-2.103
Greece
-34.144
-28.823
-9.417
-4.898
-3.871
-0.449
-2.072
-1.596
-1.667
Grenada
-0.040
-0.038
-0.034
-0.077
-0.089
Guatemala
-0.563
-1.599
-1.310
-1.351
-1.230
-0.096
1.023
1.134
0.753
Guinea
-0.440
-1.109
-1.457
-1.050
-1.174
-1.102
-2.705
-0.705
-2.433
Guinea-Bissau
-0.115
-0.015
-0.083
-0.048
0.006
0.019
0.016
-0.027
-0.053
Guyana
-0.189
-0.314
-0.322
-0.397
-0.291
-0.163
0.013
-0.237
-0.220
Haiti
-0.102
-0.326
-0.449
-0.561
-0.746
-0.265
-0.083
-0.348
-0.388
Honduras
-0.682
-1.409
-1.581
-1.763
-1.372
-0.978
-0.587
-0.380
-0.766
Hungary
0.363
1.049
2.252
5.170
2.110
4.306
7.597
4.390
3.626
Iceland
-0.875
-0.773
-0.562
0.925
0.697
0.898
1.556
0.857
0.649
India
-47.867
-78.200
-87.843
-32.257
-26.788
-22.086
-14.351
-48.662
-80.423
Indonesia
5.303
1.685
-24.418
-29.109
-27.510
-17.518
-16.953
-17.328
-23.921
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
20.361
60.297
23.416
26.523
13.571
1.237
16.283
9.491
5.792
Iraq
2.267
20.208
11.027
2.681
6.106
-11.633
-13.376
4.344
15.848
Ireland
-2.663
-3.910
-5.920
3.614
2.781
12.823
-12.585
28.143
27.005
Israel
9.015
5.421
1.316
8.657
13.458
15.732
11.942
10.118
8.319
Italy
-72.636
-68.264
-7.013
21.300
41.330
27.751
47.640
53.415
41.334
Jamaica
-1.052
-1.763
-1.637
-1.303
-1.033
-0.454
-0.381
-0.679
-0.756
Japan
220.986
129.834
59.703
45.944
36.794
136.437
194.866
196.129
183.707
Jordan
-1.885
-2.960
-4.718
-3.509
-2.612
-3.411
-3.693
-4.257
-4.031
Kazakhstan
1.385
10.199
1.058
1.274
6.140
-5.135
-8.874
-5.353
-0.281
Kenya
-2.370
-3.836
-4.216
-4.842
-6.381
-4.299
-3.697
-5.021
-5.052
Kiribati
-0.003
-0.024
-0.008
0.015
0.045
0.079
0.035
0.018
0.035
Korea, Republic of
28.850
18.656
50.835
81.148
84.373
105.940
99.243
78.460
82.298
Kuwait
36.714
66.140
79.133
70.206
54.413
4.016
-5.056
7.127
16.396
Kyrgyz Republic
-0.105
-0.180
0.248
-0.972
-1.195
-1.069
-0.792
-0.306
-0.983
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
-1.237
-1.368
-2.654
-3.403
-2.658
-2.583
-2.070
-2.057
-2.528
Latvia
0.487
-0.900
-1.020
-0.826
-0.546
-0.129
0.378
-0.231
-0.676
Lebanon
-7.747
-6.101
-10.384
-12.141
-12.597
-9.143
-11.182
-12.368
-14.541
Lesotho
-0.224
-0.373
-0.222
-0.128
-0.128
-0.093
-0.201
-0.102
-0.179
Liberia
-0.351
-0.308
-0.311
-0.522
-0.608
-0.657
-0.464
-0.627
-0.590
Libya
14.578
3.173
23.837
0.010
-19.033
-9.346
-4.575
2.574
0.669
Lithuania
-0.474
-1.981
-0.605
0.388
1.538
-1.165
-0.479
0.364
0.163
Luxembourg
3.556
3.632
3.199
3.383
3.436
2.933
2.988
3.112
3.395
Madagascar
-0.888
-0.694
-0.759
-0.622
-0.034
-0.184
0.057
-0.035
-0.269
Malawi
-0.597
-0.688
-0.550
-0.454
-0.504
-0.601
-0.744
-0.591
-0.643
Malaysia
25.711
32.571
16.198
11.320
14.923
9.158
7.236
9.296
10.079
Maldives
-0.190
-0.390
-0.192
-0.141
-0.118
-0.295
-1.033
-0.876
-0.876
Mali
-1.147
-0.657
-0.273
-0.382
-0.676
-0.698
-1.015
-0.886
-1.258
Malta
-0.408
-0.019
0.157
0.270
0.989
0.471
0.788
1.712
1.662
Marshall Islands
-0.030
-0.004
-0.012
-0.018
-0.002
0.027
0.015
-0.001
-0.001
Mauritania
-0.357
-0.259
-1.264
-1.262
-1.471
-0.956
-0.707
-0.711
-0.830
Mauritius
-1.003
-1.555
-0.834
-0.753
-0.713
-0.562
-0.531
-0.875
-1.157
Mexico
-5.241
-12.514
-18.573
-31.012
-23.999
-29.776
-23.321
-19.354
-15.310
Micronesia (Federated States of)
-0.046
-0.059
-0.044
-0.032
0.004
0.013
0.011
0.012
0.011
Mongolia
-0.931
-2.759
-3.362
-3.191
-1.379
-0.469
-0.700
-1.155
-1.054
Montenegro
-0.842
-0.671
-0.625
-0.509
-0.570
-0.445
-0.710
-0.780
-0.904
Morocco
-4.078
-7.661
-9.168
-8.133
-6.521
-2.165
-4.363
-3.920
-5.046
Mozambique
-1.679
-3.329
-6.790
-6.875
-6.437
-5.968
-4.280
-2.824
-2.659
Myanmar
-0.544
-1.105
-2.427
-2.936
-1.419
-3.010
-2.475
-2.900
-3.792
Namibia
-0.390
-0.379
-0.742
-0.511
-1.376
-1.460
-1.555
-0.438
-0.851
Nauru
0.023
0.019
0.040
0.020
-0.016
-0.010
0.002
0.005
-0.009
Nepal
-0.378
-0.181
0.909
0.635
0.908
1.067
1.339
-0.093
-2.350
Netherlands
61.820
81.320
89.546
85.496
75.933
48.533
62.923
87.455
89.856
New Zealand
-3.327
-4.671
-6.885
-5.949
-6.428
-5.531
-4.171
-5.471
-7.353
Nicaragua
-0.780
-1.166
-1.132
-1.199
-0.844
-1.145
-0.989
-0.694
-0.835
Niger
-1.136
-1.609
-1.119
-1.287
-1.273
-1.481
-1.181
-1.160
-1.528
Nigeria
13.111
10.668
17.374
19.049
0.899
-15.763
2.714
10.381
8.115
North Macedonia
-0.191
-0.267
-0.308
-0.178
-0.057
-0.197
-0.293
-0.151
-0.130
Norway
46.971
61.717
63.725
53.709
52.514
30.565
14.088
22.006
34.425
Oman
4.882
8.847
7.818
5.202
4.212
-10.957
-12.320
-10.762
-2.705
Pakistan
-3.946
0.214
-4.658
-2.496
-3.130
-2.709
-4.867
-12.439
-18.171
Palau
-0.017
-0.022
-0.025
-0.027
-0.037
-0.022
-0.036
-0.053
-0.052
Panama
-3.113
-4.523
-4.177
-4.401
-6.730
-4.274
-3.160
-3.036
-4.619
Papua New Guinea
-2.906
-4.313
-7.679
-6.540
0.303
2.479
4.569
4.859
4.857
Paraguay
0.049
0.200
-0.286
0.621
-0.051
-0.301
0.416
-0.298
-0.562
Peru
-3.566
-2.993
-5.386
-9.387
-8.924
-9.168
-5.239
-2.414
-4.018
Philippines
7.179
5.643
6.949
11.384
10.756
7.266
-1.199
-2.518
-5.009
Poland
-25.875
-27.357
-18.605
-6.744
-11.444
-2.659
-1.369
1.584
-4.374
Portugal
-24.232
-14.711
-3.879
3.571
0.187
0.232
1.218
0.993
0.041
Qatar
23.952
52.124
62.000
60.461
49.410
13.751
-8.270
6.426
9.098
Republic of Moldova
-0.437
-0.821
-0.554
-0.389
-0.422
-0.372
-0.268
-0.602
-0.851
Romania
-8.551
-9.183
-8.207
-2.043
-1.341
-2.189
-3.930
-7.114
-8.370
Russian Federation
67.452
97.274
71.282
33.428
57.513
67.661
24.401
35.437
97.082
Rwanda
-0.414
-0.477
-0.821
-0.662
-0.825
-1.201
-1.336
-0.622
-0.866
Saint Kitts and Nevis
-0.042
-0.085
-0.102
-0.097
-0.099
Saint Lucia
0.052
0.112
-0.031
0.021
-0.028
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
-0.187
-0.113
-0.122
-0.116
-0.110
Samoa
-0.043
-0.051
-0.072
-0.014
-0.065
-0.025
-0.037
-0.019
-0.027
Sao Tome and Principe
-0.045
-0.065
-0.055
-0.046
-0.076
-0.041
-0.023
-0.032
-0.032
Saudi Arabia
66.751
158.582
164.764
135.442
73.758
-56.724
-23.870
15.232
64.665
Senegal
-0.568
-1.158
-1.548
-1.563
-1.382
-0.962
-0.769
-1.547
-1.857
Serbia
-2.486
-3.995
-4.674
-2.778
-2.632
-1.751
-1.189
-2.354
-2.709
Seychelles
-0.188
-0.234
-0.224
-0.159
-0.310
-0.256
-0.286
-0.307
-0.287
Sierra Leone
-0.585
-1.914
-1.210
-0.859
-0.911
-0.742
-0.088
-0.407
-0.504
Singapore
55.421
61.127
49.425
50.299
58.196
56.493
58.845
60.989
64.095
Slovakia
-4.224
-4.866
0.879
1.832
1.157
-1.517
-1.309
-2.005
-1.908
Slovenia
-0.057
0.094
0.997
2.117
2.895
1.953
2.461
3.475
3.466
Solomon Islands
-0.224
-0.077
0.018
-0.038
-0.050
-0.035
-0.049
-0.054
-0.092
Somalia
-0.223
-0.343
-0.314
-0.427
-0.464
-0.468
South Africa
-5.633
-9.246
-20.335
-21.226
-17.794
-14.592
-8.237
-8.584
-12.087
South Sudan
3.125
-1.793
-0.581
-0.232
-0.892
0.039
-0.154
-0.349
Spain
-56.246
-47.359
-3.089
20.711
14.906
13.514
23.773
24.743
16.575
Sri Lanka
-1.075
-4.615
-3.981
-2.539
-1.988
-1.881
-1.743
-2.310
-2.671
Sudan
-1.725
-2.653
-6.259
-5.822
-3.545
-5.461
-4.213
-4.811
-4.733
Suriname
0.651
0.432
0.162
-0.196
-0.416
-0.787
-0.169
-0.002
-0.128
Sweden
29.122
31.370
30.376
30.289
26.105
22.561
21.841
17.792
14.302
Switzerland
86.338
55.224
68.703
78.028
60.416
73.733
63.157
66.554
72.254
Syrian Arab Republic
-1.707
Taiwan
36.832
37.878
44.336
51.274
60.963
74.883
72.781
82.882
82.999
Tajikistan
-0.540
-0.476
-0.699
-0.659
-0.261
-0.472
-0.362
-0.035
-0.345
Thailand
11.486
9.427
-1.698
-4.861
15.224
32.111
48.237
51.078
44.819
Timor-Leste
1.589
2.219
2.648
2.392
1.094
0.204
-0.544
-0.284
-0.039
Togo
-0.200
-0.302
-0.294
-0.568
-0.459
-0.461
-0.416
-0.383
-0.494
Tonga
-0.072
-0.060
-0.036
-0.052
-0.066
-0.049
-0.030
-0.053
-0.080
Trinidad and Tobago
4.172
4.346
3.324
5.410
4.003
1.853
-0.653
2.325
2.481
Tunisia
-2.117
-3.403
-3.738
-3.879
-4.341
-3.849
-3.694
-4.191
-4.010
Turkey
-44.616
-74.402
-47.963
-63.642
-43.644
-32.109
-33.137
-47.437
-40.687
Turkmenistan
-2.917
-0.243
-0.308
-2.866
-2.641
-5.577
-7.207
-4.359
-3.498
Tuvalu
-0.004
-0.014
0.007
-0.003
0.001
-0.019
0.008
0.002
0.002
Uganda
-1.610
-2.087
-1.656
-1.843
-2.166
-1.675
-0.707
-1.212
-1.924
Ukraine
-3.018
-10.245
-14.315
-16.518
-5.113
1.565
-1.394
-2.088
-3.924
United Arab Emirates
12.196
44.343
73.976
74.132
54.488
17.555
13.233
26.467
31.189
United Kingdom
-82.933
-51.618
-100.867
-141.874
-149.646
-142.367
-139.301
-99.213
-99.233
United Republic of Tanzania
-2.385
-3.633
-4.542
-4.691
-4.870
-3.846
-2.137
-1.464
-2.388
United States of America
-431.266
-445.663
-426.833
-348.801
-365.199
-407.765
-432.874
-449.141
-515.750
Uruguay
-2.069
-2.079
-1.809
-0.512
0.410
0.879
0.549
Uzbekistan
2.740
2.621
0.600
1.631
1.069
0.470
0.384
1.713
-0.217
Vanuatu
-0.042
-0.062
-0.051
-0.026
0.019
-0.083
-0.037
-0.013
-0.081
Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep. of)
5.585
16.342
2.586
4.604
4.919
-16.051
-3.870
4.277
5.903
Vietnam
-4.276
0.233
9.267
7.744
9.074
-0.119
5.924
5.401
5.225
Yemen
-1.054
-0.982
-0.606
-1.242
-0.715
-2.816
-1.868
-1.236
-2.664
Zambia
1.525
1.093
1.373
-0.165
0.571
-0.831
-0.934
-1.006
-1.024
Zimbabwe
-1.444
-2.432
-1.836
-2.526
-2.254
-1.521
-0.553
-0.716
-1.119

Source: World Economic Outlook Database, April 2019



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