Current account balance (% of GDP) by country
Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the...
Countries reporting
198
Highest
40.0%
Tuvalu
Lowest
-148.0%
Equatorial Guinea
Median
-1.3%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
7,713
What the numbers show
Current account balance (% of GDP) is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 40.0% in Tuvalu; the lowest is -148.0% in Equatorial Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is -1.3%, and the mean is -2.4%.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 33,141.3%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 31,861.0%).
Current account balance: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 40.0% | 2023 | up 1,311.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Macao | 33.7% | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 3 | Kuwait | 22.7% | 2025 | up 203.0% | falling |
| 4 | San Marino | 22.0% | 2023 | up 5,720.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 21.9% | 2024 | up 933.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Brunei | 18.0% | 2025 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 7 | Ireland | 17.4% | 2024 | up 737.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Tajikistan | 17.1% | 2025 | up 396.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Singapore | 16.7% | 2025 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Andorra | 16.0% | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 15.5% | 2024 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Bermuda | 15.3% | 2023 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 13 | Qatar | 14.8% | 2025 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Djibouti | 14.7% | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Norway | 14.0% | 2025 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Guyana | 13.9% | 2023 | up 227.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Hong Kong | 13.3% | 2024 | up 858.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 13.1% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 19 | Denmark | 12.2% | 2024 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Congo | 11.6% | 2021 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Iran | 11.4% | 2000 | up 4,246.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Netherlands | 9.1% | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Ghana | 8.2% | 2025 | up 243.9% | volatile |
| 24 | South Sudan | 7.9% | 2023 | up 240.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Faroe Islands | 7.8% | 2011 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 26 | French Polynesia | 7.5% | 2016 | up 175.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Malta | 7.1% | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Micronesia (country) | 7.1% | 2014 | up 151.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Switzerland | 7.0% | 2025 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Samoa | 6.9% | 2025 | up 549.4% | volatile |
| 31 | South Korea | 6.6% | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Vietnam | 6.3% | 2024 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Sweden | 6.1% | 2025 | up 122.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Ecuador | 5.9% | 2025 | up 358.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Nauru | 5.8% | 2024 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Luxembourg | 5.2% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 37 | Aruba | 5.2% | 2023 | up 143.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.0% | 2024 | up 114.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Japan | 4.9% | 2025 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 40 | Bahrain | 4.8% | 2024 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Nigeria | 4.8% | 2025 | up 254.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.8% | 2025 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 4.6% | 2025 | up 1,191.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Germany | 4.5% | 2025 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Libya | 4.2% | 2023 | up 33,141.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Nicaragua | 4.2% | 2024 | up 151.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Nepal | 3.9% | 2024 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 48 | China | 3.8% | 2025 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Peru | 3.6% | 2025 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Slovenia | 3.6% | 2025 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Cape Verde | 3.5% | 2025 | up 221.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Laos | 3.2% | 2024 | up 122.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Jamaica | 3.1% | 2024 | up 138.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Iraq | 3.0% | 2024 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Spain | 2.9% | 2025 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Guatemala | 2.9% | 2024 | up 187.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Oman | 2.9% | 2024 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Thailand | 2.8% | 2025 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Liberia | 2.5% | 2024 | up 112.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Honduras | 2.4% | 2025 | up 150.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Portugal | 2.1% | 2024 | up 558.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Austria | 1.8% | 2025 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Malaysia | 1.7% | 2024 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Russia | 1.7% | 2025 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Hungary | 1.7% | 2025 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Eswatini | 1.6% | 2024 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Israel | 1.4% | 2025 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Finland | 1.3% | 2025 | up 246.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 1.2% | 2024 | up 150.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 1.2% | 2024 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Italy | 1.1% | 2025 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Gabon | 1.0% | 2015 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Lithuania | 0.9% | 2025 | up 137.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Czechia | 0.6% | 2025 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Angola | 0.4% | 2025 | up 104.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Myanmar | 0.1% | 2019 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Bangladesh | -0.1% | 2025 | down 104.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Indonesia | -0.1% | 2025 | up 94.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Pakistan | -0.1% | 2025 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Estonia | -0.1% | 2025 | down 110.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Lesotho | -0.2% | 2025 | up 97.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Panama | -0.2% | 2025 | up 97.9% | volatile |
| 83 | France | -0.3% | 2025 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Togo | -0.3% | 2020 | up 93.4% | volatile |
| 85 | India | -0.4% | 2025 | up 61.0% | volatile |
| 86 | South Africa | -0.4% | 2025 | up 90.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Uruguay | -0.4% | 2025 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Mexico | -0.4% | 2025 | up 82.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Albania | -0.5% | 2025 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Haiti | -0.6% | 2024 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Syria | -0.6% | 2010 | down 110.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Costa Rica | -0.7% | 2025 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Turkey | -0.8% | 2024 | up 77.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Poland | -0.9% | 2025 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Canada | -0.9% | 2025 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Algeria | -1.0% | 2024 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Argentina | -1.1% | 2025 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | -1.2% | 2025 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Chile | -1.2% | 2025 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Kenya | -1.3% | 2024 | up 86.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Tunisia | -1.5% | 2024 | up 83.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Guinea | -1.6% | 2024 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Comoros | -1.7% | 2023 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Bolivia | -1.9% | 2025 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Belgium | -1.9% | 2025 | down 240.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Belarus | -1.9% | 2025 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Croatia | -2.1% | 2024 | down 627.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Colombia | -2.4% | 2025 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 109 | United Kingdom | -2.4% | 2025 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Morocco | -2.5% | 2025 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Ethiopia | -2.5% | 2024 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | -2.6% | 2025 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Georgia | -2.6% | 2025 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 114 | Australia | -2.7% | 2025 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Belize | -2.8% | 2025 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Central African Republic | -2.9% | 1994 | up 44.7% | flat |
| 117 | Brazil | -2.9% | 2025 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Tanzania | -3.0% | 2024 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -3.1% | 2025 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Paraguay | -3.2% | 2025 | down 1,359.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Chad | -3.2% | 1994 | down 425.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Cameroon | -3.3% | 2024 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Philippines | -3.3% | 2025 | down 241.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Latvia | -3.4% | 2025 | down 2,572.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Venezuela | -3.4% | 2016 | down 123.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Iceland | -3.5% | 2025 | down 155.2% | volatile |
| 127 | El Salvador | -3.5% | 2025 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 128 | New Zealand | -3.6% | 2025 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Slovakia | -3.6% | 2025 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 130 | United States | -3.6% | 2025 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Cambodia | -3.6% | 2025 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Egypt | -3.8% | 2025 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Uzbekistan | -3.9% | 2025 | down 528.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Burkina Faso | -4.0% | 2024 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Kazakhstan | -4.1% | 2025 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Gambia | -4.1% | 2024 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Solomon Islands | -4.2% | 2024 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Madagascar | -4.3% | 2024 | down 555.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Botswana | -4.3% | 2024 | down 138.4% | volatile |
| 140 | North Macedonia | -4.3% | 2025 | down 149.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Mali | -4.3% | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 142 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -4.3% | 2025 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Zambia | -4.4% | 2024 | down 209.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Cote d'Ivoire | -4.5% | 2024 | down 527.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Serbia | -4.9% | 2025 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Barbados | -5.1% | 2017 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Jordan | -5.3% | 2024 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Bulgaria | -5.8% | 2025 | down 31,861.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Niger | -6.1% | 2024 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Saint Lucia | -6.3% | 2025 | down 1,210.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Cyprus | -6.3% | 2025 | down 2,477.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Bahamas | -6.6% | 2024 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Tonga | -6.7% | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -6.9% | 2023 | down 1,739.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Mauritius | -7.0% | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Greece | -7.1% | 2024 | down 394.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Armenia | -7.2% | 2025 | down 171.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Guinea-Bissau | -7.4% | 2024 | down 1,423.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Seychelles | -7.5% | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 160 | New Caledonia | -7.5% | 2016 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Yemen | -7.7% | 2016 | down 815.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Uganda | -7.8% | 2024 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Fiji | -7.8% | 2024 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Romania | -7.9% | 2025 | down 1,139.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Ukraine | -8.0% | 2024 | down 131.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Benin | -8.2% | 2023 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Sudan | -8.6% | 2022 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Cayman Islands | -8.8% | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 170 | Mauritania | -9.6% | 2024 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Mongolia | -10.4% | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Mozambique | -11.0% | 2024 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Vanuatu | -11.1% | 2022 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Rwanda | -12.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 175 | Antigua and Barbuda | -12.0% | 2025 | down 691.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Namibia | -13.4% | 2024 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -13.7% | 2025 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Burundi | -13.7% | 2025 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Sierra Leone | -14.1% | 2024 | down 129.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Eritrea | -14.8% | 2000 | down 137.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Afghanistan | -15.7% | 2020 | down 331.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Palestine | -15.8% | 2025 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -16.1% | 2025 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Kiribati | -17.6% | 2025 | down 159.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Maldives | -18.7% | 2024 | down 486.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Malawi | -18.8% | 2024 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Bhutan | -19.4% | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 188 | Moldova | -19.6% | 2025 | down 231.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Senegal | -19.8% | 2023 | down 141.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Curacao | -20.0% | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 191 | Montenegro | -20.4% | 2025 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 192 | Kyrgyzstan | -22.6% | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 193 | Grenada | -23.1% | 2025 | down 117.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Lebanon | -28.1% | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 195 | East Timor | -36.9% | 2025 | down 360.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Dominica | -38.0% | 2025 | down 478.4% | volatile |
| 197 | Palau | -48.6% | 2023 | down 276.5% | volatile |
| 198 | Suriname | -54.9% | 2025 | down 258.0% | volatile |
| 199 | Equatorial Guinea | -148.0% | 1996 | down 470.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo -8.1%
About this data
Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.