This is the list of countries by current account balance, expressed in current U.S. dollars and as percentage of GDP, based on the data published by World Bank, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.
According to World Bank, ″the current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.″ Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
According to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, ″the current account forms part of the balance of payments and displays the flows of goods, services, primary income, and secondary income between residents and nonresidents of an economy. The current account balance measures, in general, the difference between current receipts and expenditures for internationally traded goods, services and income payments. At the same time, from a national perspective, the current account balance represents the gap between domestic saving and investment.″
According to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, ″the current account balance of payments is a record of a country's international transactions with the rest of the world. The current account includes all the transactions (other than those in financial items) that involve economic values and occur between resident and non-resident entities. Also covered are offsets to current economic values provided or acquired without a quid pro quo. This indicator is measured in million USD and percentage of GDP.″
List of countries by current account balance The following table provides information on current account balance (CAB) based on data published by World Bank, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Sorting is alphabetical by country code, according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.
Country/Territory/Region/Group WB UNCTAD (2022) OECD (2023) (mil. USD) (% of GDP) Year (mil. USD) (% of GDP) (mil. USD) (% of GDP) WORLD 2022 2020 2023 2023 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2018 2023 2021 2022 2023 2023 2023 2022 2023 2023 2023 2021 2023 2023 2017 2022 2023 2022 1994 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2021 2021 2023 2022 2023 2023 2022 2021 2023 2023 2023 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2000 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2023 2011 2014 2015 2023 2023 2022 2022 2022 2022 1996 2023 2023 2023 2022 2023 2023 2023 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 2000 2022 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2023 2023 2022 2022 2023 2022 2023 2023 2023 2022 2023 2022 2021 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2023 2022 2022 2023 2021 2023 2022 2022 2019 2023 2023 2023 2022 2023 2022 2022 2023 2016 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2018 2023 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2021 2023 2023 2023 2022 2016 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2021 2023 2023 2022 2023 2023 2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2023 2010 2018 1994 2020 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2022 2023 2022 2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2016 2023 2022 2023 2023 2016 2023 2022 2020 Developed economies Developed economies: Americas Developed economies: Asia Developed economies: Europe Developed economies: Oceania Developing economies Developing economies: Africa Developing economies: Americas Developing economies: Asia Developing economies: Oceania Developing economies excluding China Developing economies excluding LDCs LDCs (Least developed countries) LDCs: Africa LDCs: Asia LDCs: Islands and Haiti LLDCs (Landlocked Developing Countries) SIDS (Small Island Developing States) (UN-OHRLLS) SIDS: Atlantic and Indian Ocean SIDS: Caribbean SIDS: Pacific Low-income developing economies (UN) Middle-income developing economies (UN) High-income developing economies (UN) BRICS European Union G7 (Group of Seven) G20 (Group of Twenty) G77 (Group of 77) OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) References