Current account balance as a share of GDP of Samoa plummeted by 51.10% from -4.7 % in 2016 to -2.3 % in 2017. Since the 367.30% surge in 2014, current account balance as a share of GDP sank by 71.41% in 2017.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.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 focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income.
| Date | Value | Change, % |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -2.3 | -51.10% |
| 2016 | -4.7 | 53.18% |
| 2015 | -3.1 | -61.83% |
| 2014 | -8.1 | 367.30% |
| 2013 | -1.7 | -80.78% |
| 2012 | -9.0 | 29.88% |
| 2011 | -6.9 | 4.22% |
| 2010 | -6.7 | 36.94% |
| 2009 | -4.9 | -0.06% |
| 2008 | -4.9 | -64.70% |
| 2007 | -13.8 | 57.88% |
| 2006 | -8.7 |