Current account balance in US dollars — all countries

Current account balance in US dollars — Low-income countries

Current account balance in US dollars in low-income countries in 2031 — -27.28 bn US$. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 513.4%.

2031 -27.28 bn US$ +5.65% vs 2030
World rank
Period maximum -2.63 bn US$2000
Period minimum -42.28 bn US$2022

Trend over time

1980–2031 · billion US$

Current account balance in US dollars — Low-income countries, 1980–2031-50-40-30-20-10019801986199219982004201020162022202820311980: -4.45 bn US$1981: -4.29 bn US$1982: -4.25 bn US$1983: -3.47 bn US$1984: -2.64 bn US$1985: -3.02 bn US$1986: -3.87 bn US$1987: -4.7 bn US$1988: -4.51 bn US$1989: -3.2 bn US$1990: -3.29 bn US$1991: -3.99 bn US$1992: -3.45 bn US$1993: -3.85 bn US$1994: -4.25 bn US$1995: -3 bn US$1996: -3.53 bn US$1997: -3.26 bn US$1998: -4.5 bn US$1999: -4.27 bn US$2000: -2.63 bn US$2001: -2.84 bn US$2002: -3.41 bn US$2003: -5.39 bn US$2004: -3.64 bn US$2005: -6.44 bn US$2006: -11.03 bn US$2007: -3.49 bn US$2008: -11.75 bn US$2009: -14.81 bn US$2010: -12.04 bn US$2011: -8.81 bn US$2012: -25.26 bn US$2013: -29.11 bn US$2014: -25.88 bn US$2015: -32.57 bn US$2016: -27.39 bn US$2017: -25.59 bn US$2018: -28.4 bn US$2019: -28 bn US$2020: -29.55 bn US$2021: -29.15 bn US$2022: -42.28 bn US$2023: -36.21 bn US$2024: -33.39 bn US$2025: -31.12 bn US$2026: -29.93 bn US$2027: -29.65 bn US$2028: -30.46 bn US$2029: -30.51 bn US$2030: -28.92 bn US$2031: -27.28 bn US$
Change over the period: −22.83 (−513.45%)

Comparison, 2031

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries -27.28 bn US$
World computed 458.47 bn US$
Current account balance in US dollars — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year bn US$ Change Change, %
2031 -27.28 +1.64 +5.65%
2030 -28.92 +1.59 +5.22%
2029 -30.51 −0.05 −0.17%
2028 -30.46 −0.8 −2.71%
2027 -29.65 +0.27 +0.92%
2026 -29.93 +1.19 +3.83%
2025 -31.12 +2.27 +6.8%
2024 -33.39 +2.82 +7.8%
2023 -36.21 +6.07 +14.36%
2022 -42.28 −13.13 −45.05%
2021 -29.15 +0.4 +1.35%
2020 -29.55 −1.55 −5.55%
2019 -28 +0.41 +1.44%
2018 -28.4 −2.82 −11.02%
2017 -25.59 +1.8 +6.57%
2016 -27.39 +5.19 +15.92%
2015 -32.57 −6.7 −25.88%
2014 -25.88 +3.24 +11.12%
2013 -29.11 −3.86 −15.27%
2012 -25.26 −16.44 −186.61%
2011 -8.81 +3.23 +26.81%
2010 -12.04 +2.77 +18.7%
2009 -14.81 −3.06 −26.01%
2008 -11.75 −8.27 −236.96%
2007 -3.49 +7.54 +68.38%
2006 -11.03 −4.59 −71.33%
2005 -6.44 −2.8 −76.85%
2004 -3.64 +1.75 +32.44%
2003 -5.39 −1.98 −57.9%
2002 -3.41 −0.57 −20.09%
2001 -2.84 −0.21 −8.06%
2000 -2.63 +1.64 +38.39%
1999 -4.27 +0.23 +5.13%
1998 -4.5 −1.24 −37.87%
1997 -3.26 +0.27 +7.61%
1996 -3.53 −0.53 −17.73%
1995 -3 +1.25 +29.34%
1994 -4.25 −0.39 −10.2%
1993 -3.85 −0.4 −11.65%
1992 -3.45 +0.53 +13.4%
1991 -3.99 −0.7 −21.12%
1990 -3.29 −0.09 −2.88%
1989 -3.2 +1.31 +29.01%
1988 -4.51 +0.2 +4.19%
1987 -4.7 −0.84 −21.65%
1986 -3.87 −0.84 −27.93%
1985 -3.02 −0.38 −14.34%
1984 -2.64 +0.82 +23.72%
1983 -3.47 +0.78 +18.41%
1982 -4.25 +0.04 +0.96%
1981 -4.29 +0.16 +3.58%
1980 -4.45

About the indicator

The current account balance in billions of US dollars: trade in goods and services, income from investment and labor, and current transfers, all together. A positive value means a country exports capital, a negative one that it imports it. By definition the sum over all countries of the world should be zero, but in practice it fails to balance by several hundred billion: the discrepancy comes from countries recording the same flows differently.

Important: The same indicator as a percent of GDP is available separately, and for comparing countries it suits better. The absolute value is needed to see the scale of the flows in the world economy.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.