Rankings Economy

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.

Current account balance (billion US dollars)

19902000200520102011201220132014201520162017
Germany50.1-34.2131.7192.3229.7248.9252.5291.0301.2297.5291.0
Japan44.7130.7170.1221.0129.859.745.936.8136.4194.9196.1
China20.4132.4237.8136.1215.4148.2236.0304.2202.2164.9
Netherlands8.17.341.661.881.389.585.575.948.562.987.5
Taiwan Province of China10.98.214.936.837.944.351.361.074.972.882.9
Korea-2.410.412.728.918.750.881.184.4105.999.278.5
Switzerland8.132.555.386.355.268.778.060.473.763.266.6
Singapore3.110.428.155.461.149.450.358.256.558.861.0
Italy-21.70.6-16.7-72.6-68.3-7.021.341.327.847.653.4
Thailand-7.39.3-7.611.59.4-1.7-4.915.232.148.251.1
Russia45.484.467.597.371.333.457.567.724.435.4
Ireland-0.40.6-7.5-2.7-3.9-5.93.62.812.8-12.628.1
United Arab Emirates7.916.823.812.244.374.074.154.517.613.226.5
Denmark1.43.311.121.122.720.626.731.526.422.524.8
Spain-18.1-26.3-86.9-56.2-47.4-3.120.714.913.523.824.7
Norway2.925.350.147.061.763.753.752.530.614.122.0
Sweden-6.310.323.529.131.430.430.326.122.621.817.8
Macao SAR2.911.115.016.920.718.911.512.216.8
Saudi Arabia-4.114.390.166.8158.6164.8135.473.8-56.7-23.915.2
Hong Kong SAR4.87.521.616.013.84.14.24.110.312.714.7
Nigeria5.07.436.513.110.717.419.00.9-15.82.710.4
Israel0.2-2.04.49.05.41.38.713.515.711.910.1
Islamic Republic of Iran-2.713.114.520.460.323.426.513.61.216.39.5
Malaysia-0.98.520.725.732.616.211.314.99.27.29.3
Austria1.2-1.47.111.27.06.18.411.07.38.37.9
Kuwait3.714.730.136.766.179.170.254.44.0-5.17.1
Qatar-0.71.77.524.052.162.060.549.413.8-8.36.4
Vietnam-0.30.9-0.6-4.30.29.37.79.1-0.15.95.4
Papua New Guinea-0.10.30.7-2.9-4.3-7.7-6.50.32.54.64.9
Hungary0.2-4.0-7.90.41.02.35.22.14.37.64.4
Iraq4.42.320.211.02.76.1-11.6-13.44.3
Venezuela8.511.925.45.616.32.64.64.9-16.1-3.94.3
Slovenia-0.6-0.7-0.10.11.02.12.92.02.53.5
Luxembourg2.74.13.63.63.23.43.42.93.03.1
Libya2.18.317.414.63.223.80.0-19.0-9.3-4.62.6
Bulgaria-1.7-0.4-2.8-0.90.2-0.50.70.00.01.22.6
Trinidad and Tobago0.50.53.94.24.33.35.44.01.9-0.72.3
Czech Republic-2.7-2.9-7.4-4.8-3.2-1.10.40.53.02.3
Croatia-0.5-2.4-0.7-0.4-0.10.51.12.21.32.2
Botswana0.00.51.6-0.40.50.01.32.51.12.12.1
Brunei Darussalam2.43.04.55.06.45.73.85.52.21.52.0
Finland-7.09.56.62.7-4.8-5.8-5.3-4.2-2.0-0.81.8
Uzbekistan0.51.12.72.60.61.61.10.50.41.7
Malta-0.2-0.5-0.40.00.20.31.00.50.81.7
Azerbaijan-0.20.215.017.114.912.310.4-0.2-1.41.7
Poland3.1-10.3-8.0-25.9-27.4-18.6-6.7-11.4-2.7-1.41.6
Guatemala-0.2-1.1-1.2-0.6-1.6-1.3-1.4-1.2-0.11.01.1
Afghanistan1.94.54.82.20.11.20.61.41.0
Portugal-0.2-12.8-19.5-24.2-14.7-3.93.60.20.21.21.0
Uruguay-2.1-2.1-1.8-0.50.40.9
Iceland-0.1-0.9-2.7-0.9-0.8-0.60.90.70.91.60.9
Estonia-0.3-1.20.40.3-0.40.10.10.40.40.8
Eswatini0.10.0-0.1-0.40.10.60.90.91.00.60.6
Lithuania-0.7-1.9-0.5-2.0-0.60.41.5-1.2-0.50.4
St. Lucia0.10.10.00.0
Kiribati0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.10.00.0
Micronesia0.00.00.0-0.10.00.00.00.00.00.0
Nauru0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Tuvalu0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Marshall Islands0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Suriname0.00.0-0.10.70.40.2-0.2-0.4-0.8-0.20.0
Vanuatu0.00.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.00.0-0.10.00.0
Samoa0.00.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.0-0.10.00.00.0
Comoros0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Guinea-Bissau0.00.00.0-0.10.0-0.10.00.00.00.00.0
São Tomé and Príncipe0.00.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.0-0.10.00.00.0
Madagascar-0.3-0.3-0.7-0.9-0.7-0.8-0.60.0-0.20.10.0
Tajikistan0.00.0-0.5-0.5-0.7-0.7-0.3-0.5-0.40.0
Palau-0.10.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0-0.1
Tonga0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.0-0.1-0.10.00.0-0.1
Solomon Islands0.00.00.0-0.2-0.10.00.0-0.10.00.0-0.1
Dominica0.00.00.0-0.1
Grenada0.00.00.0-0.1
Nepal-0.30.40.2-0.4-0.20.90.60.91.11.3-0.1
St. Kitts and Nevis0.0-0.1-0.1-0.1
Lesotho0.20.00.2-0.2-0.4-0.2-0.1-0.1-0.1-0.2-0.1
Cabo Verde0.0-0.10.0-0.2-0.3-0.2-0.1-0.2-0.10.0-0.1
Antigua and Barbuda0.00.10.0-0.1
St. Vincent and the Grenadines-0.2-0.1-0.1-0.1
Eritrea-0.10.0-0.10.10.10.10.2-0.1-0.1-0.1
Belize0.0-0.2-0.10.00.00.0-0.1-0.1-0.2-0.2-0.1
FYR Macedonia-0.1-0.2-0.2-0.3-0.3-0.2-0.1-0.2-0.3-0.2
South Sudan3.1-1.8-0.6-0.2-0.90.0-0.2
Central African Republic-0.10.0-0.1-0.2-0.2-0.1-0.1-0.3-0.2-0.1-0.2
Dominican Republic-0.3-1.0-0.5-4.0-4.4-4.0-2.6-2.2-1.3-0.8-0.2
Barbados0.0-0.1-0.4-0.3-0.6-0.4-0.4-0.4-0.3-0.2-0.2
The Gambia0.00.0-0.1-0.2-0.1-0.1-0.1-0.1-0.1-0.1-0.2
Democratic Republic of the Congo-0.70.1-0.4-2.2-1.3-1.3-1.6-1.7-1.4-1.2-0.2
Latvia-0.4-2.00.5-0.9-1.0-0.8-0.5-0.10.4-0.2
Guyana-0.2-0.1-0.1-0.2-0.3-0.3-0.4-0.3-0.20.0-0.2
Fiji-0.1-0.1-0.2-0.1-0.2-0.1-0.4-0.3-0.1-0.1-0.3
Djibouti0.00.00.0-0.2-0.3-0.3-0.4-0.5-0.2-0.3
Timor-Leste0.00.31.62.22.62.41.10.2-0.5-0.3
Paraguay0.4-0.2-0.10.00.2-0.30.6-0.1-0.30.4-0.3
Kyrgyz Republic-0.10.1-0.1-0.20.2-1.0-1.2-1.1-0.8-0.3
Seychelles0.00.0-0.2-0.2-0.2-0.2-0.2-0.3-0.3-0.3-0.3
Armenia-0.3-0.1-1.3-1.1-1.1-0.8-0.9-0.3-0.2-0.3
Haiti-0.10.00.0-0.1-0.3-0.4-0.6-0.7-0.3-0.1-0.3
Ecuador-0.41.10.5-1.6-0.4-0.2-0.9-0.5-2.11.4-0.3
Honduras-0.1-0.5-0.3-0.7-1.4-1.6-1.8-1.4-1.0-0.6-0.4
Togo-0.1-0.1-0.2-0.2-0.3-0.3-0.6-0.5-0.5-0.4-0.4
Sierra Leone-0.1-0.1-0.1-0.6-1.9-1.2-0.9-0.9-0.7-0.1-0.4
Burundi-0.1-0.1-0.1-0.2-0.3-0.4-0.5-0.5-0.5-0.4-0.4
Namibia0.00.20.3-0.4-0.4-0.7-0.5-1.4-1.5-1.6-0.4
Somalia-0.2-0.3-0.3-0.4-0.5
El Salvador-0.2-0.4-0.6-0.5-1.1-1.2-1.5-1.2-0.7-0.5-0.5
Bhutan0.00.0-0.2-0.3-0.5-0.4-0.5-0.5-0.6-0.6-0.5
Chad0.0-0.20.1-0.9-0.7-1.0-1.2-1.2-1.5-0.9-0.6
Malawi-0.1-0.1-0.5-0.6-0.7-0.6-0.5-0.5-0.6-0.7-0.6
Moldova-0.1-0.2-0.4-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.4-0.4-0.3-0.6
Rwanda-0.1-0.1-0.1-0.4-0.5-0.8-0.7-0.8-1.2-1.3-0.6
Liberia-0.10.1-0.4-0.3-0.3-0.5-0.6-0.7-0.5-0.6
Jamaica-0.3-0.4-1.1-1.1-1.8-1.6-1.3-1.0-0.5-0.4-0.7
Nicaragua-0.3-0.9-0.8-0.8-1.2-1.1-1.2-0.8-1.1-1.0-0.7
Guinea-0.3-0.10.0-0.4-1.1-1.5-1.1-1.2-1.1-2.7-0.7
Mauritania-0.1-0.1-0.9-0.4-0.3-1.3-1.3-1.5-1.0-0.7-0.7
Zimbabwe-0.30.3-0.1-1.4-2.4-1.8-2.5-2.3-1.5-0.6-0.7
Gabon0.21.02.02.14.43.11.31.4-0.8-1.4-0.7
Equatorial Guinea0.0-0.41.4-3.3-1.2-0.3-0.5-0.9-2.1-1.5-0.7
Montenegro-0.4-0.8-0.7-0.6-0.5-0.6-0.4-0.7-0.8
Belgium3.69.47.78.5-5.7-0.3-1.7-4.6-0.70.5-0.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina-0.4-1.9-1.0-1.8-1.5-1.0-1.4-0.9-0.8-0.9
Mauritius-0.10.0-0.3-1.0-1.6-0.8-0.8-0.7-0.6-0.5-0.9
Maldives0.0-0.1-0.3-0.2-0.4-0.2-0.1-0.1-0.3-1.0-0.9
Mali0.0-0.3-0.4-1.1-0.7-0.3-0.4-0.7-0.7-1.0-0.9
Albania-0.1-0.2-0.7-1.3-1.7-1.3-1.2-1.4-1.0-0.9-0.9
Belarus-0.50.5-8.3-5.1-1.9-7.6-5.2-1.8-1.7-0.9
Cameroon-0.6-0.3-0.6-0.7-0.8-1.0-1.2-1.4-1.2-1.0-0.9
Zambia-0.1-0.4-0.21.51.11.4-0.20.6-0.8-0.9-1.0
Burkina Faso-0.1-0.3-0.6-0.2-0.4-0.8-1.3-1.0-0.9-0.8-1.0
Benin0.0-0.1-0.3-0.6-0.6-0.6-0.7-0.8-0.7-0.8-1.0
Republic of Congo-0.30.60.40.92.12.41.90.2-4.6-5.7-1.1
Mongolia-0.10.0-0.9-2.8-3.4-3.2-1.4-0.5-0.7-1.2
Niger-0.2-0.1-0.3-1.1-1.6-1.1-1.3-1.3-1.5-1.2-1.2
Uganda-0.3-0.40.0-1.6-2.1-1.7-1.8-2.2-1.7-0.7-1.2
Yemen0.71.30.6-1.1-1.0-0.6-1.2-0.7-2.8-1.9-1.2
Angola-0.20.85.17.513.113.98.3-3.7-10.3-4.8-1.3
Georgia-0.2-0.7-1.2-1.8-1.9-0.9-1.8-1.7-1.8-1.3
Cyprus-0.2-0.5-1.0-2.9-1.1-1.5-1.2-1.0-0.3-1.0-1.5
Tanzania-0.6-0.5-0.9-2.4-3.6-4.5-4.7-4.9-3.8-2.1-1.5
Senegal-0.4-0.3-0.7-0.6-1.2-1.5-1.6-1.4-1.0-0.8-1.5
Greece-3.5-7.8-22.0-34.1-28.8-9.4-4.9-3.9-0.4-2.1-1.6
Bahrain0.10.81.50.82.52.62.41.5-0.8-1.5-1.6
Costa Rica-0.4-0.7-0.9-1.2-2.3-2.4-2.4-2.5-1.9-1.3-1.7
Côte d'Ivoire-1.2-0.20.00.52.7-0.3-0.40.5-0.2-0.4-1.9
Cambodia-0.1-0.2-1.7-1.5-2.0-2.0-1.7-1.6-1.7-1.9
The Bahamas0.0-0.1-0.3-0.8-1.1-1.5-1.5-2.2-1.6-0.9-1.9
Slovak Republic-0.6-3.6-4.2-4.90.91.81.2-1.5-1.3-2.0
Lao P.D.R.-0.10.0-0.5-1.2-1.4-2.7-3.4-2.7-2.6-2.1-2.1
Ukraine1.52.5-3.0-10.2-14.3-16.5-5.11.6-1.4-2.1
Ghana-0.3-0.5-1.2-2.8-3.5-4.9-5.7-3.7-2.8-2.9-2.1
Sri Lanka-0.4-1.1-0.6-1.1-4.6-4.0-2.5-2.0-1.9-1.7-2.3
Serbia-0.2-2.2-2.5-4.0-4.7-2.8-2.6-1.8-1.2-2.4
Bolivia-0.2-0.40.60.80.12.01.10.6-1.9-1.9-2.4
Peru-1.5-1.51.2-3.6-3.0-5.4-9.4-8.9-9.2-5.2-2.4
Philippines-2.7-2.22.07.25.66.911.410.87.3-1.2-2.5
Mozambique-0.5-0.7-0.8-1.7-3.3-6.8-6.9-6.4-6.0-4.3-2.8
Myanmar-0.60.8-0.5-1.1-2.4-2.9-1.4-3.0-2.5-2.9
Panama0.2-0.7-1.1-3.1-4.5-4.2-4.4-6.7-4.3-3.2-3.0
Morocco-0.7-1.4-0.1-4.1-7.7-9.2-8.1-6.5-2.2-4.4-3.9
Chile-0.5-0.92.13.2-4.2-10.4-11.3-4.4-5.6-3.5-4.1
Tunisia-0.7-0.8-0.3-2.1-3.4-3.7-3.9-4.3-3.8-3.7-4.2
Jordan-0.60.1-2.3-1.9-3.0-4.7-3.5-2.6-3.4-3.7-4.3
Turkmenistan0.40.9-2.9-0.2-0.3-2.9-2.6-5.6-7.2-4.4
Sudan-2.2-0.6-2.5-1.7-2.7-6.3-5.8-3.5-5.5-4.2-4.8
Kenya-0.7-0.2-0.3-2.4-3.8-4.2-4.8-6.4-4.3-3.7-5.0
Bangladesh-0.9-0.70.00.5-1.31.01.92.43.91.4-5.3
Kazakhstan0.4-1.01.410.21.11.36.1-5.1-8.9-5.4
New Zealand-1.3-1.8-8.1-3.3-4.7-6.9-5.9-6.4-5.5-4.2-5.5
Ethiopia-0.30.0-1.6-0.4-0.8-3.0-2.8-3.6-6.6-6.6-6.6
Romania-1.8-1.0-8.6-8.6-9.2-8.2-2.0-1.3-2.2-3.9-7.1
South Africa1.5-0.2-8.1-5.6-9.2-20.3-21.2-17.8-14.6-8.2-8.6
Brazil-3.8-24.813.5-75.8-77.0-74.2-74.8-104.2-59.4-23.5-9.8
Colombia0.50.9-1.9-8.7-9.8-11.4-12.5-19.8-18.6-12.1-10.4
Oman1.13.15.24.98.87.85.24.2-11.0-12.3-10.8
Lebanon-1.1-3.0-2.9-7.7-6.1-10.4-12.1-12.6-9.1-11.2-12.4
Pakistan-1.4-0.2-1.5-3.90.2-4.7-2.5-3.1-2.7-4.9-12.4
France-9.936.110.5-16.7-24.6-25.9-14.3-27.3-9.0-18.5-14.8
Egypt-2.6-1.22.9-4.3-6.1-10.1-6.4-2.7-12.1-19.8-14.9
Indonesia-3.28.01.65.31.7-24.4-29.1-27.5-17.5-17.0-17.3
Mexico-10.4-18.8-7.7-5.2-12.5-18.6-31.0-24.0-29.8-23.3-19.4
Algeria1.49.121.212.219.812.30.8-9.4-27.3-26.5-22.1
Argentina4.7-9.14.9-1.6-5.3-2.1-13.1-9.2-17.6-14.7-31.3
Australia-15.7-16.4-43.7-45.7-46.6-67.4-51.4-44.7-57.3-41.4-36.0
Turkey-2.6-9.9-21.0-44.6-74.4-48.0-63.6-43.6-32.1-33.1-47.4
India-9.6-2.7-9.9-47.9-78.2-87.8-32.3-26.8-22.1-14.4-48.7
Canada-20.318.621.6-58.2-49.6-65.7-59.4-43.2-55.9-49.3-48.8
United Kingdom-36.7-39.9-51.5-82.9-51.6-100.9-141.9-149.6-142.4-139.3-99.2
United States-79.0-403.5-745.2-431.3-445.7-426.8-348.8-365.2-407.8-432.9-449.1
Syria1.71.0-0.6-1.7